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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"Explanatory Models"”.
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Explanatory models of chronic pain
… The purpose of this study was to explore the explanatory models of individuals living in chronic pain. The study sample included twelve adults, eleven women and one man, who have been diagnosed with the chronic pain condition Fibromyalgia. Using Arthur Kleinman's explanatory models as a …
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Explanatory Models in Behavioral Endocrinology
… endocrinology. I claim this general structure of explanatory models can serve as a template for philosophical and historical investigations in other scientific fields.
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Upgrading the Protein Formulation Toolbox through Predictive and Explanatory Models
… the development of a series of predictive and explanatory models designed with the intention of advancing both the practical tools and knowledge available to the modern protein formulation chemist. Models are developed via a combined experimental-computational approach. Experimentally, protein …
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Explanatory models of illness amongst primary health care users in Mamre
… qualitative analysis draws on Kleinman's (1980) explanatory model/ framework with the aim of understanding the illness experience of each participant. The participants' understanding and/or experience of nerves is also described. This study provides additional insights in understanding the …
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Number Sequences as Explanatory Models for Middle-Grades Students' Algebraic Reasoning
Early algebraic reasoning can be viewed as developing a bridge between arithmetic and algebra. Accordingly, this research examines how middle-grades students' arithmetic reasoning, classified by their number sequences, can be used to model their algebraic reasoning as it pertains to generalizing, …
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Explanatory Models of Recovery From Stroke Within the African-Caribbean Community in Canada
Stroke is the most common serious neurological condition worldwide. Members of the Black population are at an increased risk of suffering a stroke due to several risk factors which are more prevalent in this racial group. The purpose of this qualitative research study is to describe how …
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The role of metaconceptual evaluation in fifth grade students' construction of explanatory models of magnetic phenomena
… without asking students to construct their own models to account for magnetic phenomena. Also, as suggested by educational research, metacognition is important in such model construction. However, little research explores the detailed processes of how metacognition promotes model construction. …
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The Dividual Self: Ethno-Psychology, Idioms of Distress and Explanatory Models of Mental Illness in Karachi, Pakistan
… ethno-psychology, idioms of distress and explanatory models of mental illness in indigenous populations, is essential to develop culturally sensitive mental health screening tools and interventions. This exploratory study used qualitative methods to understand the cultural manifestations …
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Socio-ecological risk factors, explanatory models and treatment-seeking behaviours associated with Mseleni joint disease: a biocultural mixed methods study
… hindered by limited insight into risk factors, explanatory models or treatment-seeking behaviours in those affected. Until MJD is better understood, disability, unemployment and dependence on social assistance grants and family income for subsistence will remain a reality for those affected. A …
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A qualitative study of mental health explanatory models, and the perceived impact of life experiences on mental health, in HIV infected adolescents in rural and urban Uganda
… population, it is important to explore their explanatory models to understand aspects such as how they view their symptoms, and what treatment or support they prefer. At the present time, research is scarce regarding explanatory models of mental disorders in HIV-positive adolescents and no …
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A Model for Partnership: A model of partnership distilled from the relationship between Paul and the Philippian church as a tool to examine the partnership programmes of the Anglican Communion and to propose new directions.
… is applied. This consists of the formulation of explanatory models from the examination of real instances, and their application as exploratory models in other contexts. It is argued that the explanatory models guiding the development of mutual responsibility and interdependence between the …
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Virginia feeder cattle basis by season, location, sex, breed, weight and USDA grade differentials
Explanatory feeder cattle basis models were developed for 16 different Virginia markets by season, futures contract month, weight, lot size, sex, breed and USDA grade differentials. The models are more disaggregated and explain up to 80 percent more of feeder cattle basis variation than any …
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Between two worlds: The Shelbyville locality, A.D. 600-1300
… Illinois, is examined through two alternative explanatory models of culture change. A traditional Migration model is examined to explain culture changes associated with the emergence of Mississippian culture. This model is rejected as inappropriate. The alternative Regional Interaction model is …
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Culture and Mental Health Help-Seeking Attitudes in Mexico.
… psychological help and 2) Mexican citizens' explanatory models of mental distress. Questionnaire data from 110 Mexican college students indicate that those who report a higher tolerance for stigma report lower endorsement of both the construct of personalismo and the machismo. Respondents who …
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Illness models of relatives of African psychiatric patients : implications for a family-based service
This study explores the illness models and service requests of relatives of 30 African psychiatric patients. Relatives' perceptions of illness and expressed needs were elicited with a view to developing a more contextual understanding of disorder, and to obtaining an indication of interest in …
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Exploring the cultural understanding of mental illness: A study in the Ovaherero community, Opuwo urban area, Namibia
… thematic analysis, with Arthur Kleinman’s explanatory model serving as the theoretical lens. The findings revealed that mental illness is perceived as an affliction interwoven with spiritual, moral, and social dimensions, often attributed to causes such as witchcraft, ancestral displeasure, …
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Infant emotionality moderates relations between maternal parenting in early childhood and children's reactivity and effortful control at 54 months: Differential susceptibility or gene-environment dual risk vulnerability
… effects were better accounted for by one of two explanatory models: gene-environment dual risk vulnerability or differential susceptibility. Predicting later levels of childhood reactivity, infants with high levels of emotional intensity were more vulnerable to maternal rejection than infants …
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Perceived parenting style and suicidal/Non-suicidal self-Injury in students at the University of Cape Town
… out to perform a literature review relating to explanatory models and risk factors associated with S/NSSI and then proceeded to collect novel data from students at the University of Cape Town. This research study aimed to describe the rates of S/NSSI behaviours and to explore the relationship …
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Identity cards and political commitment: a study in the formation, operationalisation and measurement of a concept
… a solid foundation for the development of explanatory models of political commitment, in the future.
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