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Motivations of Volunteering during Crises—Perspectives of Polish Youths during the Ukrainian Refugee Crisis

open access: yesAdministrative Sciences, 2023
Volunteering work has always played a key role in dealing with crises around the world. Understanding the motivations behind volunteering during a crisis could not only explain such behaviour but also become a guide for the government for future policies,
Debashish Sengupta   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Citizen Scientists’ Preferences for Communication of Scientific Output: A Literature Review

open access: yesCitizen Science: Theory and Practice, 2019
Many citizen science developers agree that participants in citizen science projects need to receive feedback on project outputs and that they should be recognized in results and publications.
Marjolein de Vries   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A functionalist approach to online trolling

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2023
Online trolling is often linked to sadism and psychopathy. Yet, little research has assessed why people high in these traits seek online environments to achieve their nefarious goals.
Lewis Nitschinsk   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Teachers’ Self-Efficacy: The Role of Personal Values and Motivations for Teaching

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2019
Teachers’ personal values drive their goals and behaviors at school. Moreover, values can support subjective well-being and an individual sense of self-efficacy. Teachers’ self-efficacy, namely teachers’ beliefs in their ability to effectively handle the
D. Barni, F. Danioni, Paula Benevene
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Regenerative medicine: Stroke survivor and carer views and motivations towards a proposed stem cell clinical trial using placebo neurosurgery [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background  Few studies explore stroke survivor views and motivations towards stem cell therapy (SCT). This qualitative study explores the views and motivations of both stroke survivors and their partners/carers towards a proposed 2-arm Phase III ...
Abhyankar   +57 more
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Cultural Evolution: People’s Motivations are Changing, and Reshaping the World

open access: yesSocial Forces, 2018
Cultural Evolution argues that people's values and behavior are shaped by the degree to which survival is secure; it was precarious for most of history, which encouraged heavy emphasis on group solidarity, rejection of outsiders, and obedience to strong ...
R. Inglehart
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Motivations and Satisfaction of North Dakota Deer Hunters During a Temporal Decline in Deer Populations

open access: yesHuman-Wildlife Interactions, 2018
Achieving state wildlife agency biological goals for deer (Odocoileus spp.) management may often conflict with hunter desires. Concomitantly, better information is needed to optimize agency deer herd management goals with hunters’ social goals.
Kristen E. Black   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

On the motivations for Merleau-Ponty’s ontological research [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This paper attempts to clarify Merleau-Ponty’s later work by tracing a hitherto overlooked set of concerns that were of key consequence for the formulation of his ontological research. I argue that his ontology can be understood as a response to a set of
Barbaras Renaud.   +43 more
core   +1 more source

A Tale of Four Platforms: Motivations and Uses of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat Among College Students?

open access: yes, 2017
The current research explores differences between Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat in terms of intensity of use, time spent daily on the platform, and use motivations. The study applies the uses and gratifications (U&G) approach to contrast the
Saleem Alhabash, Mengyan Ma
semanticscholar   +1 more source

“They are kids, they’re making bad choices, but they are not bad kids”: motivations and deterrents for joyriding amongst Australian youth

open access: yesInternational Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 2023
Car theft and joyriding are becoming increasingly common in regional areas of Australia. Whilst the consequences of these actions can be fatal, surprisingly little is known about the motivations for young people who engage in these behaviours.
Shannon Dodd, Matthew Morgan
doaj   +1 more source

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