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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"University undergraduates"”.
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Doing More with Less: A Quantitative Analysis of Mindfulness, Meditation, Sustainable Consumption Awareness and Practice among University Undergraduates
… research explored the role of mindfulness in university students' sustainable consumption awareness and practice as there are gaps in the literature concerning definitions, constructs, and research regarding mindfulness and sustainable consumption.</p> <p>To address these disparities, this …
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Melioration and the Behavioral Addiction Process: An Experimental Analysis
… to behavioral addiction. In this study, 76 university undergraduates operated a "money machine" by selecting between choices that corresponded to maximization and melioration. Participants initially made choices consistent with a strategy of melioration and demonstrated significantly …
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From mace to restricted movement: feminist social control theory and college women's fear of rape
… female Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University undergraduates in the fall of 1994. Consistent with the hypothesis, women report significantly higher rates of fear in both acquaintance and stranger situations, and also report employing significantly more crime preventative measures …
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The Relationship Between Self-reported Chronic Stress And Divided Attention Performance
… on divided attention tasks. Fifty-four university undergraduates, who self-reported a wide range of perceived chronic stress (10-item Perceived Stress Scale), completed the Trail-Making Test and a dual (auditory and visual) Continuous Performance Test (CPT). Hierarchical regressions were …
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...But I Know It When I See It: Experimental Epistemology of Racism
… to examine whether African American and White university undergraduates perceived racism in similar ways. Participants read and evaluated short narratives describing interpersonal situations adapted from a study of students' experiences with racism (Reid & Rounds, 2001). Results from Study 1 …
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The relationship between melody and prosody: perception and production capabilities of musicians and non-musicians
… melodic and prosodic abilities of twenty-nine university undergraduates, this study attempts to better understand the connectedness between these cognitive functions, and the affects various musical experiences may have. To assess these abilities, three production stimuli were developed and …
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An Examination Of Aggressive Responding To Visual Feedback And Physical Provocation
… physical stimulus (i.e., shock). Male and female university undergraduates were recruited to participate, and assigned to one of three conditions: accurate visual feedback (in which feedback reflected accurately the physical shock received), low visual feedback (in which feedback reflected a lower …
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Narcissus Goes to College: A Consideration of Dispositional Narcissism as a Variable for Student Learning in Higher Education
… phenomenon, referencing data collected from university undergraduates, there is little to no applied research and discussion into the implications for teaching and learning with respect to the reciprocal interactions between narcissistic students and traditional undergraduate education. …
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College students and the rhetorical dissent goal: Associations between dissent goal, dissent target, and perceptions of instructor power
… class and other targets for dissent expression. University undergraduates (N = 713) completing an online survey were asked to recall a very disappointing instructional experience and then asked questions that measured their perceptions of instructor power, their goal(s) for pursuing dissent, and …
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Influence in Small Groups: Direct Experience and Attitude Behavior Consistency, Minority Influence, Choice Shift, Social Combination Models, Prevailing Norms and Demonstrability
… on influence in a group setting was studied. University undergraduates participated as two-person minorities of four-person majorities in groups in which the majority opinion differed from that of the minority on the issue of abortion rights. In addition, minority group members were chosed on …
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The effect of two methods of music instruction on the degree of liking and musical knowledge on non-music majors enrolled in music appreciation classes.
… knowledge scores. One-hundred and ninety-seven university undergraduates enrolled in six intact music appreciation classes served as subjects for the twelve week study. Three instructors, each teaching two intact music appreciation classes, taught both methods. The study used a pretest/posttest …
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Through a glass darkly: Factors influencing the perception of bias
… via a postage paid envelope (n = 108) or Rice University undergraduates (n = 49) participating in exchange for course credit. Investigation of the target characteristics showed that the target's deservedness (the extent to which the target's qualifications matched the target's selection …
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Intergenerational family relationships as perceived by adult children of alcoholics
… were investigated. One hundred and ninety-five university undergraduates responded to a written questionnaire. Each participant signed a consent form, completed the Children of Alcoholics Screening Test (CAST), the Personal Authority in the Family System Questionnaire Version C (PAFS-QVC), and a …
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Alienation and educational inclusion : a mixed methods study of teaching and learning with contemporary art in the Level 1 university curriculum
… were used to gather information about Open University undergraduates' responses to contemporary and non-contemporary artworks and their experiences of studying a visual arts module featuring meta-cognitive scaffolding and guided reflection. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the data …
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Investigating sources and modes of communication through which rural raised drivers learn and experience cultural models of driving and their impact on driving safety
… models. A survey questionnaire of rural-raised university undergraduates who drive estimated their relative level of driving safety via driving styles, traffic risk perception, and attitudes toward driving. Following a case-based approach to qualitative research, subsequent interviews with seven …
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An exploration of mental health issues in independent education: Undergraduates’ memories of their secondary schools
… the lived mental health experiences of six university undergraduates as they looked back on their time at their independent secondary schools. The results will inform culturally specific counselling practices and school pastoral care programmes which support the psychological health and …
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Using the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) as a Measure of Spider Fear, Approach and Avoidance
… were drawn from a normative sample of university undergraduates. Study 1employed The Fear of Spiders Questionnaire (FSQ), a Behavioral Approach Task (BAT) using a spider moult, and a Rule Focussed IRAP (RF-IRAP). Both spider fear and approach/avoidance were measured simultaneously. …
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Family ties and growing up to be: late adolescent career development and intergenerational family relationships
… of work information). Data were obtained from university undergraduates and one of their primary parent figures. The final sample on which the results were computed was composed of 139 parent/university student dyads. Demographic data indicated that the student portion of the sample was …
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RESPONSES TO POSITIVE AFFECT: AN EXAMINATION OF POSITIVE RUMINATION AND DAMPENING
… and naturalistic follow-up design. Temple University undergraduates (Phase I N = 1,281, Phase II N = 181, Phase III N = 154) participated in a three-phase study. In Phase I, participants completed the RPA along with a series of positive and negative health and cognition measures. In Phase …
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Undergraduates' personal constructs : Classroom teaching and the role of the teacher.
… and the role of the teacher held by five university undergraduates from a range of subject disciplines. The approach adopted was developed from that devised by George Kelly (1905 -1967) which was originally applied to psychotherapy. As a phenomenological approach, PCT draws out the …
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