• These guidelines, organized for practical use by architects, schools, and health researchers, present a set of design strategies to help promote healthy eating behaviors in schools. (cdc.gov)
  • In this report, nutrition education refers to a broad range of activities that promote healthy eating behaviors. (cdc.gov)
  • Using the concept of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT 2), this research analyzed the elements that impact consumer behavior while using Telkomsel Orbit. (revista-uem.uno)
  • This study use a descriptive and causal methodology to assess consumer behavior toward variables and to explore causal correlations between variables based on research assumptions. (revista-uem.uno)
  • In the third block, students will learn about several contemporary strategies to reach consumers, about the differences between online and offline consumer behavior, and about how consumer behavior can and should be used to inform branding strategy. (studiesabroad.com)
  • The aim of this last block is to show students that consumer behavior is an ever-evolving discipline that has deep implications in other marketing areas such as branding. (studiesabroad.com)
  • In addition, how environmental communication and marketing affects consumer behavior wil be analyzed. (lu.se)
  • Similar to scripts that stage actors use to guide their behavior, social scripts instruct members of a society as to appropriate behavior and the meanings to attach to certain behaviors. (wikipedia.org)
  • Others argue that the Internet is a source of distraction and addiction and negatively affects people's mental health and social interactions. (tutorialspoint.com)
  • The social cognitive theory posits that people's Internet use is influenced by their beliefs, attitudes, and past experiences. (tutorialspoint.com)
  • It suggests that people's online behavior is shaped by their perceptions of the Internet and their expectations about how it will help them achieve their goals. (tutorialspoint.com)
  • CDT indicates that people's beliefs affect their behavior. (cowetaamerican.com)
  • The TRA was developed in 1967 to understand the relationship between people's attitudes and their behavior. (quicknursing.com)
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, 15, 212-240. (scirp.org)
  • It is hardly surprising that the topic of leadership is one of the most popular areas of study in the field of organizational behavior and organizational studies, since it is widely assumed that leadership affects the link between individual effectiveness and organizational performance (Barling et al. (oreilly.com)
  • Individuals have multiple moral codes governing different situations and aspects of behavior. (forbes.com)
  • The book also synthesized research into autism and used Rimland's neural theory, described in the book, as a theory to explain some aspects of behavior, intelligence, and abnormality. (asu.edu)
  • In contrast, operant behaviors are responses emitted without a stimulus necessarily being present. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • According to Ajzen [12], human behaviors are directed by three main beliefs-behavioral beliefs (the likely outcomes of the behavior), normative beliefs (the expectations of important others), and control beliefs (the factors that may affect behavior execution). (researchgate.net)
  • A person who holds strong beliefs that positive outcomes will result from performing a behavior, will have a positive attitude toward that behavior. (quicknursing.com)
  • Structural Equation Models indicate that each lay theory contributes unique predictive value to relevant outcomes. (bvsalud.org)
  • Overall, studies have found that media campaigns have the potential to effectively change smoking-related outcomes, including attitudes, intentions, Author Manuscript and actual behavior. (cdc.gov)
  • Some experts, such as Caitlin Jones of the Rochester Institute of Technology, put forth the theory that "having a genetic predisposition for criminal behavior does not determine the actions of an individual, but if they are exposed to the right environment, then their chances are greater for engaging in criminal or anti-social behavior. (legalmetro.com)
  • Discusses the roles of genes and environment on criminal behavior. (legalmetro.com)
  • A person who believes that others think he/she should perform a behavior, and who is motivated to meet the expectations of those people, will hold a positive subjective norm. (quicknursing.com)
  • The course will examine the central themes of cognitive psychology and how emotion/affect relate to these themes. (bu.edu)
  • Examines the central themes of social psychology and how emotion/affect, cognition, and behavior all relate to these themes. (bu.edu)
  • Provides opportunities for understanding the fundamental inquiries, assumptions, theories, methodologies, and controversies that comprise the discipline of developmental psychology. (bu.edu)
  • The goal of this course is to use a variety of insights from the social psychology literature in order to understand how consumers behave and, particularly, the reasons behind such behavior. (studiesabroad.com)
  • Cognitive theory is an approach to psychology that attempts to explain human behavior by understanding your thought processes. (cowetaamerican.com)
  • In H. L. Miller (Ed.), SAGE Encyclopedia of Theory in Psychology (pp. 109-203). (ubc.ca)
  • The Psychology theory implies that one's psychological make-up, whether low intelligence, stress or psychopathy, should take away their responsibility for criminal acts- has been debated, denied and accepted by different experts. (legalmetro.com)
  • His idea of radical behaviorism was a stimulus-response theory of psychology can account for all of the overt behaviors that psychologist seek to explain. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • This study is based on theory of planned behavior (Ajzen, 2012) , which describes a conceptual framework for behavior. (researchgate.net)
  • This is as stated in the theory of planned behavior (Ajzen, 2012) . (researchgate.net)
  • The theory of planned behavior stated that intentions are influenced by normative beliefs that come from the expectations of family and friends (Ajzen, 2012) . (researchgate.net)
  • Yet this new theoretical synthesis is less than meets the eye: It mainly recycles discredited notions while including piecemeal modifications that make the theories marginally more realistic in their descriptions of addictive behavior. (healthyplace.com)
  • Name and recognize key features of at least 15 different theories and theoretical perspectives used by communication scholars. (rutgers.edu)
  • The theoretical bases include the acceptance model, motivation theory and theories related to innovation digestion. (scirp.org)
  • A solid theoretical foundation allows for adequate evaluation of content, structural, and developmental adaptations and provides a framework for understanding which symptoms or behaviors are expected to improve with treatment and why. (springer.com)
  • So far, there is no theoretical paper that has modeled explicitly the effect of a country's transparency on the level of international portfolio investment. (brookings.edu)
  • On the one hand, one set of theoretical explanations of herding behavior relies on asymmetric information (e.g. (brookings.edu)
  • This theory explains that intention is determined by three factors: (1) Behavior belief, explained that the evaluation of behavior is based on belief (2) Normative beliefs, explained that belief factors arise based on the expectations of family and friends, (3) Control beliefs, namely beliefs that support or inhibit the behavior to be performed. (researchgate.net)
  • There is a link between behavioral and normative beliefs to behavioral intention and the behavior itself. (quicknursing.com)
  • Systematic asymmetries in exchange behavior have been widely interpreted as support for "endowment effect theory," an application of prospect theory positing that loss aversion and utility function kinks set by entitlements explain observed asymmetries. (georgetown.edu)
  • [ 5 ] A systematic review by Ali and Paulsen focused on vascular theories where recurrent malfunction leads to structural epithelial and subepithelial changes that affect the behavior of perilacrimal cavernous bodies. (medscape.com)
  • Systematic theory- and evidence-based design strategies drawn from both public health and architecture are needed to define, test, and further develop best practices. (cdc.gov)
  • Sexual Script Theory (SST) and its application in clinical practice are founded on the idea that the subjective understandings of each person about his or her sexuality (and called a sexual script) substantively determine that person's choice of sexual actions and the subsequent qualitative experiencing of those sexual acts. (wikipedia.org)
  • An attempt will be made to integrate theory and practice through assignments, class activities, and personal and professional self- reflection. (bu.edu)
  • Explain the importance of theory as it relates to communication research and communication practice. (rutgers.edu)
  • System Engineering Theory and Practice, 21, 46-51. (scirp.org)
  • Relevance to Design Practice - Understanding the design attributes of product intervention helps designers to develop a structural approach to promote pro-environmental behaviors. (ijdesign.org)
  • These guidelines are based on a review of research, theory, and current practice, and they were developed by CDC in collaboration with experts from universities and from national, federal, and voluntary agencies. (cdc.gov)
  • These guidelines are based on a synthesis of research, theory, and current practice and are consistent with the principles of the national health education standards (29), the opportunity-to-learn standards for health education (29), the position papers of leading voluntary organizations involved in child nutrition (30), and the national action plan to improve the American diet (31). (cdc.gov)
  • Empirical support for the theory comes from a host of correlational studies demonstrating its ability to predict intentions and behavior as well as from interventions showing that changes in behavioral, normative, and control beliefs can produce changes in intentions, and that these changes in intentions are reflected in subsequent behavior. (researchgate.net)
  • Cognitive theories of motivation rely on your thoughts, beliefs, and attitudes to explain your motivation. (cowetaamerican.com)
  • Students' beliefs about their abilities (called "lay theories") affect their motivations, behaviors, and academic success. (bvsalud.org)
  • Lay theories include beliefs about the potential to improve intelligence (mindset), who (i.e., everyone or only some people) has the potential to be excellent in a field (universality), and whether reaching excellence in a field requires raw intellectual talent (brilliance). (bvsalud.org)
  • Using different settings - the field, the lab, an online platform, and telephone interviews - I study economic behavior and its underpinning beliefs and preferences. (lu.se)
  • Using different settings - the field, the lab, an online platform, and telephone interviews - I study economic behavior and its underpinning beliefs and preferences.The first paper investigates how an incentive for a hedonic but risky activity affects the risk assessment of young adults. (lu.se)
  • Our results showed that the students had positive views, attitudes, and behaviors in relation to recycling and were actively involved in it. (mdpi.com)
  • Yukl, 2010), in part as a result of having a significant impact on subordinates' attitudes to work, which, in turn, affect their work-related behaviors (e.g. (oreilly.com)
  • The purpose of this study is to examine the role of positive workplace gossip (PWG) in employee innovative behavior, whereby a mediating effect of employee loyalty is proposed in this relationship. (frontiersin.org)
  • We will then examine whether transparency affects the herding tendency of international investment funds. (brookings.edu)
  • The overall goal being to focus on making changes in behaviors , thoughts, and feelings while continuing to explore feelings and examine values, priorities, barriers. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • The objective of this study was to examine associations between perceived stress, dietary behavior, physical activity, eating awareness, self-efficacy, and body mass index (BMI) among healthy working adults. (cdc.gov)
  • On the other hand some adolescents and children are known to engage themselves in some antisocial or illegal behaviors. (bartleby.com)
  • The rationale for using DBT with these adolescents rests in the common underlying dysfunction in emotion regulation among the aforementioned disorders and problem behaviors. (springer.com)
  • Pediatric obesity remains an ongoing serious international health concern affecting ~17% of US children and adolescents, threatening their adult health and longevity. (medscape.com)
  • School health programs can help children and adolescents attain full educational potential and good health by providing them with the skills, social support, and environmental reinforcement they need to adopt long-term, healthy eating behaviors. (cdc.gov)
  • Lifestyle changes in Saudi Arabia have affected the dietary intake of adolescents, who now consume more unhealthy foods. (who.int)
  • variety of food groups ( 2 ), but adolescents from the Theory-based nutrition intervention emphasising the Eastern Mediterranean region do not follow these provision of information and learning skills to practise recommendations and consume large amounts of new behaviours can be effective for dietary change ( 11 ). (who.int)
  • NOW under the TPB, a person's perception of how much they can control their behavior is combined with intention, attitude and norms to determine or predict behavior. (quicknursing.com)
  • Interest is growing in how the physical design of school buildings (ie, architecture, interior design, and landscaping) affects school policies and practices and the subsequent eating behaviors and norms among children. (cdc.gov)
  • While these perceptions are based on individuals, some theories help evaluate the influence of the internet on our lives. (tutorialspoint.com)
  • Weber, E.U., Blais, A.R. and Betz, N.E. (2002) A Domain-Specific Risk-Attitude Scale: Measuring Risk Perceptions and Risk Behaviors. (scirp.org)
  • Content development was overseen by an expert group who advised on youth development principles, observational learning (from social cognitive theory), effective smoking cessation interventions, and social marketing. (jmir.org)
  • long-term behavior-change interventions that focus on weight reduction have had limited success in reducing overweight and obesity. (cdc.gov)
  • The theory of sexual scripting brings sociological, cultural, anthropological, historical and social psychological tools to the study of human sexualities. (wikipedia.org)
  • They are organized into sections on genetic theories (inherited mechanisms that cause or predispose people to be addicted), metabolic theories (biological, cellular adaptation to chronic exposure to drugs), conditioning theories (built on the idea of the cumulative reinforcement from drugs or other activities), and adaptation theories (those exploring the social and psychological functions performed by drug effects). (healthyplace.com)
  • An overview of the major social psychological theories and issues, including seminal and contemporary studies. (bu.edu)
  • Up to the beginning of 1970s, this theory took a back seat to the psychological explanation of crime. (wikipedia.org)
  • To find out the psychological root cause of Secure System Development (SSD) innovation digestion behavior, this article establishes the double digestion model of SSD innovation based on psychological factors. (scirp.org)
  • Cognitive Perspective: A psychological approach that emphasizes mental processes in perception, memory, language, problem solving, and other areas of behavior. (cowetaamerican.com)
  • Sociocultural Perspective: A psychological approach that emphasizes social and cultural influences on behavior. (cowetaamerican.com)
  • Stress in numerous contexts may affect the risk for obesity through biobehavioral processes. (cdc.gov)
  • They are often considered-even by those who formulate them-as adjuncts to biological models, as in the suggestion that the addict uses a substance to gain a specific effect until, inexorably and irrevocably, physiological processes take hold of the individual. (healthyplace.com)
  • The chapter also considers the TPB's reasoned action approach in the context of recent work on automatic, nonconscious processes in human social behavior. (researchgate.net)
  • This module wil introduce theories of transition to understand processes of industrial transformation towards sustainable futures. (lu.se)
  • This last module focuses on understanding how trade and other global economic processes affect the possibilities of countries to address SDG12 through structural change. (lu.se)
  • Les résultats ont montré que ces deux mesures indépendantes, si elles sont considérées ensemble, permettent de mieux prédire les intentions comportementales relatives à l'utilisation effective de la contraception orale, l'auto-efficacité en matière de planification familiale étant l'élément qui joue le rôle le plus important Il semble que les techniques d'intervention fondées sur l'auto-efficacité permettent aux femmes sous contraception orale de mieux éviter les grossesses non désirées. (who.int)
  • Maslow, A.H. (1943) A Theory of Human Motivation. (scirp.org)
  • Those descriptions came from Leo Kanner, a psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland who described autistic behavior in his 1943 article "Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact. (asu.edu)
  • From its roots in propositional control and expectancy theory, the TPB emerged as a major framework for understanding, predicting, and changing human social behavior. (researchgate.net)
  • It is argued that insight into automaticity can complement the understanding of behavior provided by a reasoned action approach. (researchgate.net)
  • Their theories add to the understanding of human nature . (benjaminbarber.org)
  • Understanding the factors that lead persons to take preventive actions to avoid infection may help forecast the possible course of an epidemic and its economic effect. (cdc.gov)
  • Throughout the analysis, following points will be presented and discussed: Personal experiences on discriminating situations, the difference in the Danish and Swedish discourses about the subject, flaws in the system leading to a lack of understanding the existential importance of education and experience, and finally the paradox seen through human capital theory. (lu.se)
  • We expect that the intervention framework can be used as a basis for knowledge in the field of design for sustainable behavior. (ijdesign.org)
  • Occupants of space take an active role in constructing the meanings of that space, which, in turn, may influence behaviors and culture (13). (cdc.gov)
  • The double-edged sword of genetic accounts of criminality: Causal attributions from genetic ascriptions affect legal decision making. (ubc.ca)
  • Modern theories of genetic determinism are discussed. (legalmetro.com)
  • Identify and apply concepts, definitions, and ideas discussed in class to one's own individual relationships in hopes of explaining and identifying healthy and unhealthy behavior. (rutgers.edu)
  • We experimentally test an alternative explanation, namely, that asymmetries are explained by classical preference theories finding influence through the experimental procedures typically used. (georgetown.edu)
  • Contrary to the predictions of endowment effect theory, we observe no asymmetries when we modify procedures to remove the influence of classical preference theories. (georgetown.edu)
  • This study study aims to investigate the influence of game-based learning using MonsoonSIM on business literacy and its effect on entrepreneurial intention. (researchgate.net)
  • Therefore, attention should be paid to the influence of PWG upon employee's working behavior. (frontiersin.org)
  • The influence of behavior on health and well-being. (smith.edu)
  • Categorical regression analysis indicated that the other family members affected students' recycling behavior to a high degree, whereas students' parents' occupation and students' participation in environmental education programs at school exerted a lower influence on their recycling behavior. (mdpi.com)
  • But do these measures influence our behavior in other ways? (bmj.com)
  • In addition, there are multiple sources of influence affecting environmental choices. (forbes.com)
  • human behavior, societal influence, economic and environmental factors and learned behaviors. (legalmetro.com)
  • To overcome this gap, we conducted a population-based survey in 8 regions (5 European countries and 3 east Asian regions) to estimate whether persons might take precautionary actions during an influenza pandemic, the extent of such behavior, and factors that might influence it. (cdc.gov)
  • And, absorptive capacity and risk attitude have positive regulating effects on the conversion from SSD innovation digestion intention to SSD innovation digestion behavior. (scirp.org)
  • Attitude towards a behavior results from: 1. (quicknursing.com)
  • Many factors affect utilization of oral-health care services: socioeconomic status 2,3 , attitude towards dental care 4 , family structure 5 , proximity to oral-healthcare centers 6 , being an immigrant 7 , and ability to take time out for dental visits 8 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Indirect effects of mass media campaigns include producing heightened public discussion and subsequent changes at the policy level, or encouraging increased interpersonal discussion within social networks that could potentially retransmit the message to unexposed individuals or reinforce the message for those who were directly exposed -- all of which can affect an individual's decision to change behavior. (cdc.gov)
  • Also investigates the theories that shaped the emergence of mental health treatment and approaches to treatment. (bu.edu)
  • The first paper investigates how an incentive for a hedonic but risky activity affects the risk assessment of young adults. (lu.se)
  • Crime theory is the logical construction that attempts to explain this phenomenon. (legalmetro.com)
  • Government regulations and industry practices constrain our behavior in many ways in an attempt to reduce injuries. (bmj.com)
  • The education 'gradient' is found for both health behaviors and health status, though the former does not fully explain the latter. (repec.org)
  • The obvious economic explanations - education is related to income or occupational choice - explain only a part of the education effect. (repec.org)
  • The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) was developed to help explain and predict human behaviors [11] . (researchgate.net)
  • Several theories seek to explain how people use the Internet and how it affects their behavior. (tutorialspoint.com)
  • The theory has not been used to explain organized crime , corporate crime , or deviant behavior that takes place outside neighborhood settings. (wikipedia.org)
  • Understand how different theories can be used to explain relational behavior. (rutgers.edu)
  • Explain and be able to assess the relationship among assumptions, method, evidence, arguments, and theory in social and historical analysis. (rutgers.edu)
  • How does the cognitive theory explain behavior? (cowetaamerican.com)
  • A large number of theories have been proposed to explain what motivates environmental behavior. (forbes.com)
  • The Ecology theory was very popular in the 1920s and 1940s and was developed at the University of Chicago in the 1920s, the theory was used to explain "urban social change. (legalmetro.com)
  • The book proposed a theory to explain the causes of autism. (asu.edu)
  • He used the term respondent behavior to explain Pavlovs dogs. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • Understand different theories about human culture, social identity, economic entities, political systems, and other forms of social organization. (rutgers.edu)
  • Likewise, the moderator factors Age, Gender, and wealth were shown to have no effect on the research. (revista-uem.uno)
  • According to the social disorganization theory, there are ecological factors that lead to high rates of crime in these communities, and these factors linked to constantly elevated levels of "high school dropouts, unemployment, deteriorating infrastructures, and single-parent homes" (Gaines and Miller). (wikipedia.org)
  • Students will be able to interpret the factors that affect consumers' behaviour and will understand the decisions they take in response to the stimuli created by companies. (studiesabroad.com)
  • 2011) From Transactional User to VIP: How Organizational and Cognitive Factors affect ERP Assimilation at Individual Level. (scirp.org)
  • The aim of the present study is to investigate the factors affecting the recycling behavior of students attending the last grade of primary school in the regional unit of Evros in Greece. (mdpi.com)
  • Those statistics would be affected by the players' choices and behavior-as well as by random factors beyond their control. (peterlevine.ws)
  • These theories can be both simple and complex, depending on the relationships of the factors being hypothesized. (legalmetro.com)
  • The effect of these factors as predictors of past and recent dental service utilization was determined using logistic regression. (bvsalud.org)
  • These factors interplay, resulting in a synergistic effect that may worsen the effect of independent factors on the risk of poor utilization of oral-healthcare services. (bvsalud.org)
  • The theory suggests that, among determinants of a person's later illegal activity, residential location is as significant as or more significant than the person's individual characteristics (e.g., age, gender , or race ). (wikipedia.org)
  • Research has not yet fully answered how a child's characteristics can affect the harm caused by toxic substances. (cdc.gov)
  • While these extra activities/events enhance the zoo visitors' experience, there has been little empirical research into how zoo events, aside from standard visitation, affect the welfare of the animals. (cambridge.org)
  • For most agents, however, theory and empirical observations point to increased susceptibility to environmental hazards. (cdc.gov)
  • My third paper seeks to solve an empirical puzzle: How does time affect prosocial behavior? (lu.se)
  • Technology Adoption, Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2, Behavioral Intention, Telkomsel Orbit. (revista-uem.uno)
  • TRA assumes the best predictor of behavior is a person's behavioral intention - - perceived likelihood of performing the behavior. (quicknursing.com)
  • Consequently, behavioral intention alone is not a sufficient predictor of behavior. (quicknursing.com)
  • An individual can go through the process of assessment and have a behavioral intention, but still not be able to do the behavior! (quicknursing.com)
  • Dans le cadre d'entretiens structurés, cinq variables tirées du modèle des étapes du changement de comportement (connaissance, approbation, intention, pratique et incitation) ont été évaluées et corrélées aux mesures de l'auto-efficacité en matière de planification familiale et de l'auto-efficacité en général. (who.int)
  • Education and Health: Evaluating Theories and Evidence ," NBER Working Papers 12352, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. (repec.org)
  • What Explains Differences in Smoking, Drinking and Other Health-Related Behaviors ," NBER Working Papers 11100, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. (repec.org)
  • Research on sexual scripts and sexual script theory have concluded that sexual scripts are gendered. (wikipedia.org)
  • This chapter describes the theory of planned behavior (TPB), a prominent reasoned action model, its conceptual foundation, its intellectual history, and the research it has generated. (researchgate.net)
  • We draw from research on subordinates' implicit theories of leader behavior, behaviorally anchored rating scales, and decision making to argue that leader affect (i.e., the degree to which subordinates have positive and negative feelings about their supervisors) underlies the common variance shared by many leadership measures. (cdc.gov)
  • Wahba, M.A. and Bridwell, L.G. (1976) Maslow Reconsidered: A Review of Research on the Need Hierarchy Theory. (scirp.org)
  • We first summarize the adult DBT literature, including theory, treatment structure and content, and outcome research. (springer.com)
  • Prior research has found loot box gaming associated with problematic gaming behaviors and gambling. (gamestudies.org)
  • Prior research has established that there is a strong causal relationship between the purchasing of loot boxes and problematic gambling behaviors. (gamestudies.org)
  • While our behavior is clearly influenced by our surroundings - most of us act differently in a church vs. a nightclub - new research shows that very subtle differences can have a significant behavioral impact. (neurosciencemarketing.com)
  • The broken window theory had been questioned by some, as it was more anecdotal than research based. (neurosciencemarketing.com)
  • Research on public reaction to previous outbreaks has shown that persons may take misjudged precautionary actions (e.g., avoid places and activities that bear low risk for infection, avoid healthcare facilities for fear of infection, refuse to comply with quarantine efforts) that may contribute to the pandemic's adverse economic effect ( 8 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Though there is need for more research into the mechanisms behind campaign effects, mass media campaigns are broadly thought to have both direct and indirect effects on behavior (Wakefield, Loken, & Hornik, 2010). (cdc.gov)
  • 1 For example, a therapist is using principles of cognitive theory when they teach you how to identify maladaptive thought patterns and transform them into constructive ones. (cowetaamerican.com)
  • What is cognitive theory of motivation? (cowetaamerican.com)
  • There were several predominant theorists in the cognitive behavioral meta-theory. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • Asymmetries in Exchange Behavior Incorrectly Interpreted as Evidence of Endowment Effect Theory and Prospect Theory? (georgetown.edu)
  • The effect of education increases with increasing years of education, with no evidence of a sheepskin effect. (repec.org)
  • To address these questions, we developed and collected validity evidence for a new measure of science and math undergraduates' lay theories, called the Undergraduate Lay Theories of Abilities (ULTrA) survey. (bvsalud.org)
  • Increasing evidence demonstrates the effectiveness of bariatric surgery in the most seriously affected mature teenagers who have failed lifestyle modification, but the use of surgery requires experienced teams with resources for long-term follow-up. (medscape.com)
  • Evidence for an association between stress and physical activity behaviors is mixed (8), and more testing of physical activity theory is needed to identify inconsistencies in the literature (4,9). (cdc.gov)
  • The results support explanations based in classical preference theories and reject endowment effect theory. (georgetown.edu)
  • Secondary objectives were to explore whether eating awareness modified the relationship between perceived stress and dietary behavior and perceived stress and BMI. (cdc.gov)
  • Dietary and physical activity behaviors of workers may be associated with average levels of perceived stress. (cdc.gov)
  • Experimental studies have demonstrated that acute stress affects dietary behaviors, especially among people with certain eating behaviors, such as restrained eating (ie, intentional caloric restriction) (7,10). (cdc.gov)
  • 2012). Effectiveness of combined individual and group dialectical behavior therapy compared to only individual dialectical behavior therapy: A preliminary study. (springer.com)
  • The study focused on the Attribution Theory and the Pareto principle. (ed.gov)
  • Examined through the lens of Social Identity Theory and Social Comparison Theory, this study examines the phenomenon through two data sets: a survey of participants on the Final Fantasy Brave Exvius subreddit (n=592), and in-depth interviews with attendees at the games international convention (n=21). (gamestudies.org)
  • He described behaviorism as the study of overt rather than covert behavior. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • To determine how one dental education session and referral of study participants aged 8-11 years would affect utilization of oral-health care services. (bvsalud.org)
  • Social scripting theory directly relates to sexual scripts, as it is just a specified example regarding sexual encounters and sexual behavior in social context. (wikipedia.org)
  • and a control belief is the belief of self-ability which support or inhibit behavior. (researchgate.net)
  • If Jane felt that getting a ride was the only possible way she can get to the screening facility, this would have a lot to do with how much of a determining factor her facilitating control belief was in predicting her behavior. (quicknursing.com)
  • [1] A recent overview of social disorganization theory, including suggestions for refining and extending the theory, is a journal article by Kubrin and Weitzer (2003). (wikipedia.org)
  • Winner of the 2003 John Bates Clark Medal, he is currently the Alvin H. Baum Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, director of the Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, and co-editor of the Journal of Political Economy published by the University of Chicago Press. (goodreads.com)
  • In this paper, behavioral adaptation describes all behavioral change in response to perceived changes in risk and risk compensation describes the special case of behavior change in response to laws and regulations. (bmj.com)
  • Finally, the third part describes how a theory about biological causes for autism would affect theories of some kinds of behavior. (asu.edu)
  • Veblen's great work is a wide-ranging and timeless comment on the behavior of people who possess or are in pursuit of wealth and who, looking beyond their wealth, want the eminence that, or so they believe, wealth was meant to buy. (americanheritage.com)
  • Parkinson's disease (PD), a neurodegenerative disorder, affects millions of people and has gained attention because of its clinical roles affecting behaviors related to motor and nonmotor symptoms. (amrita.edu)
  • Uses and gratifications theory suggests that people use the Internet to fulfill specific needs or goals, such as seeking information, socializing, or entertaining themselves. (tutorialspoint.com)
  • According to this theory, people actively seek online content that satisfies their needs and desires. (tutorialspoint.com)
  • The favored strategies implicitly assume that people will not react to safety laws or safer products in ways that would reduce or eliminate their effect. (bmj.com)
  • Is the view that individual differences in behavior may make some people more predisposed to criminality valid? (legalmetro.com)
  • When you think about it, it's tough not to see the theory at work everywhere you look… which makes me wonder why more people don't use it to their advantage. (neurosciencemarketing.com)
  • By its influential effect, workplace gossip can be classified into positive gossip (e.g., compliment of someone's professional ability and promotion) and negative gossip (e.g., discussion about someone's theft, bribery, lassitude at work, divorce, etc. (frontiersin.org)
  • Product design has become increasingly influential in changing user behaviors in order to reduce resource consumption. (ijdesign.org)
  • Changes to school classroom features, such as the introduction of reading nooks, affect both teaching methods and student learning behaviors (4). (cdc.gov)
  • Particular attention to determining ways to effect systemic changes in food environments and total daily mobility, as well as methods for sustaining healthy body mass index changes, is of importance. (medscape.com)
  • The moderating effect of organizational trust (OT) is also examined on the indirect of PWG on employee innovative behavior through employee loyalty. (frontiersin.org)
  • Macroeconomic estimates suggest that the indirect general demand-reducing effect of SARS in nonhealth sectors was greater than the direct health effect and associated productivity losses to SARS patients and their families ( 6 ). (cdc.gov)
  • For example, use of public transportation in affected areas and international flights to these areas were reduced dramatically ( 1 , 2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Unfortunately this phenomenon ruined his saliva measuring experiment but it contributed the theory of classical conditioning. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • The strive for more transparency presupposes that destabilizing behavior by individual investors can be avoided or attenuated by improved provision of information. (brookings.edu)
  • Author Manuscript about quitting mediated campaign exposure effects on two quitting behaviors (sought help to quit and tried to quit smoking completely), as well as the relationship between ad-related and quitting- related conversations. (cdc.gov)
  • Chronically elevated levels of perceived stress affect cortisol levels, which have been associated with increased risk for central obesity (7). (cdc.gov)
  • Script theory is a form of social scripting theory which has been defined clearly by Michael W. Wiederman: "Social scripting theory points to the fact that much of sexual behavior seems to follow a script. (wikipedia.org)
  • To explore whether this impacted the animals, we conducted a quasi-experiment on the behavior of spider monkeys ( Ateles geoffroyi ) comparing their behavior on event nights to control nights surrounding the event. (cambridge.org)