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Showing 1 to 20 of 68 for “"motivation theory"”.
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Protection Motivation Theory: Understanding the Determinants of Individual Security Behavior
… against security threats, by adapting Protection Motivation Theory into an information security context. This study developed and validated an instrument to measure individual security behaviors. It then tested the differences in these behaviors using the security research model, which built from …
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A test of protection-motivation theory for promoting injury control
… the contribution of components of Protection Motivation Theory (PMT; severity, vulnerability, response-efficacy, self-efficacy, response-cost) in persuading parents to engage in the preventive action of purchasing a bicycle helmet. Participants were 69 parents of elementary school-aged …
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Predicting Adherence to Aromatase Inhibitor Therapy in Patients with Breast Cancer Using Protection Motivation Theory
… affecting adherence to Aromatase Inhibitor Theory in breast cancer patients using the Protection Motivation.Methods: Cross-sectional retrospective study. 288 patients, taking aromatase inhibitors as adjuvant therapy, were identified using a cancer registry managed by a University-based …
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The Effectiveness of a Protection Motivation Theory Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Use in Young Canadian Adults
… of an online intervention grounded in Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to reduce alcohol use in young Canadian adults. 186 participants aged 19–25 were randomized to a PMT-based video intervention or an attention control. Surveys assessing PMT constructs, drinking intentions, and alcohol use …
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An evaluation of the motivational factors of network marketing independent distributors using Vroom's work motivation theory
… the 1970s and '80s, many research papers on motivation were published. Since then, there has been a decline in such empirical research. This is partly because most motivational theories provide models that are highly generalised and do not show a clear framework whereby research can be …
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Effects of external contingencies on an actively caring behavior: a field test of intrinsic motivation theory
… are counterproductive to people's intrinsic motivation to emit a desired response. The current research studied intrinsic motivation theory in a community setting by combining written commitments with external rewards, and manipulating the time at which the reward was delivered (either prior …
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The Efficacy of the Protection Motivation Theory in Predicting Cruise Ship Passengers' Intentions Regarding Norovirus Disease Incidence
… study examined the efficacy of the protection motivation theory for predicting passengers’ intentions towards healthy behaviors in regard to norovirus disease incidence. Outbreaks of norovirus have serious health and economic consequences. Presently there is no vaccination available; however, …
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Using the protection motivation theory to examine the effects of obesity fear arousal on the physical activity of young adult female college students
… design examining the effects of the Protection Motivation Theory (Rogers, 1975, 1983) on the physical activity among 87 overweight young adult college females. A main effect was hypothesized for short-term severity, personal susceptibility, and the development of an intention implementation plan …
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The biological bases of social deficits: the roles of social motivation, theory of mind, and selected genotypes (OPRM1, 5-HTTLPR) in autism spectrum disorder
… two prominent psychological theories, the Social Motivation Theory for ASD (Panksepp, 1979) and the ToM Theory for ASD (Baron-Cohen et al., 1985), and selected an ASD candidate gene that was likely implicated in each of these theories, namely the mu-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) and the serotonin …
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An Examination of HIV/AIDS Complacency, Attitudes and Sexual Risk Behavior Among Men Who Have Sex with Men: Implications for Community Based Prevention Efforts, Practitioners and Social Work Education
… are examined through the lens of protection motivation theory. Protection motivation theory posits that response efficacy and threat appraisal influence how a person makes decisions. The implications and findings of the study related to direct community prevention and evidence informed social …
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Motivation and Performance in Computer Science: Test of an Integrative Theory
… and empirically test a parsimonious integrative motivation theory. The theory integrates aspects of expectancy theory, social cognitive theory, goal-setting theory, and commitment theory. The theory was tested with 170 undergraduate, students in an introductory computer science (CS) course.</p> …
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The Motivation Beliefs Inventory: Measuring Motivation Beliefs Using Four Motivation Theories
… of interest in the subject of employee motivation, in part due to the best-selling book, Drive (Pink, 2009). In this book, the author challenged readers to question their beliefs about what motivates employees; this challenge was based on research that questions the validity of widely …
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Individual differences in the recall of performance appraisal feedback
… Two self-motive theories, self-enhancement theory Jones & Gerard,1973), and Competence motivation theory (White, 1959) were tested in an attempt to determine which of these two theories could best account for the Donlin findings. Self-enhancement theory predicts that individuals want to see …
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Postsecondary Teaching and Learning Development Needs: Motivators and Barriers Associated With Participation in Educational Development
… Data were analyzed using a qualitative approach. Motivation theory was used as a conceptual framework in this study, referring primarily to the work of Ryan and Deci (2000), Deci and Ryan (1985), and Pink (2009). The identified motivators and barriers spanned all 3 levels of postsecondary …
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The psychological impact of physical injury on recovery in Royal Marines’ recruit training
… As such, it seemed plausible that psychological theory might explain variance in rehabilitation outcome and recovery time. A number of empirically well-tested and validated psychological theories were reviewed and protection motivation theory was selected as the over-arching theoretical framework …
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Exploring factors that affect adoption of computer security practices among college students
… such as the technology acceptance model (TAM), theory of planned behavior (TPB), and protection motivation theory (PMT) to explain the variation in adoption of computer security practices among college students. This dissertation builds on this growing body of scholarship by blending those three …
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The Paradox of Social Media Security: A Study of IT Students’ Perceptions versus Behavior on Using Facebook
… behavior on social networking sites. Protection motivation theory (PMT), initially developed to study fear appeals, has been widely used to examine people’s behavior in information security domains. We propose that PMT theory can also be adapted to explain and predict social media users’ …
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Constructive Feedback in L2 Writing with Chinese High School Students in Taiwan
… of this study was to investigate the lack of motivation in L2 writing of Chinese high school students in Taiwan. The subject of this study was to examine how age, culture, and the education system in Taiwan influenced students’ motivation in learning English writing. It provided insight about …
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Development of a Scalable Self-Regulation Intervention in Support of Lifelong Learning for First-year Engineering Students
… draws on research from the learning sciences, motivation theory, and psychology to develop a scalable intervention for first-year engineering students. Several research-based instructional strategies were modified into four workshops and sets of reminders, each with an emphasis on higher …
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Functional foods and adult consumers' consumption behavior: Adaptation and comparison of theoretical models
… three behavioral theoretical models: Protection Motivation Theory (PMT), Theory of Planned Behavior (TpB), and Expanded Rational Expectations model (ERE). The instrument for the study was developed by the researcher, and it included questions based on fourteen theory constructs adapted from the …
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