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基本説明
Loase presents an interdisciplinary analysis of sigfluence, a word invented by Loase, meaning significant, long-term, positive influence.
Full Description
We have enormous potential to positively influence others, but we don't yet have a word for significant, long-term, positive influence in the English language. In Theory and Measurement of Sigfluence, John Loase presents an interdisciplinary analysis of sigfluence, a word invented by Loase, meaning significant, long-term, positive influence. Loase gives personal accounts of sigfluence, together with a Sigfluence Survey, which allows the reader to measure three aspects of personal sigfluence. He explores sigfluence from the perspectives of psychology, statistics, mathematical modeling, and personal histories. A chapter is devoted to the reliability and validity of the Sigfluence Survey and preliminary findings related to sigfluence. The evidence supports Loase's theory that sigfluence is an important but widely neglected personal need and a key to finding meaning in life.
Contents
Chapter 1 Acknowledgements Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Personal Accounts: Anecdotal Accounts of Sigfluence; Three Dimensions of Sigfluence; Analyses of the Autobiographies of Bertrand Russell and Albert Einstein; Viktor Frankl's Will-to-Meaning Chapter 4 Brief Review of the Research Literature: Psychology; Values; Interests; Freud; Adler; Frankl; Sigfluence as a Fundamental Need of Person Chapter 5 The Sigfluence Survey: Reliability and Validity Studies of My Sigfluence Survey; Correlation Matrix of Survey Items Chapter 6 Hypothesis Tests: Sigfluence Hypotheses and their Statistical Analyses; Sigfluence Perceptions of People in Distinct Occupations Chapter 7 Mathematical Modeling Perspective: Multiple Regression Analyses; Goodness of Fit Tests for the Sigfluence Distribution Chapter 8 Overview: A Summary of the Results of My Preliminary Statistical Analyses Chapter 9 Future Research Directions: Refining the Sigfluence Survey; Recommended Multi-Disciplinary Areas for Future Academic Research