The present study assessed the impact of a one-time computerized mindset intervention on teaching students’ cognitive stress appraisal before an upcoming exam. Previous research highlights long-term effectiveness growth-mindset interventions. Based theoretical assumptions derived from transactional theory as well recent empirical evidence intelligence and stress, we proposed that changing would...

Appraisal theory is developed out of systemic functional linguistics as a discourse semantic resource that concerned with how text producers express their attitudes. The current study an attempt to expand appraisal framework applicability fictional modern linguistic studies in the field have typically been applied limited scope political speeches and debates. present strives illuminate tool for...

Agroparks offer in theory a variety of economic advantages and environmental benefits. Since agropark projects are typically capital intensive and with high societal impact, appraisal from lenders and policy makers will play a key role in the realisation of the concept. In practice, however, project appraisal is hampered by the complexity of the concept and the multitude of risks. In this paper...

Purpose. Sentiment analysis and emotion processing are attracting increasing interest in many fields. Computer and information scientists are developing automated methods for sentiment analysis of online text. Most of the research have focused on identifying sentiment polarity or orientation—whether a document, usually product or movie review, carries a positive or negative sentiment. It is tim...

Received: 18 April 2008 Revised: 15 August 2008 2nd Revision: 27 January 2009 Accepted: 23 February 2009 Abstract This study presents an empirical investigation of factors affecting smalland medium-sized business (SMB) executives’ decision to adopt anti-malware software for their organizations. A research model was developed by adopting and expanding the protection motivation theory from health...