Personal Need for Structure and Fractions in Mathematical Education [PDF]
European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 2022 The research was aimed at finding relations between mathematical knowledge and cognitive individual variable. We realized the experiment with 162 students of the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia. We had two variables—the personal
Valéria Švecová +2 more
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Fighting Coronavirus One Personality at a Time: Need for Structure, Trait Victimhood, and Adherence to COVID-19 Health Guidelines [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities have issued several guidelines to curb the pandemic's disastrous effects. However, measures' effectiveness is dependent upon people's adherence to them.
Yossi Maaravi +3 more
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The closed-mindedness that wasn’t: Need for structure and expectancy-inconsistent information [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2015 Social-cognitive researchers have typically assumed that individuals high in need for structure or need for closure tend to be closed-minded: they are motivated to resist or ignore information that is inconsistent with existing beliefs but instead they ...
Markus eKemmelmeier
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Investigating the need and structure for a comprehensive eye care competency framework [PDF]
BMJ Open Ophthalmology, 2022 Objective The objective of this paper is to establish whether existing eye care competency frameworks (ECCF) are fit for purpose, and set out a comprehensive ECCF that better meets the needs of the eye care workforce and broader population.Methods and ...
Stuart Keel +3 more
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Sense of control and aging self-stereotyping: the role of need for structure [PDF]
BMC PsychologyThe current study involved two experiments that examined the relationships between lack of control, need for structure, and self-stereotyping in older adults.
Qingxiu Dang, Baoshan Zhang
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Self-Control, Openness, Personal Need for Structure and Compensatory Control Change: A Serial Mediation Investigation [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesIn the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous studies have indicated that individuals are confronting a diminished sense of control. Compensatory control theory suggests that individuals strive to mitigate this loss by modifying their behavior. The
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The relationship between college students’ legal cognition and maladaptive risk-taking behaviors: the moderating effect of need for cognitive closure [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyLegal socialization refers to the developmental process through which individuals form beliefs, values, and attitudes toward the law. A key component of this process is legal cognition, which includes concrete legal cognition and abstract legal cognition.
Yu Hu +5 more
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The Effect of Power Distance Belief on the Evaluation of Experiential and Material Purchases
Behavioral Sciences, 2023 Depending on the level of power distance belief (PDB), individuals have different motivations to compare themselves with other people. This study suggests that the relationship between purchase type (material versus experiential) and purchase evaluation ...
Hongsub Kim, Yeosun Yoon, Byoungsoo Kim
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Institutional Structure of the Russian Financial Market: The Need for Regulatory Transformation [PDF]
Финансовый журнал, 2022 The article analyzes the current state of the Russian financial market’s institutional structure. The main variants of activity combinations of its participants allowed by the law are described.
Oleg M. Skapenker
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 The need for cognitive closure is a construct postulated by Kruglanski that explains the motivational aspects which influence decision-making and its impact on the social environment.
Luis Carlos Jaume +3 more
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