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Showing 1 to 20 of 138 for “"Behavioral Control"”.
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Behavioral Control of Seizures in Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)
Problem: to ascertain whether epileptic seizures develop as a result of a laboratory produced lesion of the nodosa ganglia of the vagus nerve, to condition the inhibition of seizures, and to theorize on sudden death. Procedures: eleven Squirrel monkeys were surgically implanted with depth …
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Studies on CheA(B): Phosphorylation, methylation and behavioral control during chemotactic signal transduction in Bacillus subtilis
… phosphorylation of CheY, to bring about behavioral change, and CheB, to bring about adaptation. CheA$\sb{\rm B}$ appears to play a similar central controlling role, for a null mutant and all point mutants tested were defective in attractant-induced methanol production and showed no …
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Attitudes and Perceived Behavioral Control of First-Year College Student's Alcohol Use: A Study of an Instructional Software Intervention
… women in regard to their attitude and personal control from pre-test to post-test. Greek students had a more favorable attitude toward alcohol and less personal control of alcohol than non-Greeks at pre-test and post-test and poorer intention at post-test. Greek students did not improve …
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Breaking the Muscular Mold: The Application of Homophily, Credibility, and Physical Attractiveness within Attitude and Perceived Behavioral Control towards Weight Lifting
… influences participants' attitudes and perceived control over theory own weight lifting behavior. Though the hypothesized model was not a good fit, an exploratory respecification of the proposed model shows physical attractiveness plays a central role in assessments of homophily, credibility, and …
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An investigation of perceived behavioral control (PBC), and environmentally responsible behavior (ERB): a case study of occupants in a high performing building
… studies suggest that if ERB and Perceived Behavioral Control (PBC) are positively correlated, indicating that the rate of ERB will be higher by building occupants in high performing buildings. This study focuses on the relation between ERB and PBC in regard to thermal conditions. The data …
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Video Technology and the Subjective Norm, Perceived Behavioral Control, and Attitudes Toward Physical Activity of Middle School Students: Does P.E.TV make a difference?
… school students' subjective norm, perceived behavioral control, and attitudes toward physical activity. Four intact 8th grade physical education/health classes were selected for the study. The students were randomly assigned to the classes by school administrators at the beginning of the …
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“The Impact of Attitudes, Subjective Norms and Perceived Behavioral Control on Whistleblowing Intention in Pakistani Banks: The Indirect Effects of Organisational Cynicism and Religiosity”
… subjective norms and perceived behavioural control on whistleblowing intention in bankers living in Pakistan. The purpose of the study was also to assess whether organisational cynicism plays a crucial role as a mediator and whether religiosity plays a role as a moderator in this …
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Attitude, Subjective Norm, and Perceived Behavioral Control as Indicators for Nurse Educators’ Intention to Use Critical Thinking Teaching Strategies: a Structural Equation Model Analysis
… attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavioral control in a hypothesized model that may influence nurse educators’ intention to use instructional methods that promote critical thinking in this study referred to as evidence-based critical thinking (EBCT) teaching strategies for …
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An Examination of Dimensions of Perceived Behavioral Control Regarding Genetic Counseling and Testing for BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 in African-American Women at Moderate to High-Risk for Breast Cancer
… services would be an important part of cancer control for this group but in this fast moving area of medicine African-American women are being "left behind". It is unclear why AAW have not readily adopted these preventive services. In light of the paucity of evidence regarding explanations of …
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Identifying Determinants of Physical Activity in Maritime Union Members Using the Theory of Planned Behavior
… predict how attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control, and intention are associated with physical activity in longshoremen from the Hampton Roads Shipping Association-International Longshoreman's Association (HRSA-ILA). The study was conducted in two phases. In the first phase, five …
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Hodgkin's Lymphoma survivors' intentions to follow survivorship care plans
… perceived subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control that Hodgkin's Lymphoma (HL) survivors had towards survivorship care plans (SCPs) and how those factors impact their intentions to follow a care plan. Participants were HL survivors who had completed treatment. An online …
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Beliefs about Complementary and Alternative Medicine in HIV-infected Black Women Using the Theory of Planned Behavior
… attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control are related to intention of dietary supplements and spiritual practices use in their HIV treatment.</p> <p><strong>Method.</strong> In phase one, Grounded Theory methods (N= 29) were used to explore salient beliefs surrounding …
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Factors affecting the entrepreneurial intentions of students at Lilongwe technical college.
… perceived subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control amongst students at Lilongwe Technical College in Malawi. The study was based on a sample of 130 students and findings revealed that students’ attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control greatly relate to their …
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Factors affecting the entrepreneurial intentions of students at Lilongwe technical college.
… perceived subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control amongst students at Lilongwe Technical College in Malawi. The study was based on a sample of 130 students and findings revealed that students’ attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control greatly relate to their …
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Applicability of the Theory of Planned Behavior to explain clinicians’ intention to screen men who have sex with men for syphilis infection
… populations remains an important prevention and control measure. Research consistently demonstrates the relative advantage of greater testing frequency in at-risk populations such as men who have sex with men (MSM) using both cost-effectiveness analyses and mathematical modeling. Despite this, …
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College Students' HPV Knowledge and Intention to be HPV Vaccinated
… attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control towards the vaccination. A descriptive, correlational, cross-sectioned research design was employed. Two hundred and eight (208) male college students at a mid-sized public university participated in the study and completed an …
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An Exploratory Study of Entrepreneurial Intention Among Hispanic Entrepreneurs in Toronto
… data responded to the descriptive variables, the control variables, and the intention variables. The latter variables were related to the TPB’s three dimensions: a) attitude toward entrepreneurship, b) social norm, and c) behavioral control. This dissertation studied the predictive power of the …
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Using the Theory of Planned Behavior to Predict International Students' Help-Seeking Intentions and Behaviors
… services, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control. A total of 132 international students completed a cross-sectional online survey. Contrary to TPB, the results indicated that attitudes toward help-seeking and subjective norms were not correlated with help-seeking intentions. …
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Norms, attitudes, perceptions, and intentions for benzodiazepine prescription drug abuse among adolescents
… (TPB) regarding the prediction of adolescents’ behavioral intentions for benzodiazepine abuse. Subjective norms, perceived harm, and perceived behavioral control were measured to predict intentions to abuse such drugs. Similar measures for alcohol and marijuana also were assessed for comparison …
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Predicting Intention to Wean from the Bottle Among Hispanic Mothers
… on attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavioral control for the total sample, and for each of the four subject groups. Each core TpB construct was regressed on the appropriate composite variables for the total sample, then for each of the four language-experience groups.</p> …
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