Search results for " behaviour."

Prevalence, knowledge, attitudes and practices towards body art in university students: body art as an indicator of risk taking behaviours?

2010

<p><strong>Background</strong>: Young people are attracted by body art and consider it as a way of being “different”. Body art (tattoos, piercing, etc.) represents an important socio-cultural phenomenon which is not risk free for health. Existing literature, moreover, points out that deviant behaviours and unhealthy lifestyles are significantly associated with body art.</p><p><strong>Objective and methods</strong>: The research was aimed to describe the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of university students towards body art, highlighting the association between body art and some demographic variables, deviant behaviours, unhealthy lifestyles, kn…

In Which Type of Healthcare Do Patients Show Greater Loyalty? (Public Sector Management vs. Public-Private Partnership)

2018

Introduction: The present study analyses the patients behavior in a setting with different management types: public sector management and public-private partnership. More specifically, the objective is to establish in which healthcare type (hospitalization, ambulatory surgery, emergencies, outpatients consultation) do the patients show a loyal behavior when they are in different management scenarios. Material and methods: A descriptive analysis based on secondary data collected from an internal database of the Conselleria de Sanidad of the Valencian Community in Spain, a scenario with two different healthcare management types (public sector management and public-private partnership) was con…

DEBATE: Do interventions based on behavioral theory work in the real world?

2019

Background: Behavioral scientists suggest that for behavior change interventions to work effectively, and deliver population-level health outcomes, they must be underpinned by behavioral theory. However, despite implementation of such interventions, population levels of both health outcomes and linked behaviors have remained relatively static. We debate the extent to which interventions based on behavioral theory work in the real world to address population health outcomes. Discussion: Hagger argues there is substantive evidence supporting the efficacy and effectiveness of interventions based on behavioral theory in promoting population-level health behavior change in the ‘real world’. Howe…

Household Budget Management and Financial Behaviour of the Italian Family in Times of Crisis*

2023

Why are Italians at the bottom of international rankings on financial literacy? Why do they fail to make speculative financial choices and have a marked aptitude for precautionary saving? Using a Weberian perspective on household “budget management” [haushalt] and analysing the results of recent research (e.g. OECD, CONSOB and Bank of Italy), the authors argue that there are always “good reasons” and thus specific rationality that encourages people to save and reject financial speculation. This economic choice emanates from cognitive bias, financial socialisation, financial literacy, and environmental conditions. The hypothesis is that Italian households demonstrate a weaker attitude toward…

Reasoned and implicit processes in heavy episodic drinking : An integrated dual‐process model

2020

Objectives: University students commonly engage in heavy episodic drinking (HED), which contributes to injury risk, deleterious educational outcomes, and economic costs. Identification of the determinants of this risky behaviour may provide formative evidence on which to base effective interventions to curb HED in this population. Drawing from theories of social cognition and dual‐process models, this study tested key hypotheses relating to reasoned and implicit pathways to action for HED in a sample of Australian university students who drink alcohol. Design: A two‐wave correlational design was adopted. Methods: Students (N = 204) completed self‐reported constructs from social cognition th…

Humanistic education in the vicinty of shaping prosocial behaviour of children and youth

2013

The role of teachers’ controlling behaviour in physical education on adolescents’ health-related quality of life : test of a conditional process model

2019

Students’ health-related quality of life (HRQoL) may depend on the extent to which the school environment fostered by their teacher is perceived as autonomy-supportive. We tested a conditional process model in a physical education context in which students’ perception of their teachers’ autonomy-supportive behaviour moderated the relationship between perceived controlling behaviour and HRQoL via need frustration. School students (N = 1042) completed self-report measures of perceived teachers’ autonomy support, perceived controlling behaviour, need frustration, and HRQoL. As predicted, the effect of perceived teachers’ controlling behaviour on HRQoL was mediated by need frustration. Perceive…

Personības iezīmju saistība ar tiešsaistes iepirkšanas motivāciju

2018

Bakalaura darba mērķis, ir noskaidrot saistību starp personības iezīmju un interneta veikalu patērētaju uzvedību. Balstoties uz to autors izvirza pētījuma jautājumu: „Kāda ir saistība starp personības iezīmēm un tiešsaistes iepirkšanās motivāciju?”. Izlasi veidoja 60 Interneta veikalu patērētāji, vecumā no 18 līdz 59 gadiem. Dati tika ievākti ar piecām aptaujām: 1)Demogrāfijas aptauja 2)BFI (Big Five Inventory, John & Srivastava, 1999). I. Austera adaptētā versija latviešu valodā (Schmitt et al., 2007). 3) Izveidota Hedonisma un utilitarisma iepirkšanās motivācijas (Hedonic and utilitarian shopping motivations, Kovalenko, 2017) aptauja, balstīta uz autoru Arnolda un Reinolda (Arnold & Reyno…

Protecting Young Children Against Skin Cancer : Parental Beliefs, Roles, And Regret

2017

Objective To examine the role of parental beliefs, roles, and anticipated regret toward performing childhood sun-protective behaviours. Methods Parents (N = 230; 174 mothers, 56 fathers), recruited using a nonrandom convenience sample, of at least 1 child aged between 2 and 5 years completed an initial questionnaire assessing demographics and past behaviour as well as theory of planned behaviour global (attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioural control) and belief-based (behavioural, normative, and control beliefs) measures, role construction, and anticipated regret regarding their intention and behaviour to protect their child from the sun. Two weeks later, participants complete…

Efectos de las consultas boca a boca en redes sociales en la compra de cosméticos en Ecuador.

2022

Las redes sociales han reestructurado el paradigma de la comunicación en el marketing. Investigaciones recientes demuestran que la conducta de consultar reseñas está adquiriendo un rol fundamental en la decisión de compra de los consumidores. En este contexto, el presente estudio desarrolló un marco de investigación para determinar la cadena de relación entre influencia social, credibilidad percibida del boca a boca, adopción del boca a boca e intención de compra aplicada a la industria cosmética del Ecuador. A través de una muestra de 406 consumidores y la aplicación del método de análisis de ecuaciones estructurales, los resultados evidencian el vínculo existente entre las variables plant…