TY - JOUR
T1 - "Views of Context". An instrument for the analysis of the cultural milieu. A first validation study
AU - Ciavolino, Enrico
AU - Redd, Rozlyn
AU - Avdi, Evrinomy
AU - Falcone, Matteo
AU - Fini, Viviana
AU - Kadianaki, Irini
AU - Kullasepp, Katrin
AU - Mannarini, Terri
AU - Matsopoulos, Anastassios
AU - Mossi, Piergiorgio
AU - Rochira, Alessia
AU - Santarpia, Alfonso
AU - Sammut, Gordon
AU - Valsiner, Jaan
AU - Veltri, Giuseppe A.
AU - Salvatore, Sergio
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Affective sense making
KW - Cultural milieu
KW - High-order construct model
KW - PLS-PM
KW - Symbolic universes
KW - VOC
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UR - http://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/ejasa/article/view/18160
U2 - 10.1285/i20705948v10n2p599
DO - 10.1285/i20705948v10n2p599
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85031769384
SN - 2070-5948
VL - 10
SP - 599
EP - 628
JO - Electronic Journal of Applied Statistical Analysis
JF - Electronic Journal of Applied Statistical Analysis
IS - 2
ER -