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Showing 1 to 20 of 702 for “"Group differences"”.
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Individual and group differences in driving behaviour
… A number of studies have shown individual differences in accident involvement. Questionnaire-based methods to investigate individual and group differences in driver stress and risk perceptions reported in chapter 2 and 3 revealed that neuroticism was associated with; heightened perception …
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Age Group Differences In Recall of Relevant and Irrelevant Words
… performance of younger and older adult age groups using words that are familiar (relevant) and unfamiliar (irrelevant) to each of the specific age groups. The study found evidence that among older and younger adults, there is better recall for both words created by and used for their …
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Perception of Competence in Male and Female Pilots: Between Group Differences
… male flight instructors. Attribution for blame differences between scenario conditions was also found. No significant gender or scenario differences occurred for ratings of effectiveness or competence.</p>
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Group Differences in the Achievement-Related Cognitions of Australian High School Students
… achievement by examining possible demographic 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 …
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Dynamic Effects of Stress and Hostility: Group Differences in Cardiovascular Regulation and Learning
This experiment tested hypotheses linking the right cerebral regulation of hostility and cardiovascular reactivity. First, replication of previous research supporting heightened cardiovascular reactivity (mean arterial pressure, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and heart rate) …
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Many Gender Gaps: Intersectionality and Cross-Group Differences in Gender's Effect on Political Beliefs
… are influenced by their other identities and group memberships in expressing their gender. I focus on three core theories of the gender gap: compassionate communitarianism, Group Positions Theory, and financial precarity. Applying these theories to intersectional identities I demonstrate that …
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The Dynamic Cerebral Laterality Effect: Group Differences in Hostility, Cardiovascular Regulation, and Sensory Recognition
This experiment tested two hypotheses linking the right cerebral regulation of hostility and cardiovascular arousal. First, replication of previous research supporting heightened cardiovascular (systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and heart rate) reactivity among high hostile …
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Rural Student Career Development: Examining Between-Group Differences in Self-Efficacy and Outcome Expectation
… found no existing comparison of between-rural differences in career self-efficacy and college outcome expectation when considering students from rural fringe, rural distant, and rural remote communities. Utilizing Social Cognitive Career Theory and Critical Pedagogy of Place as guiding …
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Discovering Group Differences from Qualitative and Quantitative Attributes Using Contrast Set Mining with Discretization and Measures of Interestingness
Identifying differences between groups is a fundamental problem in many disciplines. Groups are defined by a selected property that distinguishes one group from the other. For example, gender (male and female students) or year of admission (students admitted from 2001 to 2010). The group …
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A psychometric investigation of group differences in mean and variability as measured by the Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices Plus
… females outperform males, while others find no differences in mean or variance. These inconsistent results are thought to occur for two reasons. First, studies rely on opportunity samples rather than samples that represent the general population. Second, researchers have not availed themselves …
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Group Differences in Mother-Infant <i>Macaca fascicularis</i> Behavior, Parasite Load, and Body Condition within an Anthropogenically Altered Forest
… and behavioral data, as well as understand group variation for a large population of <em>Macaca fascicularis</em> individuals within an anthropogenically altered monkey forest. A parasitic analysis of 40 mother and infant individuals showed that <em>M. fascicularis</em> carried 13 different …
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Examining Group Differences Between Suicidal Veterans Classified as Wish to Live, Ambivalent, or Wish to Die Using the Suicide Index Score
… were used to create two quasi-independent groups: WTL/Ambivalent and WTD. The following outcome measures were included as dependent variables: Acquired Capability for Suicide Scale, Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire, Outcome Questionnaire-45.2, Suicide Attempt and Self-Injury Count, Alcohol …
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An evaluation of group differences and items bias, across rural isiXhosa learners and urban isiXhosa learners, of the isiXhosa version of the Woodcock Muñoz Language Survey (WMLS)
… language versions have the same meaning. Differences in dialects may also impact on the results of such tests.Results of an isiXhosa version of the Woodcock Muñoz Language Survey (WMLS),which is a test used to measure isiXhosa learners’ language proficiency, show significant mean score …
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Cognitive functioning, cardiovascular activity, and state affect in men with and without a parental history of hypertension
… they can account for any parental history group differences in cognitive functioning. PH+ participants performed more poorly on Block Design, Visual Span, and Sternberg Memory Search Task when compared to PH- individuals. Also, PH+ participants reported higher anxiety and irritability …
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An investigation of Rowan University students' attitudes toward homosexuality
… student attitudes toward homosexuality. Between group differences were explored in terms of (a) gender, (b) religious affiliation, and (c) year of study. One hundred and twenty nine Rowan University undergraduate students participated by answering a homophobia scale questionnaire, and a …
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Verbal fluency performance after traumatic brain injury: a cluster analysis.
… with TBI and 26 adult controls. Significant group differences were found in estimated verbal IQ. Number of correct words produced was no more sensitive for detecting group differences in verbal fluency performance than total responses (correct and incorrect) in letter and category fluency …
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