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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"possible self"”.
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A Possible Self Program for the Foreign Language Class
… that support the use of mental imagery for possible self enhancement; and articulate and evaluate a pedagogical intervention designed for the foreign language class. This intervention will allow students to explore and develop prominent and vivid mental representations (self-schemas) of …
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People not Print: Exploring Engineering Future Possible Self Development in Rural Areas of Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau
… Constructivist worldview, informed by the Future Possible Selves framework. Participants include 27 high school students, 7 college engineering students, and 5 college students who had exposure to engineering through a formal program but are currently enrolled in another major. Results of the …
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Deposition and Erosion of El Mar: Utilizing Storytelling to Analyze the Woman of Color Assistant Principal Identity
… The work explores the ideal-selves identity and possible-selves identity of women of color assistant principals. The ideal self is defined by Boyatzis and Akrivou (2006) as “an evolving motivational core within the self, focusing a person’s desires and hopes, aspirations and dreams, purpose and …
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Self-concept related to identities and safer-sex cognitions in young adults who have lost a parent to AIDS
… their current and ideal selves and their self-cognitions surrounding protected and unprotected sex with both new and ongoing partners. Chi-square analysis showed significant differences in elaboration levels regarding how the AIDS-bereaved viewed unprotected versus protected sex when …
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Self-similar solutions to the mean curvature flow in Euclidean and Minkowski space
… of this thesis, we give a classification of all self-similar solutions to the curve shortening flow in the Euclidean plane R² and discuss basic properties of the curves. The problem of finding the curves is reduced to the study of a twodimensional system of ODEs with two parameters that determine …
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Racial/Ethnic Differences in Possible Selves of Diverse Adolescents: Implications for Higher Education and Mental Health
… educational disparities this study examines possible selves as they may relate to educational achievement among Latinos. Specifically, this study investigates: a) racial/ethnic differences in the content and themes of expected possible selves held by young adolescents; b) within group …
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Effects of a Positive Psychological Intervention on Mood and Physical Health in Adults with Diabetes and those at Low or High Risk
… outcomes, including glycaemic control, mood, and self-management and preventative behaviours (Pressman, Jenkins, & Moskowitz, 2019). Positive Psychological Interventions (PPIs) are designed to facilitate PA, and several have demonstrated that they are effective when applied to a diabetes context …
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Blood Quantum “A Pūrākau approach to understanding the impact of ‘Blood Quantum’ in Māori Identity”
… an important aspect of the tino rangatiratanga (self-determination) of many Indigenous peoples. From a historical and cultural perspective, blood quantum standards divide and alienate communities, and perpetuate a discourse that promotes internalised self-hatred, alienation, and fractionation. …
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The fear motif in the poetry of Robert Frost
… and the discovery of an awesome power for possible self-destruction. Perhaps the true keynote of this century was struck by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in his inaugural address in 1933 with his pronouncement "that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." These words did more than catch …
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The self management of heart failure: a place in practice?
BACKGROUND Self management of heart failure has been suggested as a way to prevent hospital admissions. Understanding influences on self management could help to achieve targets for clinical outcomes and patient engagement. The implementation of self management in heart failure appears to be …
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Three empirical essays on micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises and entrepreneurship promotion in developing countries
… aimed at inclusive growth. It consists of three self-contained papers, which put different emphasis on three different areas in which important research gaps remain. The first paper, which is presented in chapter 2, focuses on interventions aimed at removing firm-level shocks. It consists of a …
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Emerging Self-Identities and Emotions: An Exploratory Study of Ten Saudi Students’ English Writing Experiences
… and the role of emotions in the emergence of L2 possible selves, very little is known about these issues when it comes to Saudi students. This thesis aims to understand the processes of identity construction among Saudi Arabian students by exploring their past, present and future learning/writing …
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Synthesis and Applications of Copper Nanowires and Nanoplates
… cyclization reaction. </p><p>We also developed a self-heating synthesis of Cu nanowires, which produced shorter, thinner nanowires than was previously possible. Self-heating is accomplished through NaOH dilution and glucose degradation, which allows us to tune the length of the Cu nanowires in the …