Designing the Self: the Transformation of the Relational Self-concept through Social Encounters in a Collaborative Virtual Environment

Designing the self: the transformation of the relational self-concept through social encounters in a virtual immersive environment

Polluted Self Reconfiguration In The Cyberera

The advent of cybertechnologies has led to radical paradigm shifts in our social, economic, cultural, and psychological conceptualizations. The paper investigates the advent of cyborgs, indeed our transformation into cyborgs, and the impact of this transformation upon identities and face management, which has an important social value since the late modernism. Cyborg is a designation for the in...

The Relationship between Social Anxiety and Self-concept among Fifth Grade Female Students in Jahrom /Iran

Background & Aims: children and adolescents can use their maximum of mental capacity and potential capabilities, if they benefit from a positive attitude towards their surrounding environment and a strong incentive for being active in the community. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship of social anxiety including social phobia, social interaction and maladaptive behavior with s...

Understanding Suicidal Ideation in Relation to Self-Concept Components

Introduction: Suicide is one of the major issues that has attracted many researchers due to its psychological and socially destructive effects. The present study, entitled understanding context suicide attempts in relation to self-concept components, seeks to examine the categories that have been formed in the experience of suicide attempters. Methods: This research is qualitative research with...

Self- directed learning barriers in a virtual environment: a qualitative study

Introduction: There is a growing trend in online education coursesin higher education institutes. Previous studies have shown thathigh levels of self-direction are essential for successful onlinelearning. The present study aims to investigate challenges of andbarriers to self-directed virtual-learning among postgraduatestudents of medical sciences.Methods: 23 postgraduate virtual students of me...