Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 64 for “"misperception"”.
-
Weight Misperception at Texas State University
… really are. This phenomenon is known as “weight misperception” and may act as a barrier to health-related lifestyle changes that use weight as an indicator of potential health. To investigate the prevalence of this phenomenon at Texas State University, including what portions of the university …
-
Crime and Immigration in Albuquerque, NM — Real or Misperception?
The decade between 2000 and 2010 marked the largest increase of immigrant populations in U.S. history, however crime rates have seen a decrease during this same period. Recent research suggests that immigrant groups may actually be associated with this phenomenon. As immigration rates are expected …
-
Observers' Misperception of Pain in Older Adults with Dementia
… changes or observer attitudes contribute to misperception of pain in older adults with moderate to severe dementia. One hundred older adults (48 with and 52 without dementia) underwent a videorecorded movement-based physical examination designed to identify painful areas. Their facial …
-
The military lens : doctrinal differences, misperception, and deterrence failure in Sino-American relations
… "theories of victory"-differ across states, misperceptions and false optimism are likely to occur. In turn, these can impede international diplomacy and statecraft by making communication and common assessments of the balance of power more difficult. When states are engaged in strategic …
-
The Effect of Weight Misperception and Contextual Factors on Weight Control Among Young Adults
… of these programs for these individuals. Weight misperception has been proposed as a potential barrier to attempting weight loss. Evidence also suggests education level, income status, family medical history, occupational demands, and depressive symptoms are individually associated with …
-
Misperception of alcohol norms: influence of others' comments on perception of norm drinking behaviors
… Prentice & Miller, 1993). This is a dangerous misperception, as students are increasing their personal alcohol intake and / or frequency in order to match their incorrect perception of how much everyone else is drinking. Already assuming that their peers are more comfortable with, and consume …
-
Body ideals versus body realities : media use and overweight misperception in normal weight adolescents
Access to abstract permanently restricted to Ball State community only
-
Predicting Pilot Misperception of Runway Excursion Risk Through Machine Learning Algorithms of Recorded Flight Data
… used predictive models to determine pilot misperception of runway excursion risk associated with unstable approaches. The Federal Aviation Administration defined runway excursion as a veer-off or overrun of the runway surface. The Federal Aviation Administration also defined a stable …
-
The German naval menace: the relationship between the press and diplomacy in the Dreadnought Era 1904-1914, an era of misperception?
… an increase in Britain’s naval budget. British misperceptions of Germany were exacerbated by the British press, newspapers and editors. The press exacerbated Anglo- German antagonisms by issuing hostile publications throughout their pages which caused a misperception of foreign and naval policy. …
-
The more we know; the less we know: the effects of interpersonal networks on employees misperception of peers preferences to utilize family-friendly benefits
… This study seeks to examine the predictors of misperceptions, a key ingredient of pluralistic ignorance, in the context of peers’ preferences to utilize family-friendly benefits, using social network analysis. Specifically, this study examines the role of centrality on the degree to which …
-
Maternal Perception of Child Body Weight and Physical Activity Behavior Patterns: Interactions with Gender and Ethnic Minority Status of Preschool Children
… significantly different depending on maternal misperception. A significant interaction, however, between maternal perception of child body weight and child gender,<em> F</em>(1, 469) = 4.70, <em>p</em> = 0.031 and maternal perception of child body weight and child ethnicity was revealed, …
-
A Quantitative and Spatial Model of Escalation
… to explore the potential relationship between misperception in international politics and escalation. This paper remedies these omissions in the literature by developing a quantitative, spatial, process-based model of escalation which accounts for the possibility of misperception between …
-
Paradoxical Insomnia, a Chronic Insomnia Subtype in Patients with Temporomandibular Disorder
… (PSG) counterparts for the presence of sleep misperception and 2) to examine specific PSQI-sleep measures that showed significantly higher rates of disturbance in TMD participants in relation to subjective daytime dysfunction and objectively short sleep. The first hypothesis is that there will …
-
Interprofessional misperceptions among physicians and nurses in long-term care facilities
… its many potential benefits. Interprofessional misperceptions has been indicated in the literature as a barrier. It has been suggested that misperceptions can seriously interfere with any collaborative effort between health professionals. Currently there is no research available on the levels of …
-
Human Behavior in Epidemic Modelling
… models allow the investigation of the effects of misperception of risks induced by partial, delayed or incorrect information (either concerning the state of the epidemic or vaccine side effects) as well. The performed investigation highlights that a small reduction in the number of potentially …
-
Pluralistic Ignorance of Attitudes Toward Mental Health Services Among College Students
… has not been assessed—that is, the systematic misperception of others' cognitions and behaviors within a social group. It is possible that pluralistic ignorance contributes to the underutilization of services on college campuses. I began this assessment in three studies. In Study 1 (N = 198) …
-
Pluralistic Ignorance Of Attitudes Toward Mental Health Services Among College Students
… has not been assessed—that is, the systematic misperception of others’ cognitions and behaviors within a social group. It is possible that pluralistic ignorance contributes to the underutilization of services on college campuses. I began this assessment in three studies. In Study 1 (N = 198) …
-
Cortical Reorganisation in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
… study which defined the four novel signs (finger misperception, abnormal hand laterality, astereognosis and abnormal body scheme report) in CRPS, examined their prevalence in CRPS and other chronic pain conditions and assessed their diagnostic utility (Sensitivity, Specificity, Predictive values …
-
Apocalyptic care : the renewal of creation in Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Christina Rossetti, and Gerard Manley Hopkins.
My dissertation seeks to correct the widespread misperception in Victorian literary studies and ecocriticism that belief in an embodied renewal of creation necessarily undermines a commitment to alleviating suffering now. This misperception prevents recognizing how central the apocalypse is—as a …
-
Dehumanization and irregular warfare
… call for respect and constrain violenceand the misperception it creates have resulted in misguided attempts by militaries to influence the center of gravity in irregular warfare, the civilian population. Traditional thought in this matter implies that cultural training is the most important …
Page 1 of 4