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Showing 1 to 20 of 68 for “"perceived severity"”.
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Perceived Severity of Informal Sanctions: A Case Study of Convicted DUI Offenders in Cass County, North Dakota
… driving is a major contributor in both the severity and the frequency of traffic accidents.</p> <p>The basic concept of deterrence states that people will refrain from behavior defined as socially-unaccc.ptable if the resulting perception and fear of penalties (or sanctions) against such …
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Coping, adjustment, and self-concept among siblings of the chronically mentally ill
… problem-focused coping, emotion-focused coping, perceived social support, premorbid interpersonal closeness with the mentally ill sibling, subjective burden, time since onset of the illness, frequency of contact with the mentally ill sibling, perceived controllability of the consequences of …
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Incontinence and coping behaviors of elderly persons: Instrument development
… groups were examined. The relationship between perceived severity of incontinence and frequency of coping behavior was also tested. Using psychometric theory and Mitteness' theory of urinary incontinence, a 139 item self-report, interval level, norm referenced scale was developed. Content …
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An Analysis of National HIV/AIDS Education Efforts Among 15-39 Year Olds and Health Care Workers Applying the Health Belief Model (HBM) in Six Cities in Sonsonate, El Salvador
… Belief Model (HBM) to assess HIV/AIDS knowledge, perceived severity, perceived susceptibility, and behavioral practices within the population throughout the State of Sonsonate, El Salvador. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) was also utilized to display the results of this population study. The …
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The effect of self-stigma on mental health help-seeking and mediating role of health beliefs
… intentions, and HBM components (i.e., perceived severity of mental illness, selfefficacy for help-seeking, perceived external barriers, and perceived benefits) were completed by 465 U.S. adults. Of the three models compared, the model specifying a partially mediated relationship between …
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The Role of Acculturation in the Health Belief Model for Mexican-Americans with Type II Diabetes
… indicated that two variables were significant, perceived severity (PS) and misguided support behaviors (MSB), p < .05. With respect to the HBM, PS was identified as a component of an individual's perception, acculturation was a modifying factor, and MSB was a component of the likelihood to …
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Preventive Behaviors for Cognitive Health Maintenance: Understanding the Role of Message Framing and Involvement
… and involvement on constructs of PMT namely perceived severity, perceived vulnerability, response-efficacy, self-efficacy and intention to engage in recommended preventive behaviors. Vignettes were developed for each level of message-framing and involvement scenarios were constructed. The PMT …
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Health Belief and Compliance of Health Behavior According to Recurrence in Patients with Coronary Artery Occlusive Disease (CAOD)
… significant difference. 3. In health belief, perceived susceptibility, perceived advantage and perceived barrier were not significant but perceived severity was significantly higher in the study group than the control group(t=2.21, p=.033). 4. Compliance of health behavior was not …
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Post-traumatic growth following life-threatening illness
… from family, and was unrelated to distress. Perceived severity of the event had a significant effect on PTG, but objective severity largely did not. Although less overall growth was reported than that following other life-threatening illnesses such as cancer, practitioners should be aware of …
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The Nursing assessment of readiness for instruction of breast self-examination instrument (NARIB): Instrument development
… differences in the scores on the Knowledge, Perceived Susceptibility, and Perceived Severity subscales of the NARIB between 20 to 35 year-old women who report compliance and who do not report compliance with the Breast Self-Examination (BSE). Also, the reliability of the subscales of the …
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Interpersonal factors influencing self-injury in people with learning disabilities : expressed emotion and attributions in residential care staff
… residential staff affects their perceptions of severity of self-injury in people with mild-moderate learning disabilities, and whether the staffs’ attributions also contribute to the perceived severity of self-injury. To achieve this, adult staff working in residential homes completed measures …
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Let's Talk About Sex: The Health Belief Model and Effects of Prime Time Television Sexual Portrayals
… consequences, participants had higher levels of perceived severity than those in the positive condition. After viewing positive portrayals, participants perceived an increased amount of benefits of behavior modification when compared to those who were exposed to the negative portrayals. In …
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Predicting COVID-19 Compliance Behaviors in College Students Using the Health Belief Model
… and that the HBM construct threat perception (perceived severity and susceptibility) was the strongest predictor of compliance. Gender, classification, and institution type were also significant predictors of compliance.
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The modification, implementation, and evaluation of an HIV/AIDS education programme for students in year 10
… baseline data on AIDS knowledge, attitudes, perceived risk, and intention to change risk behaviours. Students were also asked to identify sources of HIV/AIDS information. Results revealed that students knew most about the prevention of HIV/AIDS, and least about its transmission. Understanding …
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Patient’s experience with home hemodialysis: a qualitative study
… Four overarching themes were identified: perceived benefits, perceived barriers, perceived severity and self-efficacy. This study identifies key elements of the HHD patient experience and provides a basis for improving HHD programs.
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Perceived factors associated with LTFU from Art Program among adults living with HIV in Vhembe District, South Africa
… and viral load suppression. This study describes perceived factors associated with loss to follow-up. A quantitative approach, cross sectional survey design study was conducted guided by the Health Belief Model. Permission to conduct the study was sort from the relevant authorities prior …
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Navigating life with heart failure: the realities of self-care practices for patients and their families following cardiac rehabilitation
… themes rooted in the HBM's core elements: perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, cue to action, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, and self-efficacy. The insights gleaned from this study hold significant implications for clinical practice, policy, and future HF management …
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The psychological impact of physical injury on recovery in Royal Marines’ recruit training
… outcome of rehabilitation. Self-efficacy and perceived severity of the injury explained 16.1% of the variance in outcome of rehabilitation. Furthermore, 10.4% of the variance in extended recovery time was explained by a combination of age and perceived severity. The implicit measure of …
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Effects of Self-Efficacy and Response Efficacy Messages in Health News: Changing Health Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions
… toward the behavior, behavioral intentions, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, cancer anxiety, perceived self-efficacy, perceived response efficacy, and demographic descriptors. Results revealed few significant relationships; efficacy messages had little effect on participant …
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