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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"threat appraisal"”.
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Correcting Fear-arousing Disinformation on Social Media in the Spread of a Health Virus: A Focus on Situational Fear, Situational Threat Appraisal, Belief in Disinformation, and Intention to Spread Disinformation on Social Media
… the important roles of situational fear and threat appraisal in predicting people’s health behavioral changes, this research examines the underlying psychological mechanisms of fear and threat appraisal of a crisis in the effects of fear-arousing disinformation and different types of …
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In the Eye of the Beholder: A Daily Diary Investigation of Appraisals of Illegitimate Tasks
… and unnecessary tasks, and has assumed that threat appraisal is the underlying mechanism explaining their effects. This study introduced a revised three-dimensional framework of illegitimate tasks that consists of promoting unreasonable tasks, demoting unreasonable tasks, and unnecessary …
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Experiencing Uncertainty as a Challenge or a Threat: Impact on Attraction to Entitative Groups
… the impact of self-uncertainty and challenge or threat appraisals on entitative group appeal. Predictions were based on uncertainty-identity theory’s findings regarding uncertainty and entitativity (Hogg, 2021), and on studies of challenge and threat appraisals in intergroup relations (Scheepers, …
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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
… 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 work practice and education are discussed.</p>
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Caregiver Adaptation among Black and White Families of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and the Comparison of the Two Racial Groups
… social support), and individual coping/stress appraisal styles, the C in the model (e.g., cognitive appraisal, religious coping) on caregiver positive and negative adaptation outcomes, the X in the model, (e.g., caregiver strain, benefit finding, family quality of life). Black and White …
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Athlete imagery ability and effective imagery use
… ability, trait confidence, and challenge and threat appraisal tendencies. Finally Chapter 6 used the SIAQ as a screening tool when investigating whether imagery could be used to alter the appraisal of a stress-evoking scenario. Overall, the thesis has resulted in two new valid and reliable …
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Public Elementary Teachers' Experiences With Explosive Student Outbursts: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study
… several themes were revealed, including primary appraisal of well-being, lived experiences, coping strategies, and outcomes. The findings that focused on the participants’ lived experiences included threat appraisal, explosive behavior characteristics, and coping strategies. Adverse effects, the …
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Heart Failure Family Caregivers: Psychometrics of a New Quality of Life Scale and Variables Associated with Caregiver Outcomes
… difficulty, uncertainty, social support, and threat appraisal. Support for the conceptual model was provided, and potential areas for intervention development were identified. The new HFCQL scale showed potential as a quality outcome measure in HF caregivers, and might be used to screen HF …
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Factors influencing the use of privacy settings in location-based social networks
… to comply to an adaptive behaviour through the threat of impending danger. However, within the context of social networking, it is not yet clear how fear-inducing arguments will ultimately influence the use of privacy settings by users. The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence …
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Predicting Adherence to Aromatase Inhibitor Therapy in Patients with Breast Cancer Using Protection Motivation Theory
… Multiple regression revealed that Coping Appraisal was a better predictor of adherence (ß=0.437), while Threat Appraisal did not show a significant correlation. Pearson’s Correlation revealed that Self Efficacy (r=0.485) and Response Efficacy (r=0.206) showed a positive correlation with …
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Fear in the Workplace: The Relationships among Sex, Self-efficacy, and Coping Strategies
… components that are referenced include coping appraisal (self-efficacy) and threat appraisal (severity and vulnerability). Four different vignettes and a series of questions related to each of the fearful situations were presented to individuals willing to participate in the study. A total of …
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THE MISUNDERSTOOD LINK BETWEEN TRAINING AND REAL-WORLD INFORMATION SECURITY OUTCOMES: SENSEMAKING
… not support a positive impact on participants' threat appraisal but does support a positive impact on participants coping appraisal. The study demonstrates that there is an opportunity to improve information security user behavior through the use of this training. </p>
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The Effectiveness of a Protection Motivation Theory Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Use in Young Canadian Adults
Alcohol use among young Canadian adults is widespread and increasing evidence links alcohol consumption to the development of colorectal cancer. With rising rates of colorectal cancer in younger populations, targeted prevention strategies are essential. This study evaluated the effectiveness of an …
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Crafting and delivering effective energy and water conservation messages: The role of forceful language and source features in psychological reactance
… of unique source features in relation to freedom threat perceptions, and (c) investigate the moderating role of reactance proneness and issue involvement as individual difference variables involved in freedom threat appraisal. A 2 (language: forceful, non-forceful) X 3 (source: Environmental …
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The psychosocial outcomes of adult siblings of adults with autism and Down syndrome
… mediators (e.g., coping strategies, cognitive appraisal types), and psychosocial outcome variables (i.e., mental and physical health-related quality of life, caregiver burden, and reported benefits). For the within subject primary hypotheses, I posited a series of relationships between the …