BackgroundAlthough exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is highly emphasized by the experts, nulliparous women do not adhere to this behavior at a desirable level. Since it seems that mothers’ beliefs and values play an important role in their adherence to these behaviors, the present study, aimed to perform a careful analysis of the behavior and evaluation of factors associated with the EBF in nullip...

Aims: Childbearing is a value in Islamic Iranian culture. Due to the decrease in the total fertility rate in Iran during the three decades, following the change in population policies in 1990-2010, having one child has become a common phenomenon in the country. This study aimed to determine the effect of education on childbearing intention in one-child women based on the theory of planned behav...

1024x768 background: sedentary lifestyles, along with diets low in fruits and vegetables, complex carbohydrates and high in fat and total energy are increasing among adolescents. these unhealthy behaviors associated with obesity, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease. healthful dietary behaviors, such as fruit and vegetable consumption among adolescents had been reported as inadequat...

We investigated three types of volitional control mechanisms that may impact people’s knowledge management (KM) practices. Our results show that, when employing KM, people do not always perform in a manner consistent with their beliefs concerning attitudes and intentions. This cognition-behavior inconsistency can be explained by volitional control mechanisms. Specifically, both perceived self-e...

Extant literature on the adoption of cloud computing has focused on organizational users, but little is known about how individual users accept cloud computing to fulfill individual needs. To fill the gap, this study draws upon multiple theories to examine factors that influence individuals’ intention to use cloud applications. It shows that a person’s attitude toward cloud applications, subjec...

The amount of control perceived by an agent governs their ability to learn. Bounded rationality, or the idea that we are limited by the amount cognitive work we can perform, provides an appealing framework within which perceived control could be formulated. When modeling the world, the bounded-rational agent balances the trade-off between the utility and complexity of this constructed model in ...

The purpose of the present study was to verify the motivational factors underlying the theory of planned behavior (TPB) predicting the driving behavior of lifetime driving license revoked offenders. Of a total of 639 drivers whose licenses had been permanently revoked, 544 offenders completed a questionnaire constructed to measure attitudes toward behaviors, subjective norms, perceived behavior...