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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"integrated theory"”.
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The Long-Term Effectiveness of Inoculation Against Misinformation: An Integrated Theory of Memory, Threat, and Motivation
For over 60 years, inoculation theory has been a key framework to understand resistance to persuasion, yet many critical questions have remained unanswered. This dissertation aims to provide a theoretical and empirical understanding of how resistance to persuasion effects decay over time. In the …
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A review and modification of Wilson and Herrnstein's integrated theory of criminality as it pertains to serial murder and serial rape
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Police and Burnout: A Quantitative and Theoretical Analysis of Burnout in American Policing
… (AWS)—and the creation and development of an integrated theory of burnout (ITB) to understand how resources, demands, and the working environment influences officer burnout in the United States. Part I analyzes which factors are consistent with the COR, JD-R, and AWS theoretical models and are …
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Lost in translation? – The “integration of theory and practice” as a central focus for senior schooling Physical Education Studies
… for PES claimed that the “integration of theory and practice is central to studies in this course” (Curriculum Council of WA [CCWA], 2009, p. 2). Focusing on the initial years of implementation this study explored curriculum change and reform within the Health and Physical Education (HPE) …
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Neišpildytos separatistinės ambicijos bei vidinės (de)stabilizacijos požymiai: SNP partijos atvejo studija /
… The research employs extreme case study and theory-testing process tracing methods to examine SNP party change over the period of 2014-2023. Utilising an integrated theory of party goals and party change, the nature of the SNP was established as a party seeking policy implementation. It was …
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Planning multisentential English text using communicative acts
… effects on the reader. This motivated an integrated theory of communicative acts which characterizes text at the level of rhetorical acts (e.g., describe, define, narrate), illocutionary acts (e.g., inform, request), and locutionary acts (e.g., ask, command). Taken as a whole, the …
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Rivers that become reservoirs: an ethnography of water commodification in Lesotho
… are separate, should be replaced with an integrated theory of habitability and wellbeing that includes, in its social theory, the relationships of people with soil and water. The thesis was guided by multispecies, political ecology and economic anthropology theories.
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The historically situated Croat: a critical ethnographic investigation of post-war consumer behaviour in relation to museum/heritage consumption as linked to individual identity re-construction in Croatia
… methodology, "Critical Ethnography", an integrated theory of individual identity formation, which is both social and psychological in nature, is presented. The thesis, which is the culmination of theory building, has been guided by in-depth interviews, observation of behaviour and the …
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Vote-switching in South Africa: exploring the motivations of voters who switched from the ACDP and COPE to the DA in the 2011 local government election
… poor performance in this election. Popkin’s integrated theory is used as a basis to make sense of the behaviour and movement of voters during the 2011 local government election. Popkin (1991) argues that voters utilise low-information rationality or “gut-reasoning” when evaluating political …
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General Fatalism and Diabetes Fatalism as Predictors of Diabetes Treatment Adherence
… as diabetes treatment adherence. We tested an integrated, theory-driven structural model of relationships among income, education, age, gender, general fatalism, diabetes fatalism, and type 2 diabetes treatment adherence, as measured by hemoglobin a1c levels (hba1c), in a sample of …
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NETWORKING KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE: An Instrumental System for the Personal Development of Individual Designers
… designers. In this thesis, I propose a new theory of design ideation representation that integrates combinatory systems of knowledge engineering that extract and simulate symbolic knowledge for decision-making as well as constructive systems of visual calculating that prioritize human visual …
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Hands in the Pockets of Mercurial Donors: How Three Theories Explain Ngo Responses to Shifting Funding Priorities
… on Hirschman's (1970) individual self-interest theory and considers NGOs as `consumers' in their relationship with donor agencies. Using Hirschman's (1970) typology, three modes of NGOs' response are identified: exit, voice, loyalty, and a fourth mode, adjustment, is proposed.</p> …
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A socio-cognitive theory of information systems and initial applications
… The practical benefit of achieving an integrated approach is clear. Systems can be developed in light of the relationship between worker and organization, rather than as a result of a compromise between two `competing' viewpoints. An integrated theory would also reduce the conceptual …
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Relationship dependencies and autonomy as mediation pathways of incarceration and HIV risk outcomes among low income drug involved adults
… prior incarceration and HIV risk behavior. An integrated theory combining General Strain Theory and the Theory of Gender and Power informed the hypothesis for this dissertation. It was hypothesized that incarceration history would be associated with HIV risk behaviors among drug involved …
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Motivational Factors of Eating and Exercise Behaviors of Non-obese and Obese Young Adults
… behaviors are not fully understood. Organismic Integrated Theory (OIT), a sub theory of Self-Determination Theory (SDT) are human motivation theories used in this study to examine motivational styles. It is hypothesized that non-obese will rate their intrinsic motivation high and obese will rate …
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Interpersonal functioning and depression: Reassurance seeking, negative self-verification, and the integration of sociotropic and autonomous personality styles.
Coyne's (1976a) interpersonal theory outlines a negative cycle of interactions wherein rejection by relationship partners may exacerbate depressive symptoms. Reassurance-seeking and negative self-verification are two theoretically based moderators of the rejection-depression relationship. …
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A qualitative study of women perpetrators of domestic violence: comparison with literature on men perpetrators of domestic violence
… learning, family systems, evolutionary, and integrated theories. An overview of the existing literature on the characteristics and motivation of male and female domestic violence offenders is included. The qualitative study interprets the material from structured interviews with 13 women who …
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Approaches and organisational forms adopted by local tourism development partnerships in England
… partnerships in England. It does so through an integrated conceptual framework that combines theoretical perspectives on resource, and political and institutional considerations in an evaluation of such partnerships. The roles of individual partnership members are also evaluated. This study …
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