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Stress, Fatigue, and Sexual Spontaneity Among Married Couples in a High-Stress Society: Evidence from Sex Diary Data from Singapore
This paper investigates the associations between stress and fatigue and sexual spontaneity among heterosexual married couples in Singapore, a high-income society with high work performance expectations and long working hours. Data on self-reported menstrual dates, sexual activity within the marriage, and stress and fatigue levels were collected from 657 married women aged 25–34 years through biweekly online diaries over 14 weeks. Using a two-way fixed effects logistic model which controlled for time-invariant individual fixed effects and menstrual cycle fixed effects, the paper tests three hypotheses: (1) sexual activity is significantly lower on weekdays compared to weekends and public holidays, (2) sexual activity is significantly lower during periods when women reported higher stress and fatigue, and (3) stress and fatigue are more predictive of sexual activity during weekdays than during weekends. Frequencies of marital sexual intercourse during the diary keeping period were 3.69 and 2.55 per 30 days among women aged 25–29 and 30–34 years, respectively, much lower than ideal frequencies of 6.40 and 5.23. Consistent with all three hypotheses, there was a strong positive weekend effect and a weak but positive public holiday effect, and strong negative effects of both stress and fatigue, especially during weekdays. There was no evidence of compensatory sex on weekends to make up for hectic workweeks. Increased support for work-life balance can contribute to more spontaneous marital sex lives and may reduce underachievement of ideals for sexual intimacy and childbearing in Singapore.
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A report of community theatre groups during the coronavirus pandemic
The objective of this paper is to present the story of three community theatre groups working with older people from West Yorkshire, England, and how they manage to rehearse and perform before and after the new coronavirus pandemic. The article looks at what factors, such as audience involvement, the groups had in common. Finally, the article concludes that the future is – no one knows.
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CREATIVITY AND SPONTANEITY IN THE THEORY OF THE COMMUNITY POWER LEARNING PROCESS
In this article, the study of community power learning process is introduced. The aim of the study was to build a conception and a substantive theory of adult learners’ group learning. The theory has a dialogue with three perspectives: andragogy, sociometry and neuroscience. The community power learning process builds a close connection with Morenian approaches of using sociometry, peer support and spontaneity and creativity in a group learning process. Spontaneity and creativity are seen as an essential part of adult group learning. Four main categories were found: participation, communality, creativity, and tutoring. The core category was identified as the community power learning process. This study has been carried out using grounded theory research methodology.
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The street and organization studies
Work and organization increasingly happen in transit. People meet in coffee shops and write emails from their phones while waiting for buses or sitting outdoors on benches. Business meetings are held in airports and projects are run from laptops during travel. We take the street as a place where organizing in transit accumulates. While the organization studies field has been catching up with various related phenomena, including co-working, digital nomadism, and mobile and online communities, we argue that it has overlooked what has historically been the most important site for organizational activity outside of organizations. The street has been both location and inspiration for organizing, whether political, social or governmental. It is a space of both planning and spontaneity, of silent co-existence and explicit conflict, and therefore offers abundant empirical and methodological opportunities. It is surprising that the street and the experiences it brings with it have remained largely outside the scope of organization studies. We suggest that organization scholars take to the street, and offer recommendations as to how to do so. Specifically, we explore the tensions that become apparent when organizing happens in and through the street.
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The predictive value of writing disorders in patients with Alzheimer's disease
Background Early‐stage symptoms of Alzheimer's progress slowly, making it challenging to assess the patient's condition prognostically. Alzheimer's disease affects fine motor control even in its initial stages. Analyzing handwriting dynamics may serve as an effective, inexpensive, and non‐invasive tool for predicting the course of Alzheimer's disease. Method Over a two‐year period, we observed 12 women aged 65 to 75 diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. They underwent a graphological assessment annually, following a protocol we developed consisting of 15 tasks. Participants were provided with a blank A4 sheet of paper for writing. Results were evaluated using a computer program we created, which assessed the positioning, initiation of writing, and text distribution on the page, including margins, line spacing, and word spacing. The shape, slant, and size of letters, as well as writing speed and spontaneity, were also analyzed. Result Distinct handwriting features were identified that progressed in patients during the follow‐up graphological assessments conducted a year later. Patients experienced difficulties understanding the tasks of the graphological study. Notably, there was a lack of top and left margins, with large right margins. The right and left edges were uneven, and there were varying intervals between lines and words. Letters within words exhibited different sizes, with larger letters predominating, often expanded both vertically and horizontally, likely due to age‐related hyperopia. There were noticeable gaps between letters in words, and words were frequently left unfinished. Substitutions of letters and syllables within words were observed, along with simplified, angular letter forms. Lines were uneven and tended to rise, with variations in letter slant within a single word. The pressure applied during writing fluctuated continuously, resulting in intermittent writing, slow pace, and a lack of spontaneity. Overall, the handwriting was difficult to decipher. Conclusion Our study has highlighted characteristic handwriting traits that progress in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Further annual examination of handwriting samples from these patients is necessary.
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Protest on the Fly: Toward a Theory of Spontaneity in the Dynamics of Protest and Social Movements
This article reexamines spontaneity as an important, albeit neglected, mechanism in collective action dynamics, and elaborates on its operation and effects in protest events and social movements. We do not presume that spontaneity is routinely at play in all collective actions. Rather, based on our grounded analysis of historical and ethnographic data, we contend that spontaneity is triggered by certain conditions: nonhierarchical organization; uncertain/ambiguous moments and events; behavioral/emotional priming; and certain ecological/spatial factors. We conclude by elaborating why the activation of spontaneous actions matters in shaping the course and character of protest events and movements, and we suggest that spontaneity be resuscitated in the study of collective action and everyday life more generally.
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Let's talk about it: the impact of nurses' implicit voice theories on individual agility and quality of care
PurposeThe complexity and uncertainty of healthcare operations increasingly require agility to safeguard a high quality of care. Using a microfoundations of dynamic capabilities perspective, this study investigates the effects of nurses' implicit voice theories (IVTs) on the behaviors that influence their individual agility.Design/methodology/approachThis research uses quantitative survey data collected from 2,552 Canadian nurses during the fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in the fall of 2021. Structural equation modeling is used to test a conceptual model that hypothesizes the effects of three different IVTs on nurses' creativity, spontaneity, agility and the quality of care they deliver to patients.FindingsThe results reveal that voice-inhibiting cognitions (like “suggestions are criticisms for higher-ups”, “I first need a solution or solid data”, and “speaking up has negative repercussions”) negatively impact nurses' creativity and spontaneity in crafting solutions to problems they face daily. In turn, this affects nurses' individual agility as they attempt to adapt to changing circumstances and, ultimately, the quality of care they provide to their patients.Practical implicationsEven if organizations have little control over employees' pre-held beliefs regarding voice, they can still reverse them by developing and nurturing a voice-welcoming culture to boost their workers' agility.Originality/valueThis study combines two theoretical frameworks, voice theory and dynamic capabilities theory, to study how individual-level factors (cognitions and behaviors) contribute to nurses' individual agility and the quality of care they provide to their patients. It answers the recent calls of scholars to study the mechanisms through which healthcare operations can develop and sustain dynamic capabilities, such as agility, and better face the “new normal”.
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