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Measuring social competencies [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2009
What are social competencies, how can they be measured, and do they remain stable over time. This contribution examines the difficulties in conceptualising and measuring social competencies at different developmental stages and in a changing social ...
Ingrid Schoon
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Dynamics of Perceived Positive Changes and Indicators of Well-Being Within Different Phases of the COVID-19 Pandemic

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, people reported about fears, depressive states, and phases of loneliness. However, there have also been positively experienced changes in terms of awareness of nature, reflection of life, more intensive ...
Arndt Büssing   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social Networks with Competing Products [PDF]

open access: yesFundamenta Informaticae, 2014
We introduce a new threshold model of social networks, in which the nodes influenced by their neighbours can adopt one out of several alternatives. We characterize social networks for which adoption of a product by the whole network is possible (respectively necessary) and the ones for which a unique outcome is guaranteed.
Apt, K.R., Markakis, E.
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Social competence: an evolutionary approach [PDF]

open access: yesTrends in Ecology & Evolution, 2012
'Social competence' refers to the ability of an individual to optimise its social behaviour depending on available social information. Although such ability will enhance social interactions and thus raise Darwinian fitness, its evolutionary and ecological significance has been largely ignored. Social competence is based on behavioural flexibility.
Taborsky Barbara, Oliveira Rui Filipe
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A descriptive analysis of perceptional social competence instrument lecturer at the high school of Islamic Ibnu Sina Batam City [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Perceptional social competence assessment instrument is built and developed based on theories of performance assessment of competence and on the basis of previous research within and outside the country.
Afridola, Sri   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Association between multiple chronic conditions and insufficient health literacy: cross-sectional evidence from a population-based sample of older adults living in Switzerland

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2023
Background Health literacy is the ability to find, understand, assess, and apply health information. Individuals suffering from multiple chronic conditions have complex healthcare needs that may challenge their health literacy skills. This study aimed to
Maud Wieczorek   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

When a parent dies – a systematic review of the effects of support programs for parentally bereaved children and their caregivers

open access: yesBMC Palliative Care, 2017
Background The death of a parent is a highly stressful life event for bereaved children. Several studies have shown an increased risk of mental ill-health and psychosocial problems among affected children.
Ann-Sofie Bergman   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inclusive education and social competence development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Students with special educational needs are exposed to the same social and cultural effects as any other child. Their social and emotional development also evolves under those influences and they, too, must adjust to the conditions of their environment ...
Mortimore, T, Zsolnai, A
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The concept of developing the social competence of high school students by means of youth educational forums

open access: yesВестник Северо-Кавказского федерального университета, 2023
The purpose of this study is to identify and disclose the possibilities of youth educational forums in the development of the social competence of the younger generation.
V. A. Kayvanov, E. Yu. Litvinova
doaj   +1 more source

Social Competence Treatment after Traumatic Brain Injury: A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Interactive Group Treatment versus Non-Interactive Treatment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of a replicable group treatment program for improving social competence after traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Bell, Kathleen R.   +12 more
core   +2 more sources

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