Developed empowerment theory and replicated previous research on citizen participation and perceived control Few investigators have designed studies that specifically test empowerment theory. This research further extends a theoretical model of psychological empowerment that includes intrapersonal, interactional, and behavioral components, by studying a large randomly selected urban and suburba...

Drawing on Bandura's triadic reciprocal causation model, perceived classroom environment and three intrapersonal factors (mathematics self-efficacy, maths interest and academic self-concept) were considered as predictors of test performance in two correlated mathematics assessments: a public examination (GCSE) and an on-line test, both taken by UK pupils at age 16 (n = 6689). Intrapersonal fact...

This study identifies factors associated with walking among postmenopausal women and tests whether neighborhood walkability moderates the influence of intrapersonal factors on walking. We used data from the Women's Health Initiative Seattle Center and linear regression models to estimate associations and interactions. Being white and healthy, having a high school education or beyond and greater...

This study was designed to determine if ToM abilities of children with autism and Asperger syndrome differentiate into Intrapersonal ToM and Social ToM. A battery of Social and Intrapersonal ToM tasks was administered to 39 children with autism and 34 children with Asperger syndrome. For both groups of children, ToM differentiated and Intrapersonal ToM was stronger than Social ToM. This asymmet...

This study investigated the extent to which uptake of peer-feedback 10th grade students (N = 160, age range 15–16) related intrapersonal factors (error tolerance, feedback and writing self-efficacy) interpersonal (feedback provider's language skills, as perceived by recipient). Two groups received similar on their performance, provided trained research-assistants. Half was led believe that a pe...

The concept of intrapersonal conflict, its types and causes, as well the results an empirical study level internal conflict among students, their pronounced structures inner world individual, are considered, general is determined

In the 21st century, to be successful at workplace and get their first job, potential employees must have both “soft skills” (“know how be”) “hard do”). The proposed Soft Skills Training Program (SSTP) combines multiple serious games train future in four key soft skills that are most demanded by companies: intrapersonal, interpersonal, personal social responsibility, organizational sustainabili...

Using the person-centered approach, facilitation in this study was conceptualised as providing opportunities for personal growth in the patient, and operationalised in a skills workshop for 40 nurses from different hospitals in Gauteng. The first objective was to evaluate the workshop and the second to ascertain its effect on the participant's experienced performance. A combined quantitative an...

Emotions are shor t-lived psycho logical-physiological phenomena tha t represent ef ® cient modes of adap ta tion to changing environmental demands. Psycho logically, emotions a lter a tten t ion , sh ift cer ta in behaviors upwa rd in response h iera rch ies, and act ivate relevan t associat ive netwo rks in m emory. Physiologically, emot ions rapidly organ ize the responses of d isparate b io...