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Parschau, Linda; Fleig, Lena; Warner, Lisa Marie; Pomp, Sarah; Barz, Milena; Knoll, Nina; Schwarzer, Ralf; Lippke, Sonia – Health Education & Behavior, 2014
Purpose: Motivational processes can be set in motion when positive consequences of physical exercise are experienced. However, relationships between positive exercise experience and determinants of the motivational and the volitional phases of exercise change have attracted only sparse attention in research. Method: This research examines direct…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Exercise, Motivation, Longitudinal Studies
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Clarke, Dave; Ebbett, Erin – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2010
Research examining the relationships among Maori cultural identification, drinking behaviour, drinking motivation and mental health is almost non-existent. A review of literature suggests that stronger Maori identification could be associated with lower alcohol consumption on a typical occasion, less frequent drinking, drinking to enhance mood or…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Drinking, Identification (Psychology), Ethnicity
Koester, Edward L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The high school principalship has been designated an area of professional shortage by many states. Resignations and terminations have been numerous as a result of poor student test performance. The purpose of this ex post facto correlation study was to investigate the self-perceptions of accountability by high school principals as they related to…
Descriptors: High Schools, Social Change, Positive Reinforcement, Principals
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Machin, M. Anthony; Fogarty, Gerard J. – International Journal of Training and Development, 2004
This study examined the underlying structure of transfer climate and those aspects of transfer climate that were related to pre-training self-efficacy, pre-training motivation, and post-training transfer implementation intentions. Positive and negative affectivity (PA and NA) were also measured in order to better understand the relationship of…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Self Efficacy, Transfer of Training, Motivation
Hakel, Milton D.; And Others – 1975
The report is a study of the utility of social reinforcement for improving Air Force training. It was conducted through a field evaluation of social incentive instructional systems which would serve to improve student motivation, classroom performance, and attitudes. The participants included a total of 300 trainees from two Air Force bases; 25…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Data Analysis