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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Proximal Factors"”.
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When Comparison Becomes Contrast: Choice in an Oppositional Framework
… dissertation, I propose that there are multiple factors, such as the education process and the consumption environment, which work to simultaneously create an opposition framework. People are constantly exposed to rival products, which are positioned to be opposites even when they are often …
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Becoming and Remaining an Activist: A Qualitative Study of Animal and Disability Rights Activism among Older Youth
… childhood (i.e., distal) and current (i.e., proximal) factors self-reported by older youth as being important in shaping their personal life course toward becoming and remaining involved in the animal rights movement: 1) education, 2) gender, 3) lifestyle, 4) parental involvement, 5) first …
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An investigation into the accident causal influence of construction project features
… to pay attention to underlying accident causal factors which emanate from the pre-construction stage in order to have sustained improvement in H&S. Construction project features (CPFs), such as nature of project, method of construction, site restriction, procurement method, project duration, …
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A Model of the Relationship of Perceived Mental and Emotional Problems in the Family-of-Origin on Marital Satisfaction of Adult Offspring
… well. Results showed that historical (distal) factors (such as psychopathology in the family-of-origin) explain only a small portion of the variance in adult offspring marital satisfaction and suggest that more contemporary (proximal) factors (such as individual characteristics) have a stronger …
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A Continental-Scale Investigation of Factors Controlling the Vulnerability of Soil Organic Matter in Mineral Horizons to Decomposition
… all three response variables consisted mostly of proximal factors related to clay-sized fraction mineralogy and SOM composition. Non-crystalline minerals and lower SOM lability negatively affected CSR for both A and B horizons. Significant predictors for decomposition rates varied by horizon and …
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Differences in men's emotional expression as a function of gender beliefs and contextual variables: partner gender and cues
… gender differences in behavior as a function of proximal forces and contextual variables such as, activated gender-related schemata regarding oneself and others, and situational cues. Male college students, categorized as high and low on the Masculine Gender Role Stress (MGRS) scale (Eisler & …
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Police perception of danger
… on a spectrum shaped by social and personal factors. Firstly, this research modernizes the understanding of subejctive danger perception in policing, which was previously limited and outdated. Secondly, it expands the focus beyond physical injury to include the emotional aspects of danger, …
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Risk, family functioning, and child competence in head start families
… Kasser, Zax, Sameroff & Seifer (1993), risk factors were classified by theoretical proximity to the child into distal intermediate and proximal risk indices. Focusing on socio-emotional competence, this study tested the theory that distal factors, such as poverty, influence competence largely …
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An exploratory qualitative study of menstrual hygiene management among adult women of reproductive ages from an under-resourced community in Cape Town, South Africa
… framework developed to map the distal and proximal factors affecting girls and women menstrual hygiene management in LMICs. Results: Women menstrual experiences were shaped by their socio-cultural context and resource limitations. The main findings include psychological impacts of poor …
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Coping Efforts and Efficacy, Acculturation, and Post-Traumatic Symptomatology in Adolescents following Wildfire: A Latent Variable Path Analysis
… as little research has delved into the important proximal factors affecting reported racial differences, as ethnicity is better conceptualized as a distal variable that works through a variety of proximal variables to affect outcomes. Results indicated that although the assessment of the global …
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Perpetrators’ perspectives on family violence: What happens, and why, during a family violence event?
… and in our empirical understanding of risk factors implicated in these theories. However, from both a theoretical and empirical standpoint, we continue to have a limited understanding of what happens, and why it happens, during a FV event (FVE). The current research developed and tested a …
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Parental Time Investment with Young Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the UK
… the UK lockdowns. In particular, it investigates factors influencing parents’ time with their young children on developmentally focused activities relating to play and learning. Parental Time Investment (PTI) is thus the central focus of its two interconnected studies: the Parent Diary Study (PDS) …