Cognitive Societal Human Values of Sports: after the 2011 Disaster of Japan
SASAKI Koh,
Takumi yamamoto,
Kayoko Komatsu,
Yuichi Ueno,
Takashi Katsuta
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2013
Pages:
1-6
Published:
20 February 2013
Abstract: This study examines the recognition of life management and offers insight into the interpretation of benevolent sports activities following Japan’s March 2011 disaster. After the incident, people suspended all sports activities, but various benevolentsports activities were developed immediately in the damaged areas. By interviewing Japanese students (N=405), this descriptive study investigates the recognized human value structure of sports in a crisis situation by applying the social management concept of ‘time perspective’ and ‘hope’. The question asked to the participants was ‘What types of values do you recognize in Japanese benevolent sports activities to help the damaged society after the 2011 disaster?’ The participants ranked eighteen items (1 to 18) terminal and instrumental values. Next, cluster analysis (Ward’s method) was carried out to further explore the close relationships between the ordersof intimacyvalues within each value cluster. The results of the terminal values study suggest greatest recognition of (1)a world with the universal values of ‘happiness’ and ‘freedom’ and (2) the pursuit of a life with finite values of ‘a sense of accomplishment’ and ‘self-respect’. This clustering suggests the ontological commitmentto a dynamic balance of finite and universal values. The results of the instrumental values study suggest greatest recognition of the following human characteristics: (1) ‘courageous’ and ‘honest’ by inner motivation and altruistic dedication to virtue ethics and (2) ‘ambitious’ and ‘capable (of logical activism)’ for survival. Finally, a network analysis was performed to explore the centrality of the multi-value space in benevolent sportsactivities. Network analysis (graph theory) presentsthe holistic evaluation method for the positional functions of societal values and organization.
Abstract: This study examines the recognition of life management and offers insight into the interpretation of benevolent sports activities following Japan’s March 2011 disaster. After the incident, people suspended all sports activities, but various benevolentsports activities were developed immediately in the damaged areas. By interviewing Japanese student...
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Factors Associated with Adolescent Pregnancy and Fertility in Uganda: Analysis of the 2011 Demographic and Health Survey Data
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2013
Pages:
7-13
Published:
20 February 2013
Abstract: Adolescent pregnancy and fertility are often discussed in literature as causes of health concern and as a social problem. Taking these accounts as a starting point, this paper uses the 2011 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey Data explore the factors related to adolescent fertility and pregnancy in Uganda. A total of 2,026 female adolescents are selected for this study. Logistic regression analyses adjusted for socioeconomic and demographic characteristics are estimated to predict the odds of an adolescent having borne a child in the 5 years preceding the survey, being currently pregnant and both having had a child in the 5 years preceding the survey or being currently pregnant at the time of the survey. Marital status is a strong predictor of the likelihood of both having a child in the 5 years preceding the survey and being currently pregnant at the time of the survey. Age equally appears to be an important predictor of the two outcomes, such that an increase in age was associated with increase in the odds of being pregnant and of having born a child. The discourse in this paper shows that adolescent pregnancy and childbearing is a serious policy intervention area that requires redress.
Abstract: Adolescent pregnancy and fertility are often discussed in literature as causes of health concern and as a social problem. Taking these accounts as a starting point, this paper uses the 2011 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey Data explore the factors related to adolescent fertility and pregnancy in Uganda. A total of 2,026 female adolescents are s...
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