The main objective of the current study was to investigate the relationships between Zuckerman’s (1979) sensation seeking and Eysenck and Eysenck’s (1976) personality scales, and how these relate to hostility within a prison population, to explore whether they could be conceptualized in terms of two socialized and unsocialized sensation seeking factors. Participants included 79 adult male offen...

THE EFFECT OF MATERNAL BELIEFS AND BEHAVIOR ON THE BODYWEIGHT STATUS OF PRESCHOOL-AGED CHILDRENbyNICOLE BOUCHERMay 2013Advisor: Dr. Rosalind PetersMajor: NursingDegree: Doctor of PhilosophyEarly onset pediatric obesity has become a major health concern in the UnitedStates. Pediatric obesity can lead to childhood hypertension, type II diabetes, andorth...

There is little doubt that the tenure of President Barack Obama and implementation of the Affordable Care Act has had a profound effect on the United States healthcare delivery system in terms of the organization, finances, and clinical aspects of medical practice. As we enter the 2016 presidential election, looming issues of health affairs include 1) Is affordability achievable and can it be a...

Despite the proliferation of research on public service motivation (PSM), fundamental questions about its origins continue to evade scholars: Is PSM driven by genetics, socialized through experiences, or both? If is socialized, when does socialization occur? Answering these critical for reconciling state vs trait debate, and assessing validity practical implications prescribed studies. Utilizin...

Socialized agricultural machinery services, effectively cracking the “who to plant, how plant” dilemma, are an important grasp of development modern agriculture. Based on specialization division labor theory, using 2019 national survey data maize growers in 13 provinces, instrumental variable method and systematic generalized moment estimation (GMM) were used overcome endogeneity problem mutual...

Socialized and collective intelligence oriented product design (SCPD) is a new kind of pattern emerged under the context advanced internet technologies sharing economic trend. It usually carried out by large numbers socialized self-driven participators from different social backgrounds in an open, sharing, self-organized, distributed, collaborative manner. These characteristics bring SCPD with ...

Developing agricultural socialized services is of great significance for promoting sustainable development and ensuring food security. The use the Internet provides new opportunities to promote services. Using data from China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) in 2016 2018 with 8850 observations, this paper investigates effects on farmers’ adoption decision degree services, explores mediating effect s...