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Harte, Jane Cyan. "Blood, fat and tears : an exploration of the relationship between menarche, body attitutde and mood in adolescent girls." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.535750.
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As a decisive event in adolescent girls' pubertal development it is suggested that menarche may play an influential role in shaping attitudes toward the body and the self. As body image has been strongly linked to self-esteem in adolescence it is argued that theses processes may have an effect on mood and relate to changing patterns of psychological difficulties encountered by females throughout adolescence. The main aims of this study were, firstly to identify if menarcheis a pivotal event in terms of a change in attitudes towards the body, secondly to explore the possibility that taking on conflicting societalm essagesre gardingt he menstruatingw oman may be related to low mood and unhelpful attitudes towards the body, thirdly, to identify if increased experience of menstruation is associated with greater comfort with menstruation as a natural and acceptable part of the self and finally to identify relationships between positive and negative attitudes toward menstruation and body image, mood and participation in sexual activity. The attitudes of 354 adolescent girls from a high school population were collected using a self report questionnaire which incorporated measures of menstrual attitudes, body attitudes, mood and information regarding menstrual and menarche status Results did not find a specific change in attitudes towards the body with menarche, but a possibly more complex picture of relationships between variables. Conflicting attitudes were not found to be associated with low mood or unhelpful attitudes towards the body. Increased experience of menstruation was associated with increased perception of menstruation as a socially acceptable event. Positive perceptions of social attitudes towards menstruation and feelings of attractiveness were found to be related to fewer concerns regarding weight and shape of the body, better mood, a tendency to see menstruation as less debilitating and a reduced likelihood to participate in sexual activity.
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Nichols, Anthony Jeffrey. "An Empirical Assessment of Attitude toward Computers, Motivation, Perceived Satisfaction from the e-learning System, and Previous Academic Performance and their Contribution to Persistence of College Student Athletes Enrolled in e-Learning Courses." NSUWorks, 2008. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/gscis_etd/261.
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In recent years, the application of Information Technologies has fostered a tremendous growth in e-learning courses at colleges and universities in the United States. Subsequently, some colleges and universities have reported dropout rates of over 60% in e-learning courses. Therefore, the persistence of identifiable groups of students enrolled in e-learning courses has garnered increased attention and research. Information Systems researchers suggested that studies of persistence e-learning courses identify and investigate specific constructs as well as identifiable target populations. Furthermore, as a separate and identifiable group, the college student athlete has received extensive coverage in the research literature, however, limited attention for their dropout in e-learning courses. Therefore, this research investigated persistence in e-learning courses of an identified population of college student athletes. In order to predict the persistence of college student athletes enrolled in e-learning courses, this research an empirically assessed a conceptual model, e-Learning Persistence Model (e-LPM). e-LPM was based on selected constructs that have previously shown tendencies to persistence in e-learning courses. This research, therefore, empirically assessed the constructs of e-LPM in the predication of persistence in a population of 187 college student athletes enrolled in e-learning courses.
The constructs of e-LPM includes, student's attitude toward computers, student's intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, student's perceived satisfaction from the e-learning system, and student's previous academic performance measures (high school GPA and SAT score). The e-LPM constructs were empirically assessed and weighted in order to evaluate their contribution to persistence in e-learning courses. Survey response data from college student athletes at the beginning and at the end of e-learning courses were quantitatively analyzed using Ordinal Logistic Regression, ANOVA, chi-square, and t-test statistical techniques.
Results of this research showed that e-LPM was able to predict persistence in e-learning course 81.4% of the time. The previous academic performance measure of GPA was shown to significantly predict e-learning course persistence in the research population. In the analysis of gender, female college student athletes exhibited higher intrinsic and extrinsic motivation than their male counterparts.
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Petermann, Waldemar. "Attitudes toward Attitude : Kenneth Burke's views on Attitude." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-27558.
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In this thesis, a review of Kenneth Burke's use of the term attitude in his published works as well as in some unpublished notes, drafts and letters, is performed. Three periods of different usage are found. Early works feature a pervasive attitude with elements of both body and mind. This attitude is then subsumed into the pentad and the physiological connection is diminished, but attitude is given an important function as a connective between action and motion. The later Burke reinstates attitude as central to his theory of symbolic action, reconnects it to the physiological and includes it in the Pentad with parsimony-inducing effect. The attitude is then found to aid rhetorical analysis and show promise in being able to help analyse expressions not wholly in the realm of the conscious, be they in the form of a Bourdieu social practice or barely conscious rhetorical markers in conversation.
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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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Rydell, Robert Joseph. "The implicit and explicit effects of changing a conditioned attitude." Connect to this document online, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=miami1112297169.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Miami University, Dept. of Psychology, 2005.Title from second page of PDF document. Document formatted into pages; contains [2], vi, 113 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-87).
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Parker, Cynthia T. "An evaluation of student reading attitudes : does ability affect attitude? /." Electronic version (PDF), 2004. http://dl.uncw.edu/etd/2004/parkerc/cynthiaparker.pdf.
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Nga-Ndongo, Valentin. "L'opinion camerounaise." Paris 10, 1999. http://www.theses.fr/1999PA100130.
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Existe-t-il une opinion africaine, et peut-on la connaitre scientifiquement ? cette recherche examine (tome 1), sous l'angle de la sociologie critique, les apriorismes de la << theorie bourgeoise >> qui pose l'opinion comme une preeminence des societes << globales >> par opposition aux societes <
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Warriner, G. Keith. "The rise and fall of attitudes : longitudinal comparisons with economic motive using data from a field experiment." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/25988.
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Littering, giving blood, conserving energy, voter registration and wearing seatbelts serve as examples of public behaviours which governments have attempted to alter. Whether it be for purposes of controlling costs, helping other citizens, or protecting the environment, altering behavioural patterns which operate against the general well-being of society has become big business. A plethora of techniques have been employed in efforts to sway the activity patterns of people.
While various approaches have been undertaken, the research focuses upon two traditions. First, an economic or behavioural approach is employed where behavioural changes are believed to be influenced most effectively by material rewards. Second, cognitive or attitudinal approaches stress that attitudes play an operative role in effecting behavioural change.
Using shifts in daily patterns of energy use as an example of social behaviour, the research reported here contrasts cognitive and economic models. While the two approaches can be complementary, it also may be that under certain conditions one or the other model is most successful. Where the two models do contrast is in the predictions made about what behavioural change will result after the removal of economic incentives. Data from a large field-experiment using a multi-stage probability sample of nearly 700 Wisconsin households is analysed to examine the influence of cognitive and behavioural models of time-of-day energy usage. The objective of the experiment was to determine whether economic stimuli could be used to reduce peoples' use of peak-time energy consumption. Behavioural change in energy consumption patterns was measured by in-house meters which recorded all usage for a year prior to the introduction of special time-of-day rates; for three years while the rates were in effect; and for a sub-sample of households, the summer after the rates ended. In addition, three waves of survey data from mailed questionnaires administered prior to, during, and following the experiment allow monitoring of the development and change in attitude toward time-of-day pricing of electricity, and its influence on behaviour.
In contrast to earlier published work, this analysis suggests only a minimal, independent impact of attitude on behavioural change under time-of-day electricity rates. At the conclusion of the experiment, and in the absence of any further financial rewards, households, by and large, returned to former consumption levels. Concomitant changes in attitudinal commitment occurred as well. Nevertheless, a subset of households, constituting some twenty percent of the original sample, remained highly committed to peak electricity reductions and, to a degree, maintained their prior conserving behaviours without further financial reward.
Several analyses were performed in an attempt to reconcile the contradictory nature of the current findings with those of earlier research. It is argued that the apparent influence of attitude in affecting behaviour at the time the pricing incentive was in effect was exaggerated by householders substituting an attitudinal for a financial motive. Further, the influence of price on attitude formation may have been underestimated due to the curvilinear relation of price with behaviour. Evidence in support of each of these hypotheses is provided.
It is concluded that, in combination with price, attitude is important to maintaining behavioural change, but that its independent influence, in this instance, is minor. At the same time, the effect of price appears less based on the size of the pricing incentive, than serving as an informational source signalling appropriate action, irrespective of the absolute financial reward. Finally, the thesis concludes with some speculations on the lessons from this experiment for other attempts to alter behavioural patterns.Arts, Faculty of
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Dasgupta, Madhuchanda Ghose. "The influence of individual differences on the effectiveness of comparative advertising." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/29886.
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Bertrandias, Laurent. "Sélection et influence des sources personnelles d'information du consommateur." Toulouse 1, 2006. http://www.theses.fr/2006TOU10006.
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Pour choisir entre différentes alternatives, les consommateurs ont généralement besoin de s'informer. Leur réseau relationnel représente une source d'information à la fois plus crédible, plus accessible et plus persuasive que les autres sources, a fortiori commerciales. Cependant, les consommateurs doivent choisir les personnes auxquelles demander conseil ; l'objet de cette thèse est alors d'expliquer pourquoi certaines sources personnelles d'information sont préférées à d'autres. La sélection des sources est envisagée comme le résultat d'un processus d'évaluation fondé sur trois critères : le degré d'expertise attribuée à la source, la force du lien partagé avec la source et la capacité de la source à répondre au besoin informationnel du consommateur, opérationnalisée par le concept d'influence attribuée. Une démarche expérimentale menée sur 1141 dyades source/consommateur, manipulant l'expertise des sources personnelles, leur niveau de leadership d'opinion ainsi que la force du lien partagé, a permis de tester les hypothèses de la recherche. Les résultats indiquent que les consommateurs attribuent plus d'influence et sélectionnent plus fréquemment des sources dont ils se sentent proches et qui possèdent un niveau élevé de leadership d'opinion. De plus, l'influence attribuée médiatise les effets de l'expertise attribuée et de la force du lien sur la sélection des sources. Enfin, l'arbitrage à la faveur de la force du lien ou de l'expertise attribuée lors du choix des sources personnelles, est modéré par le niveau d'implication durable et de besoin d'information des consommateursIn order to choose within products and brands, consumers seek information, more particularly from people they are related with, like friends or acquaintances. Personal information sources look particular because of their propensity to be more credible and persuasive than commercial sources. Nevertheless, certain sources are more solicited than the other ones. Indeed this dissertation aims at understanding why these sources are preferred and selected. Personal sources selection is conceptualized as the result of an evaluative process based on three criteria: the level of expertise attributed to the personal source, tie strength and the level of influence attributed to the source. An experimental design manipulating source expertise, source opinion leadership and tie strength was operated on 1141 dyads source/consumer in order to test research hypothesis. The results tend to show that consumers essentially select strong ties who score high in opinion leadership, and that attributed influence mediate the effects of tie strength and attributed expertise on personal sources selection. Moreover, the integration of moderators like enduring involvement and information need reveals that consumers make a trade-off between attributed expertise and tie strength to choose their personal sources
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Cheng, Ka Lun Benjamin. "Clarifying attitude functions : an empirical test on an integrated framework using the object-based approach." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2001. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/302.
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Johansson, Sevä Ingemar. "Welfare state attitudes in context : local contexts and attitude formation in Sweden." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-21046.
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Welfare state attitudes are often studied from the perspective of the individual's characteristics and/or national or regime-type contexts. This thesis instead seeks explanations for individuals' varying attitudes towards the welfare state at the level of local contexts (municipalities). Sweden is used as a case for testing whether there are such contextual effects. The general aim is to find out whether social, political, and institutional aspects of local context influence the attitudes of individuals. Since the general aim of this thesis is to examine how background characteristics of individuals and characteristics of local contexts simultaneously act in shaping individuals' attitudes, I use multilevel modelling in order to handle individual-level and contextual-level data simultaneously. Latent-class analysis (LCA) is also employed in the analyses to explore the patterning of variables. This is mainly done in order to create dependent variables and to distinguish between categories of municipalities sharing similar characteristics. The data consist of Swedish survey data, which have been complemented by municipal-level data. The findings indicate that the social and political context of municipalities can matter for individuals' attitude formation. Variation across municipalities in terms of the prevalence of social problems and risks seems to influence how individuals view the welfare state. Local municipal contexts characterized by many social problems and risks tend to be associated with more welfare state friendly attitudes among the local inhabitants, after taking individual-level determinants into account. Support for high social spending is greater in such milieus as is the tendency to view welfare beneficiaries with less suspicion regarding the potential abuse of welfare policies. Regarding the influence of local public service provision on attitudes, no evidence was found for feedback effects on individuals' attitudes toward public service privatization. In their attitudes towards the welfare state, individuals are to some extent influenced by their local environment. There seems to be a 'built in' thermostat in the Swedish welfare state. Local circumstances characterized by social problems and risks tend to be associated with a local citizenry having more welfare state-friendly attitudes.
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Goss, Robert Justin. "Spinning Fantasies into Consumer Attitudes: A Fantasy Realization Perspective of Attitude Formation." Thesis, Montana State University, 2006. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2006/goss/GossR0506.pdf.
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Fantasy Realization Theory (Oettingen 1996) states that people can dwell on their negative reality, fantasize about a positive future, or mentally compare each. When individuals mentally compare, commitment to the goal of achieving their fantasy is influenced by expectations for goal attainability. Consistent with the attitude literature, such expectations can be influenced by the quality of arguments within an advertisement. Merging these ideas, we predicted and found that participants' attitudes toward purchasing a car were influenced by the quality of arguments presented in an advertisement for a car dealership, but only if they mentally compared fantasies and reality.
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Johansson, Sevä Ingemar. "Welfare state attitudes in context : local contexts and attitude formation in Sweden /." Umeå : Sociologiska instutionen, Umeå universitet, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-21046.
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Clark, Khaya Delaine. "The development of a racial attitudes index, grades K--3 /." Connect to title online (ProQuest), 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1616787981&sid=2&Fmt=2&clientId=11238&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2008.Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 144-152). Also available in ProQuest, free to University of Oregon users.
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Roederer, Claire. "L'expérience de consommation : exploration conceptuelle, méthodologique et stratégique." Dijon, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008DIJOE010.
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S'inscrivant au cœur de l'interaction personne-objet-situation (Punj et Stewart, 1983), cette recherche teste qualitativement et quantitativement trois dimensions de l'expérience de consommation. La thèse s'emploie à aborder l'expérience en croisant différentes voies méthodologiques. Le volant qualitatif repose sur une démarche expérimentale s'intéressant aux représentations sociales de l'expérience et recourant à la méthode des triades de Kelly (1955) et à une démarche d'esprit phénoménologique construite autour de récits individuels d'expérience. Le volant quantitatif propose la construction d'une échelle de mesure de l'expérience et permet de comparer les trois schémas d'offre de la typologie de Carù et Cova (2007), (consumer- driven, co-driven, company-driven). Les résultats montrent que l'expérience possède trois dimensions décontextualisées qui structurent le souvenir que l'individu en conserve : une dimension hédonico-sensorielle, une dimension rhétorique socioculturelle et une dimension rapport au temps. Appliquées à deux univers de consommation et à trois types d'expériences correspondant aux catégories proposées par Carù et Cova (2007), ces dimensions permettent d'établir des profils d'offre et peuvent être envisagées comme des leviers d'action pour établir ou restaurer l'avantage concurrentiel commercial d'une offre d'expérienceThis research is based on the assumption that a consumption experience consists in an interaction between a person and an object in a given situation (Punj and Stewart, 1983). It tests in a qualitative and quantitative manner, three dimensions of a consumption experience. The qualitative part relies on an experimental procedure using Kelly’s repertory grids (1955) and a phenomenological approach based on individual accounts of experiences. The quantitative part proposes an experience measurement scale with the comparison of different patterns of offer corresponding to Carù and Cova’s typology (2007), (consumer- driven, co-driven, company-driven experiences). The results reveal that an experience has three dimensions, irrespective of the context, which structure the individual’s memory of the experience. The first dimension is pleasure related and has been called the “hedonico-sensorial” dimension. The second is the “sociocultural rhetoric” dimension and explains what the experience reveals about the individual. The third relates to the control that an individual can have on the experience time. When applied to the two fields of consumption and experiences corresponding to Carù and Cova’s typology (2007), these dimensions can be used to establish patterns of offer and can be considered as levers for action to create or strengthen a competitive edge attached to an experience offer
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Turner, Erlanger A. "Attitudes toward child mental health services: adaptation and development of an attitude scale." Texas A&M University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/4215.
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Research shows that a considerable number of children and adolescents suffer
needlessly from psychological problems and only about 50% of those receive the
necessary services. Considering the impact of untreated child psychological problems on
problems in adulthood, it is important to examine the influence of attitudes on seeking
mental health service for children. Currently, no known measure exists to measure
attitudes toward mental health services for children. Building on previous research, the
goal of the present study was to develop a measure of individuals' attitudes toward
mental health services for children. Using confirmatory factor analysis, the factor
structure was assessed using a sample of university students (N = 250). In addition,
several hypotheses were tested examining the influence of previous experience with
mental health services on attitudes towards psychological services and mental health
stigma. Finally, differences in child characteristics on intended help-seeking were
examined. The measure developed consists of 26-items scored from 0 (strongly
disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). Overall, results indicated that the 3-factor structure of the
measure developed was valid and reliable. Also, consistent with previous research on mental health services results supported the hypotheses of the current study. Future
research will examine whether the 3-factor structure is replicated using a sample of
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Gwinn, Rachael E. "Attitudes and Attention: How Attitude Accessibility and Certainty Influence Attention and Subjective Choice." The Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu14804247828136.
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Lanzalotta, Jaroth V. "Contradicting Moral Attitudes Enhances Hypocrisy Judgments: The Role of Attitude Strength and Surprise." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1561286210520023.
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Cervellon, Marie-Cécile. "Ambivalent and dual attitudes : attitude conflicts and their impact on decision making and behavior." Thesis, McGill University, 2006. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=100333.
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This dissertation builds on two recent developments in attitude research, first the distinction made between two types of attitudes, i.e., explicit (deliberate, controlled) and implicit (unconscious, automatic) attitudes, and second, that made between two types of attitude conflicts, i.e., ambivalence (conflict between strong explicit positive and negative evaluative basis of the same attitude object) and duality (conflict between explicit and implicit attitudes). It uses the context of food for both its theoretical and empirical developments because there were reasons to expect that, in Western cultures, explicit attitudes are often ambivalent (i.e. positive on taste but negative on health dimensions), but might also be dual (e.g. for restrained eaters, resulting from the motivated overriding of positive attitudes toward tempting but forbidden food).A first study (N = 199) focuses on the differences between ambivalent and dual attitudes and the influence of these conflicts on spontaneous and deliberate behavior. Results demonstrate that holding dual and ambivalent attitudes are two different constructs, although both ambivalence and duality lead to a subjective experience of conflict. Also, attitudes are weaker when ambivalent (i.e. less accessible, less stable and held with less certainty), and duality is a moderator at high levels of ambivalence, with explicit attitudes being even less accessible but nonetheless more certain when dual. Finally, the influence of, on one hand, both implicit and explicit attitudes in driving spontaneous choice and, on the other hand, the explicit attitude in determining deliberate choice (behavioral intention as proxy) is corroborated. It also appears that the influence of the implicit attitude on spontaneous behavior is increased in presence of an attitude conflict. In a second study (N = 120), the hypothesis that the existence of dual attitudes stems from inhibitive processes is tested in the context of restrained eating, through a cognitive load manipulation. Results demonstrate that the influence of the implicit attitude on spontaneous choice is stronger for restrained eaters when cognitive capacities are impaired. The second study also highlights that implicit attitudes are stable and resistant to change despite direct experience manipulations (i.e. comparative and repeated tasting). Theoretical, methodological and practical contributions are discussed.
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Murphy, Margaret. "Inter-group attitudes and international trade, a study of Vancouver's attitude towards the Japanese." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0005/MQ36840.pdf.
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Sayaka, Osanami. "Different Attitude towards Different Groups? Opinions and attitudes towards four immigrant groups in Sweden." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21594.
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Simourd, Linda. "Staff attitudes towards inmates and correctional work, an exploration of the attitude, work outcome relationship." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ26867.pdf.
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Maltby, John. "Unconscious determinants of social attitude : can conservatism and religiousity be described as ego-defensive attitudes?" Thesis, University of Ulster, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.241756.
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Simourd, Linda Carleton University Dissertation Psychology. "Staff attitudes towards inmates and correctional work; an exploration of the attitude - work outcome relationship." Ottawa, 1997.
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Hammond, Gregory David. "The Relationship Between Job Attitudes and Counterproductive Work Behaviors: The Moderating Role of Attitude Strength." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1204922530.
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Brown, Diane Peacock. "Occupational Therapy Academic Program Faculty Attitudes Toward Tenure as Measured by the Tenure Attitude Scale." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2002. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3265/.
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This study explored attitudes of occupational therapy faculty toward tenure and selected alternatives to tenure. A survey method was employed, and the Tenure Attitude Survey Instrument, (TASI), was created for use in the study. Additionally, a questionnaire sought information regarding respondents' rank, tenure and administrative status, institutional type, and years in academia. Participants were accredited occupational therapy professional program faculty who identified their primary work setting as "Academic" on the 2000-2001 American Occupational Therapy Association membership survey. Factor analysis of 577 surveys examined the structure of scores on the TASI, and the instrument consisted of 4 scales, and 18 items, as follows: Scale One: Attitude toward academic freedom and job security protection, 7 items; Scale Two: Attitude toward tenure in general, 6 items; Scale Three: Attitude toward stop-the-tenure clock provisions, 2 items; and Scale Four: Attitude toward post-tenure review, 3 items. Cronbach's alpha was conducted, as follows: TASI overall alpha = .7915; Scale 1 alpha = .7884; Scale 2 alpha = .8420; Scale 3 alpha = .7020; Scale 4 alpha = .4229. Proportional analysis showed that most respondents were full time faculty (88.1%); taught full time at public institutions (52.8%); were tenured or tenure-track (55.5%); had no administrative duties (70.5%); with a rank of instructor or lecturer (17.5%), or assistant professor (45.7%). Time in academia ranged from 1-40 years, with a mean of 11.27 years, median of 9.25 years, and mode of 4 years. Attitudes toward, and support for, the continuation of tenure and for selected proposed alternatives to tenure were analyzed according to the following: faculty rank, administrative status, and tenure status. Respondents held generally favorable attitudes toward tenure as measured by Scales 1 and 2 of the TASI, and the best predictors of faculty attitude toward tenure were tenure status and rank. Due to low reliability scores on Scales 3 and 4, no conclusions can be drawn regarding respondents' attitudes toward alternatives to tenure.
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Dufer, Jean. "Satisfaction et insatisfaction du consommateur : proposition d'un modèle psycho-économique de consommation : implications pour l'entreprise." Nice, 1986. http://www.theses.fr/1986NICE0010.
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Cette recherche procède d'un double objectif : 1-établir la situation du paradigme de satisfaction du consommateur 2- en dégager les principales conséquences et mises en application. Les développements de la thèse s'articulent autour des perspectives suivantes : - la conceptualisation de la notion de satisfaction dans un modèle psycho-économique de consommation- son intégration dans les stratégies d'entreprise- sa dimension collective, examinée au travers du phénomène consumériste
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Bui, Elise Thuylinh. "Implications of the Implicit Misattribution Model for the Evaluative Conditioning of Attitudes towards Spiders." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1373556547.
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Renström, Charlotte. "The young French and the EU : A case study on attitudes toward the European Union in light of a potential Frexit." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-80171.
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In the wake of Brexit in 2016, the conception of Frexit was born and received an impetus in the French presidential election campaigns in 2017. The scepticism toward the European Union once again found expression as Eurosceptic political parties gained ground and supporters amongst French citizens. With attitudes toward the EU in France seemingly variable and impressionable of political currents, it is important to understand from where these originate as well as what a positive or negative attitude imply in practice. Therefore, this study aims to map out attitudes among young French citizens: A group with an overall positive attitude toward the EU as well as the generation in charge of the future European Union. The study is conducted in the form of a case study, with the framework of Functional Attitude Theory guiding the analysis. The main findings include an obvious lack of knowledge on the union among the interviewees, connected to a feeling of exclusion from the same. However, benefits and rights provided by the EU are considered grounds to stay within the union. Finally, the findings are discussed and ideas for further research are suggested.
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Li, Zili, and Muhammad Bilal Naeem. "Factors affecting attitudes : A study of immigrants' attitude towards the brochures and website of Växjö Kommun." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-12248.
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The consumer is a major actor in the market place, it is very important for a company to observe, identify and understand fully the attitudes of consumers before and after launching services and products. So it becomes obvious for marketers to know the factors which cause to affect the consumer’s attitude and then response. This thesis is to analyze the procedures of affecting consumers’ attitudes towards the brochures and website by visual perception, learning and group influence.
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Shoots-Reinhard, Brittany. "Not all contrast effects are created equal the effect of extent of processing on contrastive judgments /." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1211542250.
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Gretton, Jeremy David. "Examining Inference Processes Underlying Knowledge Complexity Effects on Attitude-Behavior Consistency." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1373362516.
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Helm, Stefan, and Mikaela Fransson. "Attityder inför en hälsointervention hos de anställda på ett företag." Thesis, University of Gävle, Department of Education and Psychology, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-838.
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Denna uppsats hade till syfte att undersöka hur attityder inför en hälsointervention ser ut hos anställda på ett företag där de anställda stod inför en kommande hälsointervention. Genom arbetet har författarna använt sig av tolkningar lutade på hermeneutiska principer. Författarna till denna uppsats skaffade sig ett kunskapsunderlag genom att genomföra kvalitativa intervjuer med fem stycken anställda på ett företag som stod inför en hälsointervention. I uppsatsens resultat och analysdel redovisar författarna bland annat intervjudeltagarnas kognitiva, intentionella samt affektiva attityder och tolkar kring dessa. Vidare behandlas informanternas kunskap om den kommande interventionen, samt eventuella bakomliggande faktorer till de uppvisade attityderna. Författarna av uppsatsens tolkning av resultatet visar bland annat att alla intervjudeltagare anser att chefens deltagande i den kommande hälsointerventionen är positivt samt att alla ser fram emot interventionen. Informanterna hade olika personliga målsättningar med ett deltagande i interventionen. Genom intervjuerna framkom det att endast en informant vet varför interventionen skall utföras i gruppen.
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Debenedetti, Alain. "L'attachement au lieu de consommation." Paris 9, 2006. https://portail.bu.dauphine.fr/fileviewer/index.php?doc=2006PA090044.
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Certains de lieux de consommation revêtent beaucoup d’importance pour le consommateur, non pas en raison de l’utilité qu’ils procurent, mais parce qu’ils sont durablement aimés et participent à la construction du soi. D’un point de vue académique, la revue de la littérature souligne l’état embryonnaire des recherches sur l’attachement au lieu. Cette thèse se propose donc d’en étudier les fondements dans le contexte des lieux de consommation. Une étude qualitative exploratoire a d’abord permis de détailler les mécanismes de l’attachement au lieu de consommation. Une échelle de mesure du construit a ensuite été développée et validée. Elle comprend 11 items et 3 dimensions (sociale, physique et personnelle). Un questionnaire en ligne administré auprès de 517 internautes nous a enfin permis de tester les mécanismes suggérés par la littérature et l’étude qualitative exploratoire. Les résultats montrent que l’attachement au lieu est influencé par de nombreuses variables (en particulier par l’authenticité et le confort psychologique perçus dans le lieu) qui n’affectent pas avec la même intensité les dimensions du construit. Ils montrent également que l’attachement au lieu entraîne des comportements et des attitudes traduisant la fidélité, l’engagement, l’idéalisation ou la décision de se faire ambassadeur du lieu, réactions qui sont susceptibles d’intéresser les managers dans la gestion de leur relation-clients. Notons pour conclure que les ressorts de l’attachement varient également en fonction de la nature du lieu de consommationSome consumption places prove to be very important for the consumer, not because of their intrinsic utility but because they are loved on a long- term basis and contribute to the consumer's self-construction. From an academic perspective, the literature review underscores the dearth of studies on place attachment. Thus, this dissertation intends to address this gap by studying the antecedents of the place attachment in the context of consumption places. A first qualitative exploratory study enabled us to unpack the mechanisms driving attachment to a consumption place. Then, we developed and validated a measurement scale including 11 items and 3 dimensions (social, physical, and personal). Eventually, an on-line questionnaire administered to 517 internet users enabled us to test the mechanisms suggested by the literature and the qualitative exploratory study. Results show that the attachment to a place is driven by numerous variables (specifically by the authenticity and psychological comfort felt in the place) which influence the construct dimensions with different degrees of intensity. They also suggest that the attachment to a place leads to behaviors and attitudes expressing loyalty, commitment, idealization, or decision to become the ambassador of the place. All these reactions might be of great interest to the managers willing to improve the relationships with their customers. To conclude, it is worth noting that the antecedents to attachment are also dependent on the nature of the consumption place
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Simon, Françoise. "Approche cognitive du consommateur de service : une application au processus de choix de la modalité de distribution humaine versus automatisée." Université Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg) (1971-2008), 2003. http://www.theses.fr/2003STR1EC01.
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La thèse a pour objet l'étude des déterminants individuels de l'attitude vis-à-vis de l'automate et privilégie une approche du consommateur de service issue de la psychologie cognitive et des théories expérentielles. Le modèle conceptuel propose que le consommateur en vue de déterminer les attributs génériques du service aura tendance à s'engager dans une activité mentale de type inférentiel exigeante en termes d'effort cognitif. Il suggère l'existence d'attributs de maintenance (garantie contre les risques de variabilité du service) et d'attributs d'optimisation conditionnelle (prise en compte au niveau de l'offre et du tarif de la situation de service expérimentée par le consommateur). La structuration des attributs génériques conduit à une polarisation des processus cognitifs et émotionnels mobilisés lors de la rencontre de service autour de l'acceptation de l'effort cognitif et de la recherche de congruence émotionnelle. L'interaction avec l'automate pouvant générer une frustration de type expérentiel et exigeant davantage d'effort cognitif essentiellement en raison de l'impossibilité de transférer la charge d'élaboration mentale vers l'interface, les variables individuelles telles que le système rationnel-expérentiel articulé autour du besoin de cognition, le style visuel-verbal et l'indépendance vis-à-vis du champ sont supposées être des variables explicatives de la préférence pour l'automate. La recherche empirique s'appuie sur les résultats issus de 115 entretiens de face à face. Le modèle quantitatif, sur la base d'une régression logistique binaire, met en évidence le rôle explicatif de l'âge, du style rationnel-expérentiel et du style visuel-verbal dans la préférence pour l'automate versus le guichet. Ces variables expliquent environ 30 % des variations de la variable dépendante dans le cas où le service est perçu comme complexe. Le modèle qualitatif confirme ces résultats et précise l'impact des variables relatives à l'offre et au contexteThe purpose of this research is to identify individual cognitive and experiential processes that explain the differenciation of attitudes towards automated versus counter services. The conceptual model proposes that the service consumer in order to determinate the service attributes, needs to have an inferential cognitive activity that generates mental effort, especially for the recovery and conditional optimisation attributes. The structure of the service attributes explains the polarisation of cognitive and experiential processes that are experimented in the service encounter with two principal dimensions that are tolerance to mental effort and emotional congruence tendency. As the automated interaction is liable to generate an experiential frustration and requires more cognitive effort, individual variables as the rational-experiential system (issued from the need for cognition), the visual-verbal style and the field dependence-independence are supposed to explain the preference towards automated versus counter delivery service. The experiment is carried out from 115 semi-directed interviews. If the service is perceived as complex, the quantitative model establishes from a LOGIT regression equation that the following variables contribute to approximately 30 % of the variations of the delivery service preference: the age, the rational-experiential system and the visual-verbal style. The qualitative model confirms these results and specifies the impact of the context and the service supply
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Rucker, Derek D. "It's the type of thinking that counts: A metacognitive analysis of the effects of processing strategies on attitude certainty." The Ohio State University, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1122042993.
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Young, Alison Isobel. "Influencing the Evaluation of Multiply-Categorizable Objects." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1277153205.
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Tormala, Zakary Lochel. "What doesn't kill me makes me stronger a metacognitive analysis of resistance and attitude certainty /." Columbus, Ohio Ohio State University, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1058192879.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ohio State University, 2003.Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xii, 139 p.; also includes graphics (some col.). Includes abstract and vita. Advisor: Richard E. Petty, Dept. of Psychology. Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-110).
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Kan, Gongjian. "Effect of country image on consumers' hypermarket patronage intention : a cross-cultural study." Rennes 1, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012REN1G007.
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Cette thèse explore d’abord les expériences et leçons apprises d’opérations par les distributeurs mondialisés dans les pays d’Extrême-Orient suivies par une discussion de l’effet du pays d’origine sur l’intention des consommateurs de faire ses achats dans les hypermarchés à travers les différentes cultures. Les résultats empiriques dans le cas de la Chine indiquent que l’image du pays d’origine (IPO) n’a qu’un impact indirect sur la fréquentation par les consommateurs en hypermarché alors que, dans le cas de l’Espagne, il semble que l’IPO a une influence directe sur l’intention de fréquenter l’hypermarché. A la fois en Espagne et en Chine, l’IPO a un impact significatif sur l’évaluation des consommateurs basée sur la fonction et sur l’évaluation des consommateurs basée sur l’expérience d’un hypermarché. Ces deux sortes d’évaluation ont des effets significatifs sur l’attitude du consommateur envers la marque vis-à-vis du magasin ciblé. La différence majeure de comportement de fréquentation des hypermarchés entre les consommateurs chinois et espagnols réside dans le fait que les premiers attachent plus d’importance aux attributs liés à l’expérience dans la formation de l’image du magasin et aux référents sociaux dans leurs décisions de magasinage que les autres. De plus, les consommateurs chinois ont une tendance plus ethnocentrique dans leur comportement de magasinage en hypermarché que les Espagnols. Ces résultats de recherche offrent des implications valables aux praticiens aussi bien nationaux qu’internationaux dans leurs choix de marketing stratégiqueThis dissertation firstly explores the experiences and lessons learned from global retailers’ operation in East Asian countries followed by discussing the effect of country image on consumers’ hypermarket patronage intention across different cultures. The empirical results from China case indicate that country image has only an indirect impact on consumers’ hypermarket patronage intention while in Spain case it seems that country image has direct influence on consumer’ store patronage intention. In both Spain and China, country image has a significant impact on consumers’ function based evaluation and experience based evaluation of a hypermarket store. These two kinds of evaluation have significant effects on consumers’ brand attitude towards the target store. The major difference of hypermarket store patronage behavior between Chinese consumers and Spanish consumers is that the former attaches more importance on experience attributes in formulating their store image and on social referents in making their shopping decisions than the latter. Besides, Chinese consumers have stronger ethnocentric tendency in their hypermarket shopping behavior than Spanish consumers. These research findings offer valuable implications to both domestic and foreign retail practitioners in making their marketing strategies
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Henning, Karen June. "Attitude and acheivement: A study of parent and student attitudes towards education and their effects on achievement." Thesis, Wichita State University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10057/10634.
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The purpose of this research is to determine if there is a correlation between parents' and their third grade students' attitudes towards education and if these attitudes and beliefs affect student motivation and academic achievement. A review of the current literature examines parental involvement in four sections: what parental involvement looks like, the benefits of parental involvement, factors affecting parental involvement and why parental involvement is important for schools. The literature also examines students' attitudes and motivation towards education and discusses types of motivation, causes of motivation and the timing of the student's life at which motivation can be studied. To conduct the research, surveys were given to parents and students in the third grade of an urban elementary school in a large Midwestern city to determine if there was a correlation between parental beliefs and attitudes about involvement and students' attitude and motivation. Student achievement data was gathered from the program used by the school for progress monitoring. Results indicate that parental decisions to be involved are statistically related to invitations from school, role construction, and self-efficacy. Additionally, results indicated that achievement data are positively correlated with role construction and invitations from the child. Findings are discussed and compared to research in which the current study supports and refutes. Limitations to the study, future research, and classroom implications are also discussed.Thesis (M.A.T.)--Wichita State University, College of Education, Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction
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Bret, Amélie. "Autoritarisme de droite et changement d'attitude dans le conditionnement évaluatif." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018GREAS031/document.
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L’autoritarisme de droite (Right Wing Authoritarianism ; RWA) est une co-variation du conservatisme social, du traditionalisme et de l’autoritarisme. Une des caractéristiques du RWA est une moindre malléabilité des attitudes dans le temps. Cependant, ce lien entre RWA et rigidité des attitudes a été très majoritairement observé dans le cadre de l’étude des relations inter-groupes. Ces études se concentrent sur le lien entre le RWA et le changement d’attitude envers des groupes réels. Si l’intérêt de ces travaux est indéniable, il n’est pas possible d’y examiner la formation et le changement d’attitude de manière contrôlée. En effet, l’étude des groupes sociaux réels implique des effets de contexte ou des préconceptions sociales dans la formation et le changement d’attitude. Dans cette thèse, nous nous intéressons à la compréhension du RWA dans le changement d’attitude au sein d’un cadre standardisé et contrôlé : le conditionnement-contre-conditionnement évaluatif. À travers 11 expériences, nous avons testé si le RWA prédisait un plus faible changement d’attitude envers des stimuli nouveaux et artificiels. Nous avons alors pu observer que le RWA est négativement associé à la sensibilité au contre-conditionnement. Cet effet, présent dans la grande majorité de nos expériences, a été modulé en fonction des caractéristiques du conditionnement-contre-conditionnement. Plus précisément, la quantité d’informations contre-attitudinales disponibles, la présence d’instructions ou encore la diminution des ressources attentionnelles modulent le lien entre RWA et changement d’attitude. Dans l’ensemble, ces résultats corroborent l’hypothèse d’un plus faible changement d’attitude lié au RWA pour des stimuli nouveaux et artificielsRight wing authoritarianism (RWA) is a co-variation of social conserva- tism, traditionalism, and authoritarianism. One of the characteristics of RWA is a less malleability of attitudes over time. However, the linkbetween RWA and rigidity of attitudes has mainly been observed in inter- group relation contexts. Such studies focus on the relationship between RWA and attitude change towards real groups. While the value of this work is unde- niable, it is not possible to examine attitude formation and attitude change in a controlled manner. Indeed, studying real social groups implies context effects or social preconceptions on the attitude formation and on attitude change. In this thesis, we are interested in the understanding of RWA in attitude change within a standardized and controlled framework, the evaluative conditioning- counter-conditioning paradigm. Across 11 experiments, we tested whether RWA predicts a lower change of attitude towards new artificial stimuli. We observed that RWA was negatively associated with sensitivity to counter- conditioning. This effect, present in the great majority of our experiments, has been modulated by the characteristics of conditioning-counter-conditioning. More specifically, the amount of counter-attitudinal information available, the presence of instructions, and the decrease in attentional resources were shown to modulate the link between RWA and attitude change. Overall, these results support the hypothesis that a smaller change in attitude is related to RWA even with novel artificial stimuli
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Laghaie, Roya Farzaneh. "The effects of factual information on the attitudes of people toward a given culture : an American and Iranian example." Virtual Press, 1991. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/776631.
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The purpose of this study was to determine if the attitudes of a selected group of American high school students towards a different nation in general and Iranian's in particular would be affected as a result of presenting them with factual information about that culture through the use of audio-visual aids.One hundred and twenty high school students between ages of 13 - 18 who attended Burris Laboratory School in Muncie, IN. were randomly selected and assigned to an experimental and a control group. The number of students who responded to the questionnaire and participated in the study was 77. There were 40 students in the experimental and 37 students in the control group. A new semantic differential scale was developed by the researcher in order to obtain measures of attitude towards Iranians. In order to validate the measurement instrument a pilot study was performed. The study utilized a Posttest- only design.The experimental group received factual information about Iranian culture through a handout and also two series of slide-tape presentations, which were prepared by the investigator. The control group received no treatment. The information on the handout and slides was about Iranian life style, education, religion, art, tribes, industry, clothing, and architecture. The information was intended to be factual rather than political propaganda. Two weeks after the experimental group received the second series of slides the revised semantic differential scale was administered to both control and experimental groups. The data was analyzed by a 2 by 2 by 2 multivariate analysis of variance. The following null hypotheses were tested:1 - There is no significant difference between the means of the experimental and control groups for various outcome factors of the semantic differential scale when considered simultaneously.2 - There is no significant difference between the means of male and female respondents for experimental and control groups for various outcome factors of the semantic differential scale when considered simultaneously. Findings:1- There were no significant multivariate interactions (2 or 3 ways).2- There were no significant sex differences.3- There was a significant treatment difference in a multivariate sense. However the interpretation of the univariates did not permit the attribution of differences to either factor singly. Rather a linear composite of the 2 factors is needed to explain the difference found. Generally these linear composites are not interpretable in a conceptual sense.Conclusion:The results of the study suggest that giving factual information about Iranian culture through use of slide-tape presentation can bring about some change in the attitude of high school students about Iranian people. However the study failed to identify the nature of this change. Further study is needed to identify better the nature of the change as a result of giving factual information.Department of Secondary, Higher, and Foundations of Education
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Milburn, Lee-Anne S. "Research on research, the application of attitude theory to research attitudes and behaviours of educators in landscape architecture." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0002/MQ43191.pdf.
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Ma, Shichao, and 马世超. "Stakeholder risk attitudes in safety risk management : exploring the relationship between risk attitude and safety risk management performance." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/210183.
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A construction project requires a multitude of people with different skills and interests and the coordination of a wide range of disparate, yet interrelated, activities. Such complexity is further compounded by the unique characteristics of a project and many other external uncertainties. As a result, construction is subject to more risk than other business activities. In a risky situation, individuals or organizations perceive the situation in their own ways and behave differently to meet their own interests. Many researchers have asserted that divergent risk attitudes are sources of mismatched risk perceptions and inconsistent behaviors among project participants in different organizations, which can disturb proactive and consistent organizational activities. The research on risk attitude has, therefore, been advocated to exploring ways to consistently arouse people‘s cognition, affection, and behavior among stakeholders. However, previous research has been a widely misunderstood concept and remains a fragmented focus in the construction field. Evidence on the construction of risk attitude and how it manifests itself is unavailable. To date, prior researchers have suffered from an issue-oriented focus that has resulted in simplified models by studying single level of antecedents of risk attitude and consequences of management performance, rather than multi-level. Moreover, previous studies only focused on the direct relationship between risk attitude and management performance instead of providing a profound conceptualization of the indirect relationship between risk attitude and management performance or empirically exploring risk attitude‘s antecedents and consequences. The current study seeks to bridge this research gap.
Triangulation research is employed as an appropriate research methodology in which both qualitative and quantitative data collection are used to test the research propositions. The research plan draws upon ontology and methodological pluralism.
By adopting the Critical Incident Technique (CIT), coupled with an intensive literature review, one can explore the manifestation of risk attitude and its antecedents by analyzing critical incidents derived from preliminary interviews. Cognitive Motivation Theory (CMT) and Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) provide rationales to combine a processed view of risk attitude and the antecedents and management performance of individuals and organizations into a multi-level model of risk attitude. Responses to a questionnaire survey of 239 individuals nested in 61organizations were analyzed with a blend of Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM) to establish and examine the hypothesized relationships in the theoretical model. To capture the practical manifestation of risk attitude and its influence on management performance, case studies of two ongoing construction projects were performed.
The findings summarized from both qualitative and quantitative studies indicated that risk attitude diverged due to the multi-level influences of its antecedents on project participants, resulting in inconsistent risk perception and risk inclinations. Risk attitude has two levels of manifestation – an individual and organization level. Individual risk attitude manifests itself as cognition, affection, and behavioral inclination, while organizational risk attitude mainly shows up as managerial trust, formalization, an ambiguity of goals and objectives, and a merit system. The findings confirmed that motivated individuals tend to present more consistent risk attitude and be more willing to and capable of exhibiting good management performance. The motivation behind this study is beyond the traditional motivational means. It extends from internal motivation with its locus of control and self-efficacy to external motivation with its interpersonal exchanges, external controls, and observational learning. The risk attitudes of motivated people to evoke better management performance, especially in the process of integrating risk management into a safety management system and the outcome performance of a stakeholder‘s satisfaction and potential to organizations.
The research attempts to advance risk attitude theory by re-conceptualizing the antecedents of risk attitude and the consequences of management performance make the underlying theorizing mechanism explicit and testable. This study also provides practical indications of concrete interventions by managers to make risk attitudes converge and then strengthen safety risk management. The thesis contributes to multi-level analysis in the management research field and differentiates the different levels of participants in construction projects. Methodological pluralism and blended qualitative and quantitative research methods will be addressed to demonstrate the different and complementary perspectives of research. Due to limited samples, the generalizability of the findings in the different project types or across other levels needs to be further verified.published_or_final_version
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Goodwin, Zoe Sarah. "Value accessibility and the value-attitude relationship : can we think of values as being structurally comparable to attitudes?" Thesis, University of Surrey, 2002. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/844362/.
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This thesis addresses the measurement and manipulation of value accessibility, the influence of value accessibility on the value-attitude relationship and its implications for attitude change. Studies 1 and 2 assess whether value accessibility (as measured by response latency) is a reliable and valid measure of value strength, as indexed by ratings on the Schwartz Value Inventory (Schwartz & Bilsky, 1990). The results are promising but inconclusive. It is suggested that further work is necessary in order to determine if both measures tap the same aspects of value strength. Study 3 examines whether manipulated increases in value accessibility raise the accessibility of semantically related attitudes. Attitude accessibility is determined by measuring the speed with which individuals respond to a query concerning the positive or negative connotation of an attitude item. Results indicate that response latencies are shorter when attitude items are preceded by a related, as opposed to an unrelated value prime. Furthermore, for related primes, this effect is strongest when the values are perceived to be personally 'important' than when they are considered to be 'not important'. These results provide evidence for the structural link between semantically related values and attitudes in individuals' minds. Studies 4 and 5 examine the impact of value accessibility on attitude change, specifically its impact on the elaboration of persuasive appeals. Although the results of study 4 are insignificant, following some methodological changes, the results of study 5 provide support for such an effect. When value relevance and importance are high, increases in value accessibility lead to the increased elaboration of related persuasive messages, as indicated by greater differentiation between strong and weak persuasive arguments. The implications of these findings for the conceptualisation of value strength and value structure are discussed, as well as limitations of the present studies and some directions for future research.
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Gustavsson, Fredrik, and Anton Rinaldo. ""Get a better attitude!" : An analysis of media use and support/hesitancy attitudes towards the COVID-19 vaccine." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-85224.
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This study examines the relationship between media use and support/hesitancy towards the COVID-19 vaccine. The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between social media and traditional media use and support/hesitancy attitudes towards the COVID-19 vaccine. We want to analyse how social and traditional media use as a news source is related to support and hesitancy attitudes. Furthermore, we want to see if media use as a news source has any relation to the trade-off attitude towards the COVID-19 vaccine. We have found a research gap in the COVID-19 pandemic and connection between social and traditional media use as a news source and support, hesitancy, and trade-off attitudes towards the COVID-19 vaccine. RQ 1: What is the relationship between social media use as a news source and support/hesitancy towards the COVID-19 vaccine? RQ 2: What is the relationship between traditional media use as a news source and support/hesitancy towards the COVID-19 vaccine? The method of this study is a quantitative survey regarding media use before and during the COVID-19 pandemic and support, hesitancy, and trade-off attitudes towards the COVID-19 vaccine. The population size is 201 Swedish citizens between the ages of 18-65. The sample was collected through a snowball sample. The study provides a theoretical framework consisting of crisis communication, misinformation, echo chambers, public opinion, and social amplification of risk. Furthermore, the study presents previous research which is similar to the study. The previous research presents some key findings such as social media use tends to increase during crises, how echo chambers can be increased by the feeling of fear, and research on attitudes towards vaccines. Previous research also presents how misinformation is being spread on social media and how the anti-vaccination movement takes advantage of the postmodern health paradigm which makes people turn to the internet with their medical problems. The study concludes that in some instances traditional media can have a positive relation to supportive attitudes and social media connects to some of the hesitant opinions towards COVID-19.Denna studie undersöker förhållandet mellan medieanvändning och förespråkande/tveksamhet mot COVID-19-vaccinet. Syftet med denna studie är att analysera förhållandet mellan sociala medier och traditionell medieanvändning och attityder till förespråkande/tveksamhet gentemot COVID-19-vaccinet. Vi vill analysera hur de sociala och traditionella medierna som nyhetskälla är relaterade till förespråkande och tveksamhet. Vidare vill vi se om medieanvändning som nyhetskälla har något samband med avvägningsinställningen till COVID-19. Vi har hittat ett forsknings hål i COVID-19-pandemin och sambandet mellan social och traditionell medieanvändning som nyhetskälla och förespråkande, tveksamhet och avvägningsattityder till COVID-19-vaccinet. RQ 1: Vad är förhållandet mellan användning av sociala medier som nyhetskälla och förespråkande/tveksamhet mot COVID-19-vaccinet? RQ 2: Vad är förhållandet mellan traditionell medieanvändning som nyhetskälla och förespråkande/tveksamhet mot COVID-19-vaccinet? Metoden för denna studie är en kvantitativ undersökning om medieanvändning före och under COVID-19-pandemin och förespråkande, tveksamhet och avvägning av attityder till COVID-19-vaccinet. Befolkningsstorleken är 201 svenska medborgare i åldrarna 18-65. Urvalet samlades in genom ett snowball sample. Studien har ett teoretiskt ramverk som består av kriskommunikation, misinformation, ekokammare, attityder och social förstärkning av risk. Dessutom presenterar studien tidigare forskning som liknar studien. Den tidigare forskningen presenterar några viktiga resultat, såsom användningen av sociala medier tenderar att öka under kriser, hur ekokammare kan ökas av känslan av rädsla och forskning om attityder till vacciner. Tidigare forskning presenterar också hur misinformation sprids på sociala medier och hur antivaccinationsrörelsen utnyttjar det postmodern health paradigm som får människor att vända sig till internet med sina medicinska problem. Studien drar slutsatsen att traditionella medier i vissa fall kan ha en positiv relation till stödjande attityder och att sociala medier ansluter till några av de tveksamma åsikterna mot COVID-19.
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Asklöf, Josefin. "Trängselskatt : En studie om invånares attityder till trängselskatten i Stockholm." Thesis, Södertörn University College, School of Life Sciences, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-3868.
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The subject of this paper is the congestion tax in Stockholm, Sweden. The study has been conducted with the purpose to examine of how public attitudes towards congestion charging looks and the reason behind the attitude. And also to examine if there are any differences in attitudes between those living inside and outside the payment zones, between men and women and between car owners and those who do not own a car or have a driver's license. The study used a questionnaire sent out electronically to a group of friends of friends and of friends’ family members. The respondents think it´s very important to present a better option if price incitements are to be used; in this case the better option is public transportation. Revenues should be spent so that large amounts go to the public transportation. There were no attitude differences between residents living inside the payment zones and those living outside the payment zones and between men and women. There is an attitude difference between those who own a car and those who do not own a car or have a driver's license. Those who own a car are more negative to the congestion charge than those who do not own a car or have a driver's license. This is believed to diminish if information is given to the public on how the revenue is spent and if congestion charge is introduced in several of the larger cities in Sweden.
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Harrell, Bernadette Dawn. "The Influence of Demographics and Cultural Attitudes on Sexual Orientation Attitudes in African American Adults." ScholarWorks, 2015. http://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1683.
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African Americans who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) are discriminated against in the African American community. Sociodemographics such as income, education, age, and religion/spirituality have been shown to be associated with sexual prejudice. There is limited research on how African American cultural attitudes influence attitudes towards sexual orientation. The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which demographic variables and African American cultural attitudes (measured by the African American Acculturation Scale-Revised; AAAS-R) predict attitudes toward sexual orientation in African American adults (measured by the Attitudes towards Lesbians and Gay Men Scale; ATLG). Social identity theory (SIT) was used to describe how group affiliation influences attitudes. A sample of African Americans who were 18 years or older (n = 236) completed the questionnaires online. Stepwise multiple regression analyses were conducted to examine the relative importance of demographics and cultural attitudes in predicting attitudes towards homosexuals and lesbians. The results of the study indicated that religious affiliation and religious beliefs and practices were statistically significant in predicting attitudes towards both homosexual and lesbian individuals. These findings suggest that individuals who identify as Christians and have stronger religious beliefs and practices are more likely to have negative attitudes towards lesbians and gay men. These results lend support to efforts to create programs to educate people about cultural misconceptions of the African American GLBT community and to encourage spiritual leaders to promote efforts support to them.
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Connan, Ghesquiere Chantal. "Les ruptures de stock : comportements du consommateurs, facteurs d'influence et satisfaction vis-à-vis du magasin." Nancy 2, 2004. http://www.theses.fr/2004NAN22001.
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Cette thèse a pour but de contribuer à une meilleure connaissance des processus qui influencent le comportement des consommateurs lors des ruptures de stock. Par influence, nous entendons tous les processus et facteurs qui ont pour effet d'amener le consommateur – concerné par les ruptures de stock - à choisir un comportement plutôt qu'un autre et à améliorer ou amoindrir sa satisfaction vis-à-vis du point de vente. Alors que les premiers modèles marketing en comportement du consommateur s'enferment dans le choix d'un comportement, nous suggérons un cadre plus large incluant les dispositions psychologiques du consommateur vis-à-vis du produit désiré lorsqu'il entre dans le magasin : état d'esprit qui lui permet de constater ou non la rupture de stock. Notre modèle englobe également les différents facteurs pouvant intervenir dans le choix d'un comportement par le consommateur ainsi que l'effet de la conduite adoptée par le client sur la satisfaction qu'il éprouve vis-à-vis du point de vente. L'effet des ruptures de stock sur le consommateur est testé empiriquement tout d'abord par une étude qualitative exploratoire afin de sélectionner les facteurs à étudier. Le test de nos hypothèses de recherche est ensuite effectué à partir de données recueillies lors d'une étude empirique sur le terrain. Les données sont traitées par une analyse des correspondances multiples puis par des régressions logistiques. Nous mettons ainsi en avant l'influence de plusieurs facteurs et surtout l'interaction des facteurs entre eux. Enfin, l'étude de la satisfaction au magasin fait ressortir le comportement de report de l'achat comme celui conduisant à la plus forte satisfaction vis-à-vis du magasin après constat d'une rupture de stockThe purpose of this thesis is to provide a better understanding of the processes influencing consumer behaviour during stockouts. By influencing, we mean all processes and factors which lead the consumer - concerned by the stockout - to choose one particular type of behaviour rather than another and improve or reduce his/her satisfaction with respect to the point of sale. Whilst the first marketing models of consumer behaviour were restricted to the choice of one type of behaviour, we are suggesting a broader framework including the consumer's psychological moods with respect to the product required when he/she enters the store : a state of mind enabling him/her to conclude that the goods are out of stock, or not. Our model also includes the various factors which could have an impact on the choice by the consumer of a particular behaviour as well as the effect of the behaviour adopted by the customer on the satisfaction felt regard to the point of sale. The effect of out-of-stock on the consumer is first tested empirically through an exploratory qualitative study in order to select the factors to be studied. Our research assumptions are then tested using data collected during an empirical study in the field. The data is processed by an analysis of multiple mappings then by logistics regressions. We therefore demonstrate the influence of several factors and especially the interaction between the factors. Lastly, the satisfaction survey in the store reveals that postponing the purchase is the behaviour leading to geatest satisfaction with respect to the store after observing the out-of-stock