balite, devera chapter 3

Chapter 3 comments
1. the researchers assume a hypothesis (redundant, revise)
2. The researchers’ grounds this study with the integration of (grounds this study on Roy’s…) Roy’s Theory of Adaptation and Judee K. Burgoon’s Interactive Adaptation Theory.
3. The theory is developed by Sister Callista Roy when she was studying in Los Angeles in 1960’s. This nature of this theory is to help an individual prioritize care and challenges the nurse to move the patient from survival to
transformation. (source?where is this written? Year?)
4. Interpersonal Adaptation Theory or also called as “Interaction Adaption Theory” is developed by Judee K. Burgoon and his teammates in 1995. Basically, the theory is about the adaptation of a person’s behavior in communicating in accordance to how others communicate to them. (source of this fact?year?)
5. Burgoon and his team made a mathematical model for better understanding of the concept. (source?year?)
6. The theory discussed (tense consistency) that…
7. The researchers ground their study to (on) Adaptation theory..
8. for the variables in the current study matches (match) to the variables (omit and replace with ‘those’= match those of…) of the theories mentioned earlier.
9. before engaging to (in) interaction..
10. s the researchers wants to study (check grammar)
11. Coping mechanisms used by the person and the frequency of usage of Social Network Sites determines (check grammar)


CHAPTER III

Study of Framework

Trying to search the actual interactive skill of the active social network users of the University of the Philippines Cebu, the researchers assume a hypothesis that these active social network users, in face-to-face conversations, have an actual interactive skill that is affected by the frequency of usage of these users. The researchers’ grounds this study with the integration of Roy’s Theory of Adaptation and Judee K. Burgoon’s Interactive Adaptation Theory.

Roy’s Theory of Adaptation

The theory is developed by Sister Callista Roy when she was studying in Los Angeles in 1960’s. This nature of this theory is to help an individual prioritize care and challenges the nurse to move the patient from survival to
transformation.

The theory converses that an individual adapts to the environment the individual is exposed to. There are factors, namely stimuli, coping mechanisms, and regulator, that affect the adapted behavior of the individual. The stimuli, the environment the individual is exposed to, is the major contributing factor of the behavior of the person. However, when exposed to the environment, the individual undergoes coping processes. Coping mechanisms can be a regulator, basing in an unconscious manner, and a cognator, basing in emotions. These coping mechanisms allow the individual to show adaptive responses or ineffective responses.

Judee K. Burgoon’s Interactive Adaptation Theory

Interpersonal Adaptation Theory or also called as “Interaction Adaption Theory” is developed by Judee K. Burgoon and his teammates in 1995.

Basically, the theory is about the adaptation of a person’s behavior in communicating in accordance to how others communicate to them. It can also be in the means of gestures, body language and facial expressions. Furthermore, it predicts and explains how, when, and why people adapt to another’s verbal and nonverbal communication in similar or dissimilar ways. It also sees the individual with a combination of expectations, requirements, and desires when beginning an interaction.

As the individual begins an interaction, expectations, desires and requirements are already set. Burgoon and his team made a mathematical model for better understanding of the concept. These expectations, desires and requirement make up the Interaction Position of an individual. This Interaction Position (IP) can consist of either the behavior of the person or a prediction of the partner’s behavior. The predicted behavior of the partner may be different from its actual behavior.

The theory discussed that the individual has the capacity to converge, diverge, mirror, compensate and reciprocate during an interaction. Convergence means a person acts more alike to the other person as relationship progresses. Divergence means becoming more dissimilar. Mirroring means a person’s behavior becomes identical to the other. Compensation means a person will react dissimilar to another’s response. Reciprocity means a person will react in similar way to another person’s reaction. Things mentioned above are considered as coping mechanisms that an individual can do during the process of interaction.

The integration of the two theories presented above can be best shown in Figure 2, found on the next page. The figure shows that the individual has expectations, desires and requirements before exposing oneself to an interactional environment. The individual, then, can choose what coping mechanisms to use during interactions. Together with these coping mechanisms, which was discussed by Burgoon’s theory, is the regulator or cognator of Roy. These factors will the lead to the adaptive or ineffective responses of the individual.

Theoretical Framework

Figure 1. Theoretical Framework

Conceptual Framework

The researchers ground their study to Adaptation theory and Interaction Adaptation theory for the variables in the current study matches to the variables of the theories mentioned earlier.

In the case of this current study, the researchers assume that the individual has expectations, desires and requirements before engaging to interaction. As the researchers wants to study on the actual interactive skill of the active social network users of the University of the Philippines (UP) Cebu students, the individuals will be a population of students from the mentioned institution. The interaction process can be incorporated to Social Network Sites, which are the environmental stimuli in this study.

As the student is exposed to the stimuli, it would apply coping process. Aside from the coping processes, the interaction of the student is also confronted with a regulator or a cognator. The regulator or cognator, in this case, is the frequency of Social Network Usage. Knowing the frequency, the coping mechanisms are well-determined.

Coping mechanisms used by the person and the frequency of usage of Social Network Sites determines whether the individual will have adaptive or ineffective responses. In this study, the researchers aim to examine the responses of the active social network users of the University of the Philippines (UP) Cebu with regards to their interactive skill.

Figure 2 on the next page shows the flow that the UP Cebu students, assumed to have expectation, and desires, are affected by the Social Network Sites which is the environmental stimuli in the study. In the process of series of interactions in the social network sites, the students are affected by its frequency of social network usage and its coping mechanisms. With the concept of the two integrated theories, these factors determine whether the students have adaptive or ineffective responses with regards to their interactive skill.

Conceptual Framework

Figure 2. Conceptual Framework

Operational Framework

Specifically, the Social Networks Sites that would be the environmental stimuli of this study are Facebook, Myspace, Friendster, Multiply and Twitter. By the end of the study, the researchers would like to know the actual interactive skill of these active social network users of the UP Cebu students. To be more specific with regards to the interactive skill, the researchers deal with the openness, confidence and approach ability of the students. In Figure 3 on the next page explains the same flow with Figure 2 but the environmental stimuli are already specified.