OBJECTIVE To understand hearing behaviors of adults seeking help for the first time through the application of two models of health behavior change: the transtheoretical model and the health belief model. DESIGN The relationships between attitudes and beliefs were examined relative to hearing-aid uptake and outcomes six months later. STUDY SAMPLE One hundred and sixty adults completed the U...

Microteaching lesson study, that is a variation of study applied by student teachers in microteaching course, provides the environment for EFL to collaborate, engage, and reflect on their ideas, beliefs, teaching experiences. Such condition fertile ground enables teachers' beliefs language learning change. Recent studies show some education programs have changed teachers. However, no discussed ...

Despite evidence pointing to the associations of maladaptive emotion regulation strategies (ERS) with psychopathology, little is known about their underlying mechanisms. Coherently with cognitive models, this study tested the hypothesis that specific beliefs about emotions may be associated with difficulties in emotion regulation and the use of different ERS (reappraisal, suppression, acceptanc...

Students’ awareness of digital citizenship (DC) is a growing topic in educational technology. Teachers’ beliefs regarding this are primary factor to influence awareness. The current research aimed verify the level upper-basic schoolteachers’ about their students’ DC. It also intended whether significantly different due teachers’ gender, discipline, academic qualification, and experience. presen...

In their textbook, Osborne and Rubinstein describe game theory as “a bag of analytical tools designed to help us understand the phenomena that we observe when decision-makers interact” ([8] page 1). They go on to say that one of the basic assumptions of game theory is that when agents make decisions, they take into account “their knowledge or expectations of other decision-makers’ behavior (the...

Bu araştırmada, yaşanan toplumsal travma döneminde oluşan stres durumunun ötesinde kişilere kattığı olumlu farkındalık üzerinde durulmaktadır. Araştırmada bireylerin; psikolojik semptom belirtileri, sonrası gelişimleri ve temel inançlardaki sarsılmaların araştırılması amaçlanmaktadır. Toplumsal toplumun oluşumları bu semptomların gelişime etkisi incelenmektedir. Ayrıca araştırma değişkenleri he...

Many individuals with coronary heart disease (CHD) have maladaptive beliefs which might increase anxiety and depression. This study investigates the impact of using video information to convey facts correct misconceptions about CHD in individuals. 150 were assigned either control group or one two experimental groups. The participants completed York Cardiac Beliefs Questionnaire baseline measure...