background: ritalin is an amphetamine that possible to abuse, especially among college students. this study performed with aim to determine the attitudes, subjective norms, prototype, willingness and behavioral intentions regarding ritalin abuse among college students. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted among 264 college students of isfahan university of medical sciences, during ...

background : the importance of consuming fruits and vegetables (f&v;) in prevention of chronic diseases is known. childhood play an important role in formation of healthy eating habits. the purpose of this study was to examine the effect of education, with application of the theory of planned behavior, on improvement of f&v; consumption. methods : in this quasi-experimental study, 184 fourth, f...

aims: drug abuse among college students continues as a major public-health concern. theory-driven research is necessary to address and find causes. the current research investigates the utility of theory of planned behavior (tpb) in designing and implementing a drug abuse educational prevention program among medical college students. methods: this quasi-experimental study was conducted among 12...

This qualitative study investigated antecedents of knowledge sharing in the public sector. Basing on theory planned behaviour and literature review, three guided conceptualization namely; employee attitudes, subjective or social norms perceived control. Data from 19 in-depth interviews were thematically analyzed. Findings revealed that attitudes towards sector both positive negative. While focu...

BACKGROUND Mass-media campaigns such as Change4Life use messaging to promote physical activity guidelines. Raising knowledge of MVPA guidelines within UK adults is a main goal of current mass media campaigns aimed at increasing engagement in MVPA. As this may help to inform accurate perceptions of adults' own MVPA level it is an important area of investigation. Subjective norms, health status a...

This paper aims to develop an analytical model of the effects of organisation structure on the sharing of knowledge within organisations. The importance of such effects has been identified in a number of different studies which have stressed the difficulty of sharing knowledge across internal organisational We draw on a review of the existing literature to analyse the interplay between structur...