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Internalization of Mastery Goals: The Differential Effect of Teachers’ Autonomy Support and Control

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
Two linked studies explored whether students’ perceptions differentiate between teachers’ autonomy support and control when presenting mastery goals, and the outcomes of these two practices, in terms of students’ internalization of mastery goals and ...
Moti Benita, Lennia Matos
doaj   +1 more source

Eating the elephant whole or in slices: views of participants in a smoking cessation intervention trial on multiple behaviour changes as sequential or concurrent tasks [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background: This paper explores smoking cessation participants’ perceptions of attempting weight management alongside smoking cessation within the context of a health improvement intervention implemented in Glasgow, Scotland.
Hankey, C.   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

Disentangling the effect of illness perceptions on health status in people with type 2 diabetes after an acute coronary event

open access: yesBMC Family Practice, 2018
Background Chronically ill patients such as people with type 2 diabetes develop perceptions of their illness, which will influence their coping behaviour. Perceptions are formed once a health threat has been recognised.
Rimke Cathelijne Vos   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The limitations of speech control: perceptions of provision of speech-driven environmental controls [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This study set out to collect data from assistive technology professionals about their provision of speech-driven environmental control systems. This study is part of a larger study looking at developing a new speech-driven environmental control ...
Craig A   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Superstition predicts perception of illusory control [PDF]

open access: yesBritish Journal of Psychology, 2018
Superstitions are common, yet we have little understanding of the cognitive mechanisms that bring them about. This study used a laboratory‐based analogue for superstitious beliefs that involved people monitoring the relationship between undertaking an action (pressing a button) and an outcome occurring (a light illuminating).
Griffiths, O   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Perceptions of control in the victims of school bullying : the importance of early intervention [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Improvements in anti-bullying strategies are likely to depend upon a greater understanding of the psychological processes at work. Transactional theories of coping may be appropriate models to use when examining how the victims of bullying cope with ...
Boyle, J., Hunter, Simon C.
core   +1 more source

Illness perceptions of Libyans with T2DM and their influence on medication adherence: a study in a diabetes center in Tripoli. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
BackgroundThe surrounding environment influences the constitution of illness perceptions. Therefore, local research is needed to examine how Libyan diabetes patients perceive diabetes and how their perceptions influence their medication adherence ...
Ashur, Sana Taher   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

Is the association between poor job control and common mental disorder explained by general perceptions of control? Findings from an Australian longitudinal cohort

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2020
OBJECTIVES: This study sought to examine the influence of general perceptions of control on the association between job control and mental health. METHODS: We used four waves of data from a cohort of mid-aged adults from the Personality and Total Health (
Lay San Too   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A qualitative study of perceptions of control over potential causes of death and the sources of information that inform perceptions of risk

open access: yesHealth Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 2022
Background Investigating perceptions of control over mortality risk may be fundamental to understanding health behaviours and tackling socioeconomic gradients in health.
Richard Brown   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perception and Manipulation of Game Control [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Brain-computer interfaces do not provide perfect recognition of user input, for similar reasons as natural input modalities. How well can users assess the amount of control they have, and how much control do they need? We describe an experiment where we manipulated the control users had in a keyboard-controlled browser game.
Plass - Oude Bos, D.   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

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