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Showing 1 to 20 of 262 for “"individual factors"”.
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Peer Sexual Harassment in Middle School: Classroom and Individual Factors
… More recently, researchers have begun to examine individual and contextual risk factors for victimization. Using the problem behavior hypothesis, opportunity theory and developmental theory, a theoretical framework to identify risk factors for PSH was developed, namely risky behaviors (i.e., …
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Differential Effects of Individual Factors on the Developmental Pathways of Depression
… depressive symptoms. None of the included factors had any effect on the dramatic increase of depressive symptoms within the low-high increasing trajectory. The results suggest that, by taking a person-centered approach that included two developmentally sensitive periods, four distinct …
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The effects of individual factors on punitive attitudes toward juvenile offenders
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Modeling eating pathology: The role of gender, sociocultural, and individual factors
… such as thin-ideal internalization, and individual factors, such as perfectionism and experiential avoidance, were also evaluated. A sample of 257 female and 165 male undergraduates (<em>n</em> = 423) completed a battery of surveys online. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to …
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Situational and individual factors of reactive cognitive control: examining feedback and motivation
This study examined the influences of individuals’ cognitive intrinsic motivation and the presence or absence of feedback on a cognitive task that encouraged reactive cognitive control. I hypothesized that the presence of feedback would facilitate faster responses. I also hypothesized that …
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Predicting Inmate Economic Conflict In Female Housing Units: Individual Factors Versus Social Climate Factors
… of inmate economic conflict and examines the factors that may account for the development of this conflict in female housing facilities. The secondary data analysis study is based on validated survey data from 3499 female inmates housed in fifteen correctional facilities located in seven …
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The Relationship of Environmental, Social and Individual Factors and Physical Activity Participation Level in Young Adults
Objective: To explore the relationship between individual factors (i.e. affect, self-efficacy, and self-regulation), social and environmental factors, and their effects on the level of participation in physical activity (PA). Design: Undergraduate and graduate students (N = 386) completed 11 online …
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The Influence of Individual Factors on Web-based Developmental Education Course Success in a Two-year Technical College
… was designed to identify and examine certain individual factors that contribute to Louisiana Technical College (LTC) student success in Web-based developmental education (DE) courses among the academically underprepared students. The independent variables (IV) selected for this study included …
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Identifying and testing a conceptual model of the individual factors that influence patient safety learning for medical students
… responses. A vital area is the influence that individual factors have on patient safety behaviours. A model of the influences on patient safety has been proposed (Jackson 2008). There is little research in undergraduates that explores this area. This thesis presents a longitudinal series of …
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Individual Factors and School Effects on Student Disciplinary Resiliency in DuPage High School District 88: A Case Study
… study was to examine the integration of personal factors with school factors in a qualitative study of one group of students who demonstrated an 80% or more reduction in the number of disciplinary referrals earned in a one-year period of time. These students demonstrated behavioral transformations …
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The influence of human capital factors, individual factors and study characteristics on graduates’ full-time employment and perceived overqualification
… is about the extent to which human capital factors, individual factors and study characteristics influence employment outcomes and perceived overqualification among Australian university graduates. Using Graduate Outcomes Survey data, the study finds certain aspects of human capital (quality …
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Individual factors affecting the employability of Information Systems graduates in Cape Town, South Africa: Employed graduates and employer perspectives
… study addresses three research questions: What individual factors affect the employability of IS graduates in Cape Town, South Africa? Who is responsible for graduate employability in South Africa? How can employability be embedded into South African curriculums? The study was guided by Dacre …
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Sexual Self-Concept and Sexual Self-Disclosure: Examining the Role of Individual Factors within a Contextual Model of Sexual Self-Disclosure
… of sexual self-disclosure processes by examining individual and disclosure-level factors and their impact on the sexual self-disclosure process. Using a sample of 582 emerging adults, this study examined the relationship between sexual self-concept, importance of impression management goals, …
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The impact of entrepreneurship education on the relationships between institutional and individual factors and entrepreneurial intention of university graduates: evidence from Zambia
… of EI, prior studies investigate the effects of individual factors, contextual factors and entrepreneurship education (EE) in isolation from each other. Moreover, literature on the effect of EE on EI shows mixed conclusions. The current study, by considering EE as the kernel, firstly examines …
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The Effect of Mindfulness on Adolescent Self-compassion, Self-regulation, and Stress: Exploring the Association Between Individual Factors and Markers of Well-being
… urban adolescents. This study evaluated how the individual factors of gender, grade level, and baseline extraversion/surgency are associated with the effect of the intervention on well-being outcomes. Participants in the final analytic sample included 1,809 students in ninth (316), eleventh …
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Individual factors motivating formation of viable women owned small and medium enterprises versus men owned small and medium entreprises: A case study of Kinondoni municipality
The main objective of the study was to identify Individual factors motivating formation of viable women and men owned small and medium enterprises with the aim of analyzing how those factors affects each group. This study investigated Motivations for business ownership, demographic characteristics …
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Individual Giving: Theoretical Discussions and the Evidence from Serbia and Canada Ethical Issues, Contextual and Individual Factors of Giving Time and Money to Organisations and People
This thesis focuses on individual giving, defined as voluntarily dedicating one’s non-material and/or material resources for the benefit of others or the common good. My research seeks to examine whether we are morally obliged to give, and it also strives to explain the factors that influence …
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A study of the causes of expatriate failure at Indra Limited, Nairobi, Kenya
The main purpose of the study was to identify the individual factors, work factors and environmental factors influencing expatriate failure at Indra Ltd. The study employed a quantitative descriptive survey design. A questionnaire containing closed ended questions was either administered either via …
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Factors influencing buying behavior of fashion clothing brands in Johor and Wilayah Persekutuan
… evaluating the influence of social advertising, individual factors and brand image on the buying behavior of consumers along with the mediating role of brand image towards the fashion clothing brands based on the theory of reasoned action and technology of acceptance model. The theory of reasoned …
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The effect of peer and parental smoking on adolescent smoking initiation: Exploring potential moderators
<p>The factors that contribute to smoking initiation among adolescents are poorly understood. The current approaches to smoking prevention may have achieved their maximum potential as evidenced by a stalling in the decline in smoking rates. To date, approaches to smoking prevention based on social …
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