Preparing millennials as digital citizens and socially and environmentally responsible business professionals in a socially irresponsible climate

As of 2015, a millennial born in the 1990's became the largest population in the workplace and are still growing. Studies indicate that a millennial is tech savvy but lag in the exercise of digital responsibility. In addition, they are passive towards environmental sustainability and fail to grasp the importance of social responsibility. This paper provides a review of such findings relating to business communications educators in their classrooms. The literature should enable the development of a millennial as an excellent global citizen through business communications curricula that emphasizes digital citizenship, environmental sustainability and social responsibility. The impetus for this work is to provide guidance in the development of courses and teaching strategies customized to the development of each millennial as a digital, environmental and socially responsible global citizen

Using visual representations to demonstrate complexity in mixed emotional development across childhood

Previous studies have shown a developmental trend in mixed emotional understanding. As children develop throughout childhood, they begin to recognise simultaneity of positive and negative emotions. However, previous studies have limited ecological validity as they assessed emotion choice using only a single positive and single negative emotion. Therefore, the present study aims to broaden the understanding of mixed emotional development by allowing a wider emotion choice. Mixed emotions were measured using the Analogue Emotions Scale (AES) which allows both intensity of the emotional responses and time to be captured. In the present study 211 children aged 4-10 were divided into one of three protagonist conditions, (self, peer, and adult) and read a vignette about the protagonist moving house. Choosing from seven emotions (happy, calm, surprise, sad, worry, fear, anger) they plotted the intensity and duration of each emotion they thought was represented in the vignette. The present study replicated the developmental trend that younger children are more likely than older children to choose a single emotion, and older children are more likely to perceive more simultaneity of emotion than younger children. This trend was demonstrated in the number of emotions chosen, and also the complexity of the AES pattern plotted. Additionally, the present study extended previous research by demonstrating that by broadening the emotion choice, the emotion interaction is more complex than previous studies were able to show.Publisher PDFPeer reviewe

In memoriam: Eugene S Paykel, MD, FRCP, FRCPsych, FMedSci ACNP Fellow Emeritus

Eugene Stern Paykel was born on 9 September 1934 in Auckland, New Zealand. His research work focused on affective disorders in which he made significant and far-reaching contributions to the study of both causes and treatments of depression, spanning the fields of epidemiology, community psychiatry, psychological therapy, and psychopharmacology. He was the sole editor of the influential ‘Handbook of Affective Disorders’ (editions 1 and 2) which brought together these disparate areas of study as an early example of the biopsychosocial framework for understanding mental illness. Overall, he published approximately 400 papers, with over 32,000 citations, and authored, co-authored, or edited eight books. As a reflection of his research interest in psychopharmacology, he served as President of The British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP) and The Collegium Internationale Neuropsychopharmacologicum (CINP), as well as being accepted into ACNP membership in 1981, eventually becoming Fellow Emeritus

Psychosocial determinants of physical activity in children attending afterschool programs : a path analysis.

Background: Physical activity (PA) is important for controlling childhood obesity, but a comprehensive PA model for school-aged children is lacking. Objectives: Guided by the youth PA promotion (YPAP) model, this study estimated the direct and indirect effects of self-efficacy, enjoyment, parental influence, and environment on self-reported PA and pedometer steps. A secondary purpose was to explore the association between self-reported PA and pedometer steps. Methods: An observational and prospective study was conducted among 133 children, aged 8–11 years old, from 10 elementary schools with afterschool programs in a Midwestern U.S. school district from August through October 2013. PA was assessed by a 7-day recall scale and pedometers. Other variables were assessed by validated questionnaires. Results: Approximately 65 (49%) children were overweight or obese—only 17 (13%) met national PA recommendations—and body mass index z score was negatively correlated with pedometer steps (r = .18, p = .042). A path analysis showed that self-efficacy had a direct effect on self-reported PA and pedometer steps, enjoyment had only a direct effect on self-reported PA, and parental influence had a direct effect on pedometer steps and an indirect effect on self-reported PA through self-efficacy and enjoyment. The association between self-reported PA and pedometer steps was not significant. Discussion: Because this study only partially supports the YPAP model, studies with a larger sample size and longitudinal design are essential to further examine this model. The nonsignificant relationship of self-reported PA with pedometer steps may be due to the systematic error resulted from a common method artifact of self-report. Given the importance of parental influence, enjoyment, and self-efficacy, targeting these three determinants in future interventions to increase PA among children is recommended

The Ursinus Weekly, November 18, 1963

Background information for theatre in the round given • Evening School serving 628 • Soviet youth will speak November 21 • Young Republicans begin to roll • Discussion of US - Mid East relations Wed. • Senior Ball set for Friday; Southern plantation theme • Priest to talk on Neo-Catholicism • Study abroad in Vienna, Freiburg, Paris for 1 year • MSGA provides bus to Lebanon Valley game • Peace Corps official to be on campus Tuesday • Federal aid to education debate presented to PSEA • St. Gabriel\u27s tour November 19; More volunteers needed • Weekly editors to hear Scranton • UC debating team to go to Temple • Editorial: As usual; WSGA begins long awaited action • Have you read: Youngblood Hawke • Barnforbjuden - movie censorship • Raymond Talbot part-time reading instructor • Letters to the editor • Second career conference slated • Geologist links God and science • Thai student talks at Kaffee Klatsch • Greek gleanings • WSGA holds open meeting; Women asked to lend support • Lebanon Valley wrecks UC bid for winning season • Hockey team ends undefeated, 6-1 • Good week for UC soccer team • Player of the week: Bill Siebenson • Interview: Bill Megillhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1258/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, February 17, 1964

Preparations in final stage for Four Freshmen concert • Asian students: APO will begin to collect books for foundation • Evolution and world federalism to be topic of Dr. Charles Price • Art exhibit set for weekend • Summer job opportunities • Three sororities begin Spring rush • Traditional Lorelei turnabout held; Dance king crowned, Whitians presented • Freshman pre-med views Christian concept of unity • Women to receive colors Thursday • English Club to hear Harvard poet • Editorial: A bit of discretion, please; Ursinus big time; Apology • Sub-species new theory of race evolution • Review of books • Letters to the editor • After one week the acting Dean: Dr. Vorrath speaks • Lincoln University students featured at Kaffee Klatsch: A well-attended affair • Greek gleanings • Impending crisis in our American railroads: Part two • Grapplers decision Hopkins after bowing at E-town • UC cagers success at PMC, bunglers at Swarthmore • WC drops Ursinus cagettes, 50-31 • Women trounce opponents in season openerhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1264/thumbnail.jp