People maintain systems of beliefs that provide them with a sense of belongingness, control, identity, and meaning, more generally. Recent research shows that when these beliefs are threatened a syndrome of negatively valenced arousal is evoked that motivates people to seek comfort in their ideologies or other personally valued beliefs. In this paper we will provide an overview of this process ...

The purpose of the present study is to evaluate English Preparatory School Language Program in a state university from students’ and instructors’ point view also investigate motivational beliefs for learning existing program. More specifically, Stufflebeam’s (1971) CIPP (context, input, process, product) evaluation model was used language program whereas MSLQ (motivated strategies questionnaire...

While it is increasingly recognized that teachers have a crucial role to play in motivating learners, language teacher cognition research focuses on beliefs about second (L2) learner motivation and motivational practices still rare, particularly English for specific purposes (ESP) settings Asia. Furthermore, much of what available does not employ stimulated recall interviews facilitate comparis...

Rating systems not only provide information to users but also motivate the rated agent. This paper solves for the optimal (effort-maximizing) rating system within the standard career concerns framework. It is a mixture two-state rating system. That is, it is the sum of two Markov processes, with one that reflects the belief of the rater and the other the preferences of the rated agent. The rati...

BACKGROUND Advance care planning (ACP) aims to guide health care in the event of decisional incapacity. Interventions to promote ACP have had limited effectiveness. We conducted an educational and motivational intervention in Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinics to increase ACP use and proxy and health care provider understanding of patients' preferences and values. METHODS We re...

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to examine the patterns of association of self-determination theory variables with exercise role identity and exercise beliefs as parts of exercise identity among men and women. Design: A cross-sectional study in which perceived autonomy support by the exercise instructor, basic psychological needs, behavioral regulations, and exercise identity were ...

Binge drinking (i.e. consuming half the recommended weekly consumption of alcohol in a single session) is a common activity among young people. Using the Theory of Planned Behaviour as its theoretical framework, this paper reports a study exploring the motivational and attitudinal factors underlying binge drinking in a sample of undergraduate students. Questionnaires were completed by 136 under...