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Moral Disengagement and Risk Prototypes in the Context of Adolescent Cyberbullying: Findings From Two Countries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Cyberbullying is associated with a wide range of mental health difficulties and behavioral problems in adolescents and research is needed to better understand psychological correlates of this behavior.
Ajzen   +76 more
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I do, therefore i think it is normal: the causal effects of behavior on descriptive norm formation and evolution

open access: yesSocial Influence, 2022
Social norms theories have guided social science research by predicting how and when social norms influence people’s behavior. However, there are still gaps in our understanding of how social norms are formed, maintained, and changed. It is possible that
Minwoong Chung   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social Norms for Behavior Change: A Synopsis

open access: yesEDIS, 2022
The purpose of this document is to discuss some of the important distinctions and definitions associated with social norms, so Extension professionals and other types of nonformal education practitioners can improve the efficacy of their behavior change
Laura A. Warner   +2 more
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How (Many) Descriptive Claims About Political Polarization Exacerbate Polarization

open access: yesJournal of Social and Political Psychology, 2021
Recently, researchers and reporters have made a wide range of claims about the distribution, nature, and societal impact of political polarization. Here I offer reasons to believe that even when they are correct and prima facie merely descriptive, many ...
Uwe Peters
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Self-persuading norms: Adding a self-persuasion technique strengthens the influence of descriptive social norms

open access: yesSocial Influence, 2022
Social norms have been implemented to change a variety of behaviors. Yet, these studies show noticeable dispersion of effects. We suggest that such dispersion is partially due to people perceiving reasons for following a certain norm to be more or less ...
Magnus Bergquist, Emma Ejelöv
doaj   +1 more source

Organisational Climate and Pro-environmental Behaviours at Work: The Mediating Role of Personal Norms

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
Organisations are currently strongly encouraged to adopt more responsible production patterns aligned with sustainable development goals (SDGs). Pro-environmental behaviours (PEBs) in the workplace can strengthen the expected positive impacts of ...
Carla Mouro, Ana Patrícia Duarte
doaj   +1 more source

Bidirectional associations between descriptive and injunctive norms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Modern research on social norms makes an important distinction between descriptive norms (how people commonly behave) and injunctive norms (what one is morally obligated to do).
Banaji   +41 more
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Exploring the Correlation between Different Types of Subjective Norms and High-Risk Behaviors: A Cross-Sectional Study on College Students in Shiraz, Iran (2021) [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Health Sciences and Surveillance System
Background: Youth is a unique stage in everyone’s life. During this period, individuals often engage in high-risk behaviors, including high-speed driving, smoking, sexual behaviors, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, unhealthy eating habits, and ...
Leila Ghahremani   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do as we say and as we do: The interplay of descriptive and injunctive group norms in the attitude-behaviour relationship [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This is the author's post-print version of an article whose final and definitive form has been published in the British Journal of Social Psychology. Reproduced with permission from the British Journal of Social Psychology © The British Psychological ...
Abrams   +49 more
core   +1 more source

Predicting breastfeeding in women living in areas of economic hardship : explanatory role of the theory of planned behaviour [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This study employed the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and additional variables (descriptive norm, moral norm, self-identity) to investigate the factors underlying breastfeeding intention and subsequent breastfeeding at four time points (during ...
Bharj, Kuldip   +7 more
core   +1 more source

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