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Wilkerson, J. Michael; Rhoton, Jayson Michael; Li, Dennis; Rawat, Shruta Amit; Patankar, Pallav; Rosser, B. R. Simon; Ekstrand, Maria – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
Background: India's National AIDS Control Programme calls for, among other things, targeted behavioral interventions that address determinants contributing to new infections among men who have sex with men (MSM) and hijras (transgender women). Aim: To determine if the information-motivation-behavioral skills model was transferable to an Indian…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Males, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Contraception
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Collado-Rivera, Maria; Branscum, Paul; Larson, Daniel; Gao, Haijuan – Health Education Journal, 2018
Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the determinants of sugary drink consumption among overweight and obese adults attempting to lose weight using the Integrative Model of Behavioural Prediction (IMB). Design: Cross-sectional design. Method: Determinants of behavioural intentions (attitudes, perceived norms and perceived…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Health Behavior, Factor Analysis, Obesity
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Vaughan, Robert; Laborde, Sylvain – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2018
The purpose of this study was to assess the psychometrics properties of the Emotional Intelligence Scale and assess the measurement invariance across elite (n = 367), amateur (n = 629), and non-athletes (n = 550). In total, 1,546 participants from various sports completed the emotional intelligence scale. Several competing models were compared…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Emotional Intelligence, Measures (Individuals), Athletes
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Rosen, Brittany L.; Goodson, Patricia; Thompson, Bruce; Wilson, Kelly L. – Journal of School Health, 2015
Background: Because human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine rates remain low, we evaluated US school nurses' knowledge, attitudes, perceptions of their role as opinion leaders, and professional practice regarding HPV vaccine, and assessed whether knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of being an opinion leader influenced their professional…
Descriptors: Cancer, Immunization Programs, Role, Case Studies
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Phan, Huy P.; Ngu, Bing H. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2016
The formation of self-efficacy, according to Bandura's (1997) social-cognitive theory, is an important area of inquiry. This theoretical tenet posits the importance of enactive learning experience, followed by lesser influences of vicarious experience, verbal persuasion, and emotional and physiological states. Quantitative research, predominantly,…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Longitudinal Studies, Learning Experience, Academic Ability
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Pullen, Darren – Australian Educational Computing, 2015
The increasing use of information and communication technology (ICT) in schools has been largely explored in relation to how students' use ICT at school. In addition students' lives and experiences with technology beyond school have also begun to be explored. However, the nexus between the two is still an underdeveloped research area. Anecdotally…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Case Studies, Structural Equation Models, Educational Technology
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Prayitno, Hadi; Suwandi, Tjipto; Hamidah – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2016
The incidence of work accidents in the construction industry particularly in Indonesia and generally internationally shows an increasingly worrying trend given that either quantitatively or qualitatively the number of work accidents is very large compared to that of other industrial sectors. The main causing factors are mostly due to the workers'…
Descriptors: Occupational Safety and Health, Labor Standards, Foreign Countries, Accidents