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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"descriptive norm"”.
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A theory-based investigation of leisure time physical activity among college students
… of Planned Behavior (TPB) and two constructs, descriptive norm and self-efficacy, from the Integrated Behavioral Model (IBM). A sample of college students (n = 621) from a large, public university in the southeastern United States participated. Data were collected via a self-report class-room …
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Hiding in Plain Sites: The Role of Implied Descriptive Norms on Littering Behavior
… on prior research highlighting the importance of descriptive norms on littering behavior (Bergquist et al., 2021; Cialdini et al., 1990). Previous research has shown that people are more likely to litter into already littered environments than into sites free of litter. There is contradictory …
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What are the factors associated with sanitation and hygiene behaviours, an investigation in Giong Trom district, Ben Tre province in the Mekong river Delta region of Vietnam?
… Location, disgust, user preference, personal norm. • Hygienic latrine regular use: Gender, vulnerability perception, Instrumental beliefs, user preference, descriptive norm. • Handwashing with soap: Knowledge, user preference, disgust, volitional self-efficacy. • Forgetting handwashing with …
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Using Social Influence To Enhance Post-Experimental Inquiry Success
… in one of two ways; the introduction of a descriptive norm paragraph (vs. control) and default option swapped (vs. control). Participants informed of the study hypothesis reported higher awareness and admitted more information. The norm prime and default option swapped conditions did not …
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Testing For A Descriptive And Injunctive Norm Interaction In Promoting Health Behavior
<p>Social norms-based interventions have demonstrated efficacy as tools for behavior change interventions. Nonetheless, there is some theoretical and empirical evidence that the efficacy of injunctive norms-based appeals can be undermined by their tendency to 1) arouse psychological reactance among …
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An examination of descriptive and injunctive norms as antecedents to psychological reactance
… primary ways. First, by examining the role of descriptive and injunctive norms messages as antecedents to freedom threat and reactance. Second, by examining message elaboration as an antecedent and moderator of the reactance process. In Study 1, college students (N = 405) were randomly assigned …
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A Comparison of Descriptive and Injunctive Norms Brief Interventions for College Drinkers
… students of their peers' alcohol use (DN: descriptive norm) and their peers' acceptability of excessive drinking (IN: injunctive norm). Normative re-education interventions have traditionally focused on changing descriptive norms even though the Theory of Normative Conduct identifies both …
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University Fundraising Through Special Events: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior
… theory of planned behavior variables (attitude, descriptive norm, and moral norm) explained 51% of the variance in predicting university loyalty. Finally, intention to donate was best predicted as a combination of prescriptive norm, attitude, and university loyalty, accounting for 57% of the …
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Mediators of change in the stigmatization of depression among Caucasian and Asian populations
… regarding people with depression and perceived norms. At least one week afterward, participants completed the second part of Study 1, where they were presented with contrived articles highlighting a biological cause for depression, a contextual causal for depression, or hope for recovery from …
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Salient Beliefs and Social Influence on Intentions to Misuse Prescription Opioid Pain Relieving Drugs for Recreational Purposes: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior
… for recreational purposes. In this model, descriptive norm was associated with the greatest increase in odds of intention to misuse prescription opioids for recreational purposes (OR=1.37, 95% CI: 1.23 – 1.54, p<.001), folloby subjective norm (OR=1.33, 95% CI: 1.20 – 1.48, p<.001), and …
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Understanding the influence of individual behaviour and social networks in sustainability transitions.
… theories (Theory of Planned Behaviour, Norm Activation Model and habit theories) and social network theory, explored which factors significantly influence sustainable food purchasing behaviour. Findings show that social network factors influence sustainable food purchasing behaviour via …
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The Effects of Injunctive and Descriptive Normative Influence on Stigmatizing Attitudes toward Individuals with Mental Illness
… be reduced. Theories regarding injunctive and descriptive norms may provide such insight. It is known that injunctive norms (what an individual’s peer group believes “should” or “ought to” be with regard to public behavior, beliefs, and attitudes) and descriptive norms (the frequency with which …