Dissertations / Theses: 'Environmental psychology'

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Hunter, Katie. "Environmental Psychology in Classroom Design." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1131581482.

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Sadza, Peter Bernard. "Environmental Hypocrisy--or Environmental Quota?" W&M ScholarWorks, 2010. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626641.

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Strong, Rebecca Sarah Boyd. "Interior design : psychology and the creation of environmental experience." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.367169.

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Johns, Sarah Elizabeth. "Environmental risk and the evolutionary psychology of teenage motherhood." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.271862.

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Larsson, Marie-France. "Validation Study of a Virtual Laboratory for Research in Environmental Psychology." Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskap, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-13267.

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The aim of this study was to validate the use of a virtual environment (VE) for psychological research. A study made by Maslow and Mintz (1956) in which they found that a room’s aesthetic affects how participants estimate pictures of people was replicated using a VE. A picture of a beautiful room and a picture of an ugly room were projected on an angled screen measuring 185 cm in height and 405 cm in width as to attempt to replicate the effect found in the original study. A total of 31 participants were tested in either the beautiful or the ugly environment. A t-test revealed no significant difference between the groups on the total score given on the pictures. However, a mixed-model ANOVA revealed several significant differences and interaction effects. The results of this study suggest that VE’s could be valid for psychological research, in particular environmental psychological experiments, but that more investigations are needed in order to understand this instrument better.

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Jurin, Richard R. "College students' environmental belief and value structures, and relationship of these structures to reported environmental behavior /." Connect to resource, 1995. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1239368109.

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David, Baylah 1942. "Addiction and environment: A test of restricted environmental stimulation therapy." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/282129.

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The research reported consists of the study of the application of Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy (REST), a form of sensory restriction, as a technique to supplement conventional outpatient treatment of alcohol and drug dependence in preventing relapse to substance abuse. Through a thorough review of the literature in several addictions, alcohol, drugs, tobacco, food, the proposition is put forth that there may be a neurological relationship between anomalous laterality, field dependency and addiction. By applying REST, a technique which has been already researched in the treatment of various forms of tobacco addiction and eating disorders, as a treatment to reinforce new found abstinence from alcohol and drug abuse, a test is made indirectly of the hypothesis that there is a commonality to the spectrum of addictions which is impacted by the application of 24 hours of sensory restriction. Thirty-one subjects, who had been enrolled for 3 to 8 weeks in outpatient treatment for alcohol and/or drug dependence, were recruited from several treatment programs in Tucson, Arizona, and participated in the study's pre-test. Through severe attrition a total of 12 subjects completed three questionnaires over a two month follow-up period. Of those, seven subjects, randomly selected, spent 24 hours in a soundproof, dark room. Five control subjects completed all questionnaires while participating in their pre-existing treatment programs. A disproportionate percentage of the twenty males completing the pretest were found to be mixed laterals while ten females reported an inordinate number of left-handed male relatives. Findings support the thesis that various addictions share a common neurological basis. Two months after the pre-test the treatment group reported having more confidence they would be able to resist the urge to use drugs than did the control group. Due to the small sample size, no other statistically significant effects of the REST treatment were found. In spite of that fact, results are promising in support of the thesis that REST is a viable tool in reinforcing abstinence from alcohol and drugs.

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Trisler, Carmen Ehrhardt. "Characterization of environmental locus of control and responsible environmental behavior in third grade students /." The Ohio State University, 1994. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487854314873621.

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Cubukcu, Ebru. "Investigating wayfinding using virtual environments." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1070246663.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2003. Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xx, 182 p.; also includes graphics (some col.). Includes abstract and vita. Advisor: Jack L. Nasar, City and Regional Planning Dept. Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-135).

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Akula, Mohan Kumar 1978. "Performance and functional enhancement of artificial market psychology simulator." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/30139.

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Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2004. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 65). Artificial Market Psychology Simulator (AMPS) is an adaptive and programmable simulation system designed to assist researchers in the study of psychology of securities traders. It forms a part of the larger system that includes the MIT Web Market - a double-auction engine for securities trading and RStudio - a physiology data acquisition software. The AMPS system controls price patterns and induces market events in an adaptive fashion. This research improves the performance and functioning of AMPS by generating realistic market scenarios in response to the trading subject's physiological feedback during the simulation process. Despite the subject's knowledge of the simulated system, AMPS generates market scenarios such that the trading subject can attach credibility to these events and respond accordingly. The adaptive nature of AMPS can be attributed to its ability to adjust market response based on observed physiological characteristics of the research subject. Another improvement is the integration of AMPS with RStudio. The simulation system uses real-time market and physiology data provided by the MIT Web Market and RStudio respectively. A prototypical scenario that represents a research subject's typical emotional states in response to market volatility during the simulation process has also been modeled. One specific software challenge is the integration of RStudio - written in C++, and AMPS - written in JAVA. Another challenge is that AMPS system needs to be modified to reflect different rule sets for different class of users based on their physiological response. The logging system for errors and events has been improved while the error and exception handling has been structured and streamlined as well. by Mohan Kumar Akula. M.Eng.

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Lykes, Valerie A. "Local environmental attitudes, global environmental attitudes, and religion| An analysis in 47 nations." Thesis, University of Nevada, Reno, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10126141.

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Religion as culture shapes the worldview of its subscribers and thence attitude formation and preferences of individuals towards many topics including the environment. Research interest in the impact of religion soared in the late 1960s, in response to White's (1967) article in Science claiming that a huge burden of guilt for the environment crisis rested on the shoulders of Christianity. Although this Dominion Hypothesis highlights the contrast between Christianity and other religions, the contrast has not been addressed in systematic comparative cross-national research assessing whether Christians hold more negative environmental attitudes than other world religions. This dissertation fills that research gap. The Dominion Hypothesis does not exhaust the potential impacts of religion on environmentalism. For example, social psychology posits the importance of experience as well as of culture on attitudes about matters one encounters directly, so the dissertation posits the Direct Experience Hypothesis and confirms the differentiation of local from global environmental attitudes. Moreover, social psychology also directs our attention to the Reverence Hypothesis, that a subjective side effect of religiosity is reverence and responsibility for nature. To address the Dominion Hypothesis that Christians hold less environmentalist attitudes than their peers in other religious traditions, the direct experience effect, and the Reverence Hypothesis, this dissertation includes descriptive analysis, psychometric scale evaluations, OLS regression, and multilevel modeling of data from the pooled World Values Survey/European Values Survey. Findings are mixed on the Dominion Hypothesis, but consistently support the Direct Experience and Reverence Hypotheses.

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Ashford, Paul. "Social psychological dimensions in environmental response." Thesis, University of Surrey, 1994. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/804430/.

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Grannis, Margaret S. "The primacy of affect in environmental response : identifying environmental preferences using experimental priming with optimal and suboptimal stimulus exposures /." The Ohio State University, 2000. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1488192960166533.

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Thomas, Erica. "Habit, cognition and the environment : the influence of psychosocial and perceived environmental factors on children's physical activity." Thesis, University of Worcester, 2011. http://eprints.worc.ac.uk/2331/.

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Physical activity determinant studies now often include both environmental and socio-cognitive factors but few of them acknowledge and explore the mechanisms underlying relevant environmental influences. This thesis addressed the gap in current knowledge by exploring pathways linking the environment and physical activity in children beyond the limits of models such as the Theory of Planned Behaviour (Ajzen, 1991), by examining the more complex automatic and habitual mechanisms underlying this behaviour. First, a TPB questionnaire was developed to assess physical activity cognitions in children (study 1). This was followed by a psychometric evaluation of the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Children (PAQ-C) (Crocker, Bailey, Faulkner, Kowlaski & McGrath, 1997) (study 2). Building on the first two studies, study 3 utilized these measures to delineate the mechanisms linking the environment and physical activity in children. Results showed that nearly 43% of the association between convenient facilities and physical activity intentions could be explained by subjective norms (16.7%) and habit strength (26.2%), while 15% of the association between convenient facilities and physical activity could be explained by habit strength alone. Study 3 provided the impetus for the development, implementation and evaluation of a theory based cluster randomised control trail to increase physical activity in children (study 4). Results revealed a significant increase in PAQ-C scores for those in the intervention group, however perceived access to convenient facilities and habit strength did not significantly increase as a result of the intervention and did not mediate the intervention effect. There was however some evidence that the intervention increased intention – behaviour consistency. The results demonstrate the importance of concepts such as environmental accessibility and habit strength in the prediction of children's physical activity, however further research is required to elucidate the role of these factors in producing intervention effects.

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Cocking, Christopher. "Raising awareness of global environmental change : a comparison of perceived efficacy of involvement in direct and indirect environmental collective action." Thesis, University of Surrey, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.298147.

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Osbaldiston, Richard. "Meta-analysis of the responsible environmental behavior literature /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3144447.

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Olekalns, Mara. "The representation of places : idiographic and nomothetic explorations of environmental perception and behaviour." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1985. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09pho46.pdf.

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Alvarado, Claudia. "ENVIRONMENTAL INGREDIENTS FOR DISASTER: DEVELOPING AND VALIDATING THE ALVARADO WORK ENVIRONMENT SCALE OF TOXICITY." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/406.

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Leadership has been a much studied area within industrial and organizational psychology. Recently, scholars have begun to focus on the negative side of leadership; however, a lack of research has limited our understanding of toxic leadership. One step forward in this domain has been the development of the toxic triangle, which posits that toxic leaders are aided by toxic followers with a toxic environment. Although the leader has been studied within this triangle, relatively little has been researched regarding the follower or the environment. Specifically, that there has been a lack of research in the organizational environment that allows the rise of toxic leaders is concerning. In this study, a toxic work environment scale was developed to help capture pieces of organizational environments that contribute to the rise of toxic leadership. A refined scale was used along with a qualitative piece. Four other scales were used to establish convergent and divergent validity. From the results of this study, although refinement is needed, support for three of the dimensions was found: favoritism, perceived threat, and overall organizational climate. Additionally, through the qualitative portion, additional themes that emerged (e.g., bullying) could be utilized in future use of measures to help assess toxic work environment features. Finally, I recommend that researchers interested in the toxic triangle endeavor to conduct studies that examine all elements simultaneously.

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Stahl, Naomi. "The Effects of Smoking Availability and Environmental Smoking Cues on Smoking Motivation." Thesis, American University, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13426874.

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Conditioned reactions (e.g., cravings) to drug-related stimuli (e.g., objects, emotions, or situations associated with drug taking) have been examined as a potential mechanism to explain the maintenance of drug use and relapse. There is evidence that the expectation that a drug is available for consumption can enhance reactivity to environmental drug stimuli as well as possibly serve as a conditioned stimulus in its own right. Prior studies have found that smokers report greater urges to smoke when they expect to smoke sooner (e.g., 20 minutes) than later (e.g., 3 hours), with greater reactions when smoking stimuli (e.g., pack of cigarettes) are present. However, reactions to extended delays before smoking is available have not been adequately investigated (e.g., delays greater than 4 hours). Using a between-subjects factorial design, daily smokers (N = 180; 112 male, 68 female) were randomized into one of six conditions in which instructions about the next available opportunity to smoke (20 minutes, 3 hours, or 24 hours) were cross with exposure to stimuli (smoking-related or neutral cues). Smoking urge, withdrawal, mood, and reaction time were assessed before and after the manipulation. Then all participants were told that they would have an opportunity to smoke and took part in a smoking versus money choice procedure for 50 minutes. Analyses revealed a main effect of availability on withdrawal symptoms, F(2,173) = 5.414, p < .001 and negative mood, F(2,173) = 8.725, p < .001, which were highly correlated (r = .87). Post-hoc comparisons revealed that those told 24 hours had significantly greater withdrawal symptoms and negative mood compared to those told 20 min and 3 hrs. No main effects of availability were found for urge, positive mood, or reaction time. There were also no main effects for smoking stimuli and no availability by smoking stimuli interactions. Participants who were initially exposed to neutral stimuli and then exposed to smoking stimuli during the choice procedure were more likely to smoke than those already exposed to smoking stimuli. A better understanding of the influence of cognitive and environmental stimuli on smoking motivation and behavior may inform the development of innovative cognitive behavioral treatment strategies for smoking cessation.

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Smith, William Ernest 1950. "THE USE OF VIDEOTAPE AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL PRESENTATION MEDIUM IN ENVIRONMENTAL PREFERENCE RESEARCH." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/275249.

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Beattie, Violet Emma. "The effects of environmental enrichment on the domestic pig." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.239002.

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Colebrook-Claude, Carnell. "Development and Validation of the Adolescent Internal Environmental Locus of Control Scale (AINELOC)." Thesis, Fielding Graduate University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10974518.

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This dissertation aims to validate the Adolescent Internal Environmental Locus of Control (AINELOC) scales (green consumer, activist, advocate, and recycling attitude). The AINELOC was developed based on the lack of applicability in the original Internal Environmental Locus of Control (INELOC) scale to the adolescent population. This opportunity to adjust the language to make it more accessible for adolescents resulted in the construction of the AINELOC tool to research adolescents’ reasoning and innate ability to make interpretations about beliefs and motivations regarding the environment. It was demonstrated that persons with greater levels of internal environmental locus of control have positive mindsets and beliefs that affect their well-being, behavior, and attitude toward the environment. Collectively, the literature in this research explored the role of LOC as a driving factor and a strong predictor in shaping an individual’s eco-centric thoughts and behavior. The factor structure of the AINELOC was examined and data collected from a sample of adolescents to validate the internal consistency of scales for this novel construct. Correlations between the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLOC) measure with the new AINELOC tool were conducted to provide substantiation for the convergent and discriminant validity of the AINELOC.

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Tochterman, Thomas L. "Environmental Leadership: Exploring Environmental Dissonance Involving Natural Resource Consumption and Ecosystem Degradation." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2624.

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As the corporate world, communities, and individuals become more globalized and demands on natural resources increase, a new emphasis on environmental leadership including a new pragmatic environmental ethos is needed to meet certain basic human needs of future generations. The research problem addressed in this study was the lack of knowledge concerning how environmental cognitive dissonance influences consumption practices related to inefficient resource utilization and ecosystem degradation. The purpose of this study was to provide an understanding of the breadth and depth of environmental cognitive dissonance among visitors to the Kruger National Park in South Africa. The research questions addressed the development, manifestation, and mitigation of environmental cognitive dissonance. This qualitative case study was designed for a purposeful sample of 12 participants visiting the Kruger National Park, South Africa. Data were collected via structured interviews, field observations, and questionnaires, and then were analyzed using a data spiral and cross case analysis. The dominant findings indicated that (a) awareness of personal values, culture, and perceptions of the environment were responsible for basic attitudes regarding the environment and consumption; (b) wasteful habits, excessive consumption, and market influences were juxtaposed with nostalgic/episodic memories and deep thoughts about personal consumptive habits; and (c) an interactive multisensory experience in a pristine and wild environment changed perceptions and values regarding ecosystems and ecosystem preservation. The results of this study could help stewards of natural resources develop a new understanding of consumptive behavior and a new consumer ethos of stewardship and environmental leadership, one that inspires healthy and sustainable ecosystems.

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Carnicella, Robert P. "The effect of environmental and psychological coping resources on unemployed adults' well-being." Thesis, State University of New York at Albany, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3606971.

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Gowan and Gatewood's (1997) theory of coping with job loss provided a framework for studying how individuals cope with the stress of unemployment. Previous empirical evidence identified social support and financial resources as predictors of unemployed adults' coping outcomes. McKee-Ryan, Song, Wanberg, and Kinicki (2005), however, noted the need for further research to better understand the environmental and psychological coping resources used by unemployed adults. Savickas (2005) hypothesized that individuals who endorse greater amounts of adaptable thinking about their careers will also report a greater sense of well-being during career transitions. Thus, the present study examined how environmental and psychological coping resources are related to unemployed adults' well-being. In particular, this study tested whether career adaptability mediated the relationships between environmental coping resources (i.e., social support and financial resources) and well-being. Using a sample of 207 unemployed adults, it was hypothesized that career adaptability would mediate the relationship between social support and well-being and between financial resources and well-being. The SEM analyses indicated problems with the fit of the hypothesized measurement model, and thus the hypotheses were unable to be tested. Limitations of the current study's findings are discussed to inform future research and theory building. In particular, characteristics of the current sample, measurement problems, and the possible mismatch between this study's sample and Gowan and Gatewood's (1997) coping with job loss theory are discussed.

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Aznar, Lain Susana. "Environmental and significant others' influences on children's physical activity behaviour." Thesis, University of Bristol, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.262816.

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Thomas, Brandon J. "The Independence of Animal-Neutral and -Referential Environmental Properties." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1470741055.

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Weiss, Alexander. "Genetic and environmental contributions to dominance and subjective well-being in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/279950.

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Zoo chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) are restricted in their choice of social and physical environments. This allows for a strong test of environmental predictors of happiness including the chimpanzee-environment fit and the degree of relatedness between a chimpanzee and its enclosure mates. The interrelatedness of zoo chimpanzees permit the study of genetic and environmental contributions to Dominance and subjective well-being (SWB) and their common genetic or environmental causes. Demographic predictors such as age and sex and environmental predictors such as density of males and females, density of male and female kin, and how similar in personality a chimpanzee was to other chimpanzees in its enclosure were tested first. A series of two-, three-, and four-way interactions was also tested. First, the effects of these predictors on Dominance were tested. Next, these effects were tested on SWB after the variance SWB shared with Dominance was removed. Eight behavioral genetic models were then tested. These models incorporated genetic and environmental variance and covariance components and any significant predictors that were discovered in the previous environmental analysis. The relationship between age and Dominance was positive and stronger for males than females. The relationship between age and SWB was negative. The genetic model that had the best fit and most parsimony included additive genetic effects and non-shared environmental effects for Dominance and SWB. Zoo effects were negligible. Finally, the genetic correlation between Dominance and SWB was almost entirely due to shared genes. These findings are consistent with a model positing that Dominance and SWB arise from a common temperament and are differentiated by nonshared environmental influences. They suggest that happiness in apes and humans may be a sexually selected fitness indicator.

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Wilmot, Dennis John. "Experimenter and mood influences in environmental research." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.363455.

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Nash, Bertha. "Environmental constraints on human memory." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1353341955.

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Wuertz, Tara Rae. "Personality Traits Associated with Environmental Concern." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/308.

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The 5 factor model of personality, including the traits of openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism, is a well-established theoretical model for describing how personality is structured. Hirsh (2010) demonstrated the big 5 personality traits, excluding extraversion, were correlated with pro-environmental attitudes. The purpose of this quantitative study was to replicate previous findings, and discover if there was a correlation with a person's pro-environmental behaviors and the big 5 personality traits. A total of 100 participants from an online participant pool completed a survey, which included the Environmental Concern Scale to measure concern and attitudes about the environment, and the General Ecological Behavior scale and the Self-Reported Pro-environmental Behavior Scale to measure participants' pro-environmental behaviors. Bivariate correlations and multiple regression were performed to determine the predictive relationship between personality traits and pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors. The trait of openness was significantly correlated with both pro-environmental attitudes, r(91) = .36, p < .01, and behaviors r(93) = .41, p < .01. Agreeableness was also significantly correlated with pro-environmental behaviors r(93) = .26, p <. 05. Multiple regression revealed that trait of openness was found to be a significant predictor of pro-environmental concern F(5, 87) = 3.69, p < .005, and behaviors F(5, 89) = 4.04, p < .002. The implications for positive social change include a better understanding for psychologists of which of the Big 5 personality traits are more likely to contribute in the participation preserving the environment.

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Schaffner, Angela D. "Social, environmental, and spritual factors in college adjustment." Virtual Press, 2005. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1317749.

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The primary purpose of this study was to examine the influence of sex, perceived social support from family and peers, negative life stress, psychological separation from mother and father, and spiritual well-being in predicting college adjustment. Additional goals of the study included examining the relationships between psychological separation from parents and spiritual well-being, as well as examining the influence of sex on perceived social support, negative life stress, psychological separation from parents, and spiritual well-being.The sample consisted of 100 undergraduate college students at a midsized, midwestern university. Participants completed a set of questionnaires, including a demographic questionnaire, Perceived Social Support Scale, Life Experiences Survey, Psychological Separation Inventory (Conflictual Independence subscale), Spiritual Well Being Scale, and Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire.The combination of the predictors in the study accounted for 33.9% of the variance in general college adjustment. Perceived social support from friends, spiritual well-being, and negative life stress were significant predictors (p<.05) of general college Social, adjustment. The combination of predictors in the study accounted for 31.9% of the variance in social college adjustment. Perceived social support from friends and spiritual well-being were significant predictors (p<.05) of social college adjustment.In addition, correlational data showed significant relationships between spiritual well-being and conflictual independence from both mother and father. Further, male sex was significantly, positively related to conflictual independence from father. Conceptual, research, and clinical implications are discussed. Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services

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Lee, Jae-Young. "A Cross-Cultural Investigation of College Students' Environmental Decision-Making Behavior: Interactions among Cultural, Environmental, Decisional, and Personal Factors." The Ohio State University, 2000. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1392299752.

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Mckenzie, Patsy. "Predictors of Likeliness to Engage in Radical Animal Rights and Environmental Activism." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1854.

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Radical animal rights and environmental activism is considered domestic terrorism under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. Traditional models of terrorism purport that there is a path to radicalization that is influenced by an individual's sense of identity and ideological beliefs. Using collective identity theory and cognitive experiential self-theory as the framework, the purpose of this quantitative study was to examine whether social identity, cognitive processing mode, and ideological beliefs were predictors for engagement in radical animal rights and environmental activism. The Three Factor Model of Social Identity Scale, the Rational Experiential Inventory, and the Activism Orientation Scale were used to collect data from a sample of 65 self-described radical animal rights and environmental activists. Standard multiple regression analyses were used to test each hypothesis. According to the results of the study, only rational processing mode, F(6, 64) = 3.18, (p < .05 ), was a predictor of likeliness to engage in radical animals rights and environmental activism. Although ideology was not a significant predictor, exploratory analysis showed that ecofeminism demonstrated predictive value, F(2, 64) = 6.12, (p < .05). This study contributes to positive social change by expanding the understanding of the profile of radical activists, which may aid those who support radical actions and those who oppose such actions in opening a meaningful dialogue whereby solutions to issues facing the environment and animals can be addressed with successful outcomes.

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Wilson, Robyn Suzanne. "What motivates choice? Behavioral decision theory for environmental policy and management /." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1164665160.

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Dixon, Wallace E. Jr, and Brenda J. Salley. ""Shhh! We're Tryin' to Concentrate": Attention and Environmental Distracters in Novel Word Learning." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2006. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4899.

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The authors' purpose in this study was to evaluate the role of attention, as a central dimension of temperament, in children's real-time acquisition of novel vocabulary. Environmental distractions were administered to 47 22-month-old children as they acquired novel vocabulary in a fast-mapping task. Two distraction conditions impeded novel word acquisition, but only 1 impeded attention allocation. Attention allocation was correlated with novel word acquisition under conditions of distraction, but not in their absence. Results suggest that attention allocation is especially important for word learning under conditions of distraction. Given that in their day-to-day lives children often encounter new words amid a host of environmental distractions, children with constitutionally fewer attentional resources, such as temperamentally difficult children, may be at a vocabulary-learning disadvantage.

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Michaels, Meredith. "The Therapeutic Benefits of Community Gardening| An Exploration of the Impact of Community Gardens Through the Lens of Community Psychology." Thesis, Alliant International University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3567663.

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Community psychology is a unique field of psychology that perceives individuals as linked to their context. The role of psychologist within this branch of psychology is viewed as one who is responsible for addressing the individual, as well as the social patterns and structures that adversely affect well-being. The use of community gardens as a therapeutic tool may serve as a two-fold intervention that can be used at both the individual and community levels. This doctoral project explores the therapeutic benefits of community gardening through the lens of the community psychology perspective. Framed within a community psychology perspective in which clients are inextricably linked to their social and physical context, engaging with nature through community gardening may lead to healthier client outcomes. A literature review was conducted to inform the author of current data related to the study of community gardens and their impact on mental health. The reviewed data pointed to the impact of community gardens on individual physical and mental health, and the social and physical community contexts that additionally affect mental health. Additional consultations with experts in the field were used to corroborate and extend research findings in the literature. The information collected from the current body of literature and consultations were presented as a professional presentation to mental health workers to increase their knowledge of the therapeutic benefits of community gardening. The limitations of the current body of literature, considerations for application in clinical practice, and recommendations for future areas of study were also considered.

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Ramo, Keetjie Joy. "Person-environment interface as \"image\" : a new environmental-active conceptual framework for social work practice /." The Ohio State University, 1985. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487262513407472.

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Rosén, Ann. "Neural correlates of emotional processing in idiopathic environmental intolerance : an fmri study." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för psykologi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-47687.

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Idiopathic environmental intolerance (IEI) is still medically unexplained. Conditioning and sensitization have been proposed to contribute to the symptoms. No study to date has used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to study brain activation in IEI. The objective of the present study was to investigate whether individuals with IEI during chemosensory exposure activate brain circuitries associated with negative emotional processing and to examine if they sensitize to chemosensory stimuli. Brain activation was studied with fMRI in 26 female subjects with IEI and 30 age- and gender-matched healthy controls during exposure to olfactory and chemosomatosensory stimuli. Stimuli were presented in a blocked design with intensity ratings during each block. Subjects with IEI showed increased activation in amygdala, insula, dorsal anterior cingulate cortex and dorsal prefrontal cortex during exposure to carbon dioxide. In addition, they showed decreased activation in medial refrontal cortex. These results imply negative emotional processing in IEI that is similar to what is seen in anxiety disorders. Further, specific phobia is proposed as a model for the understanding of how IEI develops and is maintained. The findings might have implications for the treatment of IEI.

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Francis, Darlene Deborah. "Early environmental regulation of adult stress responses and maternal care." Thesis, McGill University, 2000. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=36805.

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Variations in maternal care permanently alter the expression of behavioral and endocrine responses to stress. Thus, in the rat, increased levels of maternal licking and grooming over the first week of life are associated with decreased hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal and behavioural responses to stress in the offspring in adulthood. Interestingly, such variations in maternal care are associated with individual differences in the neurochemistry and fearfulness of the dams themselves. Adult female rats which are more fearful exhibit less licking and grooming of their pups than do less fearful mothers. These more fearful females also possess greater levels of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) receptors in the amygdala and the locus coeruleus. Oxytocin receptor expression is also different in these animals. The females which exhibit greater levels of licking and grooming of their pups have more oxytocin receptors in the medial preoptic area (MPOA) as well as the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST). The differences in maternal behavior may constitute a mechanism for the non-genomic, transgenerational transmission of fearfulness from parent to the offspring. The results of these thesis studies support this idea and also demonstrate that environmental events during early development that decrease fearfulness can serve to break the cycle of transmission.

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Cestnik, Julia Catherine Ann. "Environmental motivation: a study of Canadianschools in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31960650.

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Felts, Anne Phillips Ronald G. "Home energy conservation psychological and environmental worldviews /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5746.

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The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on September 22, 2009). Thesis advisor: Ronald G. Phillips. Includes bibliographical references.

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Gillis, Ashley Jade. "Categorizing Pro-environmental Behaviors Using the Laypeople's Perspective." UNF Digital Commons, 2016. http://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/641.

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Most efforts to categorize pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs) have focused on researchers’ – rather than laypeople’s – perceptions of PEBs. Drawing on the psychometric paradigm used to categorize environmental risks, we aimed to identify the PEB attributes salient to laypeople and, from that, determine the underlying dimensions of PEB. In Study 1, participants (n = 157) evaluated 30 PEBs through open-ended questions. The results revealed 21 attributes that laypeople commonly associate with PEBs. In Study 2, 250 MTurk participants rated 74 PEBs on the 21 attributes. An exploratory factor analysis revealed four factors underlying PEB: Factor 1 (Financial and Behavioral Cost), Factor 2 (External Pressures), Factor 3 (Environmental Impact and Savings) and Factor 4 (Health and Safety Impacts). PEBs were characterized along each dimension and along multiple dimensions using biplots. Additionally, the four factors strongly predicted behavior intention. The results have implications for interventions to increase PEBs in the general public.

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Wright, Nolan Lincoln 1955. "Perceptions of a changing environment: Extension of dispositional rules for negative behaviors to negative events and their impacts on causal and dispositional attributions." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291583.

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Negativity and Hedonic Relevance are examined as factors potentially influencing attributions associated with changes in the built environment. Ninety-nine male and female university students participated on a "survey" testing the extension of previous research identifying these variables as biasing perceivers toward asserting "person" as opposed to "situational" causation. As predicted, increased negativity resulted in significantly more inferences of negative dispositions to only implicitly involved actors. A significant interaction effect was also identified between negativity and gender, with males making more attributions of causality (blame) in response to a more negative event, as predicted for all subjects, and females making less. No new evidence for the role of Hedonic Relevance was identified due to failure of the associated manipulation. A greater focus on gender differences in future attribution research is recommended, as is a greater awareness among architects and planners of the psychological processes underlying the experience of environmental change.

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Alexander, Lauren Christina. "Time, Altruism, and Hope: Factors that Increase the Consistency of Pro-environmental Behaviors." NSUWorks, 2013. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_stuetd/1.

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A variety of factors have been shown to be associated with environmental attitudes but few studies demonstrate a link between these factors and pro-environmental behaviors. This study examined how a future temporal perspective, environmental altruism, and hope are related to (1) engaging in pro-environmental behaviors and (2) length of time engaging in pro-environmental behaviors. Participants completed the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (Zimbardo & Boyd, 1999), a measure of pro-environmental behaviors based on altruistic reasoning, the Trait Hope Scale (Snyder et al., 1991), and a self-report measure which requested that participants estimate how long they have engaged in pro-environmental behaviors. Statistical analyses supported the relationship between altruism and pro-environmental behaviors, however, the role of hope and a future orientation were not supported as potential motivators associated with engaging in pro-environmental behaviors. Altruism continues to be associated with engaging in pro-environmental behaviors, however, it is still unclear what moderates this relationship. Moreover, this research highlights the likelihood that engaging in pro-environmental behaviors is influenced by a complex web of motivating factors.

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Williams, Nina Lynne. "Identification of giftedness in preschoolers: Are some environmental factors related to cognitive assessments?" Diss., The University of Arizona, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/284027.

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This study has the objective of examining parental perceptions, some home environmental factors, and SES on a child's cognitive development. Two groups were used to collect data, a high SES group and a low SES group. Twenty-six preschool children, 13 females and 13 males (24 Caucasian, one African American, and one Asian) were referred for giftedness. Parents responded to two surveys, one questionnaire, and an interview. The children were administered two cognitive skills tests: (a) The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (Kaufman & Kaufman, 1983), KABC and (b) the Qualitative Use of English and Spanish Tasks, QUEST, (Gonzalez, 1991). Qualitative analyses was used to: (a) describe parental perceptions about the meaning of giftedness; and (b) describe parental perceptions about the development of giftedness. A total of seven patterns were found. Quantitative analyses was used to: (a) explore any relationship between parental perceptions and their own child's cognitive abilities; (b) explore any relationship between some environmental factors and the child's cognitive abilities; and (c) explore any relationship between the parents socioeconomic status and their own child's cognitive abilities. Quantitative results suggest that some home environmental factors do influence a child's cognitive abilities. Quantitative results also suggest that the parents' SES influences the child's performance on cognitive skills tests.

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Lormis, Jeremy. "Effects of Ethical and Environmental Factors on Rural Counselors." Thesis, Regent University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10107451.

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The unique nature, challenges, and demands of rural counseling has been linked to higher rates of burnout and turnover among rural counselors in comparison to their urban and suburban counterparts. The current study examined the relationship between burnout and selected variables among professional counselors working in rural settings. A review of the literature indicated that multiple relationships, confidentiality, competence and training, lower compensation, lack of privacy, and personal and professional isolation were the variables most frequently identified as problematic for rural counselors. Data from 127 respondents were analyzed using multiple regression models. Individually, the independent variables were significant predictors of burnout, however, only confidentiality, lower compensation, lack of privacy, and personal and professional isolation were significant predictors in the multiple regression models.

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Aguiar, Lyndon Joseph. "The genetic and environmental effects of parental age on the expression of psychopathology in adoptees." FIU Digital Commons, 1999. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1088.

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Secondary analysis of 581 adoptees was utilized to determine if parental age is related, either genetically or environmentally, to the development of psychopathology. The significant results showed that proband adoptees (with psychopathology in biologic relatives) with younger birthparents had increased alcohol abuse and those with younger birthfathers had increased antisocial personality while adoptees with older birthparents had increased depression. Analyses on control adoptees (with background free of known genetic disturbances) showed that those with younger adoptive mothers had increased antisocial personality and drug abuse and those with younger adoptive fathers had increased antisocial personality while adoptees with older adoptive fathers had increased depression. Implications of these findings are that adoptees with both younger birth and adoptive parents are more likely to have externalizing symptoms, while adoptees with both older birth and adoptive parents are more like to have internalizing symptoms. This information is beneficial to those involved in adoption placement.

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Little, Linda. "Social and environmental influences on the use of technology in public spaces." Thesis, Northumbria University, 2005. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/3193/.

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This thesis is concerned with understanding and describing the factors that influence the use of technology in public spaces. Adoption and use of technological systems over the past few decades has grown considerably. With increased use the role of technology now pervades nearly every aspect of social interaction. Systems are now used more and more in public areas however it appears a somewhat ignored and little understood area of research within the human computer interaction (HCI) literature. Therefore new methods of assessment are required. Investigating human interaction with technologies in public places provides a new way to conceptualise and study interaction and in particular relate findings to new technologies. Existing methods and guidelines related to the use of technology fail to consider socio-environmental factors. New methods of assessment should allow the examination of how socio-environmental and usability factors influence use of technology in public areas. To assess how socio-environmental factors influence the use of technology in public spaces nine studies were undertaken using convergent methodologies. This has allowed a detailed examination and exploration of how socio-environmental factors influence the use. These investigations have led to the development of a questionnaire that is a valid, reliable psychometric tool and the Technology Acceptance Models for Public Space Technologies (TAMPS) that measures use of technology in public areas. Rather than focus purely on accessibility and usability factors this thesis has enabled the integration of those and socio-environmental influences. The results suggest success in evaluating or facilitating adoption and use of ubiquitous and mobile devices acknowledging how social and environmental factors influence use is crucial. The HCI community, designers and service providers need to integrate findings from this thesis in future system design which will lead to technologies that are efficient, effective and satisfying to use.

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Brooks, Constance M. "Environmental risk factors and risky sexual behavior outcomes attitudes as a mediating factor /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4820.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. 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 September 19, 2007) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

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Friedrich, Max Nikolaus Donatus [Verfasser], and Andreas [Akademischer Betreuer] Kappler. "Combining Environmental Microbiology and Health Psychology to Promote Effective Handwashing / Max Nikolaus Donatus Friedrich ; Betreuer: Andreas Kappler." Tübingen : Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1199615994/34.

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