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KELLY, CYNTHIA WEEKS. "MEASURING HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHANGE." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1006199575.

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Balshem, Howard. "AIDS-Preventative Behaviors and the Psychological Costs of Behavior Change." PDXScholar, 1994. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4705.

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This study examined the effects of behavior change on psychological health among gay and bisexual men of Portland, Oregon who were at risk for contracting AIDS. Cross-sectional self-reports of personal experiences were obtained in Summer, 1991. Sexual behaviors were used as predictors of self-efficacy, depression, anxiety, and subjective well-being. Adopting safer sexual behaviors was psychologically more costly than continuing to engage in high risk behaviors, or long-term adherence to safer behaviors. Behaviors amenable to short-term change differed from those conducive to long-term maintenance. Behavior change was also found to have a beneficial effect on self-efficacy. These findings suggest that behavior change, traditionally considered as the endpoint of a process, might more appropriately be considered as an interim stage influenced by earlier, and having an influence on later, psychological health. By integrating models of behavior change from research on alcohol and drug use, smoking, and weight control, researchers studying AIDS-related behavior might better understand the place of behavior change in the process of change, relapse, and maintenance.
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Gipson-Kendrick, Zoe Elizabeth. "Parents and Health Behavior Change: A Review of the Role of Parents’ Behavioral Intentions for Health Behavior Change in Their Children." UNF Digital Commons, 2019. https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/906.

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Objective: To examine the existing literature on the relation between contextual and health factors that influence parent intention for child health behavior change, focusing on the importance of a strong theoretical background and measures that match the proposed theory, and to determine the use of intention in the proposed sample of articles. Method: A preliminary search was conducted, seeking out interventions and programs that target nutrition and/or physical activity in relation to childhood obesity prevention using PsycINFO and MedLine databases. This search totaled 29 studies to be included in the final review. Results: Ten articles studied intention as a dependent variable, twelve with intention as in independent variable, and seven with intention as a mediating variable. A majority of the articles included a theoretical background (86.2%), while 13.8% of the articles did not include any. Seven overall constructs of interest were established: intention/goal, attitudes, self-efficacy, behavior, social support, knowledge/awareness, and norms. Effect sizes for significant pathways were collected/calculated for the specified variables. Finally, behavioral intention was measured inconsistently in each article, some providing reliability, validity, and/or references for the scales measuring intention, while some did not. Conclusions: Childhood obesity prevention and intervention literature is inconsistent in the use of theory, strong measurement, and incorporation of other fields of psychology.
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Street, Jalika C. "Predicting Ecological Behavior in the Era of Climate Change." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2011. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/psych_theses/84.

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The most devastating effects of climate change may be avoided if humans reduce activities that produce greenhouse gases and engage instead in more sustainable ecological behaviors. The current mixed methods study of 279 undergraduate students explored whether environmental worldview, belief in climate change, knowledge of climate change, personal efficacy, and intention to address climate change influenced participants’ engagement in ecological behavior. Results indicated that those with a stronger intention to address climate change and a more ecocentric worldview reported significantly more ecological behavior. Next, the study examined whether participants’ intentions to address climate change mediated the relationship between their belief in climate change and engagement in ecological behavior and whether intentions mediated the relationship between efficacy and ecological behavior. Intentions to address climate change did not mediate the relationship between belief and ecological behavior but fully mediated the relationship between efficacy to address climate change and ecological behavior.
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Dowd, Kim. "Teens, Behavior Change & the Environment." Research Showcase @ CMU, 2011. http://repository.cmu.edu/theses/9.

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This thesis document presents the research, synthesis and design work completed for a system for object reuse. This work presents a user-centered process culminating in a service design (ReUseIt) and design guidelines to be employed when working with an audience of teenage girls and designing for behavior change with respect to the environment. This document includes a literature review covering environmental concerns, the relationship of design for behavior change, Generation Z, game design, and the historic value of objects. Research methods documented include journaling kits and designer-led research workshops embedded within middle school and high school art classes. ReUseIt supports improved behavior in relation to the environment through positive feedback around the reuse of objects and attachment of stories to objects. It is a service with touchpoints in shopping malls and a Facebook application. Reflections are offered on the design process undertaken and suggested best practices for creating embedded workshops within middle and high school classes.
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Lumpe, Mary Louise. "Relationship between Prochaska's stages of change and changes that occur in brief therapy /." Digital version accessible at:, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Smith, Rhonda Lea. "Examining A Brief Behavior Progress Monitoring Tool's Sensitivity to Change." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/612826.

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Current research suggests schools face many barriers in effectively monitoring student's response to behavioral interventions in the classroom. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the FastBridge - Direct Behavior Rating (FastBridge-DBR), a brief, novel progress monitoring measure, designed to assess student behavioral change in response to a classroom behavioral intervention. Twenty-four elementary teacher-student dyads implemented a daily progress report intervention to promote positive student behavior during pre-specified classroom activities. FastBridge-DBR data were then collected for three target behaviors (i.e., Academic Engagement, Disruptive Behavior, Withdrawal) and compared to Systematic Direct Observation (SDO) data. Five change metrics (i.e., absolute change, percent of change from baseline, improvement rate difference, Tau-U, effect size; Gresham, 2005) were used to examine sensitivity to change. The Usage Rating Profile - Assessment (URP-A) was used to evaluate teacher acceptability of FastBridge-DBR. FastBridge-DBR scores were highly correlated with SDO data, demonstrating evidence of concurrent validity. FastBridge-DBR change metrics were significantly correlated with SDO change metrics. Additionally, while teachers provided high acceptability ratings for FastBridge-DBR, there was a lack of association between teachers' ratings of acceptability and student behavioral change. Implications for practice, study limitations, and areas of future research are discussed.
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Elcoro, Mirari. "Resistance of temporally controlled behavior to change." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2005. https://eidr.wvu.edu/etd/documentdata.eTD?documentid=4363.

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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2005.
Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 61 p. : ill. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 54-58).
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Walker, William Bruce. "Computer mediated communication for health behavior change." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/49906.

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A computer-mediated communication (CMC) system oriented towards changing health-related behavior was developed and evaluated. Stress management training was used to demonstrate the basic technology. Formative research and pilot-testing was conducted, to identify psychological and communication variables that are potentially critical to facilitating behavior change through the CMC medium. The resulting system was used to compare two forms of CMC training with face-to-face intervention: CMC Intensive Intervention (CII) and CMC Non-Intensive Intervention (CNI), with 9 matched subjects per treatment condition. CII subjects used their personal computers and modems to exchange messages with a therapist (the author), as well as to interact with automated system functions. Such functions included cognitive/behavioral assessment, l recording of self-monitored progress in applying specific and general coping strategies to managing stress, and instantaneous graphic and verbal feedback on such progress. The CNI form of intervention relied primarily on message exchanges with the therapist, and presentation of general information on stress management. The face-to-face (FFI) treatment was a "traditional" stress management workshop, comprising weekly one-hour sessions over a six-week period. FFI subjects’ assessment, information presentation, self-monitoring, and feedback were analogous to their CII counterparts. Major findings were that the CII treatment was as effective as the FFI treatment, while the CNI intervention was less effective than the other two treatments, through 3 months follow-up. This finding suggests that active involvement of subjects in practicing specific coping strategies may be critical to efficacious intervention through the CMC medium. Other findings were that: (1) The CMC message-exchange function can establish a "client-therapist relationship", which potentially overcomes a limitation of "computerized treatment" identified by previous researchers. (2) CMC-based intervention, at least for stress management-related problems, appears to be more cost-effective than face-to-face intervention, for individual treatment but not for group treatment. Implications for extensions to other types of behavior-change intervention and research are discussed.
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Dodd, Julia. "Theories of Behavior Change and Motivational Interviewing." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7346.

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Dodd, Julia. "Theories of Behavior Change and Motivational Interviewing." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7349.

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Lai, Chi Leung. "Technological change and impact on employee behavior /." View abstract or full-text, 2008. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?ISOM%202008%20LAI.

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Glenn, Tracy A. "The recategorization of "chaos" : a case study of language change and theory change /." Thesis, This resource online, 1990. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11242009-020011/.

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Moscoso, Manolete S. "Toward a cognitive analysis of behavioral change: the pro active social behavior." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 1996. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/101192.

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This article presents an analysis of the pro active social behavior construct based on the sociallearning theory. Self efficacy is briefly reviewed and discussed in the context of Bandura' s conceptual work. Reference is made to cognitive variables such as values and beliefs, as fundamental principies in the development of the pro active social behavior. I examine che distinctions between fears of failure, success, and rejection as they relate to the process of self sabotage. Comments are made on the transformation of meaning and its benefits on fear extinction. Finally, I briefly describe the principies of the associative neurophysiological conditioning as a therapeutic program for the management of emocional states by the individual.
Este artículo presenta un análisis del Comportamiento Social Pro Activo utilizando como modelo la teoría del aprendizaje social. Se revisa el concepto de autoeficacia, originalmente propuesto por Bandura, y se hace referencia a variables de tipo cognitivo tales como los sistemas de valores y creencias. Se examinan las distinciones entre el temor al fracaso, al éxito, al rechazo, y su relación con el proceso de autosabotaje. Asimismo se discute la importancia de la transformación del significado y sus beneficios en la extinción del temor. Se presenta un modelo conceptual del control de los estados emocionales y sus implicancias en el proceso de la acción. Finalmente, se describen las premisas fundamentales del Condicionamiento Neurofisiológico Asociativo como un programa terapéutico que facilita el manejo de los estados emocionales de la persona.
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Cavanagh, Kevin V. "GAMIFICATION AS A VEHICLE TO ENCOURAGE BEHAVIOR CHANGE." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1554377747022203.

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Wiard, Theodore John. "Leadership Behaviors in the Midst of an Organizational Change Initiative| A Case Study." Thesis, Grand Canyon University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10826393.

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The purpose of this qualitative, single case study was to understand leadership behaviors that motivate internal stakeholders to trust a leader’s vision, embrace change, facilitate employee willingness to passionately implement actions needed for an organizational change initiative and willingly sustain a change initiative. A sample of 20 internal stakeholders was studied, five leaders and 15 followers within an organization of 800+ employees, located in the southwestern region of the United States, which is currently undergoing a change initiative. The research questions were based upon Kurt Lewin’s three-step model of change: unfreezing, transitioning, and refreezing. This research asked how leadership behaviors facilitated employee willingness to trust a leader’s vision and embrace change, passionately implement actions needed for a change, and sustain a change initiative, making an implemented initiative the new normal for the organization. Three themes emerged to address the research questions: 1) know your audience and walk your talk; 2) communication, vision, trust, and buy-in; and 3) residual passion and perseverance. Findings suggested that leadership behaviors influence internal stakeholders in relation to a change initiative and that leaders who are hands-on, consistent, and demonstrate a clear vision increased the possibility of gleaning passion and trust to increase the potential for success during an organizational change initiative.

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Flemons, Douglas Garfield. "Connection and completion : configurations of change." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26813.

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This thesis attempts to construct a conceptual map for thinking about family therapy in a recursive way. The axes used for this map are 1) the Taoist philosophy of change in the Chinese classic I Ching, and 2) the cybernetic epistemology of Gregory Bateson. Each is used to help explicate the other. The relational character of patterned change in the I Ching is explored in depth from five different perspectives. The first discusses the elusive and paradoxical subject of the Tao, the meta-pattern which interweaves stability and change, and connects all living systems in a dynamic recursive balance. The Tao is process, the context of all change, and is closely related to Bateson's notion of immanent Mind. The second perspective examines the nature of the relationship between yin and yang, the complementary opposites that are both distinct (separate) and mutually dependent (connected). The relation between connection and separation is the basis of the recursive balance of life and death, and is an important theme in therapy. The third perspective presents a model for the understanding of gradual development and sudden transformation as part of a cyclic process of completion. Like a plant going to seed, the maturation of a situation or relationship heralds both death and renewal. But such completion is only possible when there is a flowing connection between parts of the system. The counsellor uses various techniques for helping the family connect in ways which allow old patterns to disperse and new ones to emerge. There are some indications that the authors of the I Ching were directly influenced by the Chinese philosophy of music. The fourth perspective discusses this possibility in some depth and then turns to modern jazz theory as a means of characterizing the relationship between family and therapist, and of explaining the way change is introduced into the therapeutic system. The fifth perspective explains the nature of the I Ching's curious diagrams of change known as "hexagrams." Based on the relation between yin and yang, and illustrated with mantic, philosophical, and poetic phrases, hexagrams, in both structure and image, are metaphoric expressions of process and connection. The thesis concludes with a case-history of a dysfunctional family and a description of their changes In terms of the principles outlined in the previous chapters.
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Flack, Elizabeth F. "The differential characteristics between transformational change experiences and volitional change in recovering substance dependent individuals." View electronic thesis, 2008. http://dl.uncw.edu/etd/2008-1/flacke/elizabethflack.pdf.

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Fridner, Thomas. "What Facilitates Client Motivation for Change? : A critical look at self-determined behavior change." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för kommunikation och information, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-5168.

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Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a client-centered, directive approach for behavior change. Self-Determination Theory (SDT) is a theory of human motivation and self-determined growth. Both of these social-cognitive theories aim to explain motivation and health behavior change and have generated a lot of research on how to increase human motivation. However, MI lacks a definite theory on mechanisms of behavior change and SDT offers a theory of motivation based on extensive research on human interactions. This paper aims to critically look at facilitators of client motivation for behavior change in-session from a social-cognitive perspective on one hand, and neural correlates related to client behavior change on the other hand. MI and SDT somewhat similarly explain what most importantly determines client motivation for change in-session. However, SDT mainly focus on psychological needs such as fostering client autonomy, and MI focus on the therapeutic alliance and on generating client change talk in-session. Efforts to bridge the two methods aim at generating a clearer definition of motivation in MI, and a better framework of practice in SDT. Studies on neural correlates of behavior change support and challenge elements of both approaches, indicating the importance of autonomy and relatedness for motivating positive behavior change.
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Drummond, Geoffrey, and n/a. "Understanding organisation culture, leadership, conflict, and change." Swinburne University of Technology, 1996. http://adt.lib.swin.edu.au./public/adt-VSWT20060821.092317.

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While many studies have been carried out on organizational culture, leadership, conflict and change, mostly from an instrumentalist perspective, studies have left unanswered the question of how they are related. This thesis employs narrative theory and especially that of Ricoeur together with the social theory of Bourdieu. By considering organization culture (and its sub cultures) as being configured by multiple narratives; leaders as enacting or developing narratives; conflict as the attempt by one or more persons to impose their narratives on others as the correct interpretation of a given situation; and change as the adoption of new narratives it has been possible to impart new understandings to these concepts. Extensions are offered of the narrative theory of Ricoeur and the social theory of Bourdieu (which has strong implications for culture and the operation of power). They are then combined and applied to a narrative presentation of empirical data. This new or extended theory has powerful explanatory value with regard to the relationship between the chosen organisational aspects. Emphasis is given to the dynamic interplay which prevails between the individual (habitus) and the organisation (field).
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Harris, Devian K. "The Politicization of Climate Change." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2012. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/political_science_theses/49.

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For decades, rhetoric has been utilized by both politicians and those in the scientific community to convey either support for or denial of the existence of climate change. This study combined two forms of rhetoric in the forms of both framing and politicization to determine which form of rhetoric is most powerful in influencing a person’s attitudes and behavioral intentions. Pro climate change frames are expected to increase support for climate change action, while anti climate change politicization is expected to decrease support for climate change action. The results of this study show that select frames have the intended effect of influence on increasing support for climate change measures. Surprisingly, the results also show that politicization that questions the science of climate change has the power to both increase and decrease support for attitudinal measures with regard to climate change.
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Dombroski, Janet K. "Exercise behavior among women post-myocardial infraction : applying the transtheoretical model of behavior change /." View online ; access limited to URI, 2006. http://0-digitalcommons.uri.edu.helin.uri.edu/dissertations/AAI3248227.

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Beckner, Rebecca. "Young children at-risk for externalizing behavior problems examination of behavior change utilizing universal positive behavior support strategies /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4691.

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The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on January 29, 2007) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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AlDossari, Sultan. "Overcoming resistance to change in Saudi Arabian organizations| A correlation study between resistance to change and organizational justice." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10251268.

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After 12 years of negotiation, Saudi Arabia joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2005. The impact of joining the WTO has caused many Saudi organizations to change some of their old ways to keep up with competition from all around the world. Foreign investments created a healthy competition that encouraged Saudi Arabian organizations to change, adapt, and thrive in the market. With the need for change, Saudi Arabian organizations are facing employees’ resistance for unknown reasons. The purpose of this study was to analyze the reasons behind resistance to change in Saudi Arabian organizations and suggest approaches to minimize resistance and facilitate successful organizational change. Many researchers have found a relationship between organizational justice and employees’ behavior, especially during organizational change. Additionally, Saudi Arabian culture influences employees’ behavior towards change. Therefore, this correlational study examine the relationship between resistance to change and organizational justice, as well as the relationship between resistance to change and demographic measures in one Saudi Arabian organization. The scales that were used in this study are pre-existing and have been tested for validity and reliability. To measure resistance to change, the researcher used Oreg’s (2003) Resistance to Change Scale, which divides resistance to change into four factors (routine seeking, emotional reaction, short-term focus, and cognitive rigidity), and Colquitt’s (2001) Organizational Justice Scale, which divides organizational into four dimensions (distributive, procedural, interpersonal, and informational). A total of 55 completed surveys were collected with 76.4% male respondents, and 85.5% under the age of 40 years old, which showed how young and male dominant the workforce is in Saudi Arabia. The study concluded that the organizational justice dimensions of procedural and interpersonal justice have a negative significant relationship with employees’ resistance, especially the short-term focus factor. Moreover, from the demographic measures, the age factor also had a significant negative relationship with resistance to change, mostly with the short-term focus factor.

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Bell, Matthew Clay. "Response strength and resistance to change /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC IP addresses, 1997. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p9732717.

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Dyer, Edwin J. "A further analysis of parents as behavior change agents." abstract and full text PDF (free order & download UNR users only), 2007. http://0-gateway.proquest.com.innopac.library.unr.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1442883.

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Silva, Juliana de Sales. "ICMS - load and net change in behavior final consumer." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2011. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=9846.

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This study aims to analyze the motivation and the effects of Law n 14237 of November 10, 2008, published in the Official Gazette of the State of 11.13.2008, which created the ICMS - Cargo Net, charged in interstate operations aimed to individuals and companies without state registration. It is pointed out as reasons for the enactment of Law n 14.237/08 the evolution of electronic commerce in Brazil and the macroeconomic scenario of the State of CearÃ, analysis of the Gross Domestic Product, the total tax collection, specifically the Tax on Circulation of Goods and Services â ICMS, plus interstate transactions conducted in the state of Ceara. Then presents arguments that call into question the legality of Law n 14.237/08, since their field of focus is not contemplated in the Constitution of Brazil. Finally, we analyze the effects of this charge to the consumer - an individual. For this purpose, we use the methodology, statistical inference with data collected by the IBGE and Ministry of Finance of the State of CearÃ
O presente trabalho se propÃe a analisar a motivaÃÃo e os efeitos da Lei n 14.237, de 10 de novembro de 2008, publicada no DiÃrio Oficial do Estado de 13/11/2008, que criou o ICMS â Carga LÃquida, cobrado nas operaÃÃes interestaduais destinadas Ãs pessoas fÃsicas e jurÃdicas sem inscriÃÃo estadual. Aponta-se como motivaÃÃo da ediÃÃo da Lei n 14.237/08 a evoluÃÃo do comÃrcio eletrÃnico no Brasil e o cenÃrio macroeconÃmico do Estado do Cearà com anÃlise do Produto Interno Bruto, da arrecadaÃÃo total de impostos, especificamente do Imposto sobre CirculaÃÃo de Mercadorias e ServiÃos â ICMS, e ainda das transaÃÃes interestaduais realizadas no Estado do CearÃ. Em seguida, apresentamos argumentos que pÃem em dÃvida a legalidade da Lei n 14.237/08, posto que o seu campo de incidÃncia nÃo està contemplado na ConstituiÃÃo Federal do Brasil. Ao final, sÃo analisados os efeitos dessa cobranÃa para o consumidor final â pessoa fÃsica. Para tanto, utilizamos como metodologia a inferÃncia estatÃstica com dados coletados junto ao IBGE e Secretaria da Fazenda do Estado do CearÃ.
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Sunio, Varsolo Cornago. "Mobility Behavior Change Support System for Sustainable Campus Commuting." Kyoto University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/232019.

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Sarma, Bandita. "Towards Resistance Detection in Health Behavior Change Dialogue Systems." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2015. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc804981/.

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One of the challenges fairly common in motivational interviewing is patient resistance to health behavior change. Hence, automated dialog systems aimed at counseling patients need to be capable of detecting resistance and appropriately altering dialog. This thesis focusses primarily on the development of such a system for automatic identification of patient resistance to behavioral change. This enables the dialogue system to direct the discourse towards a more agreeable ground and helping the patient overcome the obstacles in his or her way to change. This thesis also proposes a dialogue system framework for health behavior change via natural language analysis and generation. The proposed framework facilitates automated motivational interviewing from clinical psychology and involves three broad stages: rapport building and health topic identification, assessment of the patient’s opinion about making a change, and developing a plan. Using this framework patients can be encouraged to reflect on the options available and choose the best for a healthier life.
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Elcoro, Mirari. "Delayed disruption of temporally controlled behavior." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2008. https://eidr.wvu.edu/etd/documentdata.eTD?documentid=5793.

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Dotzauer, Dominik [Verfasser], and Karl-Heinz [Akademischer Betreuer] Schulz. "Health Behaviour Change – Theories and Models : Current application and future directions for reliable health behavior change / Dominik Dotzauer ; Betreuer: Karl-Heinz Schulz." Hamburg : Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg, 2018. http://d-nb.info/1151638927/34.

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Valentine, Michael. "Influencing Behavior During Planned Culture Change: A Participatory Action Research Case Study." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1477515899946831.

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Krebs, Paul Michael. "Computerized, tailored, theory-based interventions for health behavior change : a comprehensive meta-analysis /." View online ; access limited to URI, 2007. http://0-digitalcommons.uri.edu.helin.uri.edu/dissertations/AAI3276990.

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Higdon, Lora Elizabeth. "Change management for small business leaders." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10182301.

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Small business owners face challenges associated with leading change, and many times lack the necessary resources to manage it properly. The purpose of this descriptive qualitative study was to determine what challenges leaders of small businesses face in managing change, what strategies and practices those leaders employ, and how the leaders of small businesses measure success in managing change. This study also determined what advice leaders of small businesses would suggest for managing change. Four research questions were created to assist with this process, and 13 semi-structured interviews were conducted in various cities throughout the state of Michigan. The participants were small business owners of privately held American companies that had been in business for a minimum of 5 years. Twelve interview questions were asked to answer the 4 research questions. Many themes emerged. Some of the challenges that participants face while managing change are resistance to change, communication issues, lack of confidence, lack of resources, lack of knowledge/experience, absence of strategy, conflicts of interest, and lack of emotional intelligence. The participants shared many different strategies for successful management of change and also offered their lessons learned over the years. The main overall theme presented by all of the participants in this study was the importance of knowledge and experience for management of change in small businesses.

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Armstrong, Colin Andrew. "The stages of change in exercise adoption and adherence : evaluation of measures with self-report and objective data /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p9904722.

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Mackert, Marc. "Conductivity for schematic conversion : a new conceptualization for resistance to organizational change /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3025637.

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Kristjánsson, Sveinbjörn. "Skin cancer prevention : readiness to change sun-related behaviours /." Stockholm, 2004. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2004/91-7349-895-5/.

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Nahom, Deborah. "The process of change in helping relationships /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/11167.

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Kasten-Daryanani, R. Amrit. "Poetic leadership a territory of aesthetic consciousness and change /." [Yellow Springs, Ohio] : Antioch University, 2007. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc_num=antioch1210204925.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Antioch University, 2008.
Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Aug. 4, 2008). Advisor: Carolyn Kenny. "A dissertation submitted to the Ph. D. in Leadership and Change program of Antioch University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy October, 2007"--The title page. Keywords: consciousness, leadership, poetry, aesthetics, emotion, group consciousness, poetic consciousness, theory. Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-208).
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Satterwhite, Robert C. "Job category, adaptation to change, and person-job fit." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/29559.

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Phillips, Tobe M. "Individual Behavior Change in the Context of Organization Change: Towards Validation of the Transtheoretical Model of Change in an Organizational Environment." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2004. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4686/.

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A review of literature indicates limited effort to understand and explain employees' acclimation to, and adoption of, new behaviors required by organization change initiatives. Psychological theories of individual behavior change have, in restricted instances, been applied into organizational environments. The transtheoretical model of change (TTM) offers a comprehensive explanation of behavior change uniting multiple theories of individual change. TTM describes change as a series of stages that individual progress through before arriving at the decision to implement a change in behavior. Movement through the stages is facilitated by processes which increase the probability of a behavior change effort's success. The present research investigated the potential applicability of TTM for explaining individual level change within a new context, specifically, an organizational environment. To examine if individual change in the context of an organization occurs in the fashion described by TTM, measures of core TTM constructs were delivered to employees in a water department of a city in the American southwest. The water department was immersed in an organization change initiative necessitating individual behavior change by its employees. Results of TTM core construct measures and their relationships with each other and the stages of change were examined. Initial findings are indicative of TTM's potential applicability as a description of behavior change within an organizational context. Implications of these findings, potential applications, imitations of the current research, and recommendations for future research are discussed.
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Taylor, C. A. "Investigating fidelity of health behaviour change interventions in general practice." Thesis, Coventry University, 2012. http://curve.coventry.ac.uk/open/items/961d5cd9-b24d-4b0b-8be5-2010a539b7ab/1.

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The aims of this thesis are to investigate the factors influencing treatment fidelity of health behaviour change (HBC) interventions. The thesis will focus on HBC interventions delivered by practice nurses (PNs) and health care assistants (HCAs) to patients within general practice, although the findings will be explored within the context of the wider treatment fidelity literature. The thesis comprises five studies, focussed on exploring, enhancing and assessing fidelity of delivery and receipt of HBC interventions. Through developing an enhanced understanding of these areas of treatment fidelity, the thesis will also make recommendations for strategies to enhance and assess fidelity of delivery and receipt of future HBC interventions. Study one is a meta-synthesis of qualitative studies that explored the views and experiences of nurses who had delivered HBC interventions with a focus on how this can inform future delivery of HBC interventions. Study two is an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of PNs’/HCAs’ experiences of helping patients to change their health behaviours within the context of their routine care, and before and after delivery of an intervention to facilitate increased walking. Study three reports a quantitative assessment of delivery of intervention techniques to facilitate increased walking, as specified in an intervention protocol, by PNs/HCAs. Study four explores PNs’/HCAs’ views and experiences of the factors that influenced their delivery of the walking intervention. Study five investigates treatment receipt, by exploring patients’ understanding of, and experiences of receiving the walking intervention. The key findings from this research are that delivery and receipt of HBC interventions within general practice are influenced by a range of factors that include the providers’ confidence and skills, the patients’ expectations and/or engagement with the intervention and the general practice within which the intervention is delivered. A number of these factors are difficult to influence and so research teams need to develop a range of strategies to enhance delivery and receipt of HBC interventions. These may include appropriate preparation for providers to deliver the intervention, the provision of a simple intervention resource to support delivery of the intervention and the development of strategies to enhance patients’ understanding of intervention techniques.
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Mayor, S. Luis Iván. "The change in addictive behaviors." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2013. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/100295.

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Mental health professionals could be interested in finding how inappropriate behavior could be modified, especially when there are people that changes without treatment. This article explains how people change with a transteorical model of stages and processes. Psychological research shows that there are five stages in behavior modification: pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action and maintenance. Besides, subjects have common processes in every stage.
Concita el interés de los profesionales de la salud mental el descubrir cómo se modifican los comportamientos desadaptativos, más aún existiendo gente que cambia sin tratamiento. Este artículo explica, a partir de un modelo transteórico de etapas y procesos, cómo cambia la gente. Las investigaciones, cada vez más, corroboran que en la modificación de los comportamientos existen 5 etapas: precontemplación, contemplación, preparación, acción y mantenimiento. Además los sujetos siguen procesos comunes en cada una de estas etapas.
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Ball, Melanie A. "Self-efficacy, hardiness, and the stages of exercise behavior change." Virtual Press, 1998. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1115738.

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Prior research involving self-efficacy, hardiness, and the stages of exercise behavior change has been limited. This study attempted to determine if differences existed in self-efficacy for exercise, hardiness, and the components of hardiness (control, commitment, and challenge) in individuals at the preparation, action, and maintenance stages of exercise behavior change. Stages of Exercise Behavior Change, Exercise Self-Efficacy, and the Personal Views Survey were used to assess the individuals' stage of exercise behavior, self-efficacy for exercise, hardiness and the components of hardiness levels. The researcher found significant differences in self-efficacy across the three stages of exercise behavior. Specifically, individuals in the preparation, or third stage of change, had significantly lower levels of self-efficacy than those in the action and maintenance stages. The researcher found no significant differences in hardiness, or the components of hardiness, across the preparation, action, and maintenance stages of exercise behavior change.
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Hagler, Athena S. "Mediators of dietary behavior change among overweight and obese women /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF formate. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2006. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3236640.

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Wang, Yunlong [Verfasser]. "Designing Digital Health Interventions for Sedentary Behavior Change / Yunlong Wang." Konstanz : KOPS Universität Konstanz, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1198680180/34.

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Wolfe, Dianna K. "Autonomy : behavior change in nurses after continuing professional education program." Virtual Press, 1999. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1159137.

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The purpose of the study was to determine how participation in a three and one-half hour continuing professional education program (CPE) influenced the nursing practice of 51 nurses three months later. The study sample was 45 staff nurses and six nurse managers.Four variables were measured using questionnaires before, immediately after, and three months after the CPE program. The variables measured were (a)"the characteristics of continuing professional education program, (b) the characteristics of individual professional, (c) the nature of the proposed change, and (d) the social system in which the professional must implement the behavior change" (Cervero, 1985, p.87). Qualitative data were collected using open-ended statements to ascertain how the content of the CPE program was useful in practice. Nurse managers were surveyed to ascertain their judgements about autonomy and empowerment levels of the nurses.Findings revealed significant positive relationship between behavior change, autonomy, and the variables the nature of the proposed change, empowerment, and the motivational levels of the 51 nurses. Characteristics of the social system and the CPE program were not found to be significantly related to behavior change. No significant differences were found between motivation levels of participants from before the CPE to three months later.Responses to the open-ended statements revealed four themes: the importance nurses placed on meeting the needs of patients, nurses were flexible and accepted change, nurses had positive perceptions about nursing, and nurses felt frustrated and inadequate. Judgements revealed in the responses of the nurse managers before and three months after the CPE program have significant implications for nurse managers when attempting to change nursing practice.
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Bell, Stephen Spencer. "Design Input Index as a predictor of project change behavior." Thesis, Springfield, Virginia: Available from National Technical Information Service, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/28107.

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Dunham, Angela Wood. "An Instrument for Measuring Behavior Change Among Low-Income Youth." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35668.

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The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) and its youth component, 4-H EFNEP, were established nationwide by the Cooperative Extension Service in 1969. 4-H EFNEP provides nutrition education to low-income youth, aged 5 to 19 years; however, there has been no standard instrument to evaluate behavior change among participants in Virginia or nationwide. A 24-item Youth Food Behavior Checklist (YFBC) was developed based on 13 topics and food-related behaviors taught in 4-H EFNEP. Data were collected on 47 youth enrolled in 4-H EFNEP in the summer of 1998. The YFBC was tested for test-retest reliability and ability of each item and the total instrument to detect change from pre- to post-intervention. The YFBC demonstrated good test-retest reliability with a Pearson Correlation of 0.81. Overall, the YFBC demonstrated sensitivity to detect change in nutrition behaviors, by showing positive change for some items and negative change for other items in all but nine of the participants. The YFBC also appeared to successfully measure behaviors taught in 4-H EFNEP lessons, as questions regarding only two topics did not demonstrate change from pre- to post-intervention. Since not all checklist items showed significant positive change from pre- to post-intervention, the YFBC should be tested again with a larger sample and in situations where the intervention and the administration of the instrument are better controlled. This would increase the power of the study and the credibility of the YFBC as an assessment instrument for wider use in 4-H EFNEP.
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Crocco, Oliver S. "Learning, Development, and Change in a Community-Based Enterprise in Myanmar." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10785241.

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The purpose of this qualitative case study was to understand the process of learning and organization development and change (ODC) in a community-based enterprise in Myanmar as impacted by a certificate program in organizational development. Decades of military rule, civil war, and limited access to high-quality health and education services led to the creation of over 200,000 community-based organizations and enterprises in Myanmar. One initiative to support development and change in these organizations was the Payap University-International Rescue Committee Certificate Program in Organizational Development that was offered to members of over 100 organizations in Southeast Myanmar and along the Thai-Myanmar border from 2014-2017.

One exemplary organization that had four members participate in the certificate program was selected for this study, and data were collected over a four-week period through interviews, observations, documents, and a focus group. The primary research question framing this study addressed how the process of learning and ODC occurred in this organization as impacted by the certificate program.

The following three categories emerged from the data analysis: learning from the certificate program, the process of learning and change, and evidence for change. These findings led to an understanding of the essence of the process of learning and change, first through the diffusion of learning in the organization as a driver of development and change, and then through an open-systems change model including its inputs, changes processes, and outputs. In addition to the certificate program as an input to development and change processes, this study showed the importance of political and economic changes, culture, and organization characteristics as antecedents to change. This research highlighted the centrality of social learning through role modeling in the diffusion of learning and demonstrated the importance of buy-in from the organization’s members as well as their perceived alignment of the change efforts with the needs or the organization.

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