Exploring the Hardwired for News Hypothesis: How Threat Proximity Affects the Cognitive and Emotional Processing of Health-Related Print News     

Kevin Wise  Petya Eckler  Anastasia Kononova  Jeremy Littau 《Communication Studies》2013,64(3):268-287

This study explored how the proximity of threatening health news affects cognition and emotion through a 2 (Proximity: High/Low) × 4 (Topic) fractional experiment. Fifty-one participants read four news stories about either local or distant health threats, with their heart rate, skin conductance, and corrugator electromyography recorded. Results showed that high-proximity health threats elicited greater heart rate deceleration than did low-proximity health threats, indicating greater allocation of automatic resources to encoding high-proximity threats. Recognition data demonstrated that details from high-proximity health threats were recognized more accurately than details from low-proximity health threats. There were no significant effects of proximity on either skin conductance levels or corrugator activation. These results are discussed in terms of Shoemaker's (1996 Shoemaker , P. J. ( 1996 ). Hardwired for news: Using biological and cultural evolution to explain the surveillance function . Journal of Communication , 46 ( 3 ), 32 – 47 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) hardwired for news hypothesis and A. Lang's (2000 Lang , A. ( 2000 ). The limited capacity model of mediated message processing . Journal of Communication , 50 , 46 – 70 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar], 2006 Lang , A. ( 2006 ). Using the limited capacity model of motivated mediated message processing to design effective cancer communication messages . Journal of Communication , 56 , S57 – S80 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) limited capacity model.  相似文献   

“Actually,I Don't Eat Meat”: A Multiple-Goals Perspective of Communication About Vegetarianism     

Lynsey Kluever Romo  Erin Donovan-Kicken 《Communication Studies》2013,64(4):405-420

Engaging in non-mainstream behavior can be challenging to negotiate communicatively, especially when it involves the simple but necessary task of eating, a lifelong activity that is often done in others’ company. Through face-to-face, semi-structured interviews of 20 vegetarians, this study used a multiple-goals perspective (Goldsmith, 2004 Goldsmith , D. J. ( 2004 ). Communicating social support . Cambridge , England : Cambridge University Press .[Crossref] , [Google Scholar]; Goldsmith, Gumminger, & Bute, 2006 Goldsmith , D. J. , Gumminger , K. L. , & Bute , J. J. ( 2006 ). Communication about lifestyle change between cardiac patients and their partners . In R. M. Dailey & B. A. LePoire (Eds.), Applied interpersonal communication matters: Family, health, and community relations (pp. 95 – 117 ). New York , NY : Peter Lang . [Google Scholar]) to examine the communicative dilemmas faced by vegetarians. This investigation suggests unique self-presentational challenges for vegetarians (e.g., being true to oneself yet fitting in; talking about vegetarianism without judging others) and identifies strategies that “healthy deviants”—people who violate society's norms in relatively healthy ways—can use to discuss their lifestyle choices. Findings offer practical implications for how communication can help people enact or sustain potentially stigmatized healthy lifestyles while maintaining their relationships.  相似文献   

Correlation Between Proinflammatory Serum Markers: High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein,Interleukin-6 with Disability Score in Acute Ischemic Stroke     

Bharosay A  Saxena K  Varma M  Bharosay VV  Pandey A 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2011,26(3):279-282

Stroke being the third leading cause of death and foremost cause of disability, if potential diagnostic utility of blood borne protein biomarkers in predicting acute stroke is established, it would be a substantial adjunct to computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging which have their own limitations. This study was done to correlate serum Interleukin 6, high sensitivity C reactive protein at the time of admission with neurological worsening assessed by NIHSS at the time of admission and 7 days after admission. 46 Patients admitted in neurology department SAIMS, Indore with first ever ischemic stroke within 72 h of onset were included in the study. All patients with history of stroke of more than 72 h onset, Infection & peripartum stroke were excluded from the study. Disability scoring was done by NIHSS and their serum samples assayed for hsCRP, IL6 by commercially available quantitative sandwich enzyme-linked immunoadsorbent assay kits. Serum samples of 50 control cases which included healthy volunteers and staff from SAIMS were also analyzed for hsCRP, IL6 for comparative study. A significant correlation was observed between NIHSS scoring and serum hsCRP and IL6 at the time of admission. Patients with initial high serum IL6 and hsCRP also showed significant clinical deterioration as assessed by NIHSS scoring 7 days after admission. Elevated hsCRP and IL6 within 72 h of admission strongly correlated with functional disability in study population in India and may serve as useful adjunct to CT Scan in emergency setting.  相似文献   

Skating to where the puck will be: Engaged research as a funding strategy     

James Applegate 《Journal of Applied Communication Research》2002,30(4):402-410

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从“疏与堵”看广场舞健身文化发展   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

刘玉 《四川体育科学》2014,(3):107-111

采用文献资料法等从“疏与堵”的视角,对广场舞健身文化发展进行研究,新时期价值与矛盾同在．一方面,在我国老龄化形势严峻和退休年龄过早的局势下,广场舞健身成为了女性中老年人新的生活重心,具有明显的积极性价值;另一方面,广场舞健身具有自发性,噪音污染、邻里矛盾激化和城市空间的占领是其矛盾之重。作为民族传统文化的重要组成部分,合理立法与规避、疏堵结合将会有利于广场舞健身文化的流传与发展。  相似文献   

虚报《国家学生体质健康标准》测试数据的现象研究     

吕井存  沈后潮 《湖北体育科技》2014,(4):354-355

针对虚报《国家学生体质健康标准》测试数据的现状进行调查、分析,找出发生根源,提出解决方法。  相似文献   

探究高校健身气功课程兴趣的培养——以华中农业大学为例     

黄丽萍 《搏击·武术科学》2014,(9):87-89

文章采用文献综述法、专家访谈法、问卷调查法、数理统计法等研究方法,发现高校大学生对健身气功课程缺乏兴趣,其主要原因包括教师教学注重技能忽视理论、功法动作和节奏缓慢、教学方式单一、课程内容缺乏吸引力。针对这四种原因,建议采取以中医理论做辅助、增加健身气功理论知识、阅读养生经典著作、师生角色互换、运用故事、运用口诀、学生互相评价等教学方式的方法来提高学生上健身气功课程的兴趣,从而促进健身气功在高校中的发展。  相似文献   

运用健身气功运动处方指导颈椎病患者的康复研究     

胡少辉 《搏击·武术科学》2014,11(4):96-98

健身气功运动是我国民族传统体育的一部分。文章以健身气功运动作为运动处方,有目的、有计划地科学指导颈椎病患者进行康复锻炼研究。文章通过实践与理论进行探讨,并取得实验效果。文章运用健身气功运动的方法指导颈椎病患者康复锻炼,以期我国的传统导引术能被更多的人认识,并为更多的人带来健康。  相似文献   

Promoting physical activity in a socially and economically deprived community: a 12 month randomized control trial of fitness assessment and exercise consultation     

M. Lowther  N. Mutrie  E.M. Scott 《Journal of sports sciences》2013,31(7):577-588

The main aim of this study was to assess the effects of a fitness assessment and exercise consultation on physical activity over 1 year in non-regularly active participants drawn from a socially and economically deprived community. Of 3000 people invited to volunteer for either intervention, 225 fitness assessment volunteers were randomly assigned to an experimental or control group; 145 exercise consultation volunteers were similarly assigned. Physical activity was measured at baseline, 4 weeks, 3 months (plus an intervention re-test), 6 months and 1 year. Analysis of variance and follow-up Bonferroni analysis showed that, for those not regularly active at baseline, physical activity increased significantly to 4 weeks, was maintained to 6 months but had fallen by 1 year. Only those receiving an exercise consultation significantly increased their physical activity after 1 year. Compared with fitness assessments, chi-square analysis showed that significantly more non-regularly active participants volunteered for an exercise consultation and those receiving an exercise consultation had significantly better long-term study adherence than those receiving a fitness assessment. The study also showed that, contrary to popular opinion, those in a socially and economically deprived community are not 'hard to reach' and respond well to physical activity interventions.  相似文献   

School-based prevention: Effects on obesity and physical performance after 4 years     

Christine Graf  Benjamin Koch  Gisa Falkowski  Stefanie Jouck  Hildegard Christ  Kathrin Staudenmaier 《Journal of sports sciences》2013,31(10):987-994

Abstract

Juvenile obesity is increasing worldwide. Preventive strategies are warranted. The school-based Children's Health Interventional Trial (the CHILT Project) combines health education and physical activity for children. The effect on obesity and physical performance was studied after four years in 12 primary schools compared with five control schools. Anthropometric data were recorded. Physical performance was measured by a coordination test for children (balancing backwards, one-legged obstacle jumping, lateral jumping, sideways movements) and a 6-min run (endurance). No difference in the prevalence and incidence of overweight and obesity was found between the intervention and control schools before and after the intervention. Remission of overweight was higher in the intervention schools (23.2 vs. 19.2%), but not significant. An increase in coordination related to lateral jumping and balancing backwards was apparent in the intervention schools (30.6, s = 10.8 vs. 26.1, s = 10.8, P = 0.005; 21.8, s = 11.8 vs. 19.4, s = 11.7, P = 0.007), and the increase in endurance performance tended to be higher in intervention schools (100.8, s = 122.7 vs. 92.8, s = 126.0, P = 0.055), adjusted for age, sex, baseline test result, and body mass index at final examination. Therefore, preventive intervention in primary school offers the possibility to improve physical performance in children. The prevalence and incidence of obesity were not affected.  相似文献