The Ursinus Weekly, April 19, 1948

Six juniors tapped for membership to Cub and Key Society • Floy Lewis, Jane McWilliams, Peg Hewitt elected presidents of women\u27s groups • White House candidates appraised by speaker at last forum address • Japan of comic fantasy invades gym for Mikado production this week-end • Jr. prom acclaimed as social success • Footlighters will stage Shakespearean scene • New men\u27s charter drafted by council • To discuss aspects of socialism at Y fireside chats Wednesday • Bomberger to be scene of Mrs. Rambo\u27s fashion show • Local research workers to read papers for Chem Society tonight • Curtain Club group does well with Riders to sea • Woody Leigh\u27s band booked for frosh dance April 30 • Two students plan European journeys • Vesper commission hears guest; PAC reports on Washington trip • FTA to choose officers tonight; job interviews will be conducted • Zeta Chi selects officers, cards dinner dance May 27 • Critic blames dearth of exceptional poetry on commercialization • College humor doffs frivolity of \u2720\u27s; turns to slants on current problems • Bearettes trounce Penn in first contest, 30-1; Moyer stars on mound • Girls elect hockey, basketball captains • Haverford upsets bruin golfers • Off-campus trounces annex in softball league opener • Grizzlies rally in closing frames to edge \u27Fords, 11-10 • LaSalle hands bruin nine first setback; overcomes 4-2 deficit in final inning • Haverford track team triumphs over bears; Kennedy, Binder shine • Inter-class track tourney to be conducted April 27 • Thin-clads in Penn relays • Colorful Irish literary figure subject of talk to be given here next Monday • Debaters tie Penn to win third place in league tourneyhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1636/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, May 9, 1949

Ursinus to acquire fad of lettuce box by Chatlos, Carson • Pageant, play to highlight annual May Day events • Weekly board selects Leeming as \u2749-\u2750 editor • News writer wins mention for essay in national contest • Parliament speaker ends forum season with British theme • WSGA sets banquet to install officers • Lincoln group plans Y vespers program • Hospitality crew set to serve visitors over gala week-end • Junior class to elect officers Wednesday for last college year • MSGA schedules elections for class representatives • Dressler to address pre-meds on tuberculosis at last meeting • Weekly takes peek at past and future of collegiate male • Ursinus claims Missouri pianist • Ursinus bows 80-46; Kennedy sets record • Bearettes win 15-2 in three hit game against Bryn Mawr • Bears trip F&M 7-3 as Stauffer hurls • Bruins drop close meet with Albright speedsters • Netmen fail to win in two more tries • Rain causes delay in campus softball; four games played • Ursinus selects Spangler to assist coaching staff • Links squad bows to Garnet, Albright • Bears elect to join grid hall of fame • Curtain rings down on last group play • Freshmen produce atmosphere with moonlight mood propshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1617/thumbnail.jp

Improving collaboration between primary care research networks using Access Grid technology

Access Grid (AG) is an Internet2-driven, high performance audio_visual conferencing technology used worldwide by academic and government organisations to enhance communication, human interaction and group collaboration. AG technology is particularly promising for improving academic multi-centre research collaborations. This manuscript describes how the AG technology was utilised by the electronic Primary Care Research Network (ePCRN) that is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Roadmap initiative to improve primary care research and collaboration among practice- based research networks (PBRNs) in the USA. It discusses the design, installation and use of AG implementations, potential future applications, barriers to adoption, and suggested solutions

The psychological science accelerator’s COVID-19 rapid-response dataset

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Psychological Science Accelerator coordinated three large-scale psychological studies to examine the effects of loss-gain framing, cognitive reappraisals, and autonomy framing manipulations on behavioral intentions and affective measures. The data collected (April to October 2020) included specific measures for each experimental study, a general questionnaire examining health prevention behaviors and COVID-19 experience, geographical and cultural context characterization, and demographic information for each participant. Each participant started the study with the same general questions and then was randomized to complete either one longer experiment or two shorter experiments. Data were provided by 73,223 participants with varying completion rates. Participants completed the survey from 111 geopolitical regions in 44 unique languages/dialects. The anonymized dataset described here is provided in both raw and processed formats to facilitate re-use and further analyses. The dataset offers secondary analytic opportunities to explore coping, framing, and self-determination across a diverse, global sample obtained at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which can be merged with other time-sampled or geographic data

In COVID-19 Health Messaging, Loss Framing Increases Anxiety with Little-to-No Concomitant Benefits: Experimental Evidence from 84 Countries

The COVID-19 pandemic (and its aftermath) highlights a critical need to communicate health information effectively to the global public. Given that subtle differences in information framing can have meaningful effects on behavior, behavioral science research highlights a pressing question: Is it more effective to frame COVID-19 health messages in terms of potential losses (e.g., "If you do not practice these steps, you can endanger yourself and others") or potential gains (e.g., "If you practice these steps, you can protect yourself and others")? Collecting data in 48 languages from 15,929 participants in 84 countries, we experimentally tested the effects of message framing on COVID-19-related judgments, intentions, and feelings. Loss- (vs. gain-) framed messages increased self-reported anxiety among participants cross-nationally with little-to-no impact on policy attitudes, behavioral intentions, or information seeking relevant to pandemic risks. These results were consistent across 84 countries, three variations of the message framing wording, and 560 data processing and analytic choices. Thus, results provide an empirical answer to a global communication question and highlight the emotional toll of loss-framed messages. Critically, this work demonstrates the importance of considering unintended affective consequences when evaluating nudge-style interventions

A global experiment on motivating social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic

Finding communication strategies that effectively motivate social distancing continues to be a global public health priority during the COVID-19 pandemic. This cross-country, preregistered experiment (n = 25,718 from 89 countries) tested hypotheses concerning generalizable positive and negative outcomes of social distancing messages that promoted personal agency and reflective choices (i.e., an autonomy-supportive message) or were restrictive and shaming (i.e., a controlling message) compared with no message at all. Results partially supported experimental hypotheses in that the controlling message increased controlled motivation (a poorly internalized form of motivation relying on shame, guilt, and fear of social consequences) relative to no message. On the other hand, the autonomy-supportive message lowered feelings of defiance compared with the controlling message, but the controlling message did not differ from receiving no message at all. Unexpectedly, messages did not influence autonomous motivation (a highly internalized form of motivation relying on one’s core values) or behavioral intentions. Results supported hypothesized associations between people’s existing autonomous and controlled motivations and self-reported behavioral intentions to engage in social distancing. Controlled motivation was associated with more defiance and less long-term behavioral intention to engage in social distancing, whereas autonomous motivation was associated with less defiance and more short- and long-term intentions to social distance. Overall, this work highlights the potential harm of using shaming and pressuring language in public health communication, with implications for the current and future global health challenges

The Psychological Science Accelerator’s COVID-19 rapid-response dataset

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Psychological Science Accelerator coordinated three large-scale psychological studies to examine the effects of loss-gain framing, cognitive reappraisals, and autonomy framing manipulations on behavioral intentions and affective measures. The data collected (April to October 2020) included specific measures for each experimental study, a general questionnaire examining health prevention behaviors and COVID-19 experience, geographical and cultural context characterization, and demographic information for each participant. Each participant started the study with the same general questions and then was randomized to complete either one longer experiment or two shorter experiments. Data were provided by 73,223 participants with varying completion rates. Participants completed the survey from 111 geopolitical regions in 44 unique languages/dialects. The anonymized dataset described here is provided in both raw and processed formats to facilitate re-use and further analyses. The dataset offers secondary analytic opportunities to explore coping, framing, and self-determination across a diverse, global sample obtained at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which can be merged with other time-sampled or geographic data

A global experiment on motivating social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic

Finding communication strategies that effectively motivate social distancing continues to be a global public health priority during the COVID-19 pandemic. This cross-country, preregistered experiment (n = 25,718 from 89 countries) tested hypotheses concerning generalizable positive and negative outcomes of social distancing messages that promoted personal agency and reflective choices (i.e., an autonomy-supportive message) or were restrictive and shaming (i.e. a controlling message) compared to no message at all. Results partially supported experimental hypotheses in that the controlling message increased controlled motivation (a poorly-internalized form of motivation relying on shame, guilt, and fear of social consequences) relative to no message. On the other hand, the autonomy-supportive message lowered feelings of defiance compared to the controlling message, but the controlling message did not differ from receiving no message at all. Unexpectedly, messages did not influence autonomous motivation (a highly-internalized form of motivation relying on one’s core values) or behavioral intentions. Results supported hypothesized associations between people’s existing autonomous and controlled motivations and self-reported behavioral intentions to engage in social distancing: Controlled motivation was associated with more defiance and less long-term behavioral intentions to engage in social distancing, whereas autonomous motivation was associated with less defiance and more short- and long-term intentions to social distance. Overall, this work highlights the potential harm of using shaming and pressuring language in public health communication, with implications for the current and future global health challenges