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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"social cognitions"”.
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Predicting and explaining uptake of cervical screening : the role of social cognitions
… was to assess the sufficiency and efficacy of social cognition models in predicting these intentions and behaviour. Nearly 2,000 women died from cervical cancer in 1992 in the UK and a further 23,000 were affected by the disease, indicating that cervical cancer is a significant public health …
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Development and preliminary validation of measures to assess mother's self-regulatory efficacy and outcome expectations to transport preschool aged children to structured physical activities
… scheduled SPA. Although studies have examined social cognitions important to individuals’ participation in their own scheduled physical activity, no study to date has focused on the social cognitions of mothers’ that may be related to the transportation of their preschool aged children to SPA. …
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Parental Attributions and Misperceptions of Child Problem Behavior: An Etiological Review Through a Lens of Cultural Competence
… relationship is proposed relating parental social cognitions, parenting styles, and developmental trajectories of clinical psychopathology. Interventions are identified that have been shown to be efficacious in promoting more accurate parental perceptions. Finally, contemporary issues with …
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Beyond social cognition models : a mixed methods investigation of influences on attempts to adopt health behaviours
… predictive combinations of measures of social cognitions. However, this body of work is flawed by theoretical, methodological and performance based limitations. Three different approaches are reported here to moving beyond the social cognition models in order to address current gaps in …
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Step into the campus : transforming problems of scale in mass housing projects
… present urban conditions facilitate unhealthy social cognitions. With the fall of the East Germany state new needs in educational, commercial, and social facilities have developed that must be addressed. In order to creatively infill the left-over spaces lying between the mass housing blocks, …
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Health Systems Integration: Competing or Shared Mental Models?
… need to be supplemented by attention to the social cognitions that characterize the behaviours of actors within healthcare systems. The aim of this dissertation is to explore how Shared Mental Model Theory might advance our understanding and measurement of integration processes and …
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Investigating the mediating role of psychological states and the moderating role of angry rumination in the relationship between supervisors' history of family aggression and subordinates' perceptions of abusive supervision
Drawing upon the Social Learning Theory (Bandura, 1973, 1977) and the General Aggression Model (GAM; Anderson & Bushman, 2002), this research program endeavours to provide a deeper understanding of the causes of abusive supervision. In particular, it examines the mediating role of two psychological …
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Exercise-Related Cognitive Errors: Measurement, Validation, and Process
… how making ECEs relates to exercise adherence cognitions and behaviour, and (3) determine if information processing biases are related to ECEs. Results. Study 1 examined the factor structure of a newly created ECE measure. A 16-item, three-factor model was retained in the final Exercise-related …