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Showing 1 to 20 of 84 for “"Perceived threat"”.
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Aversive Racism and Use of Force: Perceived Threat and Justification Decisions
… a lesser explored topic is the extent to which perceived threat moderates the relationship between race and use of force decisions. The current study employed a 2 (suspect race: White or Black) x 3 (officer force: soft empty hands, pain compliance, chemical spray) mixed factorial design with …
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Zoned out: Conflict and perceived threat in a rural-urban fringe area
… fringe county. Findings illustrate how perceived threat is associated with what individuals in the community recognize the goals and consequences of zoning policy to be. Implications of the findings and future research are also discussed.
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Perceived Threat of Hiv/Aids Between Men Who Have Sex With Men and Heterosexual Males
This study compared the perceived threat of HIV/AIDS and explored the sexual risky behaviors between men who have sex with men (MSM) and heterosexual males. Participants were asked to complete a 33 question survey which included 22 Likert-type scale questions developed to measure the perceived …
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The Role of Social Support Seeking and Social Constraints on Psychological Outcomes After Trauma: A Social Cognitive Theory Perspective
… stress outcomes can be related to the lack of perceived control. In the context of the Virginia Tech shootings, several social factors were examined three months after the trauma (T1) and one year later (T2) to further explore the dynamic interplay between these factors and psychological …
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Perceptions and Realities of the Irish Republican Army During the Second World War
… neutrality during World War II. It examines the perceived threat of the IRA in the minds of the Irish Prime Minister Eamon de Valera and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and those ministers' respective governments. The thesis looks at official debates in the British Parliament and the …
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Can the Indian Navy respond to a growing Chinese fleet?
… The three factors are (1) responses to a perceived threat, (2) India's economic condition, and (3) the benefits of foreign military aid. The saidy shows that responses to an increase in perceived threat initially drove each expansion period, but a key factor in sustaining any period of …
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Perceptions about Benefits of and Barriers to Breast Self-examination
… between breast self-examination and the perceived barriers associated with this practice.<br> 2. To determine the relationship between breast self-examination and the perceived benefits associated with this practice.<br> 3. To determine the relationship between perceived threat of breast …
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The book and the wall : the Isaac Bashevis Singer Memorial Archive Library
… which is the architectural response to perceived threat, and the concept of the building as metaphysical model of the universe, having domains of sacred and profane space. I have long been intrigued by defensive architecture, by the forms it generates in response to perceived threat. The …
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Chicken or fish? Do environmental complexity and stocking density impact affective states of broiler chickens and rainbow trout?
… a positive outcome, and show less bias towards a perceived threat, responding in a less anxious and calm manner. Animals in negative affective states make pessimistically-biased decisions during ambiguous situations, judging the situation as if it will result in a negative outcome. Additionally, …
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An examination of the role of school climate in adolescent test anxiety
… and test anxiety. The intrapersonal variables of perceived threat of tests, effortful control, and academic self-concept significantly predicted test anxiety. The contextual variables were unrealistic parental expectations and school climate. Unrealistic parental expectations was a predictor of …
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Into Ireland: An Analysis Of Cultural Hybridity, Immigration, Food, And Place In The Silicon Docks Market In Dublin, Ireland
… heterogeneity on the Irish display of power and perceived threat of the "migrant other" through the appropriation and consumption of the exotic other. Simultaneously, this thesis examines the Non-Irish presentation and renegotiation of identity while in the market as well as the Non-Irish …
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Direct and Indirect Effects of Authoritarianism on Policy Preferences in Canada
… and as a predisposition that is activated by threat. Our understanding of it is further hampered by a lack of research outside of the United States. I address these problems by constructing a model where authoritarian values, moderated by perceived threat, exert a direct effect on policy …
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Models for Privacy in Ubiquitous Computing Environments
… to tailor feedback to individual users based on perceived threat to the policy's contents.
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Privacy vs. Security: Fear appeals, terrorism and the willingness to allow increased government surveillance
… from intrusions by the government. However, the threat of terrorism is also very real. There are indications that some people may be willing to allow intrusion by the government if it means keeping them safe. This study uses an experimental method to determine whether the fear of terrorism is …
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Affective Disposition Theory in Suspense: Elucidating the Roles of Morality and Character Liking in Creating Suspenseful Affect
… a function of our feelings toward characters and perceived justness of the outcomes they encounter. Research on suspense has demonstrated that liking characters leads to greater suspense, and that morally just outcomes are associated with greater enjoyment of the narrative. However, additional …
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Components of Intergroup Hostility
… with 21 respondents. From this a range of perceived contributory factors (‘components’) to the generation and maintenance of inter-group hostility were identified. Observations were also made about how issues around the inter-group relationship were differentially evaluated from both …
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Digital imaging: Creating new realities
… crises for photography. The first is the perceived threat to photography, involving the fear that traditional photographic processes, methods and product will be superseded by manipulated digital images passing themselves off as real photographs. Added to these growing concerns for …
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Culture, Religion, and Homonegativity
… we hypothesized that a) high amounts of societal threats and high levels of tightness will predict orthodox orientation, which will be associated with higher levels of homonegativity, b) high amounts of societal threats and high levels of tightness will predict intrinsic orientation, which will be …
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Skin Cancer Knowledge, Beliefs, Self-Efficacy, And Preventative Behaviors Among North Mississippi Landscapers
… Health Belief Model (HBM) variables (i.e., perceived threat, perceived benefits minus perceived barrier, and self-efficacy) and protection behavior. Of 140 landscapers from 23 companies contacted, 117 participated (83.6% response rate). Questionnaires were mailed to 22 companies and one …
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