Although researchers have examined software piracy using several correlates and theories, it is not clear whether low self-control has an effect on software piracy and if social learning theory can condition the effect that low self-control has on college students’ software piracy. Using data collected from three hundred and eighteen undergraduate college students, this study examines the effec...

The current study aimed to examine the role of state-trait anxiety and resiliency in test anxiety. The research was conducted on a sample of 153 high students who completed questionnaire measures of state-trait anxiety (STAI-T), trait resilience (CD-RISC) and test anxiety (TA).  Pearson correlation and regression analyze were used to data analyze. Consistent with the assumption, results in...

Diagnosis and treatment procedures in cancers and resulting anxiety negatively affect the individual and the family. Particularly treatment methods may generate psychological symptoms. The aim of this study was to determine the level of such symptoms in Turkish gynecologic cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. A total of 41 patients who were referred to our gynecologic oncology research clini...

Bargh and Shalev (2012) hypothesized that people use warm showers and baths to compensate for a lack of social warmth. As support for this idea, they reported results from two studies that found an association between trait loneliness and bathing habits. Given the potential practical and theoretical importance of this association, we conducted nine additional studies on this topic. Using our ow...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of a six-month physical training undertaken by haemodialysis (HD) patients, on the depression and anxiety. METHODS Patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) were recruited from the dialysis station at the Department of Nephrology and Transplantation Medicine in Wroclaw. Physical training took place at the beginning of the fir...

Is homogeneity in personal relationships in one trait the by-product of selection on another trait, or is it the result of direct selection on that trait? This question has often been analyzed in the context of marriage homogamy. We apply this issue to the question of whether there is selection in networks based on age on the one hand, and marital status on the other hand. The role of age has b...

Adolescence is a period of physical, cognitive, social and psychosexual changes. These developmental tasks make adolescents particularly vulnerable to life stress. The purpose of this study was to assess high school students' perception of stress from daily events and to identify its associated factors. A total of 1,195 high school students were selected via stratified cluster sampling method f...

This study concentrates on the role of personal traits in technology acceptance by comparing which of the two personal trait constructs commonly used in IS research, personal innovativeness in the domain of information technology (PIIT) or technology readiness ind...