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Understanding Academic Persistence through the Theory of Planned Behavior: Normative Factors under Investigation
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Roland, Nathalie; Frenay, Mariane; Boudrenghien, Gentiane – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2018
High drop-out rates among first-year university students have led many researchers to attempt to gain a better understanding of academic persistence. However, despite this extensive literature, only a few studies have taken normative factors into account. These normative factors may be an essential factor of influence for persistence as it is…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Behavior Theories, College Freshmen, Behavior Standards
Identifying Predictors of Teachers' Intention and Willingness to Teach about Cancer by Using Direct and Belief-Based Measures in the Context of the Theory of Planned Behaviour
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Heuckmann, Benedikt; Hammann, Marcus; Asshoff, Roman – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
This study investigated factors influencing teachers' intention and willingness to teach about cancer in the context of the theory of planned behaviour. Because teaching about cancer is mandatory in Germany, we compared n=355 teachers' intention to teach about cancer under mandatory conditions and their willingness to teach about cancer if they…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Cancer, Comparative Analysis
Leading for Equity: An Exploration of Individual and Institutional Supports for Teacher Activism
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Croteau, Susan M. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Background and Objective: Curricular activism is proposed as a means by which teachers may challenge educational inequity for marginalized students in our nation's public schools. This research aims to determine the frequency of teacher engagement in curricular activism, to explore the factors that predict this activism, and to examine activist…
Descriptors: Activism, Equal Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
The Intention to Quit Smoking: The Impact of Susceptibility, Self-Efficacy, Social Norms and Emotional Intelligence Embedded Model
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Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir; Mannan, Mahafuz; Rahman, Mohammad Mahboob – Health Education, 2018
Purpose: From the perspective of developing countries, studies regarding the behavioral effects of quitting tobacco consumption on emerging psychological determinants are limited. The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of emotional intelligence (EI), social norms, susceptibility and self-efficacy on the behavioral effects of…
Descriptors: Smoking, Health Behavior, Social Behavior, Intention
Examining the Moderating Effect of Individual-Level Cultural Values on Users' Acceptance of E-Learning in Developing Countries: A Structural Equation Modeling of an Extended Technology Acceptance Model
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Tarhini, Ali; Hone, Kate; Liu, Xiaohui; Tarhini, Takwa – Interactive Learning Environments, 2017
In this study, we examine the effects of individual-level culture on the adoption and acceptance of e-learning tools by students in Lebanon using a theoretical framework based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). To overcome possible limitations of using TAM in developing countries, we extend TAM to include "subjective norms" (SN)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Adoption (Ideas), Models
The Theory of Planned Behavior as It Predicts Potential Intention to Seek Mental Health Services for Depression among College Students
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Bohon, Lisa M.; Cotter, Kelly A.; Kravitz, Richard L.; Cello, Philip C.; Fernandez y Garcia, Erik – Journal of American College Health, 2016
Background: Between 9.5% and 31.3% of college students suffer from depression ("American college health association national college health assessment II: reference group executive summary spring 2013." "Amer. Coll. Health Assoc." 2013; Eagan K, Stolzenberg EB, Ramirez JJ, Aragon, MC, Suchard, RS, Hurtado S. "The American…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Health Services, Depression (Psychology), Behavior Theories