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Showing 1 to 20 of 99 for “"personal beliefs"”.
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Personal Beliefs and Job Satisfaction of Illinois Elementary General Music Teachers
Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009.
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Personal Beliefs About the Effectiveness of a Primary Seat Belt Law in Virginia Versus North Carolina
… correlate with seat belt law effectiveness beliefs and overall seat belt use. The current study used an overall omnibus model to determine the strength of the relationship among demographics and beliefs in the effectiveness of primary seat belt laws. A survey was deployed to Mechanical Turk …
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Personal Beliefs and Public Print: The Influence of Pre-Existing Attitudes and Pretrial Publicity Information on Final Verdicts
<p>Pretrial publicity (PTP), defined as any news story about a case not yet in trial, has been shown to affect trial outcomes. Results, however, are mixed, with studies finding strong effects, others weaker effects, and some no effects. These differences are sometimes attributed to methodology and …
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Student Access to Advanced Placement (AP) Coursework: Principals' Beliefs and Practices
… leaders must be aware of the ways in which their personal beliefs and school practices influence the course-taking patterns in their students.</p><p>This study investigated the relationship between principals' personal beliefs and perceptions of school practices, and the opportunities for students …
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The Impact of Normative Beliefs, Religion, and Personality on College Drinking Behavior
… drink alcohol. Among these factors are normative beliefs, religion, and personality. Although we have learned much through past efforts, we are still unable to definitively answer the question of how can we reduce alcohol use behaviors on college campuses. The current study attempted to help add …
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Seeing the good and bad in culture: An exploration of the construct of cultural complexity
… in the level of agreement between one’s personal beliefs and the perceived important norms in one’s culture. Simply put, individuals who exhibit high levels of cultural complexity tend to notice both positive and negative aspects of their culture. Although previous research in the …
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Ethical Dimensions of Administrative Decision Making in Schools: The Principal's Perspective
… under consideration. This study explored the beliefs, standards, philosophical frameworks, and processes utilized by school principals in making decisions.</p> <p>Qualitative interview research methods were used since the purpose of the study was exploratory and descriptive. Participants …
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The effects of rational-emotive counseling upon test anxiety of college students
… Behavioral Scale and irrational thought by the Personal Beliefs Inventory. Experimental subjects exhibited a significantly greater reduction in test anxiety and irrational thinking than the control group. A significant positive relationship was found between the level of irrational thinking and …
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A Way to Water
… to people who challenge and reinforce her personal beliefs, as well as her understanding of the world.
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John Gary Cook: Methodology of A Master Music Educator
… exceptional educator and documents many of his personal beliefs and professional applications in five specific areas of band performance. These include: (1) development of characteristic tone quality; (2) development of balance and blend; (3) development of intonation; (4) development of rhythm …
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Hearing Adam: Gender Relationships in the Short Fiction of Caroline Gordon.
… relationships and how Gordon's background and personal beliefs impacted her body of work.</p>
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A Relational Perspective on Sex Stereotyping
… We asked women and men to report their personal beliefs about men and women on three characteristics: competence, warmth and morality. The results showed that participants were engaging in three different patterns of sex stereotyping: traditional sex stereotyping (both sexes rated …
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ELDERLY SINGAPOREANS' PERCEPTIONS OF UNDERGOING JOINT REPLACEMENT SURGERY: A QUALITATIVE STUDY
… DEPICTED THE EMIC PERSPECTIVE OF PARTICIPANTS? PERSONAL BELIEFS AND CULTURAL VALUE SYSTEMS, WHICH INFLUENCED THEIR PERCEPTIONS, AND MENTAL AND SOCIAL ADJUSTMENTS IN COPING WITH JOINT REPLACEMENT SURGERY.
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Gender Justice in Environmental Communication: Exploring the Impact of Message Framing
… norms. Engagement with the messages depended on personal beliefs and value alignment, with minimal impact from message frames. These findings highlight the complexities of gendered environmental communication, offering insights for future research and communicators to build inclusive …
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The Curricular Practices of Early Childhood Teachers Working in Public Sschool Primary Grades.
… teachers exhibited common elements: educational beliefs consistent with those of the National Association for the Education of Young Children; frustration with their school's curriculum; and the combination of a rich pattern of guidance strategies in the use of whole group math and language …
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Strengthening Home-School Partnerships in Multilingual Communities: Culturally Responsive Approaches in PreK-12 Schools
… strategies to improve communication, reflect on personal beliefs about family engagement, and develop schoolwide structures that make participation more inclusive for multilingual caregivers. By comparing both elementary and secondary school contexts, the project highlights patterns and …
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Consumer Animosity in Cross Cultural Context
… regarding possible responsibility. Depending on personal beliefs and societal norms, this could be perceived as an economic and even moral threat among non-Native American consumers who, in response, might react with Consumer Animosity toward Native American products. This would undermine the …
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Rural Appalachian Health Care Providers' Perceived Barriers to Intimate Partner Violence Screening in Primary Care
… barriers related to both professional issues and personal beliefs. There were no significant differences in rural and urban providers in regards to number and type of reported barriers. Implications for the management of IPV in rural primary care settings are discussed.</p>
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