I discuss some points about altruistic values and the cost-benefit evaluation in the near-suicide... more I discuss some points about altruistic values and the cost-benefit evaluation in the near-suicide phenomenon.
There has been inconsistency in research on the protective effect of religions against suicide. B... more There has been inconsistency in research on the protective effect of religions against suicide. Based on empirical findings showing that religiosity is positively associated with suicidal ideation probability among people with low social connectedness, we use the mindsponge framework of information processing to explain why religions can help protect against suicide attempts but not suicidal ideation. The aspects of information sources, subjective cost-benefit evaluation, and trust are discussed accordingly. We emphasize the role of religious leaders in conveying religious teachings which generally condemn suicide.
Journal of Asian Business and Economic Studies, 2021
PurposeThe current review aims to examine the growth trajectory, most influential documents, inte... more PurposeThe current review aims to examine the growth trajectory, most influential documents, intellectual and conceptual structure of the literature regarding gender issues in family business research.Design/methodology/approachThe bibliometric analysis was performed using 224 documents from 1991 to 2020 extracted from the Web of Science database.FindingsThe review finds that this field's knowledge grew exponentially during the last three decades, mainly after 2003 and the last several years. Based on the co-citation analysis, three major research lines are identified: “Women's challenges and opportunities in the family business”, “Gender diversity in the family business corporate board”, and “Gender and family SMEs management.” The temporal co-word analysis reveals that “Gender diversity in the family business corporate board” is the latest research line.Originality/valueBy reviewing prominent cited references and documents that cited them, the authors provide the landscape...
The current study explores the psycho-religious mechanism behind the suicide bombers by examining... more The current study explores the psycho-religious mechanism behind the suicide bombers by examining deeper into the suicidal ideation process. Bayesian analysis was performed on a multinational dataset of 268 university students in Japan. The results suggest that: (i) within religious students, those with a higher sense of connectedness tend to have lower suicidal ideation compared to those with a lower sense of connectedness. ; and (ii) within students who are more likely to seek help from religious leaders, those with a higher sense of connectedness tend to have lower suicidal ideation compared to those with a lower sense of connectedness. These findings suggest a complex psycho-religious mechanism of suicidal ideation.This manuscript is the first version of the study describing the logical framework and results of the study. Despite lacking many vital components, such as literature review, detailed explanation, and discussion of the results, we expect early reporting study’s result...
The usefulness of the mindsponge notion has been aided by the philosophical reasoning nature inhe... more The usefulness of the mindsponge notion has been aided by the philosophical reasoning nature inherent in the Bayesian belief updating process.
The current project contains resources (data and codes) for replicating the results of "Alic... more The current project contains resources (data and codes) for replicating the results of "Alice in Suicideland: Exploring the suicidal ideation mechanism through sense of connectedness and help-seeking behaviors"
This method article presents the nuts and bolts of an AI-enabled approach to extracting and analy... more This method article presents the nuts and bolts of an AI-enabled approach to extracting and analyzing social media data. The method is based on our previous rapidly cited COVID-19 research publication, working on a dataset of more than 14,000 news articles from Vietnamese newspapers, to provide a comprehensive picture of how Vietnam has been responding to this unprecedented pandemic. This same method is behind our IUCN-supported research regarding the social aspects of environmental protection missions, now appearing in print in Wiley’s Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. Homemade AI-enabled software was the backbone of the study. The software has provided a fast and automatic approach in collecting and analyzing social data. Moreover, the tool also allows manually sorting the data, AI-generated word tokenizing in the Vietnamese language, and powerful visualization. The method hopes to provide an effective but low-cost method for social scientists to gather...
European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 2021
Although studies have explored the predictors of book reading interest among children, little is ... more Although studies have explored the predictors of book reading interest among children, little is known about the underlying mechanism that helps children become interested in reading books. This study attempt to demonstrate: (1) how book-reading interest is driven by reasons for choosing books (recommendation or personal preference), (2) how students with high and low academic achievements are motivated by different thinking pathways, and (3) how home scholarly culture improves book-reading interest through such pathways. Using Bayesian analysis on a dataset of survey responses from 4966 Vietnamese secondary students (11–15 years old, sixth to ninth grade), we found: (i) Reading interest is positively associated with a book recommendation and parental book reading activities (parents read books to children); (ii) High-achieving students are more interested in reading books if they can choose those books according to personal preferences; (iii) Parental book reading activities can pr...
Video gaming has been rising rapidly to become one of the primary entertainment media, especially... more Video gaming has been rising rapidly to become one of the primary entertainment media, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Playing video games has been reported to associate with many psychological and behavioral traits. However, little is known about the connections between game players’ behaviors in the virtual environment and environmental perceptions. Thus, the current dataset offers valuable resources regarding environmental worldviews and behaviors in the virtual world of 640 Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH) gameplayers from 29 countries around the globe. The dataset consists of six major categories: 1) socio-demographic profile, 2) COVID-19 concern, 3) environmental perception, 4) game-playing habit, 5) in-game behavior, and 6) game-playing feeling. By making this dataset open, we aim to provide policymakers, game producers, and researchers with valuable resources for understanding the interactions between behaviors in the virtual world and environmental perceptions,...
Given that mental health issues are acute in Asian countries, particularly Japan and Korea, and u... more Given that mental health issues are acute in Asian countries, particularly Japan and Korea, and university students are more vulnerable to depression than the general population, this study aims to examine the landscapes of scientific research regarding depressive disorders among university students and evaluate the effectiveness of international collaboration and funding provision on the scientific impact in Korea, Japan, and China. Based on articles retrieved from the Web of Science database during the period 1992–2018, we found that the number of scientific publications, international collaborations, and allocated funds regarding depressive disorder among university students in China (97 articles, 43 international collaborations, and 52 funds provided, respectively) overwhelmingly surpassed the case of Korea (37 articles, 12 international collaborations, and 15 funds provided, respectively) and Japan (24 articles, 5 international collaborations, and 6 funds provided, respectively...
1) This study aimed to examine the prevalence of depression and its correlation with acculturativ... more 1) This study aimed to examine the prevalence of depression and its correlation with acculturative Stress and Social Connectedness among domestic and overseas students in Japan International University. (2) Methods: A Web-based survey was distributed among students of International University, which resulted in 263 responses. On the survey together with socio-demographic data, a nine-item tool from the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), was used to measure the prevalence of Depression and its relationship with socio-demographic data, Social Connectedness Scale was used to measure Social Connectedness, and Acculturative Stress Scale for International Students (ASSIS) was used to measured acculturative stress. (3) Results: Depression was significantly high in international and domestic students (37.81% and 29.85% respectively). English language proficiency and students age (20 years old) showed a significant correlation with depression among domestic students (β=-1.63, p=0.038 and β=2.24, p=0.048). Stay length (third year) also displayed a significant correlation with depression among international students (β=1.08, p=0.032). Among international and domestic students statistically significant positive correlation between depression and acculturative stress, negative associations of social connectedness with depression and acculturative stress were also found. Suicidal or self-hurting ideation thoughts are found among around 20% of all students. (4) Conclusions: These findings indicate a relatively high prevalence of depression among students of International University, and overseas students are more affected. Depression, Acculturation stress and Social Connectedness show statistically strong intercorrelation, which highlights the need of host University to recognise the role of Acculturation and Social Connectedness in the development of Depression among students.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
On average, one person dies by suicide every 40 s. However, extant studies have largely focused o... more On average, one person dies by suicide every 40 s. However, extant studies have largely focused on the risk factors for suicidal behaviors, not so much on the formation of suicidal thoughts. Therefore, we attempt to explain how suicidal thoughts arise and persist inside one’s mind using a multifiltering information mechanism called Mindsponge. Bayesian analysis with Hamiltonian Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) technique was run on a dataset of multinational students (N = 268) of an international university in Japan. Item 9 in the PHQ-9 was used to survey suicidal ideation. The associations among four main variables, namely, (i) suicidal ideation, (ii) help-seeking willingness (informal and formal sources), (iii) sense of connectedness, and (iv) information inaccessibility (represented by being international students), were tested in four models. Sense of connectedness is negatively associated with suicidal ideation, but its effect becomes less impactful when interacting with internat...
Since the outbreak of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), tremendous efforts have been made ... more Since the outbreak of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), tremendous efforts have been made by scientists, health professionals, business people, politicians, and laypeople around the world. Covid-19 vaccines are one of the most crucial innovations that help fight against the virus. This paper attempts to revisit the Covid-19 vaccines production process by employing the 3D creativity management theory. The vaccine production could be deemed an information process and classified into three main stages. The first stage involved the processes of absorbing information (e.g., digital data and open science) and rejecting waning information (e.g., misinformation and fake news) for effectively acquiring useful insights. Useful insights were later employed by experts, enterprises, governments, and international organizations through coordinated efforts for developing vaccines within a short period. Finally, the appearance of multiple types of vaccines enabled more strategic options for ...
Regarding suicide, all major religions in the world share the principles of valuing and supportin... more Regarding suicide, all major religions in the world share the principles of valuing and supporting life while respecting the dead. Many followers trust in religious teachings of mortality which promote peace and altruism. However, distorted extremists take advantage of such trust to recruit members for terroristic purposes through their propaganda. The current study explores the psycho-religious mechanism behind the suicide attacks by examining deeper into the suicidal ideation process. Bayesian analysis was performed on a multinational dataset of 268 university students in Japan. The results suggest that: (i) within religious students, those with a higher social connectedness tend to have lower suicidal ideation than those with a lower social connectedness. ; and (ii) within students who are more likely to seek help from religious leaders, those with a higher social connectedness tend to have lower suicidal ideation than those with a lower social connectedness. These findings sugge...
We propose an approach of treating information as an intermediate (or medium). The intermediate c... more We propose an approach of treating information as an intermediate (or medium). The intermediate can be thought of as an information particle. That particle has three main properties.
Purpose The open-access (OA) publishing model can help improve researchers’ outreach, thanks to i... more Purpose The open-access (OA) publishing model can help improve researchers’ outreach, thanks to its accessibility and visibility to the public. Therefore, the presentation of female researchers can benefit from the OA publishing model. Despite that, little is known about how gender affects OA practices. Thus, the current study explores the effects of female involvement and risk aversion on OA publishing patterns among Vietnamese social sciences and humanities. Design/methodology/approach The study employed Bayesian Mindsponge Framework (BMF) on a dataset of 3,122 Vietnamese social sciences and humanities (SS&H) publications during 2008–2019. The Mindsponge mechanism was specifically used to construct theoretical models, while Bayesian inference was utilized for fitting models. Findings The result showed a positive association between female participation and OA publishing probability. However, the positive effect of female involvement on OA publishing probability was negated by the ...
I discuss some points about altruistic values and the cost-benefit evaluation in the near-suicide... more I discuss some points about altruistic values and the cost-benefit evaluation in the near-suicide phenomenon.
There has been inconsistency in research on the protective effect of religions against suicide. B... more There has been inconsistency in research on the protective effect of religions against suicide. Based on empirical findings showing that religiosity is positively associated with suicidal ideation probability among people with low social connectedness, we use the mindsponge framework of information processing to explain why religions can help protect against suicide attempts but not suicidal ideation. The aspects of information sources, subjective cost-benefit evaluation, and trust are discussed accordingly. We emphasize the role of religious leaders in conveying religious teachings which generally condemn suicide.
Journal of Asian Business and Economic Studies, 2021
PurposeThe current review aims to examine the growth trajectory, most influential documents, inte... more PurposeThe current review aims to examine the growth trajectory, most influential documents, intellectual and conceptual structure of the literature regarding gender issues in family business research.Design/methodology/approachThe bibliometric analysis was performed using 224 documents from 1991 to 2020 extracted from the Web of Science database.FindingsThe review finds that this field's knowledge grew exponentially during the last three decades, mainly after 2003 and the last several years. Based on the co-citation analysis, three major research lines are identified: “Women's challenges and opportunities in the family business”, “Gender diversity in the family business corporate board”, and “Gender and family SMEs management.” The temporal co-word analysis reveals that “Gender diversity in the family business corporate board” is the latest research line.Originality/valueBy reviewing prominent cited references and documents that cited them, the authors provide the landscape...
The current study explores the psycho-religious mechanism behind the suicide bombers by examining... more The current study explores the psycho-religious mechanism behind the suicide bombers by examining deeper into the suicidal ideation process. Bayesian analysis was performed on a multinational dataset of 268 university students in Japan. The results suggest that: (i) within religious students, those with a higher sense of connectedness tend to have lower suicidal ideation compared to those with a lower sense of connectedness. ; and (ii) within students who are more likely to seek help from religious leaders, those with a higher sense of connectedness tend to have lower suicidal ideation compared to those with a lower sense of connectedness. These findings suggest a complex psycho-religious mechanism of suicidal ideation.This manuscript is the first version of the study describing the logical framework and results of the study. Despite lacking many vital components, such as literature review, detailed explanation, and discussion of the results, we expect early reporting study’s result...
The usefulness of the mindsponge notion has been aided by the philosophical reasoning nature inhe... more The usefulness of the mindsponge notion has been aided by the philosophical reasoning nature inherent in the Bayesian belief updating process.
The current project contains resources (data and codes) for replicating the results of "Alic... more The current project contains resources (data and codes) for replicating the results of "Alice in Suicideland: Exploring the suicidal ideation mechanism through sense of connectedness and help-seeking behaviors"
This method article presents the nuts and bolts of an AI-enabled approach to extracting and analy... more This method article presents the nuts and bolts of an AI-enabled approach to extracting and analyzing social media data. The method is based on our previous rapidly cited COVID-19 research publication, working on a dataset of more than 14,000 news articles from Vietnamese newspapers, to provide a comprehensive picture of how Vietnam has been responding to this unprecedented pandemic. This same method is behind our IUCN-supported research regarding the social aspects of environmental protection missions, now appearing in print in Wiley’s Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. Homemade AI-enabled software was the backbone of the study. The software has provided a fast and automatic approach in collecting and analyzing social data. Moreover, the tool also allows manually sorting the data, AI-generated word tokenizing in the Vietnamese language, and powerful visualization. The method hopes to provide an effective but low-cost method for social scientists to gather...
European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 2021
Although studies have explored the predictors of book reading interest among children, little is ... more Although studies have explored the predictors of book reading interest among children, little is known about the underlying mechanism that helps children become interested in reading books. This study attempt to demonstrate: (1) how book-reading interest is driven by reasons for choosing books (recommendation or personal preference), (2) how students with high and low academic achievements are motivated by different thinking pathways, and (3) how home scholarly culture improves book-reading interest through such pathways. Using Bayesian analysis on a dataset of survey responses from 4966 Vietnamese secondary students (11–15 years old, sixth to ninth grade), we found: (i) Reading interest is positively associated with a book recommendation and parental book reading activities (parents read books to children); (ii) High-achieving students are more interested in reading books if they can choose those books according to personal preferences; (iii) Parental book reading activities can pr...
Video gaming has been rising rapidly to become one of the primary entertainment media, especially... more Video gaming has been rising rapidly to become one of the primary entertainment media, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Playing video games has been reported to associate with many psychological and behavioral traits. However, little is known about the connections between game players’ behaviors in the virtual environment and environmental perceptions. Thus, the current dataset offers valuable resources regarding environmental worldviews and behaviors in the virtual world of 640 Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH) gameplayers from 29 countries around the globe. The dataset consists of six major categories: 1) socio-demographic profile, 2) COVID-19 concern, 3) environmental perception, 4) game-playing habit, 5) in-game behavior, and 6) game-playing feeling. By making this dataset open, we aim to provide policymakers, game producers, and researchers with valuable resources for understanding the interactions between behaviors in the virtual world and environmental perceptions,...
Given that mental health issues are acute in Asian countries, particularly Japan and Korea, and u... more Given that mental health issues are acute in Asian countries, particularly Japan and Korea, and university students are more vulnerable to depression than the general population, this study aims to examine the landscapes of scientific research regarding depressive disorders among university students and evaluate the effectiveness of international collaboration and funding provision on the scientific impact in Korea, Japan, and China. Based on articles retrieved from the Web of Science database during the period 1992–2018, we found that the number of scientific publications, international collaborations, and allocated funds regarding depressive disorder among university students in China (97 articles, 43 international collaborations, and 52 funds provided, respectively) overwhelmingly surpassed the case of Korea (37 articles, 12 international collaborations, and 15 funds provided, respectively) and Japan (24 articles, 5 international collaborations, and 6 funds provided, respectively...
1) This study aimed to examine the prevalence of depression and its correlation with acculturativ... more 1) This study aimed to examine the prevalence of depression and its correlation with acculturative Stress and Social Connectedness among domestic and overseas students in Japan International University. (2) Methods: A Web-based survey was distributed among students of International University, which resulted in 263 responses. On the survey together with socio-demographic data, a nine-item tool from the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), was used to measure the prevalence of Depression and its relationship with socio-demographic data, Social Connectedness Scale was used to measure Social Connectedness, and Acculturative Stress Scale for International Students (ASSIS) was used to measured acculturative stress. (3) Results: Depression was significantly high in international and domestic students (37.81% and 29.85% respectively). English language proficiency and students age (20 years old) showed a significant correlation with depression among domestic students (β=-1.63, p=0.038 and β=2.24, p=0.048). Stay length (third year) also displayed a significant correlation with depression among international students (β=1.08, p=0.032). Among international and domestic students statistically significant positive correlation between depression and acculturative stress, negative associations of social connectedness with depression and acculturative stress were also found. Suicidal or self-hurting ideation thoughts are found among around 20% of all students. (4) Conclusions: These findings indicate a relatively high prevalence of depression among students of International University, and overseas students are more affected. Depression, Acculturation stress and Social Connectedness show statistically strong intercorrelation, which highlights the need of host University to recognise the role of Acculturation and Social Connectedness in the development of Depression among students.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
On average, one person dies by suicide every 40 s. However, extant studies have largely focused o... more On average, one person dies by suicide every 40 s. However, extant studies have largely focused on the risk factors for suicidal behaviors, not so much on the formation of suicidal thoughts. Therefore, we attempt to explain how suicidal thoughts arise and persist inside one’s mind using a multifiltering information mechanism called Mindsponge. Bayesian analysis with Hamiltonian Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) technique was run on a dataset of multinational students (N = 268) of an international university in Japan. Item 9 in the PHQ-9 was used to survey suicidal ideation. The associations among four main variables, namely, (i) suicidal ideation, (ii) help-seeking willingness (informal and formal sources), (iii) sense of connectedness, and (iv) information inaccessibility (represented by being international students), were tested in four models. Sense of connectedness is negatively associated with suicidal ideation, but its effect becomes less impactful when interacting with internat...
Since the outbreak of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), tremendous efforts have been made ... more Since the outbreak of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), tremendous efforts have been made by scientists, health professionals, business people, politicians, and laypeople around the world. Covid-19 vaccines are one of the most crucial innovations that help fight against the virus. This paper attempts to revisit the Covid-19 vaccines production process by employing the 3D creativity management theory. The vaccine production could be deemed an information process and classified into three main stages. The first stage involved the processes of absorbing information (e.g., digital data and open science) and rejecting waning information (e.g., misinformation and fake news) for effectively acquiring useful insights. Useful insights were later employed by experts, enterprises, governments, and international organizations through coordinated efforts for developing vaccines within a short period. Finally, the appearance of multiple types of vaccines enabled more strategic options for ...
Regarding suicide, all major religions in the world share the principles of valuing and supportin... more Regarding suicide, all major religions in the world share the principles of valuing and supporting life while respecting the dead. Many followers trust in religious teachings of mortality which promote peace and altruism. However, distorted extremists take advantage of such trust to recruit members for terroristic purposes through their propaganda. The current study explores the psycho-religious mechanism behind the suicide attacks by examining deeper into the suicidal ideation process. Bayesian analysis was performed on a multinational dataset of 268 university students in Japan. The results suggest that: (i) within religious students, those with a higher social connectedness tend to have lower suicidal ideation than those with a lower social connectedness. ; and (ii) within students who are more likely to seek help from religious leaders, those with a higher social connectedness tend to have lower suicidal ideation than those with a lower social connectedness. These findings sugge...
We propose an approach of treating information as an intermediate (or medium). The intermediate c... more We propose an approach of treating information as an intermediate (or medium). The intermediate can be thought of as an information particle. That particle has three main properties.
Purpose The open-access (OA) publishing model can help improve researchers’ outreach, thanks to i... more Purpose The open-access (OA) publishing model can help improve researchers’ outreach, thanks to its accessibility and visibility to the public. Therefore, the presentation of female researchers can benefit from the OA publishing model. Despite that, little is known about how gender affects OA practices. Thus, the current study explores the effects of female involvement and risk aversion on OA publishing patterns among Vietnamese social sciences and humanities. Design/methodology/approach The study employed Bayesian Mindsponge Framework (BMF) on a dataset of 3,122 Vietnamese social sciences and humanities (SS&H) publications during 2008–2019. The Mindsponge mechanism was specifically used to construct theoretical models, while Bayesian inference was utilized for fitting models. Findings The result showed a positive association between female participation and OA publishing probability. However, the positive effect of female involvement on OA publishing probability was negated by the ...
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