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Showing 1 to 20 of 150 for “"individual difference"”.
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The influence of individual difference variables on vocal emotion processing
… and it has been repeatedly argued that individual difference variables can influence emotion processing. Few studies have, however, examined these differences systematically and comprehensively in the vocal emotion domain. Thus, three studies using different research paradigms were …
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Feedback Acceptance: a New Conceptualization and Consideration of Individual Difference Effects
… ignored. Existing research seems to point to individual differences as moderator variables in reactions to feedback and potential explanations for these mixed results (Ilgen, Fisher, & Taylor, 1979; Stone, Gueutal, & McIntosh, 1984; Sweeney & Wells, 1990). The impact of various individual …
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Effects of Contextual and Individual Difference Factors on Perceptions of Victims
… membership and safety of the environment) and individual difference (i.e., world beliefs, trauma exposure, and cognitive semantic associations) factors in relation to victim blame. Ingroup membership predicted greater character praise in females, while outgroup membership predicted greater …
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Employee Behavioral Intention and Technology Use: Mediating Processes and Individual Difference Moderators
<p>Considering the substantial amount of time and organizational resources that are involved in the development and implementation of end-user technology (e.g., communication software platforms, social networking sites) within organizations, it is imperative to understand the factors that best …
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Individual Difference Modelling of Simple Functional Relations: Examplesusing Three-Mode Factor Analysis
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-13T18:21:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7820949.pdf: 3381990 bytes, checksum: 2cfc91607b376169ec0ab29ff1d38195 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1978
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A Brief Mindfulness Intervention on Acute Pain Experience: An Examination of Individual Difference
… conditions. Analyses yielded no significant differences between conditions among dependent variables of pain tolerance, state affect, or state anxiety. A moderate relationship was found between fear of pain and pain tolerance at pre-intervention, but failed to significantly moderate outcome …
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Individual Difference Moderators of Interpersonal and Intrapsychic Reactions to Hostile-Controlling Coaching Behaviors
… and decreased performance. Research has shown individuals who perceive coaches to be blaming increase their own self-blame (Conroy & Coatsworth, 2007). Individual difference variables may moderate how athletes respond to hostile-controlling coaching behaviors. The purpose of the current …
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Individual Difference Models for Studying Rorschach Perception: An 'Indirect' Approach to Personality Assessment
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-10T21:06:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7114742.pdf: 4369739 bytes, checksum: c6a7e652a3583f8a3a5844a21e95da0e (MD5) Previous issue date: 1970
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Physical activity for the brain, but for whom? An individual difference investigation of the FITKids clinical trial on cognitive control and ERPs in children
The present dissertation examined the interaction of cardiorespiratory fitness, socioeconomic status (SES), and sex to cognitive control outcomes associated with a 9-month physical activity intervention (FITKids clinical trial) in preadolescent children. This was accomplished by randomizing three …
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Predicting Self-Reported Affective Responses to Exercise: An Examination of Individual Differences
… As a whole, there was invited support for these individual difference variables being used to predict affect following exercise. However, these variables were most likely to account for affective changes following exercise at the severe condition. This may suggest a dose-response relationship …
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A study of hypertext document structure and individual differences: Effects on learning performance
… effects of hypertext document design as well as individual differences on users' attitude and information searching performance. The interaction effects between structure of hypertext documents and individual difference variables were examined. The three types of combinations of structure and …
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Individual Differences and Memory Aging Concerns of Older Adults
… The second issue concerns the contribution of individual difference to older adults’ self-perceived memory functioning. The particular individual difference factors that were expected to influence memory aging concerns included: age, presence or absence of family members with Alzheimer's …
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Individual differences in rural children's video word learning
… ability to learn words from videos and individual difference factors such as their previous experience with videos, location (i.e. rural vs. non-rural), household income, maternal education, and receptive language skills. Preschool-aged children between the ages of 3 and 5 years and …
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How Does Frame-of-Reference Training Increase Rater Accuracy? A Test of Potential Explanatory Mechanisms.
… understood. The present study focused on rater individual difference characteristics as potential explanatory mechanisms for the effects of FOR training on accuracy. The researcher hypothesised that FOR training would enhance raters’ dispositional reasoning, rating motivation and self-efficacy, …
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Entrepreneurial Orientation, Entrepreneurial Intent and New Venture Creation: Test of a Framework in a Chinese Context
… sometimes inconsistent as to what predicts an individual's decision to start a business. Among many possible causes, this study attempts to disentangle the effects of individual differences and context. I propose to use a framework involving an individual's entrepreneurial intent, …
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Do self-reported individual differences in preference for and tolerance of exercise intensity predict CrossFit® WOD performance?
… yet to be systematically studied. By examining individual difference characteristics (e.g., personality) of participants as well as their responses to single sessions of training, important information could be gained about the psychological makeup of the type of individual who does best in …
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The number, width, and labels for racial categories
… target as an outgroup member. High-prejudiced individuals were expected to allow less variation from the ingroup target than low-prejudiced participants before labeling the target an outgroup member. Participants tended to perceive about three distinct racial categories within the racial …
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The Sexual Media: The Role Of Individual Differences
In two studies, an individual difference approach to understanding sexual media effects was pursued. In Study I, personality (e.g., intelligence, aggression) and individual difference (e.g., prior sexual experience) factors were assessed in a sample of undergraduate males. These males also …
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A Model Of Distress Tolerance In Self-Damaging Behaviors: Examining The Role Of Emotional Reactivity And Learned Helplessness
… behaviors, very little is known about individual difference factors in distress tolerance. Both theoretical and empirical support suggest that emotional reactivity and learned helplessness may be individual difference factors in distress tolerance. Specifically, individuals with high …
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