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Cavalier, Christine M. "Attitudinal Changes in Adolescent Volunteers." Marietta College / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1145303247.
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Decoo, Ellen. "Changing Attitudes Toward Homosexuality in the United States from 1977 to 2012." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2014. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4091.
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Support for civil rights for gays and lesbians has been increasing nationally. Changes in attitudes may be due not only to the influence of younger, more progressive cohorts, but also to the influence of other factors such as education, religious attendance, political identity, and attitudes toward women's roles. This thesis utilized General Social Survey data from 1977 to 2012 and examined changes in response to attitudinal questions regarding civil rights for gays and lesbians, as well as demographic factors predictive of changing attitudes. Between 1977 and 2012, attitudes became more accepting of civil rights for homosexuals in the United States. Results from multivariate regression models indicate that younger birth cohorts are more accepting of civil rights for gays and lesbians, as are those with higher education. Higher tolerance of non-traditional roles for women is associated with the support of civil rights for gays and lesbians. In addition, religious attendance is negatively associated with acceptance of civil rights for homosexuals, whereas political identity has no association.
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Savage, Terry G. "Attitudinal and behavioral changes demonstrated by expectant fathers as measured by the Index of Self Esteem." Huntington, WV : [Marshall University Libraries], 2002. http://www.marshall.edu/etd/descript.asp?ref=182.
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Forman, D. "Shared learning : monitoring the attitudinal changes of staff and students on undergraduate health care professional programmes." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2000. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/19656/.
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The aim of this investigation was to monitor attitudinal changes of staff and students participating in undergraduate professional programmes to the implementation of shared learning over a four-year period. The programmes being studied were the BSc. Occupational Therapy, BSc. Diagnostic Radiography and BSc. Therapeutic Radiography Honours degrees. Each validated programme contained some syllabus areas that were taught together i.e. were shared across the professions. Initially, after a review of the existing literature on this issue, a questionnaire was designed as a research tool to enable both qualitative and quantitative data to be collected and analysed. The quantitative sections of the questionnaire were checked for reliability throughout the four years and achieved positive Cronbach Alpha results ranging from .7083 to .8984 in the four main concepts under investigation, namely the Pitfalls, Benefits, Curriculum Aspects and Social Aspects of the shared programmes. Over the four year period a total of 418 student questionnaires were collected and analysed. In addition to the quantitative data collected, qualitative data were also collected from the questionnaire from extracts of the minutes of Course Committee and Examination Board meetings and from videos of tutorials and seminars. All of these were analysed. The results showed fluctuations in the attitudes of both staff and students to shared learning over the four year period, but all those who participated showed a net favourable change in attitude by the end of the research investigation.
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Christian, Brittany Nicole. "Improving outcomes at science museums: Blending formal and informal environments to evaluate a chemical and physical change exhibit." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1343506653.
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Fengler, Katrina. "Everyday Aesthetics and the Environmental Significance of Everyday Aesthetics| A High School Art Unit of Instruction Promoting Positive Attitudinal Changes towards the Environment." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10638240.
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This is a quantitative non-random experimental study involving two ninth grade Art I classes at a California charter high school. One class is the control group while the other class is the experimental group. The control group will be taught an Everyday Aesthetics unit (EAU) of instruction focusing on traditional art vocabulary and themes. The experimental group will be taught the Environmental Significance of Everyday Aesthetics (ESOEA) using elements of a critical pedagogical teaching approach.
This initial experimental study includes three hypotheses. Hypothesis 1 is an experimental group of high school Art I students participating in the ESOEA unit and hypothesized to demonstrate a significant increase in environmental consciousness between pretest and posttest. Hypothesis 2 is a control group of high school Art I students exposed to the EAU and is predicted to demonstrate no significant increase between pretest and posttest in environmental consciousness. Hypothesis 3 is the experimental group participating in the ESOEA and hypothesized to demonstrate a significant increase between pretest and posttest regarding environmental consciousness in comparison to the control group of students taught with the EAU of instruction.
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Lawrence, Daniel. "Sound change and social meaning : the perception and production of phonetic change in York, Northern England." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/31327.
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This thesis investigates the relationship between social meaning and linguistic change. An important observation regarding spoken languages is that they are constantly changing: the way we speak differs from generation to generation. A second important observation is that spoken utterances convey social as well as denotational meaning: the way we speak communicates something about who we are. How, if at all, are these two characteristics of spoken languages related? Many sociolinguistic studies have argued that the social meaning of linguistic features is central to explaining the spread of linguistic innovations. A novel form might be heard as more prestigious than the older form, or it may become associated with specific social stereotypes relevant to the community in which the change occurs. It is argued that this association between a linguistic variant and social meaning leads speakers to adopt or reject the innovation, inhibiting or facilitating the spread of the change. In contrast, a number of scholars have argued that social meaning is epiphenomenal to many linguistic changes, which are instead driven by an automatic process of convergence in face-to-face interaction. The issue that such arguments raise is that many studies proposing a role of social meaning in the spread of linguistic innovations rely on production data as their primary source of evidence. Observing the variable adoption of innovations across different groups of speakers (e.g. by gender, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status), a researcher might draw on their knowledge of the social history of the community under study to infer the role of social meaning in that change. In many cases, the observed patterns of could equally be explained by the social structure of the community under study, which constrains who speaks to whom. Are linguistic changes facilitated and inhibited by social meaning? Or is it rather the case that social meaning arises as a consequence of linguistic change, without necessarily influencing the change itself? This thesis explores these questions through a study of vocalic change in York, Northern England, focusing on the fronting and diphthongization of the tense back vowels /u/ and /o/. It presents a systematic comparison of the social meanings listeners assign to innovations (captured using perceptual methods), their social attitudes with regard to those meanings (captured through sociolinguistic interviews), and their use of those forms in production (captured through acoustic analysis). It is argued that evidence of a consistent relationship between these factors would support the proposal that social meaning plays a role in linguistic change. The results of this combined analysis of sociolinguistic perception, social attitudes and speech production provide clear evidence of diachronic /u/ and /o/ fronting in this community, and show that variation in these two vowels is associated with a range of social meanings in perception. These meanings are underpinned by the notion of 'Broad Yorkshire' speech, a socially-recognized speech register linked to notions of authentic local identity and social class. Monophthongal /o/, diphthongal /u/, and back variants of both vowels are shown to be associated with this register, implying that a speaker who adopts an innovative form will likely be heard as less 'Broad'. However, there is no clear evidence that speakers' attitudes toward regional identity or social class have any influence on their adoption of innovations, nor that that their ability to recognise the social meaning of fronting in perception is related to their production behaviour. The fronting of /u/ is spreading in a socially-uniform manner in production, unaffected by any social factor tested except for age. The fronting of /o/ is conditioned by social network structure - speakers with more diverse social networks are more likely to adopt the innovative form, while speakers with closer social ties to York are more likely to retain a back variant. These findings demonstrate that York speakers hear back forms of /u/ and /o/ as more 'local' and 'working class' than fronter realizations, and express strong attitudes toward the values and practices associated with regional identity and social class. However, these factors do not appear to influence their adoption of linguistic innovations in any straightforward manner, contrasting the predictions of an account of linguistic change where social meaning plays a central role in facilitating or inhibiting the propagation of linguistic innovations. Based on these results, the thesis argues that many linguistic changes may spread through the production patterns of a speech community without the direct influence of social meaning, and advocates for the combined analysis of sociolinguistic perception, social attitudes and speech production in future work.
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Jansson, Wiktor, Ilja Johansson, and Ali Mehrnoosh. "Sponsorship - Attitudinal Effects of Sponsorship." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-13462.
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Purpose: To investigate how attitudes of hockey supporters change towards a sponsoring company depending on fan type and team commitment. Background: Sponsorship has become a widely accepted and used as a communication tool. In Sweden, sponsoring is a large part of all advertising conducted in the country. Previous studies within the subject of sponsorship show that generally sponsorship is a good affair for companies that engage in it. When it comes to sports sponsorship, hockey is the most developed sport in Sweden. Sports sponsorship is also an area where negative effects could occur due to sponsoring and the fact that many people are very passionate when it comes to sports and their favorite teams. Considering the massive amounts that companies invest in sponsoring it is of great interest to further investigate the effects of such activities. There is quite little research conducted within sports sponsoring in Sweden and therefore it is of interest both from businesses as well as the academic world to investigate the effects of sponsorship in a Swedish context. The main focus of this study is to investigate possible positive and negative attitudes towards sponsoring companies that sponsor different teams as well as effects on brand recall based on fan commitment. Method: In order to answer the purpose of this thesis a deductive approach was applied by collecting quantitative data from an experiment, control group and a follow-up study. Theories and previous research in the subject area was used in order to establish hypothesis that later has been tested. The data retrieved through the research was processed and analyzed using SPSS. Conclusion: The results show that attitudes towards the sponsor are positive when associated with the supported team and negative when associated with the rival team. Fans viewer frequency did not have a significant impact on positive attitudes towards the supported team while fan commitment had a strong impact on negative attitudes towards the sponsor of the rival team. Brand recall was higher with highly committed fans and is correlated with fan commitment. It is concluded that negative attitudes are easily invoked by fan commitment while it is not as easy to build positive attitude with repeated viewings.
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Gonçalves, Lina Maria. "Mudanças nas concepções e ações docentes: processo de integração de computadores portáteis ao currículo." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2015. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/9874.
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This work is linked to the Graduate Program in Education: Curriculum of Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), and aims to understand possible changes in the concepts and practices of the participating teachers in the training Program One Computer per Student in the state of Tocantins (PROUCA TO) in curriculum, Digital Information and Communication Technologies (DICT) and DICT integration of the school curriculum in order to clarify the conceptual changes and / or attitudinal (especially those changes indicative of innovation evidence in the curriculum). The research was developed in two primary schools (EF), in the municipality of Gurupi / TO, using mainly methods and techniques of qualitative research, following the spiral of Elliott research-action. It used documental analysis (Proposal of the curriculum of the Municipality, Political-Pedagogical Projects - PPP and Thematic Projects of Schools, Projects and Teaching Plans); entry questionnaires and exit interviews with the four participating research teachers. Also, participant observation was performed in the moments dedicated to planning and development of these teachers classes and their actual classes, using laptops. A sample of lessons observed was videotaped and used in interviews of recollection stimulation in order to cause reflection on the teaching moments of action. Data were organized with the support of NVivo software and subjected to content analysis in the following categories: Conception of curriculum; Educational use of DICT; Curriculum integration of TDIC; and DICT changes or Innovation s Evidence. The latter was composed of four sub-categories adapted from Pacheco: Type of Decision, Educational Aspects, Sources of Information and Teacher Awareness, especially for the analysis focused on recollection stimulation interviews in order to understand the evolution of thought of teachers (initial behavior and reconsidered) in relation to the actions developed with the use of laptops. As main results, it is important to distinguish between two directions, in the observed changes (in the concepts and in the pedagogic actions). Changes were observed in dichotomous concept of the teachers between curricular and extracurricular activities to the prospect of integration between the two groups of activities. There have also been changes in the design of occasional use of laptops for integrated use in the school curriculum. Regarding the teachers' actions, the highlights were three levels changes in the use of laptops: from curriculum addendum to use as didactic and pedagogical resource; from use as reinforcing content to use as feature didactic and pedagogical; from didactic use and pedagogical resource to the integrated use in the school curriculum. The relevance of changes in teaching concepts is highlighted, as they subsidized their approach of integration of digital technologies in the school curriculum, creating conducive environment for the innovation in the curriculum
Este trabalho está vinculado ao Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação: Currículo da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), e tem como objetivo compreender possíveis mudanças nas concepções e práticas de docentes participantes da formação Programa Um Computador por Aluno no estado do Tocantins (Prouca TO) sobre currículo, Tecnologias Digitais de Informação e Comunicação (TDIC) e integração das TDIC ao currículo escolar, visando a explicitar as mudanças conceituais e/ou atitudinais (com destaque daquelas mudanças fornecedoras de indícios de inovação curricular). A investigação foi desenvolvida em duas escolas de Ensino Fundamental (EF), no Município de Gurupi/TO, com o uso, sobretudo, de métodos e técnicas de pesquisa qualitativa, seguindo a espiral da investigação-ação de Elliott. Usou-se análise documental (Proposta Curricular do Município, Projetos Político-Pedagógicos - PPP e Projetos Temáticos das Escolas, Projetos e Planos de Ensino); questionários de entrada e entrevistas de saída com as quatro professoras participantes da investigação. Também foi realizada observação participante nos momentos dedicados aos planejamentos e ao desenvolvimento de aulas dessas professoras e respectivas turmas, com o uso de laptops. Uma amostra das aulas observadas foi videogravada e utilizada em entrevistas de estimulação da recordação, de forma a provocar a reflexão docente sobre os momentos de ação. Os dados foram organizados com apoio do software NVivo e submetidos à análise de conteúdo, a partir das categorias: Concepções de Currículo; Uso Educacional das TDIC; Integração Curricular das TDIC; e TDIC, Mudanças ou Indícios de Inovação. Esta última foi composta das quatro subcategorias adaptadas de Pacheco: Tipo de Decisão, Aspectos Didáticos, Fontes de Informação e Consciência do Professor, para a análise especialmente focada nas entrevistas de estimulação da recordação, de forma a compreender a evolução do pensamento das professoras (conduta inicial e reconsiderada), em relação às ações desenvolvidas com o uso dos laptops. Como principais resultados, é relevante fazer a distinção entre duas direções, nas mudanças observadas (nas concepções e nas ações pedagógicas). Foi observada mudança na concepção dicotômica das docentes entre atividades curriculares e extracurriculares para a perspectiva de integração entre os dois grupos de atividades. Também ocorreram mudanças na concepção de uso esporádico dos computadores portáteis para o uso integrado ao currículo escolar. Em relação às ações docentes, destacaram-se três níveis de mudanças no uso dos computadores portáteis: de apêndice curricular para uso como recurso didático-pedagógico; do uso para reforço de conteúdos para uso como recurso didático-pedagógico; do uso como recurso didático-pedagógico para uso integrado ao currículo escolar. Destaca-se a relevância das mudanças nas concepções docentes, pois subsidiaram suas atitudes de abertura para a integração das tecnologias digitais ao currículo escolar, criando ambiente propício para a inovação curricular
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Profetto, Linda Vicks Kennedy Larry DeWitt. "Investigation of attitudinal change toward informational writing using AT & T's "Writer's Workbench"." Normal, Ill. : Illinois State University, 1987. http://www.mlb.ilstu.edu/articles/dissertations/8713223.PDF.
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Thesis (Ed. D.)--Illinois State University, 1987.Title from title page screen, viewed Oct. 13, 2004. Dissertation Committee: Larry D. Kennedy (chair), John L. Brickell, Iris Z. Varner, Janet M. Youga. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 122-133) and abstract. Also available in print.
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Beijer, Sofia, and Jeanette Gruen. "Employee Engagement During An Organisational Change." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-135262.
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The changing nature of organisation life becomes more and more intense as organisations are constantly striving to adjust to serve the needs of an ever-changing environment. At the same time, the importance of keeping employees engaged is essential to organisations. The aim of this thesis was to contribute with a deeper understanding of employee engagement during an organisational change process. A deeper insight of how individuals perceive a changing work environment on an emotional level will help managers to go through the process while they are ensuring engagement of their employees. Our fundamental research questions were: How do employees describe their own state of engagement during an organisational change process? Which factors are important, according to employees, in order for them to stay engaged during the process? The existing literature is reviewed with special attention to state engagement, including job satisfaction, job involvement, organisational commitment and empowerment. The theoretical framework consists of the Job demand-resources model and attitudinal organisational commitment, which have been used as the analytical tools. Our empirical data was collected through a qualitative research design with semi-structured interviews at an insurance company in the middle of Sweden. The conclusion from this study was that the state engagement differed a lot according to dimensions as satisfaction, involvement and commitment, while most of the interviewees agreed that the empowerment and energy level decreased. We also discovered a special kind of engagement, frustration engagement, which was distinguished from the commonly positive view of engagement. The most important factors to continue being engaged were expressed by the employees as social support, managerial support as well as organisational support and communication.
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Quijano, Zavala Gandy Griselda. "Attitudinal and motivational factors : performance, attitude and motivation change in a Mexican university context." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2017. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/413953/.
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Considerable research has evidenced the important influence of attitudes on the language learner under the umbrella of motivation. Similarly, several studies have highlighted the close relationship between motivation and performance. Yet little research has examined the relationship between attitude, performance and change of attitude in the English as a Foreign Language setting. This thesis focuses on undergraduates’ attitudes towards learning English in the Mexican context, specifically in Southeast Mexico. Despite the closeness of Mexico to the United States, there has been a lack of studies researching students’ attitudes towards learning English. This study’s research questions aimed to explore undergraduates’ attitudes towards learning English, the factors that influence such attitudes, the relationship between attitudes and performance, the existence and power of factors predicting attitudinal changes, and the presence of such changes over time. In order to answer the research questions, the study adopted a longitudinal mixed- method approach. The field work took place at the beginning and end of the academic year 2014-2015. Attitudes were collected by pre- and post- questionnaires. Performance was evaluated by using the University’s Institutional English Diagnostic Test (EDII) results of 704 newly admitted students and the final year scores of 161 initial students. At the beginning of the students’ second academic year in 2015, 12 secondyear students were interviewed. The findings of this study suggest that four salient attitudinal factors affected performance. They are 1) EFL attitudes, 2) socio-cultural impact, 3) linguistic exposure, and 4) classroom experience. Linguistic exposure, and Socio-cultural impact were among the predictors of students’ performance. Although most students showed initial positive attitudes towards learning English, findings also indicated that attitudes could change over time based on attitudinal/motivational factors. These insights have implications for possible changes with regards to English curriculum and lesson planning in the institution of higher education, but also for continuing research on attitude change in other institutions in Mexico and in the ELT community at large.
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Durff, Lisa. "Overcoming Pedagogical, Social/Cultural, and Attitudinal Barriers to Technology Integration in K-5 Schools." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3602.
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Technology engages and increases academic achievement for K-5 students, but teachers face attitudinal, social/cultural, and pedagogical barriers when they integrate technology for student learning. Although some teachers overcome these barriers, it remains unclear how they do so. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to analyze the attitudes and behaviors of 3 groups to determine how some teachers successfully overcame barriers to technology integration. The conceptual framework included Bandura's social cognitive theory and Ertmer's theory on second order barriers to technology integration. Participants were drawn from each of 3 schools in the northeastern United States. Data included interviews from 3 groups of 2-3 classroom teachers, 1 administrator, and 1 technology integration person. Data were analyzed using open coding to identify rich themes and patterns. The findings showed that a triadic force of administrators, technology support, and teachers worked together to positively influence technology integration. Strategies included providing appropriate professional development, building collegial support and sharing among teachers, training teachers to locate relevant technological resources, and establishing value and support for the use of technology for learning. The present study may contribute to positive social change by increasing the knowledge of barriers preventing integration of technology into K-5 classrooms, and by providing information that will allow teachers, administrators, and technology integration personnel to implement strategies that reduce and overcome these barriers.
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Chupka, Pamela M. "Examining attitudinal change in elementary school students as a result of an ability awareness program." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1523197.
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Full inclusion of a student with disabilities in the general education setting has the potential to positively influence both students with special needs as well as their typical developing peers. One strategy to aide in this effort is the use of an ability awareness program to increase understanding and relatability amongst all students. This study will look at the effectiveness of an ability awareness program to evoke change in the attitudes of elementary school children towards their peers with disabilities.
The study consists of second grade students (n = 46), third grade students (n = 15), and observations of first through third grade students with autism (n = 8). Students' attitudes were measured through the use of an attitudinal questionnaire before and after the program. Qualitative data was collected through observation to document the frequency and duration of interactions between general education students and students with autism.
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Liles, Jesse R. "Creating attitudinal change regarding worship styles through a study of selected biblical and historical models." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.
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Long, Amanda Marlene. "Agents of Change? Analyzing the Effect of Media Bias and Attitudinal Change in the Political Opinions of High School Students." NCSU, 2009. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-03252009-225238/.
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This research is an action-research study that will analyze the effect of media on high school students' political perceptions. There are many things that influence students' political perceptions and these influences could potentially shape students' political and personal opinions. The process for how these influences actually play out is not well known. What we do know is that mass media resources can have an effect on the attitudes of students, and the degree to which this occurs can be either positive or negative. This action research study was conducted using two student groups of similar demographics and exposing them to different media materials in order to identify changes in political attitudes. This research attempts to answer the question: How does political media affect student opinions about politics and civic participation?
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Svobodová, Karolína. "Návrh guerillové kampaně pro společnost Baliarne obchodu Poprad." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-240557.
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The aim of this diploma thesis is the proposal of guerilla campaign in a company Baliarne obchodu Poprad, a.s.. Introduction of the theoretical part explains basic knowledge of advertising, various types of guerilla and serves as a base for empirical part, in which I analyze current status of external and internal environment of the company. Based on identified weaknesses of the comapny is guerilla campaign designed to appeal to wide range of customers, new target group and the mark has become well known throughout the territoty of Slovak republic.
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Hoffmann, Christin Sylvana. "Attitudes and attitude change in personal travel." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/34656.
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High levels of personal car use have negative effects on the environment and on human health. This thesis presents four empirical studies that aimed to develop our knowledge of personal travel choices, focussing on the malleability of attitudes and their sensitivity in relation to specific contexts and goals. The first study (Chapter 2) presents a systematic review and meta-analysis of mechanisms of travel mode choice. The study provides a comprehensive overview of antecedents of car use and non-car use, including sub-group analyses of different contextual factors. Results also highlight the need for standardised measures and consideration of implicit thought processes. The second study (Chapter 3) employs a repertory grid technique to elicit perceptions of seven different transport modes from high mileage car users and non-car users. Comparisons between car users and non-car users highlight potentially effective and ineffective intervention targets. Findings show how sustainable transport might be promoted amongst a portfolio of travel choices. The third study (Chapter 4) utilises qualitative methods to explore the extent to which individuals’ attitude expressions are changeable. The study demonstrates that all participants hold ambivalent and conflicting attitudes, highlighting specific situations in which those attitudes are more likely to be unstable. Two related priming experiments are presented in the final empirical chapter (Chapter 5). Both use survey methodology to investigate whether manipulating the salience of car-use-incongruent goals can lead to more positive attitudes towards and increased willingness to use non-car travel modes. The study confirms that people who are motivated to make changes are a potentially optimal target group for interventions based on subliminal messages. Overall, the research presented in this thesis introduces context sensitivity into the transport literature and offers novel insights into perceptions of a range of travel modes. Recommendations include relevant avenues for future research, findings are discussed in light of implications for transport policy and practice.
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Arceneaux, Patricia. "Sandra Day O'Connor: Moderate or Something More?" ScholarWorks@UNO, 2007. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/622.
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In 2006 an historic era of the Supreme Court came to a close with the retirement of its first female justice, Sandra Day O'Connor. This paper attempts to expand judicial behavior scholarship by examining O'Connor's policy preferences for possible ideological change during her twenty-five year tenure on the Court. Average liberalism scores for her overall and civil rights/civil liberties issue area votes show an increase in liberalism over time. The researcher employs time series cross section analysis with panel corrected standard errors to determine factors responsible for this increase. Issue change, interagreement with the other justices, changes in Court membership, ideological mood of the country, and political polarization account for the lion's share of the increase. Contrary to the prevailing attitudinal model, change of preference does occur; however, the issue of separating true preference change from other salient influences in a statistical model remains unresolved.
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Stueber, Henning, and Ole Jacobsen. "A New Generation of Change : Generation Y and its Attitude towards Organizational Change Projects." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-37346.
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Background: In today’s fast-moving society organizational changes have become absolutely essential for long-lasting success. A great challenge is to create the internal support for change projects among the employees in order to avoid failure. The underlying problem to this study focuses on the perception towards change under the aspect of a new generation which more and more represents today's workforce. Research Question: Are there relations between distinct characteristics of Generation Y and their attitude towards change and does this result in new approaches for practical implementations? Purpose: The purpose of this study is to scrutinize typical characteristics of Generation Y and find out if they influence their attitude (“Readiness for change”, “Commitment to change”, “Openness to change” and “Cynicism about change”) towards change projects. This enhances existing knowledge about the attitude towards change and how this interrelates with specific characteristics. The authors aim is to find out which characteristics can be identified as beneficial for change and how that can be useful for collocating successful change project teams. Method: A qualitative research method with an abductive approach was used in this study. The authors were conducting two phases of qualitative interviews. The first interview phase composed of eight respondents with distinct expertise in change projects and the second phase composed of nine (three respondents each from Generation Y, Generation X and Baby Boomers) interviews. The respondents had no specific knowledge in the field of change but experience in working with Generation Y which assisted to expose their specific characteristics. Theoretical Framework: The underlying theories consist of employees’ general attitude towards organizational change as well as the distinct characteristics of Generation Y. For a more practice-oriented evaluation of the implementation of organizational change, the theory about change project teams is presented as well. Findings: The study revealed that members of Generation Y are well equipped with a set of distinct characteristics that positively influence their attitude towards organizational change. Characteristics like “Informationalization”, “High level of education”, “High level of flexibility”, “Critical Thinking” and “Globality” were evaluated as having positive effects on their “Openness to Change”, “Readiness for Change”, “Commitment to Change”, and “Cynicism about Change”. Furthermore, those findings enhance existing selection processes when it comes to the collocation of change projects teams.
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Hummel, Melanie Ann. "Detecting a male's attitudinal change during the course of a partner's pregnancy using the Index of Marital Satisfaction." Huntington, WV : [Marshall University Libraries], 2002. http://www.marshall.edu/etd/descript.asp?ref=183.
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Asklöf, Lovisa. "Gender Training of Peace Support Operation Personnel : An Effective Tool to Reach Increased Knowledge Levels and Attitudinal Change?" Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-353987.
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This study aims to answer the question of how pre-deployment gender training affects knowledge and attitudes regarding gender in the mission area among military personnel in peace support operations (PSOs). A common explanation to why attitude change occurs is through the introduction of new information. It is hypothesized that gender training leads to increased knowledge levels and more positive attitudes towards gender mainstreaming in PSOs. Unique longitudinal data is collected through a survey conducted among participants of a gender training session in the Swedish Armed Forces. The theory is tested through difference in means test of the participants test scores on knowledge and attitudes as well as a list experiment included in the survey. The study finds a substantial effect on change in knowledge levels and marginal support for attitude change due to the training. However, the result of the list experiment questions suggests that the marginal support on attitude change could in part be due to social desirability bias. The study concludes that increased attention needs to be placed on integration of gender perspectives into the general training and everyday service of peace support operation personnel.
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Barber, Jessica. "Attitudinal Responses to Mixed Evidence: The Role of Attitude Extremity and Political Ideology in Effecting Change versus Resistance." VCU Scholars Compass, 2012. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/327.
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Four studies investigated the effects of attitude extremity and political ideology on the degree and direction of changes in issue attitudes following the presentation of mixed evidence. Based upon previous work, it was predicted that those holding relatively more extreme attitudes would resist changing those views when presented with a mixture of supporting and opposing statements and would potentially adopt more extreme evaluative positions – a phenomenon known as attitude polarization (Lord, Ross, & Lepper, 1979). Evaluative entrenchment or intensification was also expected among more politically conservative participants, based upon prior work describing cognitive rigidity and resistance to change as more characteristic of the political right than left (e.g., Jost, Glaser, Kruglanski, & Sulloway, 2003). An interaction of attitude extremity and political ideology was also hypothesized, such that liberal individuals with moderate attitudes were expected to demonstrate the least propensity to polarize. Participants’ attitudes regarding abortion rights (Study 1), gun control (Study 2), tax increases (Study 3), and environmental preservation (Study 4) were assessed before and after reading statements that both opposed and supported the issue. Political ideology was also assessed, along with several individual difference factors. Across all four studies, attitude extremity significantly predicted evaluative change, although the pattern of that effect varied. Political ideology did not emerge consistently as a predictor of attitude change; however, significant interactive effects of extremity and ideology were found. In addition, several individual difference factors (i.e., gender, need for cognition, issue importance) were found to moderate the effects of the primary predictors on attitude change, and some divergent result patterns were found when comparing data from a college and non-college sample in Study 4. Taken together, these studies provide evidence that attitude extremity and political ideology influence the degree and direction of evaluative change following the presentation of mixed evidence. In addition, they identify other factors at work in effecting change versus resistance, thereby highlighting the multi-faceted and complex nature of persuasion in a political context.
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Maloney, Rebecca. "Virtual Fetal Pig Dissection As An Agent Of Knowledge Acquisition And Attitudinal Change In Female High School Biology Students." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2002. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/12.
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One way to determine if all students can learn through the use of computers is to introduce a lesson taught completely via computers and compare the results with those gained when the same lesson is taught in a traditional manner. This study attempted to determine if a virtual fetal pig dissection can be used as a viable alternative for an actual dissection for females enrolled in high school biology classes by comparing the knowledge acquisition and attitudinal change between the experimental (virtual dissection) and control (actual dissection) groups. Two hundred and twenty four students enrolled in biology classes in a suburban all-girl parochial high school participated in this study. Female students in an all-girl high school were chosen because research shows differences in science competency and computer usage between the genders that may mask the performance of females on computer-based tasks in a science laboratory exercise. Students who completed the virtual dissection scored significantly higher on practical test and objective tests that were used to measure knowledge acquisition. Attitudinal change was measured by examining the students' attitudes toward dissections, computer usage in the classroom, and toward biology both before and after the dissections using pre and post surveys. Significant results in positive gain scores were found in the virtual dissection group's attitude toward dissections, and their negative gain score toward virtual dissections. Attitudinal changes toward computers and biology were not significant. A purposefully selected sample of the students were interviewed, in addition to gathering a sample of the students' daily dissection journals, as data highlighting their thoughts and feelings about their dissection experience. Further research is suggested to determine if a virtual laboratory experience can be a substitute for actual dissections, or may serve as an enhancement to an actual dissection.
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Sanders, Jeffrey. "A descriptive study of the relationship between attitudinal change toward addiction and addictive behavior among substance abusers entering an inpatient treatment program." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 1998. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/2103.
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The overall objective of this study was to expound on the relationship between attitudinal change toward addiction and addictive behavior among substance abusers entering an inpatient treatment programs. To achieve this objective the following determinants were addressed by the author: 1) Effects of Substance Abuse, (2) Attitudinal/Behavioral Change and (3) Inpatient Treatment Program. The study involved thirty adults, males and females, ranging between the ages of 18 to 57. The participants entered an inpatient treatment program at a local treatment facility in Atlanta, Georgia.
This study was an attempt to look at the change of attitude and change of behavior among substance abusers entering an inpatient treatment program. The results indicated there was a change in attitude, but did not indicate if there was a change in behavior. In observing the participants in the study there was a decrease in addictive behavior. This may have occurred because the client went through four weeks of educational classes about addiction and its consequences during the course of this study.
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Hailey, Jermaine A., and Frederick D. Higgs. "An analysis of organizational readiness at Anniston Army Depot for information technology change." Thesis, Monterey, California, Naval Postgraduate School, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/38047.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.MBA Professional Report
The purpose of this MBA Project is to assess the change readiness of Anniston Army Depot's (ANAD) organizational climate - especially now as the Depot prepares for large-scale Logistics Management Program (LMP) information technologies (IT) change. ANAD is a highly important division of the United States Army Materiel Command (AMC) and is the Army's designated Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence (CITE) for a variety of combat vehicles, artillery equipment, bridging systems and small-caliber weapons. It provides advanced maintenance support for all of these systems, in addition to fulfilling a host of other vitally importnat Army-wide logistical functions. ANAD presently uses the Standard Depot System (SDS) to manage its complex array of admministrativr and logistical functions. However, AMC has mandated that ANAD completely replace the SDS and employ the new Logistics Modernization Program (LMP) starting in March 2009. The researchers gathered a combination of historical information, personnel observations and responses to survey questionnaires on readiness for change in order to conduct a quality analysis on ANAD structure and climate and their implications, if any, for LMP omplementation. Ultimately, people are the heart of any IT systm, regardless of its size and degree of automation. The tremendous importance of organizational personnel in the change process is often under appreciated and under addressed in the civilian sector of the military - particularly when this sector embarks on significant IT transformation initiatives. Bold IT actions inevitably have a profound effect on any organization, regardless of its size, mission, and personnel composition. This project was conducted with the sponsorship and assistance of the Anniston Army Depot.
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Brownson, Deborah Ann. "The use of classroom environment improvement plans in an attempt to change aspects of teacher interpersonal behaviour and the science laboratory learning environment in order to improve student outcomes." Curtin University of Technology, Science and Mathematics Education Centre, 2006. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=17767.
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The learning environment has been the focus of considerable educational research over a long period of time. The study reported in this thesis utilises the perceptions of 208 junior science students from a North Queensland state secondary school to inform classroom environment improvement plans developed and implemented by their teachers' in an attempt to improve the cognitive and attitudinal outcomes of the students. The five stage process on which the study is based combines theory and practice in providing the participating teachers with a structured means of bringing about change in their classrooms. Students' perceptions of actual and preferred teacher interpersonal behaviour and the laboratory learning environment are measured using the QTI and SLEI respectively. Particular aspects of teacher interpersonal behaviour and the laboratory learning environment are targeted for change through the classroom environment improvement plans. The study identified which aspects of the learning environment had changed after a period of intervention. It also identified associations between students' perceptions of aspects of their laboratory learning environment and attitudinal outcomes as well as associations between teacher interpersonal behaviours and attitudinal outcomes. While no direct associations were found between aspects of the laboratory learning environment or teacher interpersonal behaviours and cognitive outcomes, students' cognitive outcomes did improve over the duration of the study thus supporting a previously established link between student attitudes and cognitive outcomes.
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Ba, El Hadji Mouhamadou Fadilou Diallo. "Les communications des organisations à vocation sociale au Sénégal autour des enfants mendiants ou Talibés : comprendre les enjeux, analyser les dispositifs, actions et outils au service des publics vulnérables." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018AIXM0714.
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Cette recherche a permis de confirmer deux hypothèses de la communication sociale selon lesquelles la communication de persuasion fait évoluer les idées et la communication engageante fait changer les comportements. Appliquée à la problématique de la mendicité des enfants Talibés au Sénégal, cette thèse nous a amené à revisiter les origines d’une ''bonne'' tradition sociale bien ancrée qui connait, aujourd’hui, une déviation économique et péjorative. Pour lutter contre la maltraitance de ces enfants, l’ONG Symbiose développe une communication persuasive qui n’a pas donné les résultats de changement de comportement escomptés chez les partenaires. Á l’intention de ce public, nous avons conduit une expérience de communication engageante avec le principe de l’acte préparatoire retenu comme soubassement technique du protocole. 2 actes préparatoires même qui sont aussi formulés l’intention d’une partie des sujets expérimentaux, pour mieux s’attaquer à une cause sociale devenue problématique, et donc plus difficile à modifier.À terme, le double acte préparatoire a révélé sa perspicacité : à souscrire le public, à les engager et à modifier leurs conduites. Des facultés d’entrainement plus intenses observés pour 2 actes préparatoires qui convergent avec le cadre théorique de notre étude et confirme que : le nombre d’actes préparatoires soutient le changement comportemental. Mieux, pour avoir eu à augmenter ses engagements initiaux, une partie du public a fait montre de changements instituants, qui à l’analyse, sont beaucoup plus (re)liés au principe de l’identification de l’actionThis research permitted us to confirm two hypotheses of action communication and societal or state approved ones for which persuasive communication makes ideas move forwards and committed communication change behaviours. Applied to the problem of Talibes children’s mendicity in Senegal, this thesis, made us revisit that good tradition deeply rooted but which nowadays is used5 for pejorative and economic deviations. To3 fight against children Talibes illtreatement, NGO Symbiose has developed a persuasice communication without behavioural change excpected on the parteners. Among these parteners we have taken in this study as subjects of committed communication’s experience which is conceived for this fact. In virtue of the promise that this form of communication has the power to bring its receptors to a change of acts. Above all if the principle of the preparatory act is taken as the technical basis of the protocol. 2 preparatory acts which are even formulated also to the intension of one of the experimental subject to better a social problem which has become a real problematic cause and then more difficult to modify. Finally, the double preparatory act, has reveled perspicacity: subscribing the public under its control bringing them to modify their behaviorus. Capacities of attracting publics more intense for two preparatory acts that link with the theoretical setting of our study and confirm that: the more we multiply the preparatory acts the more we succeed the behavioural change. Better the fact of identifying that what we are doing is positive help one part of the public increasing their initial commitment. That is the principle of action of identification
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Tanaka, Shoko. "Exposure to varieties of English accent: Attitudinal changes among Japanese adult learners of English." 2006. http://link.library.utoronto.ca/eir/EIRdetail.cfm?Resources__ID=442179&T=F.
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Yuan, Gu Cai, and 顧彩媛. "A study of recreational sports' effects on physical fitness and attitudinal changes among elementary school pupils." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/40501422835959334453.
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The purpose of this study is to investigate effects of implementing recreational sports and attitudinal changes toward recreational sports among elementary school pupils. The subjects are 30 students enrolled in Wu-Fu Elementary School, Taichung County. In this study, it is intended to implement recreational sports as the major instructional concern. There are two dependent variables in this study. The first one is the effects of recreational sports on physical fitness, while the second one is the attitudinal changes toward recreational sports among subjects who received recreational sports. In this study, the researcher collect data from pretest and posttest of physical fitness, and subjects' responses on recreational sports questionnaire. The statistical procedures include descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, and correlations. There are five findings in this study: 1. After implementation of recreational sports，the subjects' attitude toward recreational sports has changed positively. Most of the subjects felt that recreational sports help them relax to a certain degree. Meanwhile, they felt beneficial to have recreational sports and thus improved their physical health. 2. After practicing recreational sports, the subjects had significant improvement in their physical fitness, in terms of one-minute sit-up, bending forward , and 800-meter sprint. 3. There is no significant difference between male and female subjects' attitude toward recreational sports. 4. After implementation of recreational sports， the female subjects' performance on Body Mess Index was inferior to the male subjects'. 5. Those subjects who felt satisfactory had a better attitude toward recreational sports. Finally, this study provided conclusion and suggestions for parents, schools, and educational administration. Future research is recommended.
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"The effect of context clutter and advertising repetition on attitudinal and behavioral changes toward an online advertisement." 2004. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5892203.
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Ng Wing Kei.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 73-81).
Abstracts in English and Chinese.
Chapter Chapter One --- Introduction
Chapter 1.1 --- Background --- p.1
Chapter 1.2 --- The Present Study --- p.4
Chapter Chapter Two --- Literature Review
Chapter 2.1 --- The Internet as an Advertising Medium --- p.5
Chapter 2.2 --- Advertising Hierarchy of Effects and Internet Advertising Effectiveness --- p.9
Chapter 2.3 --- Effect of Context on Advertising Effectiveness --- p.14
Chapter 2.4 --- Effect of Clutter on Advertising --- p.18
Chapter 2.5 --- Effect of Advertising Repetition --- p.23
Chapter Chapter Three --- Hypotheses
Chapter 3.1 --- Primary Hypotheses --- p.28
Main Effect of Clutter on Advertising Effectiveness
Chapter - --- Main Effect of Advertising Repetition on Advertising Effectiveness
Chapter - --- Interaction Effect between Clutter and Advertising Repetition on Advertising Effectiveness
Chapter 3.2 --- Secondary Hypotheses --- p.32
Chapter - --- Relationship between Attitude toward the Web page and Constructs of Advertising Hierarchy of Effects
Chapter Chapter Four --- Methodology
Chapter 4.1 --- Operational Definitions of Variables --- p.33
Chapter 4.2 --- Pre-Test --- p.38
Chapter 4.3 --- Design and Stimuli --- p.40
Chapter Chapter Five --- Findings
Chapter 5.1 --- Number of Valid Responses --- p.43
Chapter 5.2 --- Reliability of Measures --- p.45
Chapter 5.3 --- Manipulation Check --- p.47
Chapter 5.4 --- Data Analysis --- p.48
Chapter 5.5 --- Primary Findings --- p.49
Chapter 5.6 --- Secondary Findings --- p.57
Chapter 5.7 --- Summary of Findings --- p.58
Chapter Chapter Six --- Discussion and Conclusion
Chapter 6.1 --- Discussion of Findings --- p.61
Chapter 6.2 --- Limitations and Future Research --- p.68
Chapter 6.3 --- Conclusion --- p.71
Reference --- p.73
Chapter Appendix 1 --- Pre-Test Questionnaire
Chapter Appendix 2 --- Experimental Web page (four versions)
Chapter Appendix 3 --- Post-Experiment Questionnaire
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Westheimer, Joshua Mark. "Efficacy of the Doctor Interactive Group Medical Appointment : examining patient behavioral and attitudinal changes attributed to an integrated healthcare model." 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/6821.
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The Doctor Interactive Group Medical Appointment (DIGMA) is a group health intervention that combines the services of behavioral health and primary care. The DIGMA was first invented by Edward Noffsinger in 1996, in response to his own difficulties with the overtaxed primary care system at Kaiser Permanente in California (Noffsinger, 1999). Integrating healthcare services in this way has practical implications such as efficient use of resources, treating multiple complaints at once, and beginning to view the mind and body as one (Noffsinger, 1999; Engel, 1977). The DIGMA at the Austin Veterans Outpatient Clinic was designed to address the specific needs of veterans with hypertension. It consists of 4 sessions of 1.5 hours each and addresses such varied topics as exercise, stress-management, nutrition, and medication adherence. These topics are discussed in a group format with the tenets of group psychotherapy (Yalom & Leszcz, 2005) as a backdrop. An exploratory study was warranted to determine whether programs of this sort would be effective on a broad scale. A pretest/posttest design was utilized to determine if the DIGMA was effective at reducing symptoms of hypertension; improving health promoting behavior; increasing self-efficacy to manage hypertension; and increasing internal health locus of control while decreasing chance and powerful others health locus of control. Groups were conducted over a period of seven months with a total of 73 male veterans enrolled in the study. The final n was 58. Findings indicated that both systolic and diastolic blood pressure readings were reduced significantly from pretest to posttest. Health promoting behavior increased significantly; hypertension self efficacy increased significantly; and locus of control did not change significantly from pretest to posttest.
The exploratory study concluded that the DIGMA may be efficacious for a variety of aspects of the management of hypertension. It is suggested that further research be conducted but that integrating services in this way can lead to improved patient outcomes and can also be cost-effective.text
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Mizuno, Yuko. "Intergroup contact and attitudinal change revisited." 1990. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/22916776.html.
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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1990.Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 48-53).
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Hsu, Hsin-Ying, and 徐欣瑩. "The Attitudinal Change of English Vocabulary Learning." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/27288401681608576839.
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碩士國立臺灣師範大學
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In respect of English learning, the significance of vocabulary has transcended that of grammar and lexicon has played an indispensible role in the development of basic listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. On the other hand, psychologically speaking, motivation has been commonly recognized as a pivotal factor in language learning, but it is worth noting that the concept of attitude is basically the decisive variable determining motivation. Language learning attitudes in the current study is conceptualized as a latent construct comprised of three components, which include cognition, affect and conation. Targeting at the two critical subjects, namely vocabulary and attitudes, this study aims to investigate EFL learners’ attitudinal change in the process of vocabulary learning, and to identify potential factors accounting for the changing patterns of attitudes. A total of 875 freshmen from two senior high schools in Taipei were recruited in the study. During the whole academic year, students were required to complete six identical questionnaires about every two months so that they were able to continually reflect on their learning attitudes toward English vocabulary learning. The degree of changes in learning attitudes was assessed by using the English Vocabulary Learning Attitude Scale (EVLAS) (Tseng, 2010). One-way repeated measures ANOVAs were repeated three times to inspect the patterns of changes concerning cognition, affect and conation. Moreover, six students randomly chosen from one of the senior high schools were involved in two interviews, through which possible factors explaining the changing patterns of three components were explored. The results showed that concerning the cognitive component of attitudes, a trend of fluctuation and decline in students’ beliefs in the value and significance of English vocabulary learning and teaching was in evidence. However, the steadiness of students’ positive attitudes, being affective and conative in nature toward vocabulary learning, was shown in the learning process. It was found that teacher affective support and the experience of a sense of belonging in the classroom learning environments were emphasized by students for maintaining their interest in vocabulary learning. Goal-setting, on the other hand, was justified in explicating students’ having a positive tendency to master the English vocabulary. Based on the major findings of this longitudinal study, it is hoped that EFL teachers have a profound understating of what their students think of, how they feel about, and how they would act in relation to vocabulary learning. Furthermore, these instructors can assist students in reinforcing their positive attitudes leading to more effective and efficient vocabulary learning.
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(10716555), Chad M. Mueller. "INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNERS’ APPROACHES TO TRANSFORMING CONFLICT & ATTITUDES." Thesis, 2021.
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This dissertation is comprised of research articles examining the strategies instructional designers’ employ to transform both conflict with faculty in higher education and learners’ attitudes through instruction. In the first study, we investigated instructional designers’ perspectives on how conflict impacts their collaborative work with faculty. Through our qualitative analysis of fourteen instructional designers’ perceptions and experiences of conflict with faculty, we found that participants held nuanced perceptions of conflict and experienced conflicts falling within three thematic types of conflict. The second study expanded upon the first study by examining instructional designers approaches to navigate conflict with faculty. Findings revealed instructional designers utilized several strategic interconnected approaches focused on cultivating and strengthening collaborations along with using reflection post collaboration to try and improve future collaborations with faculty. Importantly, these strategies were able to be mapped to the typical collaborative project timeline emphasizing that conflict permeates instructional designers and faculty collaborations. In the third article, we synthesized the literature on designing attitudinal change instruction and organized the literature using Merrill’s first principles of instruction framework. We identified specific strategies that instructional designers can use to effectively design attitudinal change instruction.
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Lehman, Mark Warren. "Affect change: The increased influence of attitudinal factors on Canadians' support for legal same-sex marriage." 2006. http://link.library.utoronto.ca/eir/EIRdetail.cfm?Resources__ID=450635&T=F.
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Chang, Hsin-Yi, and 張欣儀. "Implementation of Differentiated Instruction: A Case Study on Students’ Attitudinal Change, EFL Teachers’ Perceptions and Reflections." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/sjqdax.
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英語學系
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This case study adopts qualitative methods to describe the implementation of Differentiated Instruction (DI) for fourth EFL graders in an elementary school. The objectives of this study are: (1) to explore how students have changed in terms of their attitudes toward English classes; (2) to understand students’ and teachers’ opinions concerning the implementation of Differentiated Instruction; and (3) to examine the reflections of the teacher (as a researcher). Twenty-eight fourth graders and their homeroom teacher participated in the study. Data were collected from the classroom observation notes, interviews, and teacher reflection journals for two months. Data were analyzed through the process of coding, categorization, description and interpretation. The major findings were as follows: 1.Students’ learning attitudes towards English class improved during the Differentiated Instruction. 2.Views and opinions of the students and teachers are: (1)Tiered activities enhanced students’ English learning motivations. (2)Homogeneous grouping benefited learning. (3)Differentiated materials facilitated English learning. (4)The learning atmosphere created by DI provided a sense of security and support to students. 3.Differentiated instruction elevated teacher’s professional growth. Base on the results, the study proposed some suggestions for the implementation of Differentiated Instruction. Keywords: Differentiated Instruction, English learning attitudes, EFL, 12-year Basic Education
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Bailey, Richard J. "Integration in the ranks : explaining the effects of social pressure and attitudinal change on U.S. military policy /." 2006. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA460792.
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Roth, Marie E. "Attitudinal research and satire : an exploration of The daily show with Jon Stewart using social judgement theory." 2012. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1670311.
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This study explored social judgment theory’s utility in a political comedy context. As a model of attitude change, social judgment theory describes attitude changes that occur in receivers of persuasive messages. Given that the type of humor used in the political comedy context requires the audience to interpret the message, audience processing of the humor is thought to resemble the processing of persuasive messages. This study explored the assumptions of social judgment theory in both a political comedy and a traditional news context.
In order to explore how satiric messages impact the attitude change process, clips of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart or CBS News programs were shown to participants.Participants reported their attitudes and ego involvement regarding taxes and the job market prior to and after viewing the clips, which allowed attitude change to be identified. In addition, measures of audience activity, including ego involvement and
political participation, were collected to explore the interplay of audience activity in attitude change. This project offered some support of social judgment theory’s utility in a political comedy context and reinforced the active audience assumption.Department of Communication Studies
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Maloney, Rebecca S. "Virtual fetal pig dissection as an agent of knowledge acquisition and attitudinal change in female high school students." 2002. http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/u?/NOD,29.
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Thesis (Ph. D)--University of New Orleans, 2002.Title from electronic submission form. Vita. "A dissertation ... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction"--Dissertation t.p. Includes bibliographical references.
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Gaur, Poonam. "A study to suggest a viable model for effective professional growth of in-service teachers at elementary level with rspect to training activity, attitudinal change and behavioural modification." Thesis, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2009/1187.
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Bâ, El Hadji Mouhamadou Fadilou Diallo. "Les communications des organisations à vocation sociale au Sénégal autour des enfants mendiants ou Talibés : comprendre les enjeux, analyser les dispositifs, actions et outils au service des publics vulnérables." Thesis, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018AIXM0714/document.
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Cette recherche a permis de confirmer deux hypothèses de la communication sociale selon lesquelles la communication de persuasion fait évoluer les idées et la communication engageante fait changer les comportements. Appliquée à la problématique de la mendicité des enfants Talibés au Sénégal, cette thèse nous a amené à revisiter les origines d’une ''bonne'' tradition sociale bien ancrée qui connait, aujourd’hui, une déviation économique et péjorative. Pour lutter contre la maltraitance de ces enfants, l’ONG Symbiose développe une communication persuasive qui n’a pas donné les résultats de changement de comportement escomptés chez les partenaires. Á l’intention de ce public, nous avons conduit une expérience de communication engageante avec le principe de l’acte préparatoire retenu comme soubassement technique du protocole. 2 actes préparatoires même qui sont aussi formulés l’intention d’une partie des sujets expérimentaux, pour mieux s’attaquer à une cause sociale devenue problématique, et donc plus difficile à modifier.À terme, le double acte préparatoire a révélé sa perspicacité : à souscrire le public, à les engager et à modifier leurs conduites. Des facultés d’entrainement plus intenses observés pour 2 actes préparatoires qui convergent avec le cadre théorique de notre étude et confirme que : le nombre d’actes préparatoires soutient le changement comportemental. Mieux, pour avoir eu à augmenter ses engagements initiaux, une partie du public a fait montre de changements instituants, qui à l’analyse, sont beaucoup plus (re)liés au principe de l’identification de l’actionThis research permitted us to confirm two hypotheses of action communication and societal or state approved ones for which persuasive communication makes ideas move forwards and committed communication change behaviours. Applied to the problem of Talibes children’s mendicity in Senegal, this thesis, made us revisit that good tradition deeply rooted but which nowadays is used5 for pejorative and economic deviations. To3 fight against children Talibes illtreatement, NGO Symbiose has developed a persuasice communication without behavioural change excpected on the parteners. Among these parteners we have taken in this study as subjects of committed communication’s experience which is conceived for this fact. In virtue of the promise that this form of communication has the power to bring its receptors to a change of acts. Above all if the principle of the preparatory act is taken as the technical basis of the protocol. 2 preparatory acts which are even formulated also to the intension of one of the experimental subject to better a social problem which has become a real problematic cause and then more difficult to modify. Finally, the double preparatory act, has reveled perspicacity: subscribing the public under its control bringing them to modify their behaviorus. Capacities of attracting publics more intense for two preparatory acts that link with the theoretical setting of our study and confirm that: the more we multiply the preparatory acts the more we succeed the behavioural change. Better the fact of identifying that what we are doing is positive help one part of the public increasing their initial commitment. That is the principle of action of identification