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Showing 1 to 20 of 57 for “"Willingness to Use"”.
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JAPANESE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' WILLINGNESS TO USE ENGLISH WITH DIFFERENT INTERLOCUTORS
Willingness to communicate (WTC) arose out of the search for a construct to explain why some people are more likely to speak in a particular communication situation than others facing the same situation (MacIntyre, Dörnyei, Clément, & Noels, 1998). This study investigated the extent to which 1,789 …
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WILLINGNESS TO USE IT INNOVATIONS: A HYBRID APPROACH EMPLOYING DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODELS
… study explored some of the critical success factors at the individual level for usage of PWS (Personal Web Server) systems. I tested core assumptions from Diffusion of Innovations theory for willingness to use new technology, and use some key concepts from the Technology Acceptance Model to …
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WHAT SHAPES POLICE OFFICER WILLINGNESS TO USE STRESS INTERVENTION SERVICES? AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF CURRENT FACTORS IN PENNSYLVANIA
… stress intervention services have been developed to treat police officers suffering from high stress. In spite of overwhelming evidence of the negative consequences of untreated police stress, stress intervention services remain under-utilized by police officers. Researchers cite concerns of …
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An Empirical Examination of the Influence of Gender, Age, Training, Openness, and Social Norms on Attitudes Toward and Willingness to Use Telepsychology among Graduate Students
This paper aimed to examine which factors influence psychologist-in-trainings to use telepsychology in future clinical practice. The primary goal of this paper was to explore the relationships between openness, direct experience, social norms, attitudes, and willingness to use telepsychology among …
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What Would You Do? Racial Differences in Mental Health Coping Strategies
… emotions. They are considered alternative to formal coping strategies due to the fact that they are not used under the guide of a mental health professional or in combination with therapy and medicine. Evidence shows that overall, black Americans use formal mental health therapy and …
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The TAP Block: A Multimodal Regional Analgesic Approach to Abdominal Surgery
… purpose of this quality improvement project is to increase the anesthesia providers’ knowledge and willingness to perform transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block as part of a multimodal regional anesthesia approach to abdominal surgery through an in-person educational presentation at Arrowhead …
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Evaluating Responses to Contraflow for Hurricane Evacuation
… some strategies, such as contraflow sections, to be included in hurricane evacuation plans. However, the response or reaction of the evacuees to these strategies has not been given much attention in the past. This study concentrated on one particular strategy, contraflow segments, and …
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The Green Table: Gambling Casinos, Capitalist Culture, and Modernity in Nineteenth-Century Germany
I draw on work in the sociology of risk to suggest that the increased role of chance in human affairs produced new claims of elite political and economic control and a willingness to use leisure activities like gambling to legitimize positions of power. The tension between this emerging ruling …
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Between two worlds: The Shelbyville locality, A.D. 600-1300
… is examined through two alternative explanatory models of culture change. A traditional Migration model is examined to explain culture changes associated with the emergence of Mississippian culture. This model is rejected as inappropriate. The alternative Regional Interaction model is found …
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A Contradiction in Will: Understanding China's Strategic Culture in a Civil-Military Context
… consistent is its military’s perspectives on the use of force with those of the party-state government? By adopting a cultural framework of analysis, this study utilizes a methodology rooted in social constructivism to examine the strategic policies of the party-state government, followed by an …
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Rural Parents Mental Health Service Delivery Preferences: Overcoming Barriers to Care.
… seeking.</p><p>The purpose of this study was to determine: 1) parents' willingness to use innovative service delivery models; 2) barriers that parents perceive to seeking treatment in each of the 4 service delivery models, and; 3) the relationship between perceived barriers and willingness to …
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Fear of hypnosis: the role of labeling in patients' acceptance of behavioral interventions
… employ hypnosis and relaxation techniques to control pain and reduce anxiety, clinicians have reported that many lay people are reluctant to engage in such procedures (Redd, Rosenberger, & Hendler, 1982). This reluctance may be, in part, due to negative attitudes shaped by the popular …
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Appalachian diabetes patients' preferences for mental health treatment
Although psychologists are beginning to be employed in medical settings, little is known about medical patients' preferences when encountering mental health problems. One population that could be better served by this type of research is diabetes mellitus because of the poor adherence rates and …
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The Adaptiveness of Antisocial Personality Traits: Obtaining Reputation, Resources, and Reproduction Through Bullying
… may compete with each other for access to adaptive outcomes (e.g., social, material, and sexual resources) that have reliably led to survival and reproduction in the ancestral past. However, adolescents may have varying levels of success in securing adaptive outcomes depending on their …
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An Examination of the Perceived Fairness of Pregnancy Leave Practices
… women entering postsecondary education continues to increase (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2014), universities will be tasked with ensuring that their pregnancy leave policies and practices are aligned with the principles of organizational justice. When organizations are aware of the …
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The Enhancing Reading Comprehension Performance using the Strategy of Highlighting Electronic Text
… criterial skill that an individual must utilize to navigate in the twenty-first century. This skill is developed throughout grade school and continues into adulthood. Many successful readers use active highlighting to assist in their reading comprehension. Active Highlighting is one of the most …
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An Examination of the Relationship Between an Autism Label and Teachers' Attitudes, Expectations, and Behavioral Intentions
… time in inclusion classrooms may offer benefits to children with disabilities; this appears to especially be the case when teachers utilize effective strategies. Prior studies indicate that teachers' attitudes towards children with disabilities are important in their willingness to use such …
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Waveform capnography in the South African prehospital setting: knowledge assessment of qualified advanced life support (ALS) paramedics
… extensive literature regarding out-of-hospital use of capnography, the willingness and knowledge of South African paramedics where capnography is available for routine use is poorly understood. From informal reviews, it would appear that even when capnography is available the practitioners …
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Men's experiences and perceptions of HIV testing services in Gugulethu Township, Cape Town
South Africa continues to have the highest number of people living with HIV/AIDS in the world. HIV testing remains vital in the prevention and management efforts of the pandemic. Despite the efforts by the government, and local and international organizations to prevent the spread of HIV in men, …
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Hey, That's Not Fair! A Comparison of Faculty and Department Head Fairness Perceptions of Pregnancy Leave Practices
… In part, this study is a replication/follow-up to a study conducted in 1995 on the perceptions of procedural justice when establishing a maternity leave policy. This study examined current pregnancy leave practices and faculty and department head perceptions of fairness of such leave to the …
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