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Hjälm, Michael. "Liberation of the Ecclesia : The Unfinished Project of Liturgical Theology." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Kyrkovetenskap, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-158782.
Full textLabescat, Gil. "La ritualisation dans la trajectoire du mourir : l'action rituelle funéraire : enquête sur la crémation France-Québec." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016STRAG010/document.
Full textThis doctoral thesis aims to understand the specific ritual burial practices in the early twenty-first century. The classic ritual analyses (structural-functionalist and interactionist) led us to focus on the ritual process rather than on the ritual itself, so we adopted a ritual action perspective. To reduce the focus on the social reality studied, we posit that among the various transformations of funerals, the phenomenon of cremation is a gateway to understand this specificity. This thesis has two objectives: 1) The first is descriptive. In the path of dying, from a relational understanding, we explored the funeral process, notably the cremation, as a mode of body transformation as an operational chain of dying. Our data was collected through the method of observing participation in funeral practices. The phenomenon of cremation, as a practice combining the attributes of the recent funeral evolution from the 1980s, led to our selection of a diverse sample in two sociocultural contexts (France and Quebec) and two cities (Strasbourg and Montreal) where the cremation rate is historically high. 2) The second objective is to understand the burial ritual from this data, focusing on the ritual surrounding the funeral process, while explaining the setting, form and act of social relations. In addition to a socio-anthropological reading of the organisation of the contextual relations behind ritual, a psychosocial reading completes the interpretation of the ritual actions. Our comprehension of funerary rituals shows the complexity of this social practice. In one hand as actions, through interpersonal relations, appeal to reflexive resources (enabling) and allow the reduction of dissonant state caused by death. On the other hand, as actions surrounding the rules of the social system. This new data on the preponderance of these relational features within the current funeral rituals, aims to understand both the diversification of funeral practices and their standardisation
Jonsson, Alexander. "Får- och byggnadskroppsdelar : Handlingar och spatiala relationer kring byggnadsdeponeringar på Öland." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-100301.
Full textGrantham, Ashley W. "“The Ground On Which I Stand” Healing Queer Trauma through Performance: Crafting a Solo Performance through the investigation of Ritual Poetic Drama within the African Continuum." VCU Scholars Compass, 2019. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5828.
Full textCooper, Gemma. "Exploring McClenon's ritual healing theory /." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 2003. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ARPS/09arpsc7761.pdf.
Full textGuess, Teresa J. "Ritual action & death penalty abolition : a case study /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9946258.
Full textBaer, Kevin A. "Ritual Process." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2013. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1606.
Full textDickens, Linda Neavel. "A theory of action perspective of action research /." Digital version accessible at:, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
Full textChew, C. A. A. M. "Aristotle's ethical theory of action." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.597593.
Full textFraser, Jemima W. "Museums, drama, ritual and power : a theory of the museum experience." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/4223.
Full textWard, David. "Action-space theory of conscious vision." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/5604.
Full textPiercy, Laurence. "Fiction and the theory of action." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2014. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/5913/.
Full textMantke, Wolfgang Johann. "Picture independent quantum action principle." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/29850.
Full textLoughlin, Michael. "Direct action - as a theory of knowledge." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.333888.
Full textHolmström, Ghita. "Action, purpose and will : a formal theory /." Helsinki : Akateeminen Kirjakauppa, 1991. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb35528621w.
Full textSimon, Steven H. 1957. "Contributions to a physicalistic theory of action." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8145.
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My project of giving a general physicalistic reduction of action contrasts with Donald Davidson's view that only individual actions can be explained in physicalistic terms. The main reason for his view is that he thinks the problem of internal causal deviance is insoluble. In the first chapter, I reconstruct the theory of action Davidson develops in Essays and Events and extend the theory to solve the deviance problem. The idea of the solution is that action requires "modulated movement," an ongoing process of monitoring and modulating the movements in which actions consist. In the second chapter, I develop the theory of modulated movement in more detail and argue that it can explain a number of cases of defective agency. I defend my contention that the analysis of modulated movement solves the deviance problem against several objections. In doing so, one of the main points I argue is that "ballistic movements," movements the agent cannot modify, cannot be actions. The psychological states in terms of which I analyze modulated movement are belief and desire, and in the third chapter I develop a reductive physicalistic account of a component of belief, indication. I start with a theory of indication that Robert Stalnaker presents in Inquiry, anddevelop the theory to cope with some problems for it that I identify. In the second part of the chapter, I extend the theory to explain cases of indication in which indicators are combined so that together they indicate propositions more specific or precise than any of the propositions they indicate alone, thus reducing complex cases of indication to simpler ones.
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Roussel, Cédric. "A preactivation theory of action effect prediction." Thesis, Paris 5, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013PA05H116/document.
Full textMy PhD thesis aimed at contributing to the understanding of the neural implementation of action effect prediction. It has been suggested that the prediction of action effects is based on the preactivation of the sensory pathway involved in the treatment of the predicted effect (See Chapter I.H). Based on this suggestion we conceived a model of this preactivation hypothesis and derived a number of predictions about the perceptual processing of action consequences. In this thesis we tested the predictions made by the model (see Chapter II) as well as refined the model
Howes, Andrew. "Learning task-action mappings by exploration." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.331956.
Full textBall, R. D. "The effective action : Covariance and chirality." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.373651.
Full textDumay, Johannes Cornelius. "Intellectual capital in action: Australian studies." Faculty of Economics and Business, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/2398.
Full textThe overarching objective of this thesis is to investigate and examine several contemporary IC theories and how they are utilised in practice so that understandings of the IC concept can be developed, in order to answer in part the main research question of “How does IC in action influence organisations?” The content of the thesis is based on a review of IC from both a theory and practice perspective and four empirical papers that examines IC theory as it is implemented in practice. In combining these papers into a coherent piece of work, a critical research perspective, as outlined by Alvesson and Deetz (2000), has been utilised as the theoretical framework. The term ‘critical’ is used in this thesis not to find fault with contemporary theory and practice of IC but rather to examine and question the application of IC theory into practice. The end result of doing so is the narrowing of an identified gap between IC theory and practice. A ‘critical’ analysis of IC in action is justified because the development of the concept of IC parallels that of ‘critical’ theory in that both have evolved from changing conditions in society as technology and the proliferation of knowledge that have fundamentally altered the conditions under which organisations operate. The overarching findings of the thesis are based on three outcomes of critical research being insight, critique and transformative re-definitions. Insight into IC is developed by examining contemporary IC frameworks as they have been applied. Critique is developed by putting to the test the implications for organisations as a result of implementing these contemporary IC frameworks. Last, transformative re-definition is achieved by opening a discourse on the impact of implementing IC practices so that academics and practitioners can develop critical, relevant and practical understandings that begins the process of change and develops practical managerial skills. More importantly this thesis identifies how the development of tools to reduce ‘causal ambiguity’ about how intangible resource help create (or destroy) value has the potential to raise the profile of IC as a strategic management technology. But from the wider view of the critical perspective, it is not the intention of this thesis to prescribe specific formulae for the measuring, management and reporting of IC, nor does it intend to further develop theory. So while the individual papers may proffer that certain avenues proved productive in developing insights, critique and transformative re-definition, these avenues are not offered as the preferred way of investigating IC. More specifically the goal of a critical perspective is to open a discourse. The opprurtinity for academics and practitioners to engage in discourse is enabled by the thesis’ focus on the issues identified by highlighting the gap between IC theory and practice. Furthermore, each of the included papers offers the opportunity for further discourse by way of the opportunities that remain for future research. Additionally, the thesis achieves exemplifies a number of different approaches to conducting research into IC practice that puts to the test particular aspects of IC theory in order to develop insights and understandings of IC in practice. As the empirical material only examines a fraction of contemporary IC theory there is scope for further research and thus discourse into the implementation of IC theory into IC practice. This future research should not be constrained by a particular method of research as exemplified in the variety of methods employed to gather the empirical material for the papers which stretches along the continuum of qualitative and quantitative research. This too provides an avenue of for future discourse.
Safran, Benjamin. "Action pieces final." Temple University Libraries, 2019. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/571017.
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Contemporary classical concert music could be part of the solution to build a just and sustainable future. My research demonstrates that such music, despite its niche, elitist positioning in contemporary American society, can contribute to social movements and change the world in meaningful, tangible ways when attention is paid to social movement strategy and structures of power. To reconsider the potential power of this music, I apply a range of methodologies from ethnography to hermeneutic analysis to nonviolent direct action strategy, drawing on the work of musicologists, ethnomusicologists, and social movement theorists. Given the elitism of the classical concert hall, it is a non-obvious genre in which to convey a social justice or leftist political theme, yet many composers try to do so. I examine five of these composers in depth: Laura Kaminsky, David Lang, Curt Cacioppo, Ludovico Einaudi, and Hannibal (who goes by other names but used the mononym Hannibal in the concert which
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Safran, Benjamin. "Action Piece 3." Temple University Libraries, 2019. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/571018.
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Contemporary classical concert music could be part of the solution to build a just and sustainable future. My research demonstrates that such music, despite its niche, elitist positioning in contemporary American society, can contribute to social movements and change the world in meaningful, tangible ways when attention is paid to social movement strategy and structures of power. To reconsider the potential power of this music, I apply a range of methodologies from ethnography to hermeneutic analysis to nonviolent direct action strategy, drawing on the work of musicologists, ethnomusicologists, and social movement theorists. Given the elitism of the classical concert hall, it is a non-obvious genre in which to convey a social justice or leftist political theme, yet many composers try to do so. I examine five of these composers in depth: Laura Kaminsky, David Lang, Curt Cacioppo, Ludovico Einaudi, and Hannibal (who goes by other names but used the mononym Hannibal in the concert which
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Webb, Brian Robert. "Action in context - context in action : towards a grounded theory of software design." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2001. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1317550/.
Full textMarx, Nathaniel. "Ritual in the age of authenticity| An ethnography of Latin Mass Catholics." Thesis, University of Notre Dame, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3585262.
Full textWhile the reform of Catholic liturgy that followed the Second Vatican Council by no means rejected Latin as a language of liturgical celebration, the Latin Mass quickly became the province of traditionalist groups that refused to accept the revised Order of Mass and offered the pre-conciliar Tridentine Mass in defiance of the Roman Catholic hierarchy. Nevertheless, there have always been some Catholics who either obtained permission to celebrate the Tridentine Mass or found celebrations of the post-conciliar Mass in Latin that maintained certain practices associated with the pre-conciliar Mass. This dissertation focuses on this latter group of Latin Mass Catholics, who have remained within the bounds of the institutional church and who, since 2007, have had permission to celebrate the Tridentine Mass as an “extraordinary form” of the Mass of the Roman Rite.
In particular, this study seeks a better understanding of the motives of contemporary Latin Mass Catholics in America. Critics sometimes view attachment to the Latin Mass as an example of modern Catholicism’s still incomplete liberation from “dead ritual.” Supporters, on the other hand, often valorize the same attachment as a sign of resurgent interest in “the sacred” following Vatican II’s alleged desacralization of the liturgy. As an alternative to both of these positions, this study explains adherence to the Latin Mass as the embodiment of one particular approach to the formation of an “authentic” human subject of liturgical prayer. Personal sincerity and continuity with tradition are both essential to how Latin Mass Catholics evaluate authenticity in liturgical prayer and cultivate authenticity in their own selves. In practice, these modes of authentication are held together by an acquired habitus of “reverence.”
An ethnographic account of contemporary adherence to the Latin Mass fleshes out the particular practices associated with this inculcation of reverence. Fieldwork in four Latin Mass communities and interviews with Latin Mass adherents reveal the viability of this approach to liturgical formation. It is argued that the liturgical reform and adherence to the Latin Mass can provide complementary insights into the formation of an authentic human subject of liturgical prayer in the modern world.
Gilman, Todd Nathaniel. "Communicative Action as Feminist Epistemology." PDXScholar, 1995. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4906.
Full textBlose, Chris. "Ideas in action : film theory in film criticism /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p1421115.
Full textPetrisson, Adam. "En analys av situational action theory. En forskningsöversikt." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS), 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-25083.
Full textYonamine, Noriko. "Words and action : a feminist theory of pornography." Thesis, University of York, 2005. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/10971/.
Full textO'Regan, Terence Paul. "An essay in the theory of action concerning the topic of reasons for action /." St. Lucia, Qld, 2002. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe16499.pdf.
Full textCatania-Opris, Celese. "Social Grief: A Grounded Theory of Utilizing Status Updates on Facebook as a Contemporary Ritual." NSUWorks, 2016. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/shss_dft_etd/18.
Full textLesniewski, Andrzej. "Effective action for the Yukawa-2 quantum field theory /." Zürich, 1986. http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/show?type=diss&nr=8057.
Full textStiver, Dustin Cory. "Catalyzing Collective Action| A Grounded Theory of Network Leadership." Thesis, Eastern University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10603631.
Full textNetworks are the connective tissue tying together individuals and organizations working toward shared aims. Increasingly, communities are adopting network-based strategies to collaboratively contend with society’s most vexing challenges and create lasting community change. This often occurs when addressing problems that are more complex and entangled than any one individual or organization can tackle on their own, such as education reform, affordable housing, or income inequality.
Individuals who assume leadership roles within networks—the researcher refers to these people as network leaders—must identify effective strategies to activate network members and unlock agency within stakeholders to empower them to contribute to a shared mission. This study specifically focused on research subjects who were professionally engaged as network leaders, and sought to uncover characteristics that network leaders exhibit and strategies that network leaders employ when performing their unique role.
The findings of this Constructivist Grounded Theory study center around the primary research question: How do network leaders catalyze collective action? The theory of network leadership proposed herein is derived from data collected from 27 network leaders. The model creates a framework for understanding the phenomenon of network leadership. The Phases and Critical Tasks of network leadership are moderated by the Network Leadership Core Engagement Process and the Network Culture, which is in turn influenced by the Characteristics of the Network Leader Profile and collaboratively developed Network Agreements . The theoretical model is grounded in the data and designed to be an accessible framework for understanding how network leaders catalyze collective action.
Trzak, Agnes. "Anti-speciesist theory and action : dismantling the (hu)man." Thesis, Anglia Ruskin University, 2015. http://arro.anglia.ac.uk/700991/.
Full textEnemark, Nina. "'Recrossing the ritual bridge' : Jane Ellen Harrison's theory of art in the work of Hope Mirrlees." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2015. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/6443/.
Full textHood, Kristina Beatrice. "Neighborhood Ritual Integrity: Addressing the Positive and Cultural Aspects of Neighborhoods." VCU Scholars Compass, 2007. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd_retro/149.
Full textTurner, Charles Hudson. "Causal action theories and satisfiability planning /." Digital version accessible at:, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
Full textAvery, Vanessa Jane. "Jewish vaccines against mimetic desire : Rene Girard and Jewish ritual." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/14604.
Full textDowding, K. M. "Collective action, group organization and pluralist democracy." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.381821.
Full textAlexandrova, Anna. "Connecting models to the real world game theory in action /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2006. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3205365.
Full textTitle from first page of PDF file (viewed April 6, 2006). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-206).
Stahn, Christian. "Supersymmetry and the effective action of type IIB string theory." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.615081.
Full textEverett, Megan E. "Ritual Potential: A Queer Interpretation of the Mikvah Utilizing Victor Turner's Liminality." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2013. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/226.
Full textJones, Nick. "Space and the contemporary Hollywood action sequence." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 2013. http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/18062.
Full textAnthony, Tom. "Self-motivated composition of strategic action policies." Thesis, University of Hertfordshire, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2299/21088.
Full textCooper, David John. "Employee commitment : the motivational role of senior management : theory of action." Thesis, University of Salford, 2001. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/2147/.
Full textAleassa, Hasan. "Investigating consumers' software piracy using an extended theory of reasoned action /." Available to subscribers only, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1878978001&sid=4&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
Full text"Department of Management." Keywords: Ethical ideology, Low self control, Public self consciousness, Religiosity, Software piracy, Theory of reasoned action. Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-170). Also available online.
Simpson, Jacqueline Christine Coon. "Affirmative Action and Self Esteem: An Exploratory Analysis using Attribution Theory." W&M ScholarWorks, 1992. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539625781.
Full textKwon, Hwang-hyun. "The low-energy effective action of M-theory on a torus." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.621576.
Full textMatney, Susan A. "Development of the theory of wisdom in action for clinical nursing." Thesis, The University of Utah, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10007120.
Full textAs nurses, we seek to gain nursing wisdom and apply it in our daily practice, yet the process of practicing with wisdom has not been well explained for nursing. The purpose of this dissertation was to develop a theory of wisdom in action (WIA) for clinical nursing, beginning with a formal concept analysis.
In Phase 1 (Aim 1), a preliminary theory was developed deductively using derivation and synthesis, based on theories and models from psychology, education, and nursing. Pertinent concepts were identified and nursing-specific definitions created. The theory included four dimensions: person-related factors, environment-related factors, knowledge, and wisdom.
Separately, a constructivist grounded theory approach inductively captured the experience of wisdom in nursing practice (Aim 2), based on wisdom narratives from 30 emergency department nurses. The resulting grounded theory focused on two processes, technical and affective, juxtaposed on a foundation of expertise. New findings were the importance of affective characteristics such as emotional intelligence and confidence.
Finally, the theories were synthesized into the Theory of Wisdom in Action for Clinical Nursing. The theory describes two antecedent dimensions, person-related and setting-related factors, and two types of wisdom processes. General wisdom processes apply to patient care and describe the actions nurses take during a stressful or uncertain event. Personal wisdom develops afterwards, as a feedback loop with reflection, discovery of meaning, and learning, followed by increased knowledge and confidence.
Wisdom is critical for all areas of nursing practice. The Theory of Wisdom in Action for Clinical Nursing provides a working framework for translating wisdom in clinical nursing practice into theoretical and practical terms, depicting both the science and the art of nursing. This novel theory displays how nurses practice with wisdom, and reveals that wisdom in action requires clinical skills, experience, knowledge, and affective proficiency.
Sousa, Emanuela Maria PossidÃnio de. "Behavioral intention in traffic: an analysis from the planned action theory." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2015. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=15993.
Full textEsse estudo teve por objetivo predizer a intenÃÃo comportamental de motoristas considerando as variÃveis da Teoria da AÃÃo Planejada. Para tanto, estruturaram-se dois estudos. No Estudo 1, elaborou-se a Escala de Comportamentos no TrÃnsito; e no Estudo 2, testou-se a influÃncia das atitudes, das normas subjetivas e da percepÃÃo de controle na intenÃÃo. No primeiro estudo, procederam-se com trÃs etapas empÃricas. Na primeira, realizou-se levantamento dos comportamentos infratores descritos no CÃdigo de TrÃnsito Brasileiro e distribuÃram-se aleatoriamente as infraÃÃes em cinco tipos de questionÃrios, contando com 44 itens em cada versÃo. Em seguida, procedeu-se a coleta de dados, que contou com 271 pessoas da populaÃÃo geral de Fortaleza (CE), com idades entre 18 e 80 anos (m = 34,7; dp = 13,8), a maioria homens (53,2%), solteiros (48,3%) e condutores de carro (69,7%), que responderam a versÃo preliminar da escala. Perguntou-se aos condutores se conheciam as situaÃÃes descritas e com que frequÃncia aconteciam em Fortaleza, utilizando uma escala de 5 pontos (1 = Nunca a 5 = Sempre); caso o participante nÃo entendesse o item, deveria marcar âNÃo entendoâ (opÃÃo â0â). As anÃlises foram efetuadas no SPSS. Avaliou-se o poder discriminativo dos itens e calculou-se a frequÃncia de respostas, agrupando-as em: âBaixa FrequÃnciaâ (respostas de 0 a 2) e âAlta FrequÃnciaâ (respostas de 3 a 5). Desse modo, consideraram-se para a prÃxima etapa apenas os itens que apresentaram poder discriminativo e âAlta FrequÃnciaâ acima de 50%. Na etapa II, revisou-se o conteÃdo dos itens selecionados anteriormente e realizou-se uma anÃlise de juÃzes. Ao final dessas avaliaÃÃes, foram mantidos 49 itens (40 referentes a comportamentos de motoristas de carro e de motocicleta, 4 especÃficos de carro e 5 especÃficos de motocicleta). Na etapa III, participaram 248 usuÃrios do Facebook, a maioria entre 18 e 25 anos (58,2%), mulheres (53,7%), solteiras (77,0%) e condutoras de carro (76,6%). Para as anÃlises, foram consideradas apenas as respostas dos motoristas de carro, devido ao reduzido nÃmero de participantes das outras categorias de habilitaÃÃo. Calcularam-se as estatÃsticas descritivas e realizou-se Teste t de Student (poder discriminativo dos itens). Os resultados indicaram que 24 itens discriminaram significativamente os grupos critÃrios. Ademais, os valores do KMO e do Teste de Esfericidade de Bartlett foram satisfatÃrios. Realizou-se uma anÃlise de Componentes Principais, com rotaÃÃo oblimim, considerando os critÃrios de Kaiser e Cattell. Constatou-se estrutura de dois fatores (comportamentos infratores e prossociais no trÃnsito). No Estudo 2, participaram 226 pessoas da populaÃÃo geral de Fortaleza (CE), com idades entre 18 e 86 anos (m = 31,07; dp = 11,72), a maioria homens (66,1%), solteiros (60,5%), com ensino superior completo (37,8%) e condutores de carro (60,5%). Os resultados demonstraram que a percepÃÃo de controle foi o preditor mais significativo da intenÃÃo. NÃo obstante algumas limitaÃÃes, ressalta-se que os objetivos foram alcanÃados, sendo propostos estudos futuros que contribuam para a prediÃÃo dos comportamentos dos motoristas.
This study aimed to predict behavioral intention drivers considering the variables of the Theory of Planned Action. To do so, two studies were performed. In Study I, the Behavior Traffic Scale was elaborated and, in Study II, tested the influence of attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control in intent. In Study I, three empirical steps were performed. On the first step, the transgressive behaviors in traffic, as described in Brazilian Traffic Code, were randomly distributed into five questionnaires, with 44 items each. Then, data collection was carried out and counted with 271 participants from the general population of Fortaleza (CE), aged between 18 and 80 years (M = 34.7; SD = 13.8), mostly men (53.2 %), single (48.3%) and car drivers (69.7%). They answered demographic questions and the preliminary version of the Behavior Traffic Scale. At this stage, the drivers were asked if they understood the situations described and how often they think these situations happen in Fortaleza (CE), in a 5-point Likert scale (1 = Never and 5 = Always); if the participant did not understand the content of the item, they should mark "I did not understand" (option "0"). Data analysis were performed using SPSS. Specifically, the discriminative power (using t test) and the response frequency of each item were calculated, grouping them in "Low Frequency" (answers 0-2) and "High Frequency" (Answer 3 to 5). For Step II, only the items that showed discriminative power and "High Frequency" above 50% were considered. In this phase, the contents of the 83 selected items were reviewed by judges, and 49 items were kept (40 behaviors of car and motorcycle drivers, 4 for car drivers only and 5 for motorcycle drivers only). Finally, the third step counted with 248 Facebook users aged 18 to 86 years (M = 27.0, SD = 9.3), mostly women (53.7%), single (77.0%) and car drivers (76.6%). For data analysis, it was considered only the car drivers version due to the small number of participants having other license categories. Descriptive statistics and t test (discriminative power) were performed. The results indicated that 24 items significantly discriminated the criteria groups. In addition, there were satisfactory values of KMO and Bartlett's sphericity tests. Moreover, it was conducted a Principal Component Analysis with oblimin rotation, and were considered the criteria of Kaiser and Cattell. The results showed a two-factor structure (transgressive and proactive behaviors). In Study II, 226 people participated in the general population of Fortaleza (CE), aged 18 to 86 years (M = 31.07, SD = 11.72), most men (66.1%), single (60.5%) , university graduates (37.8%) and car drivers (60.5%). The perception of control was the most significant predictor of intention. Despite some limitations, it is emphasized that the objectives were achieved, and proposed future studies that contribute to the prediction of the behavior of drivers.
Aleassa, Hasan M. "Investigating Consumers' Software Piracy Using An Extended Theory Of Reasoned Action." OpenSIUC, 2009. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/37.
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