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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Group Norms"”.
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Influence of Peer Group Norms on Aggression in Early Adolescence
… builds on previous research that has established group influences on individual aggressive behavior. It is hypothesized that group norms regarding aggression influence individual aggression, and that this influence is mediated by social status. Participants were 647 Chilean 5th and 6th graders. …
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Testing a Multi-Level Mediation Model of Workgroup Incivility: The Role of Civility Climate and Group Norms for Civility
… of workplace incivility at the individual, group, and organizational level would be related to each other and negative individual outcomes. It was also proposed that the relationship between these predictors and outcomes would be mediated by workplace incivility victimization. Two hundred …
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Factors Influencing College Seniors' Intentions To Quit Cigarette Smoking
… whether attitudes, self-efficacy, and subjective norms might influence a college senior's intention to quit smoking at graduation. Past research has also identified friends and peers as an influencing factor related to initiation and maintenance of student smoking. A second purpose was to examine …
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Examination of Member Behaviors, Group Processes, and Development -Shaping Forces of Virtual Learning Teams
… cause to the successful development of groups, but without being transformed into group norms, such as sharing work procedures, sharing individual members' work, discussing members' views and drawing group consensus, and identifying further actions to advance the work, the impact of …
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Identity Centrality Influences Group Members’ Self-uncertainty, Self-esteem, and Evaluations of Moral Deviants
<p>A person who identifies with a group will gain many psychological benefits from their group identification. These benefits include reduced self-uncertainty (Hogg, 2007, 2021) and increased self-esteem (Tajfel & Turner, 1986; see also Abrams & Hogg, 1988). Group members define and adhere to group …
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The Development and Stability of Norms in Groups Facing Interpersonal and Structural Challenge
… of norm formation in competitive decision making groups and examined how diversity among group members' prior experiences affected the development and persistence of social norms in newly formed groups. Prior experience was manipulated in a laboratory setting so that approximately half of the 302 …
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Work and Life Integration: Faculty Balance in the Academy
… more recent focus includes the influence of work group norms and social dynamics in shaping the experiences of faculty in the academy. </strong></p> <p><strong>This study which was conducted at a small tuition driven college in the northeastern United States, looked at faculty work life …
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A longitudinal study of lexical development in young children with autism spectrum disorders
… ASD over three years with data from the MCDI norms. It focused on three aspects of lexical development: (1) change in lexical composition as evident in percentage of predicates/nominals; (2) order of emergence for predicate types and (3) predictive value of lexical variables for later …
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Hostile attribution bias in children and adolescents
… and benign) with those exposed to hostile group norms showing greater contagion effects. Four possible moderators on the effects of peer contagion were explored; gender, dispositional levels of aggression, social anxiety and friendship style. The role of peers in the socialisation of …
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Lean transformation of a supply chain organization
… team is reflecting on and comparing the group's leadership and management practices with those advocated by Lean experts. The team found that Toyota's leaders built an enabling bureaucracy to foster a high-performing learning organization. "Leading Lean" requires new approaches and …
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Conspiracy of silence: Cultural dissonance as a risk factor for the development of eating disorders in second generation South Asian women.
… traditional South Asian cultural practices, norms and values influence body image and body dissatisfaction in Canadian South Asian women, and whether these factors are involved in the development of eating disorders in this ethno-racial group. Eight second generation South Asian women, …
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The relationship between participation in organized church youth activities and health risk behaviors
… by the researcher relevant to church and youth group participation. Surveys were mailed to the parents of high school youth currently listed on church rosters to obtain permission to participate in the study. Participation was voluntary and anonymous, with youth completing the survey during …
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Gossip and the Group: A Self-Categorization Perspective
… of gossip have significant implications for group processes, including bonding, norm transmission and reinforcement, marginalization of deviants, and social influence. Particularly for those on the margins of the group, gossip may be used as a tool to gain acceptance in the group, as gossip …
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Multi-level influences on seafood consumption among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants in New Orleans, Louisiana
… benefits of seafood, social support and group norms, and the influence of policies, public health campaigns, and media and seafood consumption. Race (p = .037, OR= .371) and children in household (p = .007, OR = .565) were statistically significant sociodemographic characteristics. …
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Motivation and productivity in small, task-oriented groups
… the interactional styles of individuals in groups (Johnson, McDonald, & George, 1984). Three styles were identified. These were Team Motivation (TM), Prominence Motivation (PM), and Affiliation Motivation (AM). TM scores have been used successfully to predict helping behavior among group …
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The management of identity and accountability in online weight loss discourse
… and identity in an online commercial weight loss group. The commercial weight loss context is socially significant because it is a space which foregrounds women's efforts to control their bodies and behaviour in order to conform to culturally prescribed norms of 'femininity' through continued …
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Exploring Evidence-Based Practice Norms Among Bedside Nurses in Magnet-Designated Hospitals: A Q Methodology Study
… for their influences on EBP in nursing, but group factors have been largely unexplored. Group-level factors, such as norms, are essential to investigations of phenomena that occur within multilevel organizations (i.e., hospitals) where individuals work in groups. Understanding the EBP norms …
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Bypassing Democracy: Why Domestic Human Rights NGOs in Stable Democracies Appeal to Multilateral Forums
Answering why domestic advocacy groups in democratic states choose to utilize international institutions as part of their activism is an important component in understanding how democracies are pressured to comply with human rights obligations. The international relations literature on the subject …
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Predictors of condoms use behaviour and intentions of African migrant youth in South Africa
… is known about the attitudes and subjective norms influencing sexual behaviours that could influence safe sex intentions among the population of migrant youth in South Africa. This study aims to investigate the predictors of condom use behaviour and intentions among migrant youth in South …
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PEER GROUP SOCIALIZATION OF AGGRESSION IN EARLY ADOLESCENCE: SOCIAL STATUS, GROUP CHARACTERISTICS, AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
In previous research on the importance of a peer group in shaping and supporting group members' antisocial behavior (e.g., aggression), researchers have focused on the influence of group norms on individuals' behavior. Two potential aspects of variability have been neglected: peers in a group would …
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