introduction: the integration of behavioral and social sciences (bss) into the curriculum of medical students in order to equip them with the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes is an essential issue, emphasized in many researches. our aim is to investigate the barriers to integrate bss into the general medicine curriculum as well as the recommended strategies to overcome such barriers th...

The success of an online community relies on the willingness of its members to be a part of and continuously participate within the community. In other words, online communities are successful if members continuously contribute knowledge to the community. In Information System research, few studies exist examining the determinants of continuous knowledge contribution. This paper fills the gap b...

Among the key players in any effective integration of technology in teaching and learning is the teacher. Despite the research that has been conducted to examine the factors that explain teachers’ intention to use technology, few have developed a model to statistically explain the interactions among these factors and how they influence teachers’ intention to use technology. Five variables (perc...

BACKGROUND Psychological models predict behaviour in a wide range of settings. The aim of this study was to explore the usefulness of a range of psychological models to predict the health professional behaviour 'referral for lumbar spine x-ray in patients presenting with low back pain' by UK primary care physicians. METHODS Psychological measures were collected by postal questionnaire survey ...

The aim of this study was to investigate whether the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) with the addition of risk awareness could predict breakfast consumption in a sample of adolescents from the UK and Australia. It was hypothesised that the TPB variables of attitudes, subjective norm and perceived behavioural control (PBC) would significantly predict intentions, and that inclusion of risk perc...

This paper presents a cross-cultural examination of the trans-contextual model in University education setting. The purpose of the study was to test the effect of students’ perceived autonomy support and in-lecture learning motivation on motivation, intention, and behaviour with respect to after-lecture learning via the mediation of the social cognitive variables: attitude, subjective norm, and...

Due to practical limitation found in the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) such as an inability to cater to non-volitional behaviour towards performing certain actions, the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) was developed in 1985. The main purpose of TPB was to improve the predictive power of TRA to be more applicable to any kinds of behavioural attitude and intention to involve in all type behavi...

BACKGROUND There is increasing evidence that cognitive-behavioural therapy can be an effective intervention for patients experiencing drug-refractory positive symptoms of schizophrenia. AIMS To investigate the effects of cognitive-behavioural therapy on in-patients with treatment-refractory psychotic symptoms. METHOD Manualised therapy was compared with supportive counselling in a randomise...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of behavioural attitudes towards the most popular social medium in the world, Facebook, amongst Millennials in South Africa (SA), and to determine whether various usage and demographic variables have an impact on intentionto-purchase and purchase perceptions. Design/methodology/approach – Quantitative research was conducted by ...