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“Doing Research”: Understanding the Different Types of Peer-Reviewed Articles

The term “research” is muddy, particularly in common usage. Waiting in an airport, I overheard the individual next to me say to their companion, “I spent all day doing research. ” As an academic, my ears perked up. But the individual quickly finished, “My boss had me research flights and hotel prices in Dallas. ” I was a little disappointed, but this experience highlights the sticky nature of the term “research. ” In an everyday context, research means finding information or compiling and comparing information. However, in an academic setting, research has a more formal denotation. The famed education scholar, John W. Creswell defines research as “a process of steps used to collect and analyze information to increase our understanding of a topic or issue” (Creswell 2008, 14). But even that definition has different interpretations and connotations given the field of study and the kinds of research being done. English literature professors, nuclear engineers, and psychologists all enjoy “doing research,” but how they go about their research varies considerably. And even within a single field there is room for flexibility. For a multidisciplinary journal such as the Voice and Speech Review (VSR), this elastic definition of research can cause further confusion. Last March, I wrote “A Guide to Publishing in the Voice and Speech Review” (Sansom 2018). This guide aims to make academic publishing in this journal more accessible, particularly for artists who wish to transition to artist-scholar in academia. In this guide, I outlined the different kinds of articles in the VSR: peer-reviewed articles, forum articles, and reviews. I also discussed the interdisciplinary nature of the VSR, exploring how VSR peer-reviewed articles (also known as research articles) can come from a wide range of research paradigms such as the humanities, performing arts, social sciences, and the natural sciences. Since writing this guide, many potential authors have asked follow up questions about how research functions and how it relates to different fields. So, I want to address some of those questions here. The most frequent question has been “What are the different types of peer-reviewed articles? ” Since the VSR accepts articles from a variety of fields, understanding the most common kinds of peer-review articles may help clarify questions about the nature of academic research. Ultimately, there are three major categories of peer-reviewed articles in academic journals. Those classifications are:
“Somewhere We Can Breathe”: Diasporic Counterspaces of Education as Sites of Epistemological Possibility

Drawing upon ethnographic and case study research conducted across two educational settings in the United States, this article examines emergent spaces and practices of education that result from, or are affected by, the presence of minoritized diasporic communities. In light of ongoing currents of xenophobia in the United States and practices of racialization in everyday experiences of schooling, I argue that these diasporic educational spaces work as counterspaces of epistemic possibility, in which conceptions of identity and belonging—ones that are often foreclosed in the mainstream and predominantly white educational spaces—become viable. Examining the cultural production within these spaces troubles the idea that diasporic educational spaces primarily maintain or privilege transnational ties to “home. ” I conclude that these educational spaces highlight two related points: first, diasporic educational sites engender creative possibilities for reworking exclusionary discourses; second, they point to the need for a further decentering and decolonization of pedagogy and curriculum in public secondary schools.
I Know, Therefore I Am Healthier? The Role of Education in Health-Related Behaviors

To know how better economic conditions impact health-related choices is critical when formulating public policies that aim at improving the population’s health, both in terms of outcomes and habits. Through the use of two national surveys, we investigate the effect of one additional year of schooling on the amount of time of physical activity done per week, and on the servings consumed of fruits and vegetables per day, in urban Colombia. Furthermore, intending to find causal links, we exploited as a source of exogenous variation a change in regulation concerning basic education implemented in the 1970s, in a 2SLS framework. Our results suggest that higher levels of education have a positive impact on food consumption habits, and on the undertaking of physical activity, especially when it is done for leisure. Conversely, transport-motivated physical activity is unaffected by higher educational attainment, which points to the presence of protective factors in low SES individuals. For the consumption part, we find that access is a necessary condition for individuals to make healthy diet choices.
Informatics/health IT implementation in DNP education: Faculty, organizational, and program characteristics for diverse professional roles

Summary: Nursing informatics/health IT is critical to achieving and measuring patient safety and outcomes as well as key components of graduate nursing education, accreditation and practice. Electronic survey findings (2011) from AACN accredited DNP program directors are compared to a replicated/expanded follow-up survey to further explore informatics/health IT content and experience.
Perfectionism in the Transition to University: Comparing Diathesis-Stress and Downward Spiral Models of Depressive Symptoms

Transitioning to university may be especially difficult for students who expect perfection from themselves. Self-critical perfectionism has consistently been linked to poor mental health. The current study compares a diathesis-stress and a downward-spiral model to determine why self-critical perfectionism is detrimental for mental health during this transition. First-year students (N = 658) were recruited before beginning university in August and contacted again in October, January, and April. Participants completed measures on perfectionism, stress, and depressive symptoms. Evidence was found for a downward-spiral model with self-critical perfectionism but not a diathesis-stress model. Students higher in self-critical perfectionism were more likely to experience increased stress and depressive symptoms in a circular and additive manner. Conversely, students higher in personal-standards perfectionism experienced less stress and subsequent depressive symptoms. This research provides a theoretical model for why self-critical perfectionism is related to poor mental-health outcomes that become sustained over time.
Consumer-driven embedded health promotion and health education

Abstract The concept of embedded health promotion and health education (HP/HE) is discussed. The key feature is that HP/HE loses its professional identity as it becomes a core activity for all health professionals. Counselling and coaching individuals as part of individual health education by health professionals is an important innovation. However, researchers will have to test new methods of assessing the value-added component of this new HE activity. In addition, the new approach will focus on positive rather than negative messages.
How suitable is Yahoo! Groups for school librarians’ professional networking? A case study from Hong Kong

This paper explores how members of Hong Kong based professional association of school librarians (ALESS) use Yahoo! Groups platform for their professional networking and how the platform satisfies the group’s professional needs. The case study research method is applied and both quantitative and qualitative data are collected. It is revealed that ALESS members effectively use Yahoo! Groups platform even though they do not exploit all available features. ALESS members regularly use web-based mail and occasionally Files and Polls. Although some group members think that Yahoo! Groups need to be replaced with a more user-friendly tool, most respondents agree that for the time being Yahoo! Groups platform fairly fulfils ALESS group’s needs. Further analysis of existing social networking software and ALESS group’s needs and preferences are recommended.
Street-Level Theories of Change: Adapting the Medical Model of Evidence-Based Practice for Policing

Evidence-based medicine (EBM), with its evidence hierarchies and emphasis on RCTs, meta-analyses and systematic reviews, sets the model for evidence-based policy almost everywhere, policing no exception. But how closely should policing follow this model? We argue that RCTs can tell you little about what you need to know for real-world practice: will this policy work where and when you implement it? Defending that it will do so takes good theory. For RCTs to play a role in theory development, they must be set into a larger body of knowledge, including local knowledge about the sites of implementation. Unfortunately the standard EBM model generally ignores the other kinds of knowledge needed. An alternative model for evidence-based policing, similar to that of the new movement for ‘EBM+’ and immanent in the practice of realist synthesis, focuses on the arguments that proposed policing policies will work where and when they are implemented and looks for the evidence needed to support those arguments.
Emotion recognition in western popular music: the role of melodic structure.

This paper adopts a wider view of emotional expression in music by considering the musical communication process (Miell, MacDonald & Hargreaves 2005, Juslin & Timmers 2010). Higher level structural elements of music, specifically the role of melodic structure, are incorporated into the feature extraction process. A study is introduced in which participants use a 2 dimensional time-continuous measurement methodology to rate the emotion expressed by musical pieces. These musical stimuli are then analyzed using feature extraction algorithms. A statistical analysis of these measures is then performed with the aim of identifying correlations between melodic structural features and expressed emotion.
Alfabetização brasileira: uma reflexão a partir de uma perspectiva sociocultural

This article presents Lev Vygotsky 's views on social coexistence, essential to human growth, and on the act of playing - one of the most important stages for the child. That moment is when the child expands their creativity and experiences the proximal development zone, where it performs actions that go beyond expected for their age and, thus, they evolve. Drawing and using written language also play an important role at that moment. It is clear that teachers need to provide opportunities for children to play, socialize (both with adults and with other children) and use oral language in a meaningful way, ensuring that they become literate. The conclusion reveals that children from poor families still spend less time in their proximal developmental zone because parents often fail to provide these opportunities (for example, they work and are unable to leave the child in a day care center). In addition, the content tradition and the lack of adequate training amongst teachers end up reflecting the students' interest in the classes, which impacts on their development. The article shows that it is imperative that children interact and engage in social tasks while learning to read and write.
A Study on Preschool Teachers' Burnout

This study intends to find out the exhaustion level of teachers working at preschool education institutions according to the variables of gender, marital status, whether they regard preschool teaching as an appropriate occupation for themselves, the number of schools they worked so far, working hours and the region in which they work. The sample of the study consists of 395 preschool teachers working in various provinces of Turkey. The data collection tools of the study are “Personal Information Form” designed by the researchers and “Maslach Burnout Inventory” developed by Maslach and Jackson (1981). Percentage, frequency, t-test, chisquare and Pearson correlation test were used for the statistical analysis of the data. The study demonstrates that preschool teachers experience varying degrees of burnout in the dimensions of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal accomplishment based on certain variables.
Feasibility of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure for Routine Use

Purpose: Despite encouragement, routine outcome measurement is not standard practice in occupational therapy. This applies across most practice areas and outcome measures, including occupational therapy measures such as the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure. Barriers to using outcome measures have been proposed, but are gathered from therapists not measuring outcomes routinely. This study gathered therapists' perceptions on outcome measurement following a period of routine outcome measure use. A secondary aim was to propose a therapist-driven template for summarising outcome data routinely. Procedures: Using a process evaluation, a short answer survey was used with three occupational therapists following 5 months of Canadian Occupational Performance Measure use in older people's rehabilitation. The data were summarised descriptively, using a proposed template based on therapist feedback. Findings: The therapists perceived that the measure facilitated treatment for both therapists and clients but they experienced challenges related to client cognition and sustaining use. Template creation indicated that the therapists placed more importance on individual than group level data. Conclusion: The therapists perceived benefit in routine Canadian Occupational Performance Measure use. The instrument appears feasible for meaningful and routine use but not necessarily for sustained use. Increasing outcome measure use is complex, requiring more knowledge on barriers, expectations of value and methods of data utilisation.
Start-up’s Performance: An Empirical Study on Dynamic Capabilities Under The Contributions of Bricolage and Social Capital: Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference

This paper examines how a new venture builds and shapes dynamic capabilities through the contributions made by the bricolage and social capital of a management team based upon data drawn from an online survey of 221 new ventures in the UK. The results show that by using resources at hand and exploiting social capital a management team is likely to improve the development and application of dynamic capabilities, which in turn increase a new venture’s performance.
Heterosexual men’s attitudes towards homosexuality and ingroup distinctiveness: the role of perceived men’s feminisation

ABSTRACT The present research tested the hypothesis that perceived men’s feminisation can decrease heterosexual men’s positive attitudes towards homosexuality because of their increased motivation to psychologically differentiate heterosexual men from gay men – i.e. in order to restore ingroup distinctiveness. Study 1 (N = 173) manipulated perceptions of men’s feminisation and showed that prompting participants with bogus evidence that men are becoming feminine decreased positive attitudes towards homosexuality. Furthermore, the extent to which heterosexual men reported increased psychological differentiation from gay men (both at the interpersonal and the intergroup levels) mediated the impact of perceived men’s feminisation on attitudes towards homosexuality. Study 2 (N = 178) used a fully experimental approach and manipulated perceived biological differences between heterosexual and gay men in order to threaten or grant ingroup distinctiveness. The results revealed that perceived men’s feminisation decreased positive attitudes towards homosexuality in the distinctiveness threat condition (i.e. when gay men were described as biologically similar to straight men), but increased positive attitudes both when ingroup distinctiveness was granted (i.e. when gay men were described as biologically different from straight men) and when it was not relevant (i.e. when the similarity of all human beings was salient). We discuss the relevance of these findings for masculinity norms, attitudes towards homosexuality, and the ingroup distinctiveness literature.
Social worker, law enforcer, and now bill collector: Probation officers’ collection of supervision fees

Abstract Probation officers have long had to balance social work and law enforcement orientations to meet the needs of the individuals on probation and to enforce the conditions of probation. In some jurisdictions, probation officers have a large responsibility in the collection and enforcement of probation fees. Little research has examined how that job function impacts the work of probation officers. The rehabilitative and punitive goals of probation may become secondary to the revenue generating goals. Transcripts of focus groups and interviews with 74 probation officers and managers in four probation jurisdictions in Texas were analyzed. The major finding was that, with a central focus on collections, probation officers risked moving away from an integrated social worker/law enforcer role focused on criminogenic needs, to being focused on revenue collection, thus making them akin to bill collectors.
Airbnb in India: comparison with hotels, and factors affecting purchase intentions

The purpose of this paper is to understand Indian tourists’ perceptions of Airbnb compared to other hospitality options, and the factors driving their purchase intentions. ,An integrated model for purchase intention was conceptualized based on the theory of planned behavior and social exchange theory. Constructs such as trust, authenticity, travel innovativeness, price sensitivity and effort expectancy were included based on a survey of the literature. Structural equation models were built using survey data. Respondent ranking of different criteria for Airbnb vs its competitors were aggregated using Borda count method. ,Price is the most important criteria across hospitality choices, including Airbnb, except high-end hotels. Facilities, home-like feeling, trust and friendly service were important for Airbnb. Consumer expectations from Airbnb are similar to homestays, mid-range and budget hotels and different from resorts and high-range hotels. In the theory of planned behavior model, trust in Airbnb and perceived authenticity had large significant positive effects on purchase intention, mediated by attitude. Social norms and effort expectancy had direct positive effects on behavioral intentions. Price sensitivity had a direct small negative effect on purchase intention. Overall, fit of the model was within acceptable parameters. ,Despite being an important emerging market, Airbnb in India has not been covered by studies of consumer behavior. This paper fills that research gap. Airbnb’s main competitors are home-stays and mid-range hotels. Building trust, creating authentic experiences and ensuring price competitiveness will drive adoption.
Physical Disability and Depression a Methodological Consideration

Evidence that the physically disabled are at substantially elevated risk for depressive symtomatology has been widely reported. This paper considers the meaning of these reports with respect to the appropriateness of using a self-report depression scale (The Center for Epidemiologic Studies of Depression: [CES-D] with a disabled population. Results clearly demonstrate that the high scores of CES-D observed for the disabled population do not derive from elevated levels of somatic symptoms or transient symptoms that might be associated with the physical limitation itself. Rather, they derive from persistent psychological symptoms, suggesting that the elevated rates of depression among physically disabled adults may be real and not an artifact of measurement bias. It was concluded that standardized self-report scales such as the CES-D may well be used effectively to screen those patients with physical disabilities who may need psychological help. Le fait que les handicapés physiques présentent un risque élevé d'être atteints de symptômes dépressifs a été abondamment publié. Cette présentation s'interroge sur la signification de ces publications en rapport avec la pertinence d'utiliser l'échelle d'autoévaluation de l'état dépressif (The Center for Epidemiologic Studies of Depression: CES-D) avec une population handicapée. Les résultats démontrent clairement que le fait pour une population handicapée d'enregistrer un pointage élevé suivant cette échelle, ne provient pas des niveaux élevés observés pour les symptômes somatiques ou transitoires qui peuvent être associés à l'incapacité physique ellemême. Ils proviennent plutôt de symptômes psychologiques persistants, portant à penser que les taux élevés de dépression chez les adultes handicapés physiquement sont véridiques et ne doivent pas être considérés comme des phénomènes artificiels issus de mesures biaisées. En conclusion, la standardisation d'une échelle d'autoévaluation telle que la CES-D peut être utilisée efficacement pour dépister les patients atteints d'incapacités physiques qui auraient besoin d'aide psychologique.
FaceEngage: Robust Estimation of Gameplay Engagement from User-Contributed (YouTube) Videos

Measuring user engagement in interactive tasks can facilitate numerous applications toward optimizing user experience, ranging from eLearning to gaming. However, a significant challenge is the lack of non-contact engagement estimation methods that are robust in unconstrained environments. We present FaceEngage, a non-intrusive engagement estimator leveraging user facial recordings during actual gameplay in naturalistic conditions. Our contributions are three-fold. First, we show the potential of using front-facing videos as training data to build the engagement estimator. We compile FaceEngage Dataset with over 700 picture-in-picture, realisitic, and user-contributed YouTube gaming videos (i.e., with both full-screen game scenes and time-synchronized user facial recordings in subwindows). Second, we develop FaceEngage system, that captures relevant gamer facial features from front-facing recordings to infer task engagement. We implement two FaceEngage pipelines: an estimator trained on user facial motion features inspired by prior psychological works, and a deep learning-enabled estimator. Lastly, we conduct extensive experiments and conclude: (i) certain user facial motion cues (e.g., blink rates, head movements) are engagement-indicative; (ii) our deep learning-enabled FaceEngage pipeline can automatically extract more informative features, outperforming the facial motion feature-based pipeline; (iii) FaceEngage is robust to various video lengths, users/game genres and interpretable. Despite the challenging nature of realistic videos, FaceEngage attains the accuracy of 83.8 percent and leave-one-user-out precision of 79.9 percent, both of which are superior to our face motion-based model.