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Showing 1 to 20 of 48 for “"Online study"”.
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Problem video game playing, self esteem and social skills: an online study
This study investigated relationships between problem video game playing, self-esteem and social skills in an adult sample. Via the internet, 621 (560 male) primarily Australian participants completed three scales: the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, the multidimensional Social Skills Inventory and …
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Virtual voices and contrapuntal melodies: exploring the liminal experiences of part-time, adult learners as they embark on undergraduate, online study
Using liminal spaces as a heuristic tool, this study explores the experiences of fifteen adult learners as they complete the first academic module of their part-time, online degree. Online undergraduate programmes enable adult learners to make decisions of how their aspirations are best met. The …
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Raising awareness in study abroad
… 2001; Obst, Bhandari, & Witherell, 2007). Study abroad programs have been found to provide students with the necessary skills and competence required for the 21st century. The purpose of this action research study was to examine honors students' intercultural competency and the barriers …
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Understanding Attitudes toward In-Vitro Fertilization and Support for Less Restrictive In-Vitro Fertilization Policies: The Influence of Family, Information Processing, Media, and Science
… attitudes and support, respectively. The first study recruited undergraduate students from two mid-sized universities and asked participants to complete an online study for course credit. The second study recruited a community sample through Amazon's Mechanical Turk and participants were …
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Sexual, relational, and psychological functioning among women with provoked vulvar pain
… three related studies were conducted. The first study was a systematic review of the literature examining sexual and relationship satisfaction among PVD-affected women. Secondly, an online study was conducted using both standardized and qualitative measures to examine sexual, relationship, and …
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Factors that contribute towards students' successful participation and completion of the intercontinental Masters Programme (Adult Learning and Global Change) at one of the partner universities
… at one of the partner institutionsof the online Intercontinental Masters in Adult Learning and Global Change. The study offers an understanding of adult learners' experiences of success and persistence in relation to online study within a higher education context, and also offers insights …
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The Line in the Sand: Understanding Customer Sexual Harassment Through a Psychological Contract Framework
… 2007; Morganson & Major, 2008). The current study applies psychological contract theory toward understanding how CSH leads to adverse outcomes, which affect individuals and organizations. A sample of 420 working women including both students and full-time non-student workers from various …
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Life Adversity, Social Support, Resilience, and College Student Mental Health
This study investigated how adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), current college student hassles, and perceived social support relate to college student resilience. This study also explored how ACEs, current college student hassles, perceived social support, and resilience relate to college …
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Interaction between body talk in romantic relationships and body dissatisfaction on unhealthy body change behaviors
… partner has not been well examined. The current study investigated the relationships between body talk with a romantic partner, gender, and body dissatisfaction with body change strategies, using a hierarchical regression that included direct relationships and interaction effects. Participants …
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Text and visual annotation tools for scalable design feedback
Designers who wish to solicit feedback online have access to a variety of tools. Yet when selecting one tool over another for feedback collection, there is little empirical evidence to guide a designer's decision. We conducted an online study (N=360) where participants provided design feedback …
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Biases toward pregnant women in the workplace
The current study investigates reactions toward pregnant women in the workplace. Participants in an online study watched a video of an applicant (depicted as either pregnant or nonpregnant) for a professional development grant. Additionally, the applicant was either portrayed as stereotypically …
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The Development Of Mental Illness Stigma: The Role Of Perceived Social Support, Social Proximity, And Help-Seeking Behavior
<p>The current study sought to explore the relationships mental illness stigmatization may have with perceived social support, proximity, and help-seeking behavior. Based on findings from previously conducted studies, hypotheses were formulated in order to further analyze how perceived social …
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The relational compassion scale: development and validation of a new self rated scale for the assessment of self-other compassion
… on self-reported self-compassion measures. This study reported on the development and evaluation of a new compassion scale that expands the previous conceptualisation by incorporating relational aspects of compassion. Methods: In an online study, 201 participants completed the relational …
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Barriers and Facilitators to Antidepressant Adherence in College Students
… barriers and facilitators to adherence. This study aimed to assess those underlying factors in how they relate to antidepressant adherence and depression. Method: Undergraduate students from Texas State University that had been prescribed antidepressants for a minimum of 2 months prior to the …
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A Case Study of an Online Teacher Study Group as a Digital Professional Development Tool
… to teacher learning communities is a teacher study group. An even more promising and flexible approach to teacher learning communities in a global aspect is an online teacher study group. An online teacher study group provided a universal and flexible venue to engage in collaborative …
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The Effect of Alcohol Outcome Expectancies on the Relationship of Social Anxiety and Desirability of Alcohol
… the Social anxiety-alcohol use link. The current study tested the effect of an expectancy generation task for Social, positive, and negative AOEs and Social anxiety level on alcohol desirability among 299 college students (mean age 19.30 [SD =1.40]; 58.9% women) who completed an online study. No …
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Social Comparison of Body Image in Middle-Aged Women: Implications for Body Image Theory
… focused on younger adult women. Therefore, this study sought to explore middle-aged women’s body image experience in more depth. Specifically, aspects of the Tripartite Influence Model, including media pressure, interpersonal pressure, internalization, and social comparison were explored to …
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Forced Termination Among Clergy: A Study of Experiences, Processes and Effects & Their Connection to Stress & Well-Being Outcomes
… the Assemblies of God denomination; second, an online study among 39 Christian denominations in the United States. Both of these studies revealed a high incidence of forced termination among clergy, 41% and 28%, respectively. Forced termination was correlated with high levels of depression, …
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THE INFLUENCE OF LATIN@ CULTURE ON LATINAS’ COPING WITH INTRAFAMILIAL AND EXTRAFAMILIAL CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE.
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of culture on coping with child sexual abuse (CSA). Specifically, I assessed whether the perpetrators’ familial membership (intrafamilial vs extrafamilial) moderated the relations (a) between traditional Latin@ values (familismo, respeto, …
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The quality factors which influence online learning and impact on the student experience.
… et al, (2003). The dissertation researches online student-learner attitudes from three universities in England, Scotland and Ireland. These cohorts were almost entirely off-campus distance learners, with a predominance of female, adult-returner students studying Higher Education degrees and …
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