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Showing 1 to 20 of 43 for “"gender effects"”.
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Gender effects of sexual humor in advertising
… differently. Humor has its own differing effects. Whereas some people may laugh so hard from a joke that their eyes may begin to tear, others may be offended and insulted at the very same joke, or may not find it funny at all. Humor is very popular in advertising. Estimates for the use of …
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Race and gender effects on leadership perceptions
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of differences in the gender and racial identity of students on the perceived leader skill, motivation to lead, and leadership self-efficacy of themselves and other students with whom they collaborate in formal student organizations. The study …
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Gender effects on productive incomes and retirement incomes in Poland
… of this study is to investigate the impact of gender on the productive income of employed individuals, and on the retirement income of retirees in Poland in the early stages of the transformation. The overall hypotheses tested are: 1) high productive incomes of currently employed individuals …
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Functional Status in Children Diagnosed with ALL: Age and Gender Effects
<p>Age and gender have been purported as important variables in predicting the outcome of children diagnosed with leukemia. This study examines the relationship between age and gender as predictors of functional status in children following the completion of the induction phase of their treatment …
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Age and Gender Effects on Strain Response and Biomechanical Performance of C57BL/6 Mice
… level was set to p < 0.05. In conclusion, aging effects on the skeleton need to be evaluated in a site-specific fashion and global conclusions extrapolated from one bone to another may not be valid. Significant differences between sexes occur across aging in bone.
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Gender Effects on Recall, Clinical Judgement and Treatment Recommendations for a Combination of Major Depression and Alcohol Dependence Symptoms
<p>This study investigated the effect of client gender on several aspects of clinical decision-making processes and clinical judgement when a client presented with a combination of depressive and alcohol-dependent symptoms. Forty-four male and 44 female clinicians, who came from various mental …
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Real-time motion and magnetic field correction for GABA editing using EPI volumetric navigated MEGA-SPECIAL sequence: Reproducibility and Gender effects
… males had higher GABA levels in PAR. This gender difference was, however, only present in the first acquisition. Only in males did GABA levels in PAR decrease over time. These results demonstrate that gender differences are regional, and that GABA levels may fluctuate differently in …
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Measuring values for environmental public goods: incorporating gender and ethnic social effects into stated-preference value-elicitation methods
… of risk, specifically with regard to race and gender effects. While a review of the contingent valuation literature shows no systematic gender or race differences in willingness to pay to reduce risks associated with nonmarket goods and services, the risk aversion literature finds systematic …
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The Relationship of Parental Attachment, Peer Attachment, and Self-Concept to the Adjustment of First-Year College Students
… resources are assumed to moderate or buffer the effects of developmental challenges and stressful events on adjustment" (p.437). The purpose of the present study was to extend and further clarify the ways that quality attachment relationships and positive self-concept conjointly may promote …
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Locus Of Control And Academic Achievement: A Study Of Gender And Grade Level Differences Among Low-Income African-American Students In A Middle School
… orientation were also explored. Grade level and gender effects were also explored. The results failed to show a significant relationship between locus of control and academic achievement in this sample of middle school students. In addition, no main effects for grade level were found for …
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Multidimensional predictors of English language proficiency: MSEM analysis in Saudi EFL students in higher education
… positive attitudes showed significant positive effects; a reading-oriented learning style had a small negative association and gender effects were nonsignificant. When professor-level variables were added, instructional involvement emerged as the strongest NST dimension, significantly boosting …
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The effects of differential attachment to mothers and fathers on adolescent identity
The purpose of this study was to clarify the effects of differential attachment to mothers and fathers on male and female identity development. A total of 135 male and 145 female late adolescents responded to the revised Inventory of Parent Attachment (Armsden & Greenberg, 1989) and the Extended …
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An inter-laboratory investigation of ANSI standard fitting protocols, sample size, subject and experimenter gender, and trial on the real-ear attenuation of two types of earplugs
… were studied: subject and experimenter gender effects, ear canal size effects, inter-laboratory differences, and the number of replications and subjects needed for REAT tests. Results indicated that the subject-fit method provided statistically significantly less attenuation than the …
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Investigating the Dynamics of Bystander Behavior in Child Sexual Abuse Incidents
… finding support for some but not all hypotheses. Gender effects are prominent in likelihood to intervene. Factors that explain failure to intervene include denial, fear of retaliation, religiosity and others. Policy implications regarding Bystander or Good Samaritan laws are discussed.</p>
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An empirical study of employee gender and absenteeism
… individual studies; however, it is unclear why gender influences absenteeism rates. Differential effects from gender on the relationship between absenteeism rates and both personal and attitudinal factors of employees were studied. Specific variables examined were age, number of dependents, …
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Computational Modeling of Eye Trauma for Different Orbit Anthropometries and Different Projectile Impacts
… was measured using CT images, and age and gender effects were evaluated. Measurements provided three-dimensional information on orbit geometry and were used to develop orbit models of varying anthropometries. Baseball impact simulations were conducted to assess the effect of orbit …
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Historical Changes in Elderly Cohorts' Attitudes toward Mental Health Services
… and Breadth scores in 2000 than in 1991. Age effects, gender effects, and interactions were also examined. Possible historical influences were discussed along with implications for the delivery of mental health care to future cohorts of older adults.
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A Social Ecological Approach To Cyber Bullying
… the behavior, confronted the bully) and blogger gender (male, female). A 3x2 MANCOVA (with perceptions of cyber bullying as covariates) examined Type of Response x Gender effects on attributions for the student's cyber bullying experience/outcome (i.e., cyber bullying continued). Victims were …
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Gender differences in worry and associated cognitive-behavioural variables
Research has shown that there is a significant gender difference in the worry report of women and men, with women consistently reporting more worry than men (Stavosky & Borkovec, 1988). This study investigated this phenomenon by looking at gender differences in cognitive variables associated with …
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