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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"behavioral strategy"”.
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Protective Behavioral Strategy Subtypes as Moderators of the Relationship Between Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol-Related Problems
<p>Protective behavioral strategy (or drinking control strategy) use is widely regarded as an effective tool for reducing negative consequences from consuming alcohol (Martens et al., 2005; Martens et al., 2008). Research has shown that frequent protective behavioral strategy use buffers the …
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Understanding the Association Between Social Networks, College Student Alcohol Use, and Protective Behavioral Strategy Use and Beliefs
… Lee, Lewis, Fossos, & Larimer, 2007). Protective behavioral strategies (PBS), defined as behaviors used to reduce negative alcohol-related consequences, are often assessed as a mechanism of change and predictor of alcohol outcomes (Martens, Taylor, Damann, Page, Mowry, & Cimini, 2004). Still, the …
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Psychosocial Maturity and Alcohol Outcomes: The Mediating role of Alcohol Protective Behavioral Strategies
… the mediating role of alcohol protective behavioral strategies on the relationship between temperance, responsibility, perspective (i.e., the facets of psychosocial maturity) and alcohol use outcomes. Potential invariant paths among graduate and undergraduate students were also explored. …
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Connection Before Correction: The Impact of Restorative Practices on Students with Disabilities
… Educators implement RP as a preventative behavioral strategy for community building, but also as a responsive strategy to handle conflict in order to repair harm and restore relationships. Current research on RP include quantitative studies, many resulting in a reduction of exclusionary …
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Posttraumatic Stress and Hazardous Alcohol Use in College Students: The Moderating Role of Alcohol Protective Behavioral Strategies
… the moderating role of alcohol protective behavioral strategy subtypes (Al-PBS; Serious Harm Reduction [SHR], Manner of Drinking [MOD], Stopping/Limiting Drinking [SLD]) and gender on the relationships between traumatic stress symptoms and both hazardous drinking and alcohol-related …
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Application of educational, behavioral, and engineering strategies for promoting residential water conservation
… in Blacksburg, Virginia. An educational strategy involved the presentation of an information handbook describing specific water-saving behaviors. A behavioral strategy involved the presentation of daily and weekly feedback regarding water use. An engineering strategy involved installing …
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GPS-basierte Bewegungsanalyse und Verhaltensbeobachtungen zur Gruppendynamik von jungen asiatischen Elefantenbullen (Elephas Maximus) im Zoo Heidelberg
… young males from their natal family group is a behavioral strategy to avoid inbreeding. After leaving the family group male elephants form loose all-male groups. This juvenile phase is an important time in the life of nearly every social living mammal. During that time they learn relevant social …
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Nonbreeding Foraging Ecology of the Brown-headed Nuthatch (<i>Sitta pusilla</i>)
Many animals selectively employ behavioral strategies to balance numerous fitness requirements. Joining mixed-species groups is a common behavioral strategy that may increase foraging efficiency and/or reduce predation threat. I surveyed mixed-species pine-savanna canopy flocks and recorded …
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Investigating and targeting potential mechanisms of outcome in exposure therapy for social anxiety disorder
… (Studies 1 and 2) and testing the efficacy of a strategy aimed to manipulate threat approach to improve exposure outcomes (Study 3). Specifically, in Study 1 we examined how social threat-related attentional biases change during exposure therapy for SAD, and attempted to relate these changes in …
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Mind the Ambiguity! Exploring How Goal Ambiguity Influences the Role of Information and Worldviews in Decision-Making
Goal ambiguity—defined as the presence of multiple, conflicting goal dimensions without prioritisation—is a defining feature of ill-structured, strategic decisions. When goals are ambiguous, decision-makers must interpret and determine for themselves which outcomes to pursue and how to assess …