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Information Processing Versus Social Cognitive Mediators of Weight Loss in a Podcast-Delivered Health Intervention
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Ko, Linda K.; Turner-McGrievy, Gabrielle M.; Campbell, Marci K. – Health Education & Behavior, 2014
Podcasting is an emerging technology, and previous interventions have shown promising results using theory-based podcast for weight loss among overweight and obese individuals. This study investigated whether constructs of social cognitive theory and information processing theories (IPTs) mediate the effect of a podcast intervention on weight loss…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Handheld Devices, Intervention, Health Education
A Path Analysis of Educator Perceptions of Open Educational Resources Using the Technology Acceptance Model
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Kelly, Hope – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
Open educational resources (OER) are making their way into a variety of educational contexts from formal lesson planning to just in time learning. Educators and training professionals have been recognized as an important audience for these materials. The concepts of "self-efficacy" and "outcome judgment" from social cognitive…
Descriptors: Path Analysis, Self Efficacy, Open Education, Teacher Attitudes
Testing the Choice Model of Social Cognitive Career Theory across Holland Themes: A Meta-Analytic Path Analysis
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Sheu, Hung-Bin; Lent, Robert W.; Brown, Steven D.; Miller, Matthew J.; Hennessy, Kelly D.; Duffy, Ryan D. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2010
Social cognitive career theory (SCCT; Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994) seeks to explain the factors that shape educational and vocational interests and choices. We used meta-analytic path analyses to synthesize data (from 1981 to 2008) relevant to SCCT's interest and choice hypotheses, organizing the literature according to Holland's (1997) broad…
Descriptors: Social Theories, Models, Career Choice, Vocational Interests
Prospective First-Generation College Students: A Social-Cognitive Perspective
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Gibbons, Melinda M.; Borders, L. DiAnne – Career Development Quarterly, 2010
The authors investigated differences in college-going expectations of middle school students who would be the 1st in their families to attend college. Social-cognitive career theory (SCCT; R. W. Lent, S. D. Brown, & G. Hackett, 1994) was used to examine college-related expectations in 272 seventh-grade students. Differences were found between…
Descriptors: Social Theories, Academic Aspiration, Middle School Students, Grade 7
Longitudinal Relations of Self-Efficacy to Outcome Expectations, Interests, and Major Choice Goals in Engineering Students
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Lent, Robert W.; Sheu, Hung-Bin; Singley, Daniel; Schmidt, Janet A.; Schmidt, Linda C.; Gloster, Clay S. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2008
We examined the nature of the temporal relations among the core person variables in the social cognitive model of academic and career choice [Lent, R. W., Brown, S. D., & Hackett, G. (1994). Toward a unifying social cognitive theory of career and academic interest, choice, and performance [Monograph]. "Journal of Vocational Behavior," 45,…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Career Choice, Interests, Engineering Education
Using Leader-Member Exchange Theory to Examine Principal-School Counselor Relationships, School Counselors' Roles, Job Satisfaction, and Turnover Intentions
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Clemens, Elysia V.; Milsom, Amy; Cashwell, Craig S. – Professional School Counseling, 2009
Principals have considerable influence on shaping the role of school counselors with whom they work (Amatea & Clark, 2005; Dollarhide, Smith, & Lemberger, 2007; Ponec & Brock, 2000). Researchers used leader-member exchange theory (Graen & Uhl-Bien, 1995) to examine the relevance of principal-school counselor relationships to school counselors'…
Descriptors: School Counseling, School Counselors, Principals, Identification
Stages of Drug Use: A Social Control Perspective.
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Free, Marvin D., Jr. – Youth and Society, 1993
Three models reflecting stages of substance abuse were tested using path analysis with subsamples of 626 to 850 subjects. Models indicate that measures of religiosity and religious conservatism help explain substance use. Results suggest that explanations of substance abuse can be enhanced through models using stage of drug involvement. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Conservatism, Delinquency, Drinking