News tagged with perceived behavioral control


Research Examines Factors That Influence Intention to Pirate Digital Media; People Do Because They Can

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study by information systems researchers at the University of Arkansas shows that as many as three out of four college students may be illegally copying and downloading digital material, including copyright-protected ...





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Youths see all parental control negatively when there's a lot of it

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study has found that young people feel differently about two types of parental control, generally viewing a type of control that's thought to be better for their development more positively. However, when parents are ...


Cochlear Implants Offer Kids A Gift Beyond Hearing

Cochlear Implants Offer Kids A Gift Beyond Hearing

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- For years, hearing scientists have known that cochlear implants improve the communication of children who receive them. What they didn’t know was whether the children and their parents perceived ...


Are angry women more like men?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (13) | comments 4

"Why is it that men can be bastards and women must wear pearls and smile?" wrote author Lynn Hecht Schafran. The answer, according to an article in the Journal of Vision, may lie in our interpretation of facial expressions.


New infectious diseases -- what's the risk?

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

With the current outbreak of swine flu, and in the absence of a vaccine or treatment at present, the only way to contain the virus is to get people around the world to take precautionary measures.


Canadian men reluctant to consult mental health services

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Between 20 and 70 percent of Canadians affected by mental illness shun medical treatment. Such avoidance of services provided by doctors and psychologists is particularly acute among men, according to a recent study published ...


Psychosocial therapy with antidepressants more effective in helping depressed stroke patients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Psychosocial therapy combined with medication can effectively improve depression and recovery in stroke patients, according to a new study reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.


Cognitive behavioral therapy improves sleep and pain in people with osteoarthritis

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A study in the Aug. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that the use of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is an effective treatment for older patients with osteoarthritis and comorbid insomn ...


Internet-based intervention may improve insomnia

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An online insomnia intervention based on established face-to-face cognitive behavioral therapy techniques appears to improve patients' sleep, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the ...


Consumers don't always equate higher prices with quality

Other Sciences / Economics

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new Cornell study finds that while higher prices may generate a more positive view of products, a higher price tag doesn't mean consumers will necessarily buy them.


Teens who believe they'll die young are more likely to engage in risky behavior

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

University of Minnesota Medical School researcher Iris Borowsky, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues found that one in seven adolescents believe that it is highly likely that they will die before age 35, and this belief predicted ...



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