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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Interpersonal context"”.
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Reacting to negative self-relevant information in an interpersonal context
… the impact self-construal, feedback source and interpersonal contexts have on one’s reactions to negative self-relevant information. In these experiments, characteristics of contexts including audience’s status, audience’s standard, audience’s performance and publicness of the situation were …
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Look Who's Talking : mechanisms for sharing interpersonal context and social titles as awareness information
Mobile awareness systems aim to convey personal context information between people in a way that is less intrusive, somewhat automatic, and often much more persistent than a phone call. Although there are many ways in which awareness information can be useful, the privacy of the individual can …
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An exploration of perceptions of an offender's true sorriness in an interpersonal context: An offended intimate partner's perspective
… this study explored true sorriness in an interpersonal context. Twenty-three participants, aged between 26 years and 58 years old, who had experienced a serious offence by their partner during the past two-years whilst in a committed relationship with that partner, were recruited through …
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An Ecological Momentary Assessment (Ema) Study of Affective Reactivity within an Interpersonal Context in Young Adults with Borderline (Bpd) Traits
… reactivity in BPD occurs in reaction to interpersonal cues of rejection and abandonment, few studies have demonstrated this in the context of daily life. Interpersonal Theory, and the associated Interpersonal Circumplex, provides an empirically validated framework for this purpose. Using …
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Divergence in Siblings' Adult Attachment Security: Potential Contributors and Consequences
… significance of the AAI to this unique interpersonal context.
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THE EFFECTS OF UPWARD SOCIAL COMPARISONS ON AFFECT AND SUBSEQUENT TASK PERSISTENCE AND PERFORMANCE IN COOPERATIVE AND COMPETITIVE CONTEXTS
The thesis investigation examined the effects of interpersonal context (cooperative or competitive) and upward performance comparison information (moderately superior, very superior, or no coactor feedback control) on affect, motivation, and performance following receipt of upward comparison …
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Development and Validation of a Novel Partner Rumination Scale
… and further exploration of the construct in an interpersonal context may help elucidate the link between depression and relationship distress. This thesis focuses on the development and validation of a novel measure that assesses the proclivity to ruminate about a romantic partner. Exploratory …
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Help-seeking helps: : help-seeking as a strategy for managing group image
… strategy. This concept is investigated in the context of a specific phenomenon with the potential to threaten the group’s image: a salient meta-stereotype. Meta-stereotypes are the stereotypes we believe to be held about our group by outgroups, and are context-dependent and often negative in …
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Intergroup Biases in Person Perception: The Impact of Race and Expansive Poses on Perceived Trait Attributions and Evaluations of Professional and Interpersonal Success
… of poses on evaluations in professional and interpersonal domains. The results demonstrated that expansive compared to constrictive poses led to perceptions of professional success for White targets, but had less impact for Black targets. Moreover, expansive poses also led to a greater …
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How do individuals make sense of positive voice hearing experiences?: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
… of human experience from an individual and interpersonal context.
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What is willpower? A qualitative exploration of how people struggling to lose weight understand the term
… influenced by external and internal factors (e.g interpersonal context, the presence of tempting cues, deprioitising one’s goals). They saw willpower as a desirable trait, but their responses were in some ways contradictory (e.g. they drew upon various conceptualisations of willpower and thought …
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The nature of food cravings following weight-loss surgery
… the craving, target of food craving, situational context, time and interpersonal context did not differ between groups. Differences in the emotional context of craving versus non-craving days were found, some of which interacted with time post-surgery and surgery type. This quasi-prospective study …
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The Literary Past and the Hellenistic Symposium
… individual reading habits. It utilises the interpersonal context of the symposium to understand the place and significance of literature as a social phenomenon. Methodologically, it combines art and text, synthesising literature which represents, and literature visualised and depicted at, …
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Nurses' Ethical Problem Solving
… the organization, and situational analysis of contexts and relationships. Subthemes included the nurses’ relationships with patients, physicians, patients’ families, and coworkers. This study revealed a range of ethical problems. Nurses saw their patients as their greatest concern; the nurses …
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Self-Regulation by Adolescent Substance Users in the Context of Observed Family Interaction
… as a disposition or trait. An alternative contextual perspective would view self-regulation as a transaction between an individual and the relevant social context. The purpose of the current study was to examine such a perspective among substance-using adolescents and their …
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Not in the mood to achieve? Hedonistic discounting reduces the motivation to self-regulate
… that the motivational effects of a competitive interpersonal context attenuated mood effects, and individual differences in competitive tendencies further moderated goal-pursuit strategies. Studies 5 and 6 explored the effect of externally increasing the need to attend to achievement goals, …
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Social Support and Affectionate Communication in Animal-Assisted Interventions: Toward a Typology and Rating Scheme of Handler/Dog Messages
… communication theoretical frameworks to a unique interpersonal context by examining interactive supportive processes during AAIs. Although the observations in this study were conducted in only three local facilities, when combined with nationwide interview findings, this study provides scaffolding …
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Embodying Technology: A Hermeneutic Inquiry into Corporeality and Identity as Manifested in a Case of Strap-On Dildo Use
… suggesting that sexuality is created in an interpersonal context rather than being located in a single person or having a particular aim or trajectory. Dissertation findings suggest that conceptual and technical playfulness, including the creation of an imaginative and playful space, may be …
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Impact of eWOM Source Characteristics on The Purchasing Intention.
… and organisations. The travel industry, the context of this study, is increasingly being delivered online. Understanding what influences consumers and how consumers evaluate eWOM will increase the travel industry’s knowledge about its consumer base. This study aims to contribute to existing …