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Need for cognitive closure, tolerance for ambiguity, and perfectionism in medical school applicants

BMC Medical Education, 2020
Background Physicians have to deal with uncertainty on a daily basis, which requires high tolerance for ambiguity. When medical decisions have to be made in ambiguous situations, low levels of need for cognitive closure and high levels of adaptive ...
Julia Gärtner, Lisa Bußenius, Sarah Prediger, Daniela Vogel, Sigrid Harendza   +4 more
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Road signage comprehension and overload: The role of driving style and need for closure [PDF]

, 2017
This study looks at the provision of information via traffic signs and its relation with driving styles, need for closure and socio-economic characteristics of road users.
Bortei-Doku, Shaun, Kaplan, Sigal, Nielsen, Otto Anker, Prato, Carlo Giacomo   +3 more
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The role of motivational cultural intelligence as a protective factor against political violence

Psychology, Society & Education
Given the rise of violent extremism, it is crucial to explore protective factors that may mitigate such behaviors. This research investigates the role of cultural intelligence as a potential protective factor against political violence.
Fawaz H. Awadallah, Roberto M. Lobato, Josep García-Coll, Manuel Moyano   +3 more
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Solution of the general dynamic equation along approximate fluid trajectories generated by the method of moments [PDF]

, 2005
We consider condensing flow with droplets that nucleate and grow, but do not slip with respect to the surrounding gas phase. To compute the local droplet size distribution, one could solve the general dynamic equation and the fluid dynamics equations ...
Hagmeijer, Rob, IJzermans, Rutger H.A., Put, Frits   +2 more
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A UE Campaign Against Disinvestment [PDF]

, 1987
[Excerpt] The UE International had previously emphasized to the local the need to launch a campaign to avert any type of plant closing. Local research did not paint a pretty picture of Stewart-Warner\u27s future in Chicago.
Boardman, Christine
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Identifying Deficiencies of Standard Accretion Disk Theory: Lessons from a Mean-Field Approach [PDF]

, 2008
Turbulent viscosity is frequently used in accretion disk theory to replace the microphysical viscosity in order to accomodate the observational need for in- stabilities in disks that lead to enhanced transport. However, simply replacing the microphysical
A. Hubbard, Balbus, Blackman, Blackman, E. G. Blackman, Frank, Kley, Moffatt, Ogilvie, Pessah, Pessah, Pessah, Pringle, Ryu, Shakura   +14 more
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Relationships between self-efficacy beliefs and personal factors in final-year medical students

BMC Medical Education
Background Medical students entering postgraduate training often feel ill-prepared for clinical practice. This has implications for physician well-being and the quality of patient care.
Lea Jebram, Sigrid Harendza
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Effects of Age and Initial Risk Perception on Balloon Analogue Risk Task: The Mediating Role of Processing Speed and Need for Cognitive Closure

Frontiers in Psychology, 2016
According to the dual-process theoretical perspective adopted in the presented research, the efficiency of deliberative processes in decision making declines with age, but experiential processes are relatively well-preserved.
Maciej eKoscielniak, Klara eRydzewska, Grzegorz eSedek   +2 more
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The ambiguous relation between verbal irony understanding and need for cognitive closure: Reports from two studies

Psychology of Language and Communication
Research on individual differences in irony understanding is not sparse, however the need for cognitive closure (NFC) has not been taken into consideration yet.
Branowska Katarzyna, Koziński Konrad
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Ambiguity and uncertainty tolerance, need for cognition, and their association with stress. A study among Italian practicing physicians

Medical Education Online, 2017
Medical practice is inherently ambiguous and uncertain. The physicians’ ability to tolerate ambiguity and uncertainty has been proved to have a great impact on clinical practice. The primary aim of the present study was to test the hypothesis that higher
Paola Iannello, Anna Mottini, Simone Tirelli, Silvia Riva, Alessandro Antonietti   +4 more
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