Interpreting and responding to the Johannine feeding narrative: An empirical study in the SIFT hermeneutical method amongst Anglican ministry training candidates [PDF]
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2012 Drawing on Jungian psychological type theory, the SIFT method of biblical hermeneutics and liturgical preaching maintains that different psychological type preferences are associated with distinctive readings of scripture.
Leslie J. Francis
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Beliefs of women with a history of Previous Cesarean Section regarding Vaginal Birth after Cesarean: A qualitative study [PDF]
Majallah-i Zanān, Māmā̓ī va Nāzā̓ī-i Īrān, 2021 Introduction:Vaginal birth is considered a safe mode of birth for most women who have had a prior caesarean with a transverse incision. However, most women who had a previous caesarean rarely choose vaginal delivery.
Roghieh Bayrami, Roksana Janghorban
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Explaining physical activity behavior among university students in Fiji Islands using the multi-theory model of health behavior change: A cross-sectional study [PDF]
Journal of Health and Social Sciences, 2022 Introduction: The Fiji Non–Communicable Disease National Strategic Plan embraces physical activity (PA) as an important component of its strategic directions.
Awadhesh Kumar SHIROTRIYA +4 more
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The Effect of a Volunteer-led Training Program in Empowering Women about Food Safety: An Application of Social Cognitive Theory [PDF]
Journal of Health Sciences and Surveillance System, 2023 Background: The aim of this study was to examine the effect of a volunteer-led food safety training program based on social cognitive theory on behaviors and their determinants among community women.Methods: This is a single-blinded randomized controlled
Mohammad Hossein Kaveh +5 more
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A Psychological Theory of Explainability
CoRR, 2022 The goal of explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) is to generate human-interpretable explanations, but there are no computationally precise theories of how humans interpret AI generated explanations. The lack of theory means that validation of XAI must be done empirically, on a case-by-case basis, which prevents systematic theory-building in XAI ...
Scott Cheng-Hsin Yang +2 more
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Evaluating causal psychological models: A study of language theories of autism using a large sample
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 We used a large convenience sample (n = 22,223) from the Simons Powering Autism Research (SPARK) dataset to evaluate causal, explanatory theories of core autism symptoms.
Bohao Tang +8 more
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The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories [PDF]
Current Directions in Psychological Science, 2017 What psychological factors drive the popularity of conspiracy theories, which explain important events as secret plots by powerful and malevolent groups? What are the psychological consequences of adopting these theories? We review the current research and find that it answers the first of these questions more thoroughly than the second.
Douglas, Karen +2 more
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Theories and Explanations in Psychology [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 Research in psychology has undergone many changes in the last 20 years. The increased and tighter relationship between psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy, the emergence and affirmation of embodied and grounded cognition approaches, the grow of interest on new research topics, the strengthening of new areas, such as the social, cognitive, and ...
Anna M. Borghi +2 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 IntroductionEarthquakes cause a lot of damage and casualties. For various reasons, most households are not prepared for earthquakes. This study aims to identify the challenges and barriers to households' preparedness against earthquakes from the ...
Esmat Rezabeigi Davarani +3 more
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Is Psychometrics So Useful for Academic Psychology?
Вопросы образования, 2023 Psychological theories regarding ability and personality traits often rely on the results of psychometric modelling. The latter is assumed to link responses to test items to an unobserved 'construct' (trait, ability), which is 'modelled' from the test ...
Юлия Тюменева
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