An effective Personal Tutoring Scheme (PTS) is a crucial part of the strategy to support students’ progression and success rates in Higher Education institutions. This study investigated expectations perceptions PTS post-1992 university UK. Data collection was achieved through survey completed by 1,078 students from all Faculties used assess trends factors affecting PTS. Results indicated that ...

BACKGROUND The fulfilment of expectations, labour pain, personal control and self-efficacy determine the postpartum evaluation of birth. However, researchers have seldom considered the multiple determinants in one analysis. To explore to what extent the results can be generalised between countries, we analyse data of Belgian and Dutch women. Although Belgium and the Netherlands share the same l...

Abstract Nobel laureate James Buchanan downplays any theory of ethical politicians, focusing instead on rules which economize personal restraint, setting lower moral expectations. Through a constructive critique Buchanan’s work, I argue these lowered expectations come at cost: degraded character in leading to constitutional decay. lacks address choices between (a) action furthers the politician...

The current study examined the mediating role of adolescents' personal values on the relation between maternal and peer expectations for prosocial behaviors and adolescents' self-reported prosocial and antisocial behaviors. One hundred thirty-four adolescents (mean age = 16.22 years, 54% girls) completed measures of their own values and behaviors, as well as their perceptions of the positive ex...

Smart phones and wearable devices have replaced personal computers and desktops as the primary platform for accessing online applications and services. However, these mobile devices bring forth new and additional forms of security and privacy risks, which were non-existent in traditional personal computers. For instance, several recent research efforts have shown that motion sensors such as acc...

The present article presents an integrative theoretical framework to explain and to predict psychological changes achieved by different modes of treatment. This theory states that psychological procedures, whatever their form, alter the level and strength of self-efficacy. It is hypothesized that expectations of personal efficacy determine whether coping behavior will be initiated, how much eff...