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Intensive online contact, sleep difficulties, and overweight among Swedish adolescents: findings from the 2017/18 and 2021/22 HBSC surveys [PDF]
BMC Public HealthBackground Digital media use has increased rapidly among adolescents, raising concerns about its impact on health. Prior evidence suggests that intensive online contact may disrupt sleep and contribute to unhealthy behaviors that increase the risk of ...
Mohammad A Alhazmi +4 more
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Improving Intergroup Relations Through Online Contact
International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2021 This study examined an online professional development program designed to support meaningful acquaintance and reduce stereotypes and prejudices among teachers from different cultures in Israeli society.
Meital Amzalag, Noa Shapira
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Social Sciences, 2020 In recent years psychosocial studies have given a growing attention to online intergroup contact in reducing prejudice. Nevertheless, there is still a lack of evidence on processes that could mediate this relation.
Tiziana Mancini, Chiara Imperato
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Intergroup contact through online comments: Effects of direct and extended contact on outgroup attitudes [PDF]
Computers in Human Behavior, 2018 Abstract This study contributes to the still limited evidence on the effects of online intergroup contact. We conceptualize online contact as occurring through users’ comments online, an easy and accessible venue for intergroup encounters. We test two forms of online contact: encountering an outgroup member directly (direct online contact) or through
Magdalena Wojcieszak, Nuri Kim
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Does Intercultural Contact Increase Anti-Racist Behavior on Social Network Sites?
Social Sciences, 2021 Empirical attention on online intercultural contact and prejudice reduction are increasing. Nevertheless, still little is known on processes that could influence the contact–prejudice relation as well as the relation between online contact and anti ...
Chiara Imperato +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2023 Research on the contact hypothesis has traditionally prioritized the role of positive, direct, face-to-face interactions in shaping intergroup prejudices, but it has recently expanded to study indirect vicarious, negative, and online contact experiences.
Julian Bond +3 more
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Fertility & Reproduction, 2022 Background: In recent years there has been an increase in the offering and uptake of informal online sperm donation in Australia. While there are a handful of survey-based studies exploring the motives of online sperm donors in Holland and the UK ...
Cal VOLKS, Fiona KELLY
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Online Learning for Foot Contact Detection of Legged Robot Based on Data Stream Clustering
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2022 Foot contact detection is critical for legged robot running control using state machine, in which the controller uses different control modules in the leg flight phase and landing phase.
Qingyu Liu, Bing Yuan, Yang Wang
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Behavioral Sciences, 2023 International students studying and living in a foreign context often complain about difficulties establishing friendships with host nationals. This study investigates host country nationals’ (HCNs) willingness to develop intercultural friendships with ...
Lingjie Tang, Chang’an Zhang
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International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2006 Despite the success that instructors and learners often enjoy with online university courses, learners have also reported that they miss face-to-face contact when learning online.
Emma J. Stodel +2 more
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