title: Perceptions of child pornography and its inherent harm: Does personality play a role?

authors: Aitken Worth, Ann

subjects: Child pornography

abstract: This study examined perceptions of inappropriateness of child sexual abuse material, the degree of perceived harm in that material and any relationship the latter had to the Five Factor Model of Personality domains. It examined whether a non-expert audience of university students would use the typology of the 10-level COPINE scale to create a hierarchy of harm or seriousness of offending that aligns with the original. The study found that while the anchors of the scale were ranked in original position, other levels moved in their ranking, representing some disagreement as to whether the COPINE scale adequately represented ascending level of seriousness of offending with regards to the harm caused to the victims 
Perception of harm represented to the children depicted in the images was tied to wrongdoing. Participants appeared to link harm to the context in which images were used rather than the content represented 
No correlation was found between Five-Factor Model of Personality domains and perception of harm, which may have been due to limitations of the study rather than the lack of any such link.
Results were obtained in an anonymous online survey created using an open-source questionnaire based on Goldberg's (1990, 1992) five-factor construct and plain English textual description of each of the 10 levels of the COPINE scale.

text: Perceptions of child pornography and its inherent harm: Does personality play a role? This study examined perceptions of inappropriateness of child sexual abuse material, the degree of perceived harm in that material and any relationship the latter had to the Five Factor Model of Personality domains. It examined whether a non-expert audience of university students would use the typology of the 10-level COPINE scale to create a hierarchy of harm or seriousness of offending that aligns with the original. The study found that while the anchors of the scale were ranked in original position, other levels moved in their ranking, representing some disagreement as to whether the COPINE scale adequately represented ascending level of seriousness of offending with regards to the harm caused to the victims 
Perception of harm represented to the children depicted in the images was tied to wrongdoing. Participants appeared to link harm to the context in which images were used rather than the content represented 
No correlation was found between Five-Factor Model of Personality domains and perception of harm, which may have been due to limitations of the study rather than the lack of any such link.
Results were obtained in an anonymous online survey created using an open-source questionnaire based on Goldberg's (1990, 1992) five-factor construct and plain English textual description of each of the 10 levels of the COPINE scale.

year: 2016

title: Assessment of Self-Management Skills in a Project-Based Learning Paper

authors: Scott, Jonathan B.

abstract: This initial study revealed the potential of having management-specific assessment and business-related demonstrating staff in undergraduate engineering project- based classes. This will offer students valuable insights in preparing for engineering industries that are increasingly incorporating interdisciplinary expertise and ideas to solve complex issues.

text: Assessment of Self-Management Skills in a Project-Based Learning Paper This initial study revealed the potential of having management-specific assessment and business-related demonstrating staff in undergraduate engineering project- based classes. This will offer students valuable insights in preparing for engineering industries that are increasingly incorporating interdisciplinary expertise and ideas to solve complex issues.

year: 2017

title: Wrestling with Biculturalism in Social Work Education

authors: Glubb-Smith, Kelly J.

subjects: Bicultural social work

abstract: When approached to write a piece on Donna Awatere’s (1984) book Māori Sovereignty from a social work perspective we seized the opportunity to reconsider her work. Revisiting the text after a 30-year-plus hiatus sparked a series of reflective conversations about how we wrestle with teaching biculturalism and our efficacy in preparing students for bicultural practice realities. This article draws upon our co-constructed narratives about what it means to be a social work educator in a bicultural practice landscape. Social work students graduate into an exceedingly complex practice environment fraught with tension about how to resolve inequities across the micro-to-macro continuum. The focus of this article is how Donna Awatere’s work is reflected in the tensions and responsibilities experienced when socialising students into the bicultural mission of social work practice in Aotearoa (New Zealand).

text: Wrestling with Biculturalism in Social Work Education When approached to write a piece on Donna Awatere’s (1984) book Māori Sovereignty from a social work perspective we seized the opportunity to reconsider her work. Revisiting the text after a 30-year-plus hiatus sparked a series of reflective conversations about how we wrestle with teaching biculturalism and our efficacy in preparing students for bicultural practice realities. This article draws upon our co-constructed narratives about what it means to be a social work educator in a bicultural practice landscape. Social work students graduate into an exceedingly complex practice environment fraught with tension about how to resolve inequities across the micro-to-macro continuum. The focus of this article is how Donna Awatere’s work is reflected in the tensions and responsibilities experienced when socialising students into the bicultural mission of social work practice in Aotearoa (New Zealand).

year: 2023-07-27