Do as we say and as we do: The interplay of descriptive and injunctive group norms in the attitude-behaviour relationship [PDF]
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 ...
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Modeling the Iinfluence of group norms and self-regulatory efficacy on workplace deviant behaviour [PDF]
This study investigated the influence of group norms and self-regulatory efficacy on workplace deviant behaviour.A web-based survey was used to collect data from 217 teaching staff from various higher education institutions in Nigeria.The data collected ...
Chauhan, Ajay +2 more
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The Role of Perceived Peer Norms in the Relationship Between Media Violence Exposure and Adolescents' Aggression [PDF]
This study investigates the role of a social context variable, perceived peer norms, in the relationship between media violence exposure and adolescents' aggressive behavior.
Fikkers, KM +3 more
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Basis of Intentions as a Moderator of the Intention–Health Behavior Relationship [PDF]
Objective: Previous research has shown that the degree to which individuals base their intentions on particular underlying cognitions (i.e., motives) significantly moderates the intention– behavior relationship.
Conner, MT +3 more
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The role of emotions and injunctive norms in breastfeeding: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
Breastfeeding has many known benefits, but rates vary globally. We propose two main reasons why psychological theory and interventions have not been successful to date in explaining breastfeeding behaviours. Specifically, prior research underestimates the importance of (1) specific emotions and (2) wider injunctive influences (i.e., societal and moral ...
Russell, Pascale Sophie +4 more
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Background: The contribution of structural inequalities and societal legitimisation to violence against women, which 30% of women in India survive each year, is widely accepted.
Nayreen Daruwalla +5 more
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You can't burn the house down because of one bedbug: a qualitative study of changing gender norms in the prevention of violence against women and girls in an urban informal settlement in India [PDF]
Background: The contribution of structural inequalities and societal legitimisation to violence against women, which 30% of women in India survive each year, is widely accepted.
Ambavkar, G +5 more
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Normative misperception and the impact of descriptive and injunctive norms on college student gambling. [PDF]
Two studies examined college student gambling as a function of descriptive and injunctive social norms. It was expected that individuals would overestimate the descriptive norm and that both descriptive and injunctive norms would uniquely predict gambling behavior and problem gambling.
Mary E, Larimer, Clayton, Neighbors
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Fertility-Related Perceptions and Behaviors among Low-Income Women: Injunctive Norms, Sanctions, and the Assumption of Choice [PDF]
In this article we explore elements of the theory of normative social behavior (TNSB) through interviews with low-income women (N = 30) in a Midwestern U.S. state about their experiences with and perceptions of fertility-related norms.
Bute, Jennifer J., Jensen, Robin E.
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Illicit substance use among university students from seven European countries: A comparison of personal and perceived peer use and attitudes towards illicit substance use [PDF]
Objective: To compare European students' personal use and approval of illicit substance use with their perceptions of peer behaviours and attitudes, and investigate whether perceptions of peer norms are associated with personal use of illicit substances ...
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