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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"construal level"”.
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Construal level theory and mathematics education
… requires engagement at a more concrete level. Students must be able to perform step by step algorithmic procedures, detailed algebraic manipulations and master new symbol systems. Mathematical competence often requires thinking at high and low levels of abstraction almost simultaneously …
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The effects of construal level on types of creative agreements
This work examined effects of construal levels, or how abstractly one views one’s situation, on negotiated agreements. In contrast to prior work emphasizing the importance of taking an abstract view or high construal level, this dissertation demonstrates that both high and low (concrete) construal …
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Towards an explication of the presence effects on information processing and persuasion: A construal level framework
… on persuasion. Drawing on presence theory, construal level theory, and the dual process model of persuasion, this study proposes a conceptual model that posits construal level as a key variable that mediates the effects of presence on the mode of information processing. </p> <p>Specifically, …
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Self-Other Differences in Risky Decision Making: An Analysis of Social Values Theory and Construal-Level Theory
… social value theory (Stone & Allgaier, 2008) and construal-level theory (Trope & Liberman, 2010). Research has demonstrated that in comparison to decisions for the self, individuals tend to be more risk-taking when giving advice or deciding for others in low-impact relationship scenarios …
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When virtual (vs. human) celebrity voice matters: Interplay between celebrity type and endorsing message – construal level theory
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-03-28 without embargo terms
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Influence of messages on intentions critical to organ donation : the application of construal level theory and theory of planned behavior
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Communication, 2010
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"Increasing Level of Aspiration by Matching Construal Level and Temporal Distance: The Motivating Effects of Contemplating ""How"" Now and ""Why"" Later"
Individuals trying to achieve goals often set a level of aspiration ahead of time, that is, they determine which specific outcomes in goal pursuit they desire to obtain. In the research contained in the current dissertation, I demonstrate that temporal distance and construal level have …
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"Increasing Level of Aspiration by Matching Construal Level and Temporal Distance: The Motivating Effects of Contemplating ""how"" Now and ""why"" Later"
Individuals trying to achieve goals often set a level of aspiration ahead of time, that is, they determine which specific outcomes in goal pursuit they desire to obtain. In the research contained in the current dissertation, I demonstrate that temporal distance and construal level have …
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Using augmented reality (AR) to increase risk perception of e-cigarettes among young adults: From the perspective of construal level theory
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-08-01
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Why go green? To save this planet, or to advocate your ego?
… message depends on both regulatory focus and construal level. Research indicates that people often focus more on information that is relevant to them. Hence they will attend more on information that fits with their self-regulatory orientations. When one’s regulatory orientation is sustained …
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Religion and Science: Seeking Meaning in High and Low Construal Levels
… how meaning-making motivations interact with construal level to influence the endorsement of science and religion. Past studies suggest that religious endorsement is greater when high construals are primed than when low construals are primed, and scientific endorsement is greater when low …
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Impact of mindset priming on entrepreneurial intentions after unemployment
… this aversion first. Recent studies in construal level suggest that abstract thinking can reduce risk aversion. Furthermore, mindset theory of action phases research shows that people in an implemental mindset viewed risk factors more positively than people in a deliberative mindset. …
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The Impact of Positive/Negative Fake News on Country Brand Equity
… study integrates valenced framing theory with construal-level theory to investigate how fake news frames influence perceptions of credibility, cognitive image, and ultimately country brand equity. Using a quantitative design, an online survey and the PROCESS macro (v3.5) in SPSS 27 software …
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The Informed Human Firewall: The Impact of Knowledge Dimensions on Employees' Secure Behavior
… depth, and finesse. The research also applied construal level theory (CLT) to provide a means to measure the psychological constructs of PMT from an individual’s perspective. The research conceptualizes the PMT psychological process based on the threat un-desirability and coping feasibility. …
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Soundscape and the Experience of Positive Silence
… doing, psychological theories of extended mind, construal level and psychological distance are considered in relation to the web of interactions between individual and soundscape. In all, these investigations revealed auditory distraction as a feature of the soundscape that consistently …
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Culture and Time Perception: Implications for Mental Representation and Decisions
… and Mandarin-speakers respectively. Based on Construal Level Theory, temporal orientation is expected to be related to psychological distance, which in turn affects the mental representations individuals form. The findings supported a stronger future orientation among English-speakers which is …
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Soil and Water Management Practices in Cocoa Production in Ghana and Ecuador
… which incorporates intersectionality theory and construal level theory, to explore why intentions do not automatically translate into actual behaviour (i.e. adoption of SWMPs). The study adopts a critical realist grounded theory approach and uses a semi-structured questionnaire to collect …
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Three Studies Examining the Effects of Psychological Distance on Judgment and Decision Making in Accounting
… on judgment and decision-making in accounting. Construal level theory (CLT) of psychological distance (Liberman and Trope 1998; Trope and Liberman 2003), a framework recently developed in the field of social psychology, constitutes the theoretical foundation for each study. The first study …
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The effect of abstract versus concrete thinking on decision-making in depression
… high dysphoric participants demonstrated greater levels of behavioural proactivity following a concrete thinking induction as compared to an abstract thinking induction. Study 5 and 6 tested whether thinking abstractly about a decision that one had previously made but regretted led to higher …
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Persuasiveness of artificial intelligence versus human influencers: The interaction between agent knowledge and message construal through mentalizing
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-08-01
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