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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"commitment theory"”.
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Social Media and Relationship Development
… Facebook is associated with various aspects of commitment, including couple identity, prioritization of one’s relationship, and commitment to the future, and was also associated with stability of the relationship over time. Social media relationship representation was also found to be associated …
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Motivation and Performance in Computer Science: Test of an Integrative Theory
… test a parsimonious integrative motivation theory. The theory integrates aspects of expectancy theory, social cognitive theory, goal-setting theory, and commitment theory. The theory was tested with 170 undergraduate, students in an introductory computer science (CS) course.</p> <p>The study …
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Using mindful mandala making to ground and center military spouses
… moment awareness and well-being. Acceptance and Commitment Theory Framework provided a lens for qualitative analysis of the follow-up questionnaire results. The mandala making and viewing intervention presented an easily accessible art therapy based stress reduction option for civilian military …
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In their own words: an analysis of personal narratives from fathers' perspectives on the death of a child
… prior relationship to care-receivers, commitment to the relationship, and depression in parental and spousal caregiving, based on social exchange and commitment theory. Data (N=695) from the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH) were used to test a path model examining the …
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Relationship quality, commitment, and depression among caregivers
… prior relationship to care-receivers, commitment to the relationship, and depression in parental and spousal caregiving, based on social exchange and commitment theory. Data (N=695) from the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH) were used to test a path model examining the …
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A comparison of the energy commitments of selected poverty and non-poverty subjects in a rural Appalachian county
… was to determine the differences in the energy commitments of two economically different groups of subjects. The two groups were selected poverty subjects and selected non poverty subjects in rural Appalachia. A second purpose was to determine the degree that the verbalized commitments became …
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A comparative analysis of the energy commitments of traumatically physically disabled sheltered workshop employees and non-disabled industrial employees
… was to determine the differences in the energy commitments of two groups of subjects. The two groups were Traumatically Physically Disabled Sheltered Workshop Employees and Non-Disabled Industrial Employees. The second purpose was to determine the change in the energy commitments of the subjects …
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Exploring the influence of management practices in retaining nurses in Dunedin's elderly care facilities
… This research employs Social Exchange Theory (SET) and Organisational Commitment Theory (OCT) to investigate how supportive management practices foster reciprocal commitment, job satisfaction, and the intention to remain within the aged care sector. The study further underscores the …
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Fighting for frames or prospects for peace? : building a prospect theory model of ethnic civil war termination
… scholars have employed expected utility theory and the security dilemma to construct models of how ethnic combatants choose between settling their differences at the bargaining table or on the battlefield. Rooted in the rational choice paradigm, these models draw upon utility calculations …
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Political commitment by the UK's environment cities to the expectations of agenda 21
… activity in many UK local authorities to their commitment to the •sustainable development green ideology of the Earth Summit's Agenda 21 action plan for managing our Planet's future. Most studies of this response have focused on behaviour and process, including that of some of the four UK …
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A Cross-national Study: Using Face-Negotiation Theory to Understand Gender, Commitment and Culture in Coping Strategies toward a Partner's Infidelity
… the relationship between face concerns and commitment. There were national and gender differences on self-construal face concern, face-concern and conflict styles in the current study. The current findings also suggested that face concern is moderating the relationship between commitment and …