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Showing 1 to 20 of 43 for “"behavioral approach"”.
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Towards a behavioral approach to linear approximate modeling
… thesis, the foundations for the development of a behavioral approach to linear approximate modeling, are established. A particular data set, consisting of stable, discrete-time, purely exponential time series and a specific class of dynamical models are considered. A misfit function, between the …
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A behavioral approach to meeting contingency contracting personnel requirements
This project describes the incentive processes and programs affecting U.S. Army recruitment outcomes in its attempts to encourage civilian participation in deployments for contingency contracting. Major models of human motivation are analyzed in terms of possibilities for improving the shortage of …
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Factors Affecting the Adoption of Home Heating Energy Conservation Measures: A Behavioral Approach
… determinants of adoption behavior. The basic approach is behavioral drawing on the knowledge built up in behavioral geography through studies on natural hazards and innovation diffusion, and borrowing from psychological theories of attitude formation and decision making. In particular, six …
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Cue-controlled relaxation : a behavioral approach for reducing test anxiety in elementary school children
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of cue-controlled relaxation on reducing test anxiety of elementary school children. The major research hypothesis was as follows: There will be a statistically significant difference in posttest median scores obtained on the Test Anxiety …
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Meeting house : a behavioral approach and architectural model for a neighborhood multi-service centre.
Thesis. 1975. M.Arch.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.
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THE LONG-TERM COURSE OF BIPOLAR SPECTRUM DISORDER: APPLICATIONS OF THE BEHAVIORAL APPROACH SYSTEM (BAS) MODEL
In this study, I tested predictions of the Behavioral Approach System (BAS) model as applied to the course of bipolar spectrum disorders. In this model, when a vulnerable individual experiences a BAS activation-relevant event, the weak regulatory strength of the BAS interacts with pre-event BAS …
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An analysis of a didactic approach to assertion training compared to a behavioral approach to assertion training
… of this study was to determine if a didactic approach to assertion training (AT) that focused on cognitive skills was as effective as a behavioral approach to assertion training in a study population of overweight women who resided in an American military community in Germany. The study sought …
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Exploring the potential role of courage in promoting approach toward feared stimuli.
Behavioral approach toward feared stimuli is an important component of exposure therapy for anxiety and related disorders. Methods that increase approach behaviors may improve exposure therapy outcomes, yet few studies have investigated this possibility. The current study sought to examine the …
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Behavioral Inhibition and Avoidance: Identifying Vulnerabilities to Avoidant Behavior
… a temperamental vulnerability that influences approach (Behavioral Approach System; BAS) and avoidance (Behavioral Inhibition System; BIS) behaviors. The purpose of the study was to identify, using observed behavioral approach tasks, whether or not BIS/BAS influenced avoidant behavior above and …
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Using the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) as a Measure of Spider Fear, Approach and Avoidance
… Procedure (IRAP) as a measure of spider fear, approach, and avoidance. Participants 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 …
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Promoting Youth Development Through School-Based Group Mentoring
… with positive youth outcomes in academic, behavioral, and social domains. What remains less clear are the processes by which mentoring has its effects and how non-traditional approaches to mentoring may benefit youth. This study investigated the impact of an innovative school-based group …
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Leadership as Rhetorical Action: The Power of the Powerless in Search of Its "People"
… studies gravitate toward a leader-centric, behavioral approach. This thesis argues that shifting to a rhetorical perspective of leadership provides a more inclusive look at leadership as a process involving leader, follower, message, and context. When these components align a fuller …
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AN ETIOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING OF BIPOLAR DISORDER-ANXIETY DISORDER COMORBIDITY: THE ROLE OF ANXIETY SENSITIVITY AND TRAIT ANXIETY
… among individuals who have a sensitive behavioral approach system (BAS). Inasmuch as anxiety sensitivity and trait anxiety have been associated both with BD and social rhythm disruption, it is worth examining whether anxiety sensitivity and trait anxiety confer risk for mood episode …
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Increasing Access to ABA Intervention for Children with Developmental Disabilities in Taiwan
<p>Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) uses a behavioral approach to help clients and their behavioral challenges. This treatment has been proven to be a highly effective intervention for children with developmental disabilities, such as autism spectrum disorders. It is widely practiced in the United …
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The Structure and Function of Coping With Sexual Harassment
… coping strategies that employ a cognitive or behavioral method and between coping strategies that employ an approach or avoidance focus; the four clusters described here are behavioral approach, behavioral avoidance, cognitive approach, and cognitive avoidance. These four constructs were then …
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Contextual Behavioral Influences of Perceptions of Relationship Partners: An Analogue Study
This dissertation tested a novel contextual behavioral model of factors influencing the accuracy of interpersonal perceptions in situations in which accuracy is vital (i.e., situations in which perceptions influence decisions regarding continued participation in a relationship). An analogue …
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Women's *Labeling of Unwanted Sexual Experiences With Dating Partners: Measurement and Conceptual Issues
… research was to examine the validity of the behavioral approach to measuring sexual abuse and assault by considering whether labeling is necessary for such experiences to be psychologically victimizing. As hypothesized, the results of a variety of multivariate statistical analyses indicated …
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At the water's edge: an archaeological investigation of playa occupation in the Central Plains
… This thesis provides an ecological and human behavioral approach to analyze the ancient history of mobile peoples by examining 18 archaeological playa site assemblages totaling 5,052 artifacts from the Central Plains. The lithic assemblages are placed within a geographic and environmental …
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Does A Sense Of Control Moderate Self-Regulation Strategies And Performance? When Feedback Lingers
… to participate in this study completed the Behavioral Inhibition/Behavioral Approach Scale (BIS/BAS) in order to determine individual promotion or prevention chronic self-regulatory strategies, as well as the revised Children's Attributional Style Questionnaire (CASQ-R) to determine a sense …
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Physical Activity Engagement Linked Linked to Frontal Asymmetry During Approach-Avoidance Decision Making
… Sensitivity Theory (RST) thought to govern behavioral approach, fight-flight-freeze, and motivational control responses. Research to date has primarily focused on the link between these patterns of frontal asymmetry at rest and self-reported habitual physical activity levels. However, past …
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