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Who are the cigarette smokers in Arizona?
ISBN: 9783639158557 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Who are the cigarette smokers in Arizona? This book discusses the relationship between the relevant demographic variables and cigarette smoking in the State of Arizona in the US. We found that education is the most important predictors among all the relevant variables in the logistic regression model, even though overall, demographic variables cannot account for much of the variance in the smoking status of the people in Arizona. This book demonstrates an innovative approach for conducting logistic regression models with contrast coding and making the interpretation of the statistical results...
Who are the cigarette smokers in Arizona? This book discusses the relationship between the relevant demographic variables and cigarette smoking in the...
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Psicologia Clinica del Dolore
ISBN: 9788847014688 / Włoski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Negli ultimi anni abbiamo assistito a progressi sempre piu significativi delle discipline clinico- psicologiche e biomediche. Le modalita di cura si sono sempre piu perfezionate e raffinate giungendo in molti casi a interventi brevi, efficaci ed efficienti. Vi sono pero problematiche, come il dolore cronico - che riguarda un quinto della popolazione - che richiedono altrettanta dedizione sia a livello clinico che di ricerca. Il testo vuole affrontare il tema del dolore cronico da un ottica clinico-psicologica. Nella prima sezione, dopo una introduzione sul dolore da varie... Negli ultimi anni abbiamo assistito a progressi sempre piu significativi delle discipline clinico- psicologiche e biomediche. Le modalita di cura s... |
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Independent Advocacy and Spiritual Care: Insights from Service Users, Advocates, Health Care Professionals and Chaplains
ISBN: 9781137531247 / Angielski / Twarda / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the profession of independent advocacy through a history of the practice, and provides an empirical study of its emergence in London. While advocacy has long been associated with professions such as social work and mental health nursing, this book delivers a unique perspective of advocacy through the lens of faith and culture. Using real life examples and insights from service users, advocates and spiritual care practitioners in the advocacy and chaplaincy sectors, the fascinating results offer proposals for enhanced theory, training and practice in independent advocacy. It...
This book explores the profession of independent advocacy through a history of the practice, and provides an empirical study of its emergence in Londo...
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease
ISBN: 9783639156744 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Approximately 100,000 Americans under the age of 18 have a diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). As such, children and adolescents may experience the effects of this illness during the school day. However, many school professionals are unaware of the influence that IBD has on the achieving process. This book examines the impact of inflammatory bowel disease on the functioning of students in school. A resource guide was also developed to increase the level of awareness and knowledge of students, parents, and school personnel. In order to gather information, students were interviewed...
Approximately 100,000 Americans under the age of 18 have a diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). As such, children and adolescents may experi...
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Positive Stereotype Threat in Social Groups
ISBN: 9783639161564 / Angielski / Miękka / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work examined stereotype threat within social
groups and whether stereotype threat would be seen with a positive stereotype. Stereotype threat is usually seen as a decrease in performance induced by an anxiety within individuals fearing they will confirm a pre-existing and culturally-known negative stereotype. Science fiction fans were compared to a matched sample of college students. Both groups were given a 50-item problem-solving task described as an intelligence test. Individuals were randomly assigned to one of three conditions (1) no threat condition, (2) general threat... This work examined stereotype threat within social
groups and whether stereotype threat would be seen with a positive stereotype. Stereotype... |
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Treating Fear of Flying Using Biofeedback and Virtual Reality
ISBN: 9783639165210 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study examined an experimental behavioral therapy protocol using virtual reality for fear of flying (FOF) in comparison to the existing standard treatment protocol commonly employed of exposure therapy. Both groups received Virtual Reality (VR) as the method exposure to the stimulus and biofeedback on autonomic functioning. The control group was treated with graded exposure, where participants were repeatedly exposed to flight situations via VR, while receiving continuous biofeedback on physiological sensations. The experimental group was treated using a systematic desensitization model...
This study examined an experimental behavioral therapy protocol using virtual reality for fear of flying (FOF) in comparison to the existing standard ...
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Understanding Addiction
ISBN: 9783639166071 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents an original study into the
workings of heroin addiction. The study analysed how using and non-using informants constituted addiction through language. By comparing the accounts of self-defined recovered, recovering and currently addicted users, the study highlighted how the informants accounts of heroin use may have implications with respect to either perpetuating or enabling their recovery from addiction. The transcripts of four focus groups were qualitatively analysed using a thematic method that focused on the informants strategic use of language. This revealed important... This book presents an original study into the
workings of heroin addiction. The study analysed how using and non-using informants constituted ... |
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Retention of Volunteers
ISBN: 9783639167382 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study focused on the Australian health sector,
examining the factors that influence the intention of volunteers to leave their employing organizations. There is a general scarcity of research concerning volunteer work, and understanding health sector volunteers is particularly important due to the significance of their contribution in Australia. In exploring volunteer work, this study has utilized a variant of the Mathieu and Zajac (1990) model of organizational commitment. In the health sector much of the work performed by volunteers is very similar to that done by paid... This study focused on the Australian health sector,
examining the factors that influence the intention of volunteers to leave their employin... |
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School Desegregation: A Long-Term Study
ISBN: 9781461343127 / Angielski / Miękka / 315 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. HAROLD B. GERARD AND NORMAN MILLER In the fall of 1965, when the school board of the Riverside Unified School District made its momentous decision to desegregate the ele mentary schools in Riverside, both of us were faculty members in the psychology department on the Riverside campus of the University of California. The riots in Watts had occurred the previous August and the shock waves were being felt around the cou try. Although the black population of Riverside at the time was only 6% or 7%, people were ap prehensive. A story appeared in the local paper, The Rzverside Press Enterprzse,...
HAROLD B. GERARD AND NORMAN MILLER In the fall of 1965, when the school board of the Riverside Unified School District made its momentous decision to ...
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Babies un-Ravel music
ISBN: 9783639160796 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is based on a PhD thesis that investigated
infants preferences and long-term memory for two contrasting two complex pieces of music (Prelude and Forlane) from the suite Le Tombeau de Couperin by Maurice Ravel (1875- 1937). A group of 8.5-month-old infants was randomly assigned to one of four experiments conducted on the Headturn Preference Procedure. The first three experiments examined infants preferences for the Prelude and the Forlane in piano and orchestral timbres, and the fourth one aimed at infants long- term memory for complex music. For this experiment, thirty... This book is based on a PhD thesis that investigated
infants preferences and long-term memory for two contrasting two complex pieces of music... |
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Domestic use of renewable sources of energy
ISBN: 9783639170351 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Attitudes and perceived implications for quality of life of environmentalists are explored, with a specific focus on the domestic use of renewable energy sources. A systems theoretical approach was followed in conjunction with a qualitative methodology in order to place the attitudes and perceived implications for quality of life in context with the systems in which they exist. The in-depth data that was collected by means of face-to-face interviews was analysed in a qualitative and systems theoretical framework. The participants' learned attitude toward the environment, the role of...
Attitudes and perceived implications for quality of life of environmentalists are explored, with a specific focus on the domestic use of renewable ene...
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Juvenile and adolescent fire play and fire setting
ISBN: 9783836485326 / Angielski / Miękka / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Destruction due to fire has become a serious problem and the number of arson crimes is increasing in the industrialized western world. We have distanced ourselves from the use of open fire and it is possible as a consequence of this that our knowledge has diminished. Prevalence studies show that playing with fire and fire setting in childhood and adolescence is common and the careless play of a child might result in a devastating fire. One plays with fire out of curiosity, just to see something burn or because of boredom and frustration. This book focuses upon young fire setters and their...
Destruction due to fire has become a serious problem and the number of arson crimes is increasing in the industrialized western world. We have distanc...
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Lust, Leid, Lebensqualität von Frauen heute: Ergebnisse der deutschen Kohortenstudie zur Frauengesundheit
ISBN: 9783540222880 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lebensqualitat ist mehr als nur Gesundheit Deutsche Kohortenstudie zur Frauengesundheit Aber war macht die Lebensqualitat von Frauen heute aus? Weibliche "Lust, Leid und Lebensqualitat" ist das Thema der 1998 bundesweit angelegten (und noch immer fortlaufenden) "deutschen Kohortenstudie zur Frauengesundheit" Uber 10.000 Frauen zwischen 18 und 65 Jahren wurden zu einer grossen Bandbreite gesundheitsrelevanter Themen befragt. Psychologische Fragen Aus psychologischer Sicht stellt sich die Frage: Wie beeinflussen unterschiedliche Selbstbilder Frauen in ihrer gesundheitsbezogenen... Lebensqualitat ist mehr als nur Gesundheit Deutsche Kohortenstudie zur Frauengesundheit Aber war macht die Lebensqualitat von Frauen heute au... |
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Early Development and Leadership: Building the Next Generation of Leaders
ISBN: 9781848728240 / Angielski / Twarda / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Today we often look to our leaders in business, government, or the social sector, to make effective decisions in a complex world. Whether they are asked what steps to take to improve competitiveness in a global economy or to make tough ethical choices, well-trained leaders are critical to organizational effectiveness. Although we know much about leadership development for individuals after they take their first job, we know relatively little about their earlier experiences that contributed to their interest in leadership or subsequent effectiveness as leaders. This volume brings together... Today we often look to our leaders in business, government, or the social sector, to make effective decisions in a complex world. Whether they are ... |
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Allow Me To Explain...
ISBN: 9783639167139 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Through the process of selection the measurement and prediction of behaviour has become an important activity in the field of psychology, especially in the workplace. A dynamic selection process can assist the organisation in identifying individuals who best suit it's needs. Psychometric testing is the most common procedure in the prediction of human behaviour during selection. Seeing that not all instruments are valid and reliable, much controversy still exists on the use of such instruments in South Africa. Only by introducing instruments that apply to these criteria will psychometrics have...
Through the process of selection the measurement and prediction of behaviour has become an important activity in the field of psychology, especially i...
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Chronic Social Stress and Psychological Distress in Russia
ISBN: 9783639153620 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The socio-economic changes in Russia during the last
two decades have been associated with a sharp decline of the health indicators in general population. Consequently, a number of national and international research studies have turned the attention to the determinants of health in post communist transition. Despite the stress-poor health relationship identified, studies which have examined the link between chronic social stress and mental health in Russian population are scarce. The current study is part of an international research project on chronic social stress and psychological... The socio-economic changes in Russia during the last
two decades have been associated with a sharp decline of the health indicators in general... |
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Managing Employment Equity in South Africa
ISBN: 9783639171976 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The enactment of the Employment Equity Act (no 55 of
1998) created high hopes for establishing equity in the South African workplace. Ten years later, reports indicate that progress on employment equity (EE) has been slow and that dissatisfaction and frustration among role players prevail. Most companies focus on equitable representation and pay little attention to employees perceptions of the fairness of EE practices. Employees fairness perceptions are important because it is linked to key organisational outcomes. EE programs will only be effective if they comply with legislative... The enactment of the Employment Equity Act (no 55 of
1998) created high hopes for establishing equity in the South African workplace. Ten y... |
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Why do teachers stay?
ISBN: 9783639169393 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Second career teachers provide value in the
classroom by adding real world experience to textbook knowledge. However these second-career teachers often encounter transition issues which affect job satisfaction. This book is the result of doctoral research which sheds light on what these transition issues are, how and why they affect job satisfaction, and why some second career teachers stay. The framework for the research and conclusions is intrinsic motivation using the self- determination theory and hope using hope theory. Based on a national survey of current accounting... Second career teachers provide value in the
classroom by adding real world experience to textbook knowledge. However these second-career <... |
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Factors of Occupational Stress
ISBN: 9783836491075 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In a very aggressive, fast-paced environment, competition significantly moderates behavior and individuals invest more time and effort into their work in order to maintain the existing pace set by others. Many factors involved with this increased burden cause a number of negative consequences, one of which is stress. Occupational stress is a very significant issue which negatively affects the individual, the family of that individual, and the employing organization This study investigated the possible relationships among gender, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and occupational...
In a very aggressive, fast-paced environment, competition significantly moderates behavior and individuals invest more time and effort into their work...
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Environmental Psychology: A Psycho-Social Introduction
ISBN: 9780803979055 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This introduction to environmental psychology pays particular attention to the relationship of environmental and social psychology, and emphasizes theories of social representation and social identity. The birth, aims and problems of environmental psycholo
This introduction to environmental psychology pays particular attention to the relationship of environmental and social psychology, and emphasizes the...
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