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Showing 1 to 20 of 293 for “"Cognitions"”.
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Intrusive cognitions, anxiety and cancer
… symptoms associated with PTSD such as intrusive cognitions may be critical in understanding psychological distress in cancer patients. Research has found that cancer patients experience negative intrusive thoughts, which are associated with marked distress. However, studies have rarely explored …
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Weight Stigma, Cognitions, and Disordered Eating
… stigma is predictive of disordered eating (DE) cognitions, which are, in turn, predictive of DE behaviors. The current study explored the unique contribution DE cognitions make to DE behaviors while controlling for other DE cognitions. The DE cognitions examined in the current study were drive …
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Anxiety-related cognitions in close relationships
… four studies that explore shared anxiety-related cognitions in distinct close relationships. The main findings of this thesis are summarized as follows. First, there is some evidence that individuals in close relationships exhibit similar patterns of anxiety-related cognitions, namely in close …
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Cognitions in Non Life-Threatening Traumatic Events
… area of inquiry by exploring characteristic cognitions in non life-threatening trauma. Given that posttrauma cognitions have been implicated in the development and maintenance of PTSD, this study sought to determine the dimensions along which cognitions in non life-threatening traumatic …
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Layoff Characteristics and Layoff Agents' Cognitions: An Experimental Study
… the impacts of layoff characteristics on the cognitions of the managers who plan and implement organizational downsizing. It has been argued that the process of layoff implementation potentially generates dissonance for the layoff agents as a result of the requirement to perform actions that …
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Mood and urgency effects on activation of alcohol cognitions
… decisions to drink alcohol. Alcohol-related cognitions have been shown to be activated by positive and negative mood states (Birch, Stewart, & Zack, 2006), and are important determinants of alcohol use (Goldman, Darkes, & Del Boca). Therefore, activation of alcohol cognitions in response to …
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Cognitions and emotions - testing the tenets of Fairness Theory
In this study, we test the tenets put forth by Fairness Theory (Folger & Cropanzano, 2001). Fairness Theory argues that perceptions of unfairness are formulated through a cognitive process that evaluates an event in terms of the presence or absence of injury or harm, the commission or omission of …
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Suicide Cognitions Among Veterans: A Construct for Assessment and Intervention
… sought to increase understanding of suicide cognitions as a construct for assessment as well as potential treatment-seeking barriers and consists of two studies, each a secondary analysis of an RCT examining the efficacy of CPT in treating MST-related PTSD. The aim of the first study was to …
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Managerial cognitions in technological innovation processes:a study of interpretative processes
In this research, conceptualizations of the links between technological innovation and organizational change are explored and recommendations in the literature concerning such changes are reviewed and criticized. Such recommendations do not usually address the details of social interactions by …
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The role of cognitions in panic: a self-efficacy analysis
… significance of self-efficacy and catastrophic cognitions to these models and to the amelioration of panic.
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SUICIDE COGNITIONS AMONG ARAB AMERICAN EMERGING ADULTS: RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS
… explore risk and resilience factors for suicide cognitions among Arab American emerging adults. Structural equation modeling was utilized to test the hypothesized model, but findings suggested the data better fit a path regression model. Gender significantly predicted suicide ideation. A model …
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Cognitive Processing Load as a Function of Embedding in Conjoined Cognitions
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Social Capital, Cognitions, and Firm Innovation: Theoretical Model and Empirical Studies
… by merging several research streams — managerial cognitions, social networks, and innovation, and collecting data through multiple methods — archives and surveys. First, I proposed a social-cognitive view to study the sources of firm innovation. In the context of firm innovation, top management …
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Group Differences in the Achievement-Related Cognitions of Australian High School Students
… differences in students' achievement-related cognitions; and provide information that may allow future researchers to design programs aimed at improving students' academic achievement within specified demographic strata. More specifically, the aims of the present study were two-fold, (a) to …
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Predicting and explaining uptake of cervical screening : the role of social cognitions
The aim of the prospective studies in this thesis was to identify factors relating to intentions to have a smear test as part of the national screening programme in the UK and actual uptake of this test. A second aim was to assess the sufficiency and efficacy of social cognition models in …
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Sociocultural differences in students' cognitions and feelings about school learning and achievement
… school students make a difference in their cognitions and feelings and also their perceived parental cognitions and feelings about school learning and achievement. Sociocultural background was defined in terms of the ethnicity, gender, and SES of the students.
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A reliability and validity study of panic attack symptoms and cognitions questionnaires
… increase in somatic symptoms and catastrophic cognitions. Further it has been suggested that panic disordered individuals, as compared to other anxiety disordered individuals, experience greater global anxiety and depression. The present study compared the total scores of 93 disordered subjects …
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