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Title: THE ROLE OF PREDICTABILITY IN THE PREFERENCE FOR CONTROL OVER TIME OUT FROM POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT.
Creator: SAWYER, ANN PRESCOTT., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: The goal of this study was to exaoine the relatively reinforcing properties of predictability (or the absence of it) in human subjects' choice for control and no control presentations of a mildly aversive stimulus (Time Out from positive reinforcement). Subjects, overall, preferred predictability with control significantly more than predictability without control (Experinent I). There was less of a difference in their preference for control in the absence of predictability (Experiment II)....
Show moreThe goal of this study was to exaoine the relatively reinforcing properties of predictability (or the absence of it) in human subjects' choice for control and no control presentations of a mildly aversive stimulus (Time Out from positive reinforcement). Subjects, overall, preferred predictability with control significantly more than predictability without control (Experinent I). There was less of a difference in their preference for control in the absence of predictability (Experiment II). Results demonstrated greater preference for control among males than females and female variability was large. The "motive to avoid success" on the part of female subjects was purported to explain the variability and lesser preference for the control conditions.
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Date Issued: 1980
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14037
Subject Headings: Control (Psychology), Prediction (Psychology)
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Title: THE RELATIONSHIP OF LOCUS OF CONTROL ON WEIGHT LOSS AND MAINTENANCE OF WEIGHT LOSS.
Creator: ROTHSTEIN, SANDRA J., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: The treatment of obesity has been a challenge for health professionals. Treatment failures point to the need for research to isolate variables contributing to success. A major drawback in most of the research is the lack of long-term follow-up evaluations. The purpose of this study was to identify variables which may predict an individual's success at maintaining weight loss. The two independent variables studied were status of weight control and methods of treatment. The status of weight...
Show moreThe treatment of obesity has been a challenge for health professionals. Treatment failures point to the need for research to isolate variables contributing to success. A major drawback in most of the research is the lack of long-term follow-up evaluations. The purpose of this study was to identify variables which may predict an individual's success at maintaining weight loss. The two independent variables studied were status of weight control and methods of treatment. The status of weight control had two levels: individuals who maintained a weight loss for at least two years (maintainers) and individuals who had regained weight loss (regainers). The method of treatment had three levels: group, individual, and self-administered. The dependent variable was locus of control, which indicates how individuals perceive control over their environment. Individuals who perceived they had control over their environment were classified as having an internal locus of control, while those individuals who perceived they did not have control over their environment were classified as external. There were 54 females over the age of 21, who qualified as subjects. Subject selection was based on the Weight History Questionnaire. The Reid and Ware Three Factor Internal-External Scale was administered to all subjects and provided three separate locus of control scores: self-control, social system control, and fatalism. A 2 x 3 analysis of variance factorial design was utilized for each of the internal-external factors. The results showed a significant difference on the self-control and fatalism factor, where the maintainers were more internal than the regainers. The maintainers and the regainers, also differed significantly in age, highest weight achieved, and maintenance period. No significant differences were found on the social system control factor. A significant interaction effect was found on the fatalism factor. The possible significance of using locus of control to facilitate weight control may be found in the self-control and fatalism factors. Internal self-control and internal fatalism was shown to be characteristics of maintainers. The fatalism factor also showed that internals were more successful in a self-administered program or an individual treatment, whereas externals were more successful in a group treatment.
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Date Issued: 1986
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11880
Subject Headings: Control (Psychology), Obesity
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Title: Like Salt for Bread.
Creator: Genis, Jeanne, Scroggins, Mark, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: Like Salt for Bread is a sixteen poem creative thesis that explores the razorwire balance of power and vulnerability. In some poems, the relationship seems clearly defined by an aggressor or catalyst that threatens emotional and sometimes physical violence. In the others, the balance shifts from the speaker to another, alternates between one speaker and another, or even alters within the speaker's consciousness. Regardless, each poem examines a moment that is not a measure of time but a force...
Show moreLike Salt for Bread is a sixteen poem creative thesis that explores the razorwire balance of power and vulnerability. In some poems, the relationship seems clearly defined by an aggressor or catalyst that threatens emotional and sometimes physical violence. In the others, the balance shifts from the speaker to another, alternates between one speaker and another, or even alters within the speaker's consciousness. Regardless, each poem examines a moment that is not a measure of time but a force that tends toward rotation- changes that occur around the axes of authority and control. The resulting torque exposes assumptions about long-standing myths, personal and popular.
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Date Issued: 2007
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000918
Subject Headings: Poems., Symbolism in literature., Power (Psychology), Control (Psychology)
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Title: What's so fair about the status quo?: examining fairness criteria as moderators of system justification.
Creator: Martens, Nicholas J., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
Abstract/Description: System justification theorists have proposed that people are motivated to view their political, economic, and social circumstances as desirable, necessary, and fair (e.g., Jost, Nosek & Banaji, 2004). Despite more than 15 years of system justification research, the meaning of fairness within this context has not been investigated directly. Over the past several decades three major criteria have been identified as contributing to people's perceptions of fairness: distributive justice,...
Show moreSystem justification theorists have proposed that people are motivated to view their political, economic, and social circumstances as desirable, necessary, and fair (e.g., Jost, Nosek & Banaji, 2004). Despite more than 15 years of system justification research, the meaning of fairness within this context has not been investigated directly. Over the past several decades three major criteria have been identified as contributing to people's perceptions of fairness: distributive justice, procedural justice, and one's own idiosyncratic set of personal values. Focusing on the last two, we reasoned that values are represented more abstractly than is information about procedural fairness, and that the relative weight of values versus procedures should increase at higher levels of mental construal. Whereas information about procedures is often seen as providing a basis for the acceptance of undesirable outcomes, judgments based on personal conceptions of right and wrong are considered to be independent from "establishment, convention, rules, or authority" (Skitka & Mullen, 2008, p. 531), and are therefore unlikely to be used in a motivated defense of the status quo. We therefore hypothesized that system justification would be most likely to occur in conditions where procedures are most salient (i.e., at low levels of construal). However, despite using manipulations of the system justification motive that have previously been successful, and working with issues similar to those used in previous work, we were unable to produce the typical system justification pattern of results. Possible reasons for this are discussed.
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Date Issued: 2011
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3171722
Subject Headings: Social psychology, Social interaction, Justice (Philosophy), Social justice, Control (Psychology), Affect (Psychology)
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Title: Attachment, locus of control, and romantic intimacy in adult children of alcoholics: a correlational investigation.
Creator: Peter, Raffaela., College of Education, Department of Counselor Education
Abstract/Description: This study examined the relationships of adult attachment, locus of control, and fear of intimacy between adult children of alcoholics (ACOAs) and non adult children of alcoholics (NACOAs). A convenience sample of 224 participants, specifically 108 ACOAs and 116 NACOAs, completed the Experiences in Close Relationships-Revised Questionnaire (ECR-R), Rotter's Locus of Control Scale (LOC), and the Fear of Intimacy Scale (FIS). Participants were drawn from self-help groups, gatherings, and a...
Show moreThis study examined the relationships of adult attachment, locus of control, and fear of intimacy between adult children of alcoholics (ACOAs) and non adult children of alcoholics (NACOAs). A convenience sample of 224 participants, specifically 108 ACOAs and 116 NACOAs, completed the Experiences in Close Relationships-Revised Questionnaire (ECR-R), Rotter's Locus of Control Scale (LOC), and the Fear of Intimacy Scale (FIS). Participants were drawn from self-help groups, gatherings, and a health fair held in Palm Beach County, Florida. Data were analyzed utilizing multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), series of analyses of variance (ANOVA), stepwise regression analyses, discriminant function analysis, in addition to correlational analyses. ... ACOAs demonstrated insecure, fearful avoidant attachment patterns, an external locus of control, and greater fear of intimacy. In contrast, NACOAs exhibited secure adult attachment, an internal locus of control, and lower fear of intimacy. This study lends empirical support to clinical practice pertaining to the constructs of adult attachment, locus of control, and fear of intimacy in ACOAs and NACOAs.
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Date Issued: 2012
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3358757
Subject Headings: Alcoholism, Psychological aspects, Adult children of alcoholics, Attachment behavior, Locus of control, Intimacy (Psychology), Interpersonal relations
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Title: Seeking health: the lived experience of being in recovery from sex addiction.
Creator: Mundy, Lawren., Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: individuals who self-identify as sex addicts, unique health and social consequences are not well understood because of factors, such as stigma. It is important that the nursing community understand this phenomenon to address, understand, and provide sensitive and meaningful care. However, there is limited research on this topic. The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experience of individuals who self-identify as sex addicts. Through snowball sampling, five men and five women...
Show moreindividuals who self-identify as sex addicts, unique health and social consequences are not well understood because of factors, such as stigma. It is important that the nursing community understand this phenomenon to address, understand, and provide sensitive and meaningful care. However, there is limited research on this topic. The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experience of individuals who self-identify as sex addicts. Through snowball sampling, five men and five women between 27 to 45 years old, and older. participated in the phenomenological study. Meaning units and themes were revealed through the participants' experiences as follows: A Connecting with Others: 1. Reaching Out 2. Seeking Shared Understanding 3. Connecting with Your Higher Power B Managing Stigma: 1. Revealing Concealing C Integrating the Past for Recovery: 1. Reflecting Triggers 2. Overcoming Powerlessness. D Being Vigilant: 1. Intentional Refocusing 2. Living an Honest Life E Giving of Oneself: 1. Informing Others 2. Doing Service. The overall structure synthesized from the meaning units and themes was: "The lived experience of seeking health in recovery from sex addiction is dancing on the outer circle, connected to a community that understands fear, shame and the struggle to remain vigilant for pitfalls while intentionally refocusing on living an honest life of giving and receiving." Seeking health incorporates a holistic, community involved, multifaceted approach to recovery. Understanding how individuals seek health in recovery provides a framework to impart meaningful, sensitive nursing care.
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Date Issued: 2013
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3360955
Subject Headings: Sex addiction, Sex addicts, Rehabilitation, Relationship addiction, Treatment, Control (Psychology), Love, Psychological aspects
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Title: WOMEN'S POWER MOTIVE AND THE IMPACT ON ADMINISTRATION IN TWO LARGE SOUTH FLORIDA SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
Creator: BURDSALL, JEANNE R., Florida Atlantic University, Smith, Lawrence E.
Abstract/Description: There is no question that the percentage of women in administrative positions is disproportionate to the number of women who make education their career. That this number is declining is well documented. External factors blamed for this disparity are many; school board prejudices, community attitudes, and the organization of school systems, are but a few. This study is important because it investigates the intrinisic motivation of women. The question considered is, Are women motivated to seek...
Show moreThere is no question that the percentage of women in administrative positions is disproportionate to the number of women who make education their career. That this number is declining is well documented. External factors blamed for this disparity are many; school board prejudices, community attitudes, and the organization of school systems, are but a few. This study is important because it investigates the intrinisic motivation of women. The question considered is, Are women motivated to seek administrative jobs? The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between motivation and employment of women in education. The data was collected by giving David Winter's Power Motive test to both sexes of administrators and teachers. Winter's instrument assesses power motivation from stories subjects make up to describe a series of ambiguous pictures. Stories were scored using Winter's scoring system. It was determined that there was no significant difference in the power motive of men and women, whether they were teachers or administrators. There was, however, a very significant difference between the power motive scores of teachers and administrators, with teachers having a higher power motive score.
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Date Issued: 1984
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11855
Subject Headings: Control (Psychology), Motivation (Psychology)--Testing, Women's studies
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Title: Relationship Between Psychological Factors and Acute Strength Task Performance.
Creator: Haischer, Michael H., Zourdos, Michael C., Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Exercise Science and Health Promotion
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this research was to investigate if various psychological wellbeing assessments can predict maximal strength performance and self-scored rating of perceived exertion (RPE) in the back squat. Fifty-eight resistance-trained males and females were recruited, and reported to the laboratory on one day. Subjects completed eight different scales and questionnaires before completing one-repetition maximum (1RM) testing of the squat, followed by two single-repetition sets at 30%, 40%,...
Show moreThe purpose of this research was to investigate if various psychological wellbeing assessments can predict maximal strength performance and self-scored rating of perceived exertion (RPE) in the back squat. Fifty-eight resistance-trained males and females were recruited, and reported to the laboratory on one day. Subjects completed eight different scales and questionnaires before completing one-repetition maximum (1RM) testing of the squat, followed by two single-repetition sets at 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, and 90% of 1RM, and a set to volitional fatigue at 70% of 1RM. Cognitive anxiety and hypersomnia were found to be positive and negative predictors (p<0.05), respectively, of 1RM performance. Further, self-confidence, grit, and perceived recovery status were significant negative predictors of RPE (p<0.05). Finally, PRS was discovered to be a positive predictor of subject-reported 1RM self-efficacy (b=0.39, t=3.14, p<0.01, R2=0.15).
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Date Issued: 2017
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004930, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004930
Subject Headings: Exercise--Health aspects., Exercise--Psychological aspects., Sports--Psychological aspects., Performance--Psychological aspects., Cognitive psychology., Self-efficacy., Control (Psychology), Sleep deprivation--Social aspects.
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Title: Selective Activation of the SK1 Subtype of Small Conductance Ca2+ Activated K+ Channels by GW542573X in C57BL6J Mice Impairs Hippocampal-dependent Memory.
Creator: Rice Kuchera, Claire A., Stackman, Robert W., Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
Abstract/Description: SK channels are small conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels expressed throughout the CNS. SK channels modulate the excitability of hippocampal CA1 neurons by affecting afterhyperpolarization and shaping excitatory postsynaptic responses. Such SK-mediated effects on activity-dependent neuronal excitability and synaptic strength are thought to underlie the modulatory influence of SK channels on memory encoding. Here,the effect of a new SK1 selective activator, GW542573X, on hippocampal...
Show moreSK channels are small conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels expressed throughout the CNS. SK channels modulate the excitability of hippocampal CA1 neurons by affecting afterhyperpolarization and shaping excitatory postsynaptic responses. Such SK-mediated effects on activity-dependent neuronal excitability and synaptic strength are thought to underlie the modulatory influence of SK channels on memory encoding. Here,the effect of a new SK1 selective activator, GW542573X, on hippocampal-dependent object memory, contextual and cued conditioning, and trace fear conditioning was examined. The results demonstrated that pre- but not post-training systemic administration of GW542573X impaired object memory and trace fear memory in mice 24 h after training. Contextual and cued fear memory were not disrupted. These current data suggest that activation of SK1 subtype-containing SK channels impairs long-term memory. These results are consistent with converging evidence that SK channel activation suppressed behaviorally triggered synaptic plasticity necessary for encoding hippocampal-dependent memory.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004541, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004541
Subject Headings: Cellular control mechanisms, Cognitive neuroscience, Cognitive psychology, Hippocampus (Brain), Mice as laboratory animals, Neurotransmitter receptors
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Title: Neural Information Processing Underlying Rhythmic Bimanual Coordination: Theory, Method and Experiment.
Creator: Banerjee, Arpan, Jirsa, Viktor K., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: How do neuronal connectivity and the dynamics of distributed brain networks process information during bimanual coordination? Contemporary brain theories of cognitive function posit spatial, temporal and spatiotemporal network reorganization as mechanisms for neural information processing. In this dissertation, rhythmic bimanual coordination is studied as a window into neural information processing and subsequently an investigation of underlying network reorganization processes is performed....
Show moreHow do neuronal connectivity and the dynamics of distributed brain networks process information during bimanual coordination? Contemporary brain theories of cognitive function posit spatial, temporal and spatiotemporal network reorganization as mechanisms for neural information processing. In this dissertation, rhythmic bimanual coordination is studied as a window into neural information processing and subsequently an investigation of underlying network reorganization processes is performed. Spatiotemporal reorganization between effectors (limbs) is parameterized in a theoretical model via a continuously varying cross-talk parameter that represents neural connectivity. Thereby, effector dynamics during coordinated behavior is shown to be influenced by the cross-talk parameter and time delays involved in signal processing. In particular, stability regimes of coordination patterns as a function of cross-talk, movement frequency and the time delays are derived. On the methodological front , spatiotemporal reorganization of neural masses are used to simulate electroencephalographic data. A suitable choice of experimental control conditions is used to derive a paradigmatic framework called Mode Level Cognitive Subtraction (MLCS) which is demonstrated to facilitate the disambiguation between spatial and temporal components of the reorganization processes to a quantifiable degree of certainty. In the experimental section, MLCS is applied to electroencephalographic recordings during rhythmic bimanual task conditions and unimanual control conditions. Finally, a classification of reorganization processes is achieved for differing stability states of coordination: inphase (mirror) primarily entails temporal reorganization of sensorimotor networks localized during unimanual movement whereas spatiotemporal reorganization is involved during antiphase (parallel) coordination.
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Date Issued: 2007
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000849
Subject Headings: Neural networks (Computer science), Biological control systems, Mind and body, Cognitive psychology
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Title: An exploratory study of biofeedback in reducing pain after thoracic surgery.
Creator: Angel, Laurie R., Florida Atlantic University, Freeman, Edward
Abstract/Description: This study is a pilot concerning the relationship between acute pain management and biofeedback training. The population studied included patients from a local community hospital undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The study applied theories of the mind/body connection and stress frameworks for exploring the correlation between patients' hand temperatures and their reported levels of pain pre-operatively and post-operatively. Study findings indicated that there was significant...
Show moreThis study is a pilot concerning the relationship between acute pain management and biofeedback training. The population studied included patients from a local community hospital undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The study applied theories of the mind/body connection and stress frameworks for exploring the correlation between patients' hand temperatures and their reported levels of pain pre-operatively and post-operatively. Study findings indicated that there was significant within-subjects effect in hand temperature after biofeedback treatment across three points in time. But the study also found no difference between-subjects in hand temperature after biofeedback treatment across three points in time. Therefore, the sample proved to be heterogeneous. Further study was indicated with larger samples to demonstrate the analgesic effects of biofeedback in the management of acute pain.
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Date Issued: 1997
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15489
Subject Headings: Biological control systems, Pain--Treatment, Mind and body, Pain--Psychological aspects, Nurse and patient
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Title: Foucault's techniques of power in street-level organizations.
Creator: McGinn, Kathleen A., Florida Atlantic University, Miller, Hugh T.
Abstract/Description: This study uses Foucault's (1979, 1983, 1995) theoretical work as a guide in examining relation of power and resistance within the unique context of street-level bureaucracies (Lipsky, 1980). It explores relationships by asking how employees and managers are objectified within street level organizations, if there are any similarities in objectifications across organizations providing different government services, and how these objectifications intersect within relations of power and...
Show moreThis study uses Foucault's (1979, 1983, 1995) theoretical work as a guide in examining relation of power and resistance within the unique context of street-level bureaucracies (Lipsky, 1980). It explores relationships by asking how employees and managers are objectified within street level organizations, if there are any similarities in objectifications across organizations providing different government services, and how these objectifications intersect within relations of power and resistance. As an artifact of the relations of power between street-level bureaucrats and managers, ten purposively selected collectively bargained contract documents from public organizations in Florida are analyzed in this research. Ethnographic Content Analysis (Altheide, 1996) was used to study the collective bargaining agreements selected, with phrases from the documents serving as the unit of analysis. Using Foucault's (1979, 1983a, 1995) descriptions of techniques of power as a guide, four specific protocol matrices were developed, tested and then used to collect and code phrases as illustrative of one or more techniques of power. The results of the analysis are first summarized using displays and matrices. Then, rich illustrations from the data is are discussed in detail, using Foucault's categories of normalization, individualization, panopticism and pastoralism as a framework for presentation. Results of this research demonstrate that, in the collective bargaining agreements analyzed, both 'managers' and 'employees' are objectified in ways that were similar across all of the documents studied. Through techniques of power as theorized by Foucault, 'managers', 'employees', and 'union representatives' are produced, but also constrained as well. The collective bargaining agreements in this analysis serve to 'fix' relationships between these two objectifications that are discursively affirmed as unequal. Constrained by this 'reality', any potential for changing relationships between managers and employees through prescriptions that ask street-level bureaucrats to be 'leaders'; "responsible choice-makers" (Vinzant & Crothers, 1998, p. 154) rather than policy implementers simply carrying out management directives are largely futile. As persuasive as these ideas might be, within the context of this project it is impossible to think of employees in terms of 'leader', given the objectifications of 'employee' and 'manager' found in the documents analyzed.
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Date Issued: 2006
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12193
Subject Headings: Foucault, Michel,--1926-1984--Criticism and interpretation, Interorganizational relations, Power (Philosophy), Power (Social sciences), Control (Psychology)
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Title: The relationship between the self-efficacy of monolingual and bilingual undergraduate college students and their academic achievement in science and math.
Creator: Pomerantz, Rina, Bryan, Valerie, Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Abstract/Description: Almost twenty-one percent of the United States population spoke a language other than English in 2011. Furthermore, there has been a dramatic increase in the enrollment of students of Hispanic and other ethnic backgrounds in U.S. post-secondary institutions between 1976 and 2013 (from 4% to 16%) (National Center for Education Statistics NCES, 2016). Until now, no systematic research has focused on the differential effects of selfefficacy on academic achievement in monolingual and bilingual...
Show moreAlmost twenty-one percent of the United States population spoke a language other than English in 2011. Furthermore, there has been a dramatic increase in the enrollment of students of Hispanic and other ethnic backgrounds in U.S. post-secondary institutions between 1976 and 2013 (from 4% to 16%) (National Center for Education Statistics NCES, 2016). Until now, no systematic research has focused on the differential effects of selfefficacy on academic achievement in monolingual and bilingual undergraduate college students. The present study aimed to investigate this relationship, as well as contribute additional insight on whether the academic self-efficacy of monolingual and bilingual undergraduate college students plays a role in their academic success specifically in science and math courses. Additionally, the findings of this research study were expected to provide data to inform the development of educational programs that might specifically target monolinguals or bilinguals in enhancing students’ self-efficacy. Seven instructors of foundational undergraduate science courses and math courses at a southeastern university agreed to contribute to the study by asking their students for their voluntary participation in the data collection. A total of 361 students participated in the study. Overall, 256 (70.9%) participants reported being monolingual and 105 (29.1%) reported being bilingual; 335 (92.8%) students were enrolled in science courses and 26 (7.2%) were registered in math courses; 237 (65.7%) were female students and 124 (34.3%) were male. Demographics, self-efficacy, and sociolinguistic data were collected using the Self-Efficacy Research Study Online Questionnaire. Final science and math grades were also collected from the instructors at the end of the semester for all students who volunteered to participate in the study. The findings of this research study revealed that the self-efficacy levels of undergraduate college students in science and math predict their academic achievement in these subjects. They also showed that the self-efficacy levels of bilingual participants are higher than those of their monolingual counterparts. Findings also indicated that when the relationship between final grade and self-efficacy was examined separately in each linguistic group the correlation was significant and positive for monolinguals.
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Date Issued: 2016
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004753, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004753
Subject Headings: Self-efficacy., Control (Psychology), Academic achievement--Psychological aspects., Education, Bilingual., Science--Study and teaching (Higher), Mathematics--Study and teaching (Higher)
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Title: Transformational learning and self-efficacy: an investigation into their role in prophylactic mastectomy.
Creator: Gordon, Faith, Bryan, Valerie, Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Abstract/Description: Breast cancer affects one in eight women in the United States. Estimated new breast cancer cases for 2012 in the U.S. are 229,060 women (American Cancer Society, 2012). For all women it is important to be informed regarding all current treatment options. For women in high-risk categories of breast cancer it is even more important. Risk-reducing strategies for women at high-risk of breast cancer include surveillance, chemoprevention, and bilateral prophylactic mastectomy. Prophylactic...
Show moreBreast cancer affects one in eight women in the United States. Estimated new breast cancer cases for 2012 in the U.S. are 229,060 women (American Cancer Society, 2012). For all women it is important to be informed regarding all current treatment options. For women in high-risk categories of breast cancer it is even more important. Risk-reducing strategies for women at high-risk of breast cancer include surveillance, chemoprevention, and bilateral prophylactic mastectomy. Prophylactic mastectomy reduces the risk of breast cancer by excision of most breast tissue. Breast cancer among those initially diagnosed as high-risk is 90-94.3% (Hartmann et al., 1999). This procedure entails serious surgeries with numerous physical, social, and emotional ramifications and is not without side effects. The patient has the right to be informed and base her decision-making on the suitability of the procedure for herself. This research describes six (6) woman’s experiences, focusing on the role of transformational learning and self-efficacy, as these women progressed through the stages. Prophylactic mastectomy is radical, irreversible, and costly at the onset. The procedure may preclude a whole lifetime of surgeries, radiation, and chemical treatments. If this treatment is the right fit, and has been fully researched, balanced with options, family history, genetic predisposition, personal concerns, and anxiety levels, along with physician recommendations, a woman should consider pursuing it.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004374, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004374
Subject Headings: Control (Psychology), Educational leadership, Health behavior, Mastectomy -- Decision making, Mastectomy -- Psychological aspects, Organizational learning, Self efficacy, Women -- Medical care, Women's health services
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Title: Can Priming a Firm’s Organizational Identity Overcome the Influences of National Culture on Auditor Judgment?.
Creator: Killey, Michael, Higgs, Julia, Florida Atlantic University, College of Business, School of Accounting
Abstract/Description: A significant challenge faced by large auditing firms is offering consistent quality across the global network. Unfortunately, variation in judgments and decision-making, resulting from cultural differences, can undermine the provision of a uniform level of audit quality for these international firms. Previous research has determined that national culture influences an auditors’ professional judgments and decisions. Relying on Social Identity Theory, I explore whether inducing one’s...
Show moreA significant challenge faced by large auditing firms is offering consistent quality across the global network. Unfortunately, variation in judgments and decision-making, resulting from cultural differences, can undermine the provision of a uniform level of audit quality for these international firms. Previous research has determined that national culture influences an auditors’ professional judgments and decisions. Relying on Social Identity Theory, I explore whether inducing one’s organizational identification can both enhance auditor judgment and mitigate any deleterious impact that culture may have on the provision of a uniform level of audit quality. I also examine current cultural variations in auditor judgment in order to ensure that the results of earlier studies still typify the international auditing environment. National culture is assessed using two dimensions (individualism/collectivism, power distance) included in Hofstede’s 1980 cultural values framework. Participants from the United States are used to represent an individualistic/low power distance culture while individuals from India are used to represent a collectivistic/high power distance culture. Firms need mechanisms to elicit desired behaviors that may not be consistent with cultural tendencies in order to provide a uniform level of audit quality. Contrary to expectations, no significant differences are identified between the judgments of auditors from India and The United States. The results, however, do provide evidence that enhancing one’s organizational identification can impact certain professional judgments during the audit process. An association between national culture and auditor attitudes pertaining to client trust is also found. The implications of these findings for the professional auditing environment and future academic research are discussed.
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Date Issued: 2016
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004736, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004736
Subject Headings: Corporate governance., Corporations--Auditing., Auditing--Quality control., Identity (Psychology), Accounting--Moral and ethical aspects., Accounting--Professional ethics., Social responsibility of business.
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