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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Behavior Theory"”.
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Competing risks models of economic behavior : theory and applications to retirement and unemployment
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1987.
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Alcohol Abuse Prevention Among Fraternity Men: Addressing Individual Perceptions and Moderating Group Culture Determinants of High -Risk Drinking
… subjective norms as defined by long standing behavior theory may provide an alternative and potentially more promising intervention target---for this high-risk student population---than the current focus on correcting students' errors in estimating the amount of alcohol their peers consume. …
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Partnering Attractiveness In Buyer-seller Relationships
… future growth.;Drawing on organizational buying behavior theory and channel relationship theory, a comprehensive causal model of antecedent constructs to partnering attractiveness was developed. Data were gathered from a cross-section of purchasing people across southwestern Ontario involved in …
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Situational Marijuana Use: Predicting Outcomes in Treatment-Seeking Adults
Cognitive behavior theory indicates that situational determinants may have a substantial impact on substance use and relapse into use. The present study described situational use of marijuana in dependent individuals, analyzed relationships among various constructs in existing theory, determined …
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Problem-Independent Regrets on Expectation-Dependent Multi-Armed Bandits
… [50] is the cornerstone of the expected utility theory. However, some empirical experiments show that the IA is often violated in the real world. We propose a new kind of multi-armed bandit problem where the expectation of outcomes may influence the agent’s utility which we call …
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Identifying Functional Relationships in Driver Risk Taking: An Intelligent Transportation Assessment of Problem Behavior and Driving Style
… the occurrence or non-occurrence of a) critical behaviors during consecutive 15 second intervals of a driving trial, and b) the safe alternative when a safe behavior opportunity was available. Methods of data coding were assessed for practical use, reliability, and sensitivity to variation in …
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Social Work Values And Hospital Culture: An Examination From A Competing Values Framework
… framework for the study was from organizational behavior theory specific to culture, values, and trust. The Competing Values Framework (Cameron & Quinn, 1999) provided a method to distinguish co-existing competing values within an organization. The research findings indicated that 65% of the …
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Leading in an era of school violence : a qualitative study of the impact of school shootings on school principals
… related to school shootings? Guided by Cognitive Behavior Theory, findings describe the emotional toll of school shootings, including their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Findings include the impact of immediate news of school shootings via social media. Principals made recommendations, …
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Cross-cultural investigation of the relationship between personal values and hotel selection criteria
… Several implications regarding existing consumer behavior theory and application to marketing management practices in the hospitality industry were investigated.
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Professionalism Among Medical Practitioners: A Case Study of Rural Physicians
In America, certain attributes and behaviors become more publicly acceptable and more prominent in personalities as an individual matures in their chosen career path. The elite position in society of medical practitioners has been threatened during the 20th Century by new and increasing market …
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The Safer Sexual Communication Practices of Transgender Adults: Implications for HIV Prevention
… satisfying safer sex talk. Goldsmith's normative theory guided semi-structured interviews with 41 transgender individuals. Maximum variation sampling methods allowed for the recruitment of trans-individuals of varying sexual, gender, and ethnic identities. Interviews with transgender adults were …
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Feasibility Study in Development of a Wearable Device to Enable Emotion Regulation in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
… that integrates physiology with Cognitive Behavior Theory to enable emotion regulation in the target population by exposing them to real-time stressful situations. The framework uses a feedback loop that measures the participant's physiology, estimates the level of stress being experienced …
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Meaningful Circular Economy Jobs: Does Circular Economy Awareness Enable the Experience of More Meaningful Work?
… jobs it generates. By drawing on organizational behavior theory, this study investigates the quality of jobs in the CE with a specific focus on meaningfulness. The research questions explore the key factors contributing to job meaningfulness in CE roles, the impact of heightened awareness of the …
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Eating Behavior and Obesity Risk of Youth Living in the City of San Bernardino, California
… This study analyzed data from the Youth Risk Behavior (YRBS) and local surveys conducted in the City’s Unified School District from 1999 through 2001. The investigators focused on the relationship, if any, of dietary and anthropometric factors to the priority adolescent behaviors targeted for …
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A Physical Education Curriculum For Promoting Sociomoral Development
… The five categories were: P.E and prosocial behavior, Theory of structural development, Teacher’s role in sociomoral development, logistics of a sociomoral curriculum, and moral competence activities. Results indicated very slight increase in mean scores moving from pretest to posttest in all …
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A Test of the Behavioral Model of Health Services Use on Non-Emergent Emergency Department Use
… the biggest driver for ED use, but also that the Behavioral Model of Health Services use may not be applicable for this type of health care. Additional health behavior theory analyses could provide further insight on the model’s applicability.</p>
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EXAMINING THE GET YOURSELF TESTED CAMPAIGN: HOW ONLINE INFORMATION SEEKING AND SEXUAL HEALTH PERCEPTIONS INFLUENCE EFFICACY AND COMMUNICATIVE ACTION
… Campaign. A secondary purpose is to develop theory in the area of e-health. Finally, this study will offer practical recommendations to the CDC's Division of STD Prevention, one of the developers of the GYT Campaign, on how to better disseminate sexual health information to young adults via …
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Healthy eating behaviors following a culturally sensitive nutrition education intervention for Hispanic families
… be successful in the modification of obesogenic behaviors among Hispanic youth. Though overall diet quality in Hispanic adults and children, assessed through tools such as the Healthy Eating Index, is high, this group consumes the highest reported intakes of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) and …
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Adolescent Perceptions of Parent-Adolescent Communication and Adolescent Pregnancy
… developmental theories, family communication theory, and health-behavior theory. The convenience sample of 56 pregnant female subjects was obtained from four sites in the Banning/Beaumont area of southern California including Banning High School, the Family Care Center, Dr. Yoo's Clinic, and …
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