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- Title
"Views of Context". An instrument for the analysis of the cultural milieu. A first validation study.
- Authors
Ciavolino, Enrico; Redd, Rozlyn; Avdi, Evrinomy; Falcone, Matteo; Fini, Viviana; Kadianaki, Irini; Kullasepp, Katrin; Mannarini, Terri; Matsopoulos, Anastassios; Mossi, Piergiorgio; Rochira, Alessia; Santarpia, Alfonso; Sammut, Gordon; Valsiner, Jaan; Veltri, Giuseppe A.; Salvatore, Sergio
- Abstract
The View of Context (VOC) is a survey instrument designed to detect the content of generalized affect-laden meanings embedded within large-scale cultural milieus. Generalized affect-laden meanings work as basic embodied system of assumptions channelling the way of feeling, thinking, making decision. The paper outlines the theoretical and methodological framework of VOC Semiotic Cultural Psychology - and reports a first study of validation, aimed at analysing the VOC's construct validity. The study tests 5 hypotheses, each of them focused on a characteristic of the generalized affect-laden meanings that the instrument is designed to map: their a-semantic (HP1) and affective (HP2) valence; the regulative function (HP3) they exercise on the sensemaking; the assumption that these meanings are transversal to different domains of experience (HP4); the assumption that there is a plurality of these meanings embedded in a certain cultural milieu (HP5). In order to test these hypotheses, a combination of a multidimensional procedure of data analysis and a Path Modeling has been applied on a survey responses obtained from a UK representative sample (N=765). Results are consistent with hypotheses, in that providing evidence of the VOC's construct validity.
- Subjects
CULTURE -- Psychological aspects; BEHAVIOR; SENSEMAKING theory (Communication); CONSTRUCTAL theory; DATA analysis; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Electronic Journal of Applied Statistical Analysis, 2017, Vol 10, Issue 2, p599
- ISSN
2070-5948
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1285/i20705948v10n2p599