conclusions according to this model, students with high score on negative perfectionism by mechanism of academic rumination report higher depressive symptoms, however students with high score on positive perfectionism report lower depressive symptoms through reduction of ruminative thoughts. results preliminary analyses revealed that positive perfectionism was negatively correlated with both de...

Recently, both healthcare organizations and academic settings have been challenged to develop new models of collaboration that facilitate use of existing evidence to improve patient outcomes (McBride, 2005; Melnyk & Fineout-Overholt, 2002). Several models now exist in the literature to guide the increased use of evidence-based practice (EBP) (Ciliska, DiCenso, Melynk, & Stetler, 2005; Haynes, 1...

The purpose of this article is to examine the contribution made by the selfefficacy component of A. Bandura’s (1986) social cognitive theory to the study of writing in academic settings. A brief overview of Bandura’s social cognitive theory and of self-efficacy is first provided, followed by a description of the manner in which writing self-efficacy beliefs are typically operationalized and ass...

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