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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Extended self."”.
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ANTECEDENTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF CONSUMER – CUSTOMIZED PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION: AN IDENTITY THEORY PERSPECTIVE
… Building upon identity theory and research on “extended self,” this study investigated (1) two key antecedents that influence C-C identification, (2) attitudinal and behavioral consequences of C-C identification, and (3) the moderating role of product involvement in C-C identification …
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Circadian Influences in Cocaine Reinforcement
… control that underlies (at least in part) self-administration behavior. This control can be over-ridden after extended self-administration and with higher dosing and access parameters. The neurobiological correlates of this control could prove to be a rewarding area of research in the …
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Exploring and Conceptualising the Interrelationships between Self and Possessions, through Hong Kong Chinese Consumers' Narratives.
… from the social and cultural psychology of the self and consumer research about possessions and the extended self, this study investigates and conceptualises each informant's pattern of self-configuration in terms of the personal, relational and collective dimensions of the self, and examines …
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Exploring the Effect of Digital Brand Engagement in Self-Concept (BESC) on the Continued Usage of Branded Digital Possessions
… significant implications on the formation of the extended self. Yet, self-extension through digital possessions is significantly under-researched. This research focused specifically on consumer brand engagement with branded Smartphone Applications to study the effect of users’ self-concept on the …
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Strategic Communication Games: Theory and Applications
… sequentially. We suggest a notion of <italic>extended self-serving belief</italic>, and show that there exists a fully revealing equilibrium if and only if the senders have opposing-biased preferences. Ch. 3, “A Characterization of Equilibrium Set of Persuasion Games without Single …
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Modeling Epithelial Ovarian Cancer In The Mouse
… forms clonogenic spheres and displays extended self-renewal properties in serial sphere generation assays. These putative OSE stem cells are slow cycling according to BrdU label retention assays and are mainly located in the hilum area of the mouse ovary. These findings will direct our …
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The Relationship Among Selected Personality, Identity Status, and Academic Achievement Factors Among Black Adolescents
… worth of their Blackness and origins, and being self-oriented as opposed to grouporiented, warm, sensitive, emotionally stable, and vigorous. Those who are more group-oriented rather than self-oriented tend to do well in comprehension and language expression and less well in language mechanics. …
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Consumption and home ownership: the evolving meaning of home
… 2) meaning extraction and creation; 3) the extended self; and 4) materialism. The results of previous chapters of this study are then reinterpreted in light of the integrated model. The study concludes with a summary of the findings, and a discussion of the contribution of the study, as well …
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Dynamics in quantum spin glass systems
… As a main result, a set of highly coupled self-consistency equations for the spin-spin correlations can be formulated. Beyond the so-called spin-static approximation two complementary systematic approximation schemes are developed in order to render the occurring integration problem …
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Transfigured partiality : toward a positive account of Kierkegaardian special loves.
This dissertation provides a Kierkegaard-inspired framework for a characteristically "neighborly" understanding of special loves—that is, of special loves thoroughly integrated with, and thus transformed by, neighbor-love, or the agape of the New Testament. When spelled out, I claim, Kierkegaard's …
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Bioengineering of S-layers: molecular characterization of the novel S-layer gene sslA of Sporosarcina ureae ATCC 13881 and nanotechnology application of SslA protein derivatives
… C- or both N- and C-terminal parts were shown to self- assemble in vitro, although the size of self-assembly structures was different from that observed upon the self-assembly of the native SslA. In the latter case extended self-assembly layers with the size up to 5x10 µm were observed, with a …
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"Why moralize upon it?" : Questions of morality and guilt in Herman Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener", "Benito Cereno", and Billy Budd, Sailor
… uses the piece of literature he composes for an extended self-portrait and as a means of contemplating his situation in life. It becomes clear that his use of Christian and classical imagery hints at an understanding of what is right and wrong and some – partial – awareness of his own moral …