Search results for "Cognitive theory"
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Bortvalg av videregående skole og mestringstro : En kvalitativ studie av unge jenter som har valgt å slutte på videregående skole
2017
Masteroppgave psykisk helsearbeid ME504 - Universitetet i Agder 2017 The projects background is a request from the University of Agder to look for reasons why some girls may choose to drop out of high school focusing on their relationship with their contact or main teacher. The purpose of this study is to explore what role self-efficacy has in the effort to increase the percentage of children an adolescents completing high school. It has been important to search for previous experiences to find out why their self-efficacy is at such a low level and if it can have affected their decision to drop out of high school. The issue is: ”which experiences can influence the decision of dropping out o…
Mother's and daughter's : interplay of physical activity with personal, behavioral, and environmental factors
2017
The purpose of this study was to explore the family dynamics in order to further understand and discover through interviews a parent and their children's behaviors in the topic area of physical activity choices. A narrative case study approach was taken to look into each family's experiences in order to better understand their motivations behind physical activity and to make conclusions of the social, environmental, and behavioral dynamics. Semi-structured interviews were completed with the parent and then with the child individually for a total of three families and four children. Family A is from South Korea living in Finland, family B is from Finland and living in Finland, family C is or…
Self-Efficacy Between Previous and Current Mathematics Performance of Undergraduate Students: An Instrumental Variable Approach to Exposing a Causal …
2021
PurposeSelf-efficacy has been argued theoretically and shown empirically to be an essential construct for students’ improved learning outcomes. However, there is a dearth of studies on its causal effects on performance in mathematics among university students. Meanwhile, it will be erroneous to assume that results from other fields of studies generalize to mathematics learning due to the task-specificity of the construct. As such, attempts are made in the present study to provide evidence for a causal relationship between self-efficacy and performance with a focus on engineering students following a mathematics course at a Norwegian university.MethodThe adopted research design in the presen…
Barking at the Threshold
2019
Over the past few years, students of ancient Mediterranean societies have shown consistent interest in the cultural construction of dogs as reflected in texts, artefacts, and other media. However, whereas the cultural and literary implications of the Greek representation of dogs have been the subject of thorough investigations, Roman dogs have remained at the margins of the scholarly debate. By adopting an interdisciplinary methodology that combines cognitive theory, rhetorical analysis, and socio-anthropological research, the present paper discusses some affordances of dogs (in the terms of James Gibson’s 'ecological approach to visual perception') that are given special significance withi…
Interventions for reducing loneliness: An umbrella review of intervention studies
2020
Loneliness is a common phenomenon associated with several negative health outcomes. Current knowledge regarding interventions for reducing loneliness in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) is conflicting. The aim of the present work is to provide an overview of interventions to reduce loneliness, using an umbrella review of previously published systematic reviews and meta-analyses. We searched major databases from database inception to 31 March 2020 for RCTs comparing active versus non-active interventions for reducing loneliness. For each intervention, random-effects summary effect size and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated. For significant outcomes (p-value < 0.05), the GR…
Käsitteellinen ymmärtäminen ja fysiikan oppimiseen liittyvät odotukset lukion mekaniikassa
2018
Aikaisempi tutkimus (Utriainen 2004) ja myöhempi oppimistulosten tarkastelu paljastivat puutteita, jotka koskivat kappaleen liiketilan ja kappaleen vuorovaikutusten välisen yhteyden ymmärrystä. Voimakuvion laadinta ja liikeyhtälön kirjoittaminen tuottivat vaikeuksia. Pakollisella fysiikan kurssilla opiskelijat muodostavat käsityksen, joka koskee fysiikkaa oppiaineena ja sen opiskelua. Saaduilla kokemuksilla voi olla merkitystä fysiikan syventäviin kursseihin kohdistuviin odotuksiin. Opetukselle asetettiin kaksi tavoitetta: piti edistää Newtonin toiseen ja Newtonin kolmanteen lakiin liittyvien tehtävien kvalitatiivista osaamista ja liikeyhtälön kirjoittamista sekä yrittää vaikuttaa opiskelij…
‘Because I point to myself as the hog’ : interactional achievement of moral decisions in a classroom
2016
Abstract Drawing on the conversation analytic and sociocultural perspectives, this study investigates children's situated moral negotiations in classroom peer interaction in the absence of a teacher. The conversation analytic methodology is used to operationalise some of the key elements of the sociocultural perspective on moral development. In this way, this study enables readers to observe and study the semiotic, conversational and interactional mediations of moral functioning in real life, with the example of children's moral practices. The empirical analysis is based on video-recorded sequences in which primary school children work with the rules of a counting rhyme which is banned by t…
Health Behavior, Health Promotion, and the Transition to Parenthood : Insights from Research in Health Psychology and Behavior Change
2019
The transition to parenthood represents a period of considerable change. Much of the change is positive as parents experience the inherent emotional and social benefits of becoming a parent. However, it is also a period of considerable challenge and stress, which can have deleterious effects on health and well-being. Increased demands of caring for an infant can lead to loss of sleep, limited ‘leisure’ time, restrictions on social life, and difficulties in managing ‘work-life’ balance. In addition, the disruption and time demand lead to parents ‘falling out’ of health habits. Parents also have new responsibilities to care for the health of their child, and socialize them into healthy habits…
Przekonania skazanych za zabójstwo o sobie, innych i przyszłości - możliwości restrukturyzacji poznawczej jako kierunku oddziaływań resocjalizacyjnych
2014
Podstawą teoretyczną przeprowadzonych badań jest koncepcja poznawcza, która zakłada, że dla efektywnego funkcjonowania człowieka kluczowe są jego procesy poznawcze determinujące schematy przekonań na temat siebie, innych i przyszłości. Badania prezentowane w artykule przeprowadzono w grupie 232 skazanych na karę dożywotniego pozbawienia wolności lub karę 25 lat za zabójstwo. Otrzymane wyniki poddano analizie czynnikowej, która ujawniła cztery czynniki: poczucie zagubienia, przekonania o własnej zaradności, przekonania o funkcjonariuszach i przekonania o innych. W artykule zaprezentowano powiązania pomiędzy ujawnionymi zmiennymi a zmiennymi demograficzno-społecznymi w kontekście możliwości p…
Being active in pregnancy: Theory-based factors associated with physical activity among pregnant women.
2018
ABSTRACTAlthough regular physical activity is recommended for pregnant women, compared to pre-pregnancy, antenatal physical activity often reduces or ceases completely. Drawing from the theory of planned behavior, self-determination theory, and theory on self-control, we aimed to test an integrative model of physical activity in a sample of pregnant women. The current study was conducted in Brisbane, Australia, in 2014–2015 using a prospective-correlational design with a one-week follow-up. Participants (N = 207, Time 1; Meanage = 30.03 years, SDage = 4.49 years) completed an initial survey measuring: intrinsic motivation from the self-determination theory, social cognitive constructs from …