Dissertations / Theses: 'Attitude'

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Petermann, Waldemar. "Attitudes toward Attitude : Kenneth Burke's views on Attitude." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-27558.

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In this thesis, a review of Kenneth Burke's use of the term attitude in his published works as well as in some unpublished notes, drafts and letters, is performed. Three periods of different usage are found. Early works feature a pervasive attitude with elements of both body and mind. This attitude is then subsumed into the pentad and the physiological connection is diminished, but attitude is given an important function as a connective between action and motion. The later Burke reinstates attitude as central to his theory of symbolic action, reconnects it to the physiological and includes it in the Pentad with parsimony-inducing effect. The attitude is then found to aid rhetorical analysis and show promise in being able to help analyse expressions not wholly in the realm of the conscious, be they in the form of a Bourdieu social practice or barely conscious rhetorical markers in conversation.

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Helm, Stefan, and Mikaela Fransson. "Attityder inför en hälsointervention hos de anställda på ett företag." Thesis, University of Gävle, Department of Education and Psychology, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-838.

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Denna uppsats hade till syfte att undersöka hur attityder inför en hälsointervention ser ut hos anställda på ett företag där de anställda stod inför en kommande hälsointervention. Genom arbetet har författarna använt sig av tolkningar lutade på hermeneutiska principer. Författarna till denna uppsats skaffade sig ett kunskapsunderlag genom att genomföra kvalitativa intervjuer med fem stycken anställda på ett företag som stod inför en hälsointervention. I uppsatsens resultat och analysdel redovisar författarna bland annat intervjudeltagarnas kognitiva, intentionella samt affektiva attityder och tolkar kring dessa. Vidare behandlas informanternas kunskap om den kommande interventionen, samt eventuella bakomliggande faktorer till de uppvisade attityderna. Författarna av uppsatsens tolkning av resultatet visar bland annat att alla intervjudeltagare anser att chefens deltagande i den kommande hälsointerventionen är positivt samt att alla ser fram emot interventionen. Informanterna hade olika personliga målsättningar med ett deltagande i interventionen. Genom intervjuerna framkom det att endast en informant vet varför interventionen skall utföras i gruppen.

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Hoffmann, Christin Sylvana. "Attitudes and attitude change in personal travel." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/34656.

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High levels of personal car use have negative effects on the environment and on human health. This thesis presents four empirical studies that aimed to develop our knowledge of personal travel choices, focussing on the malleability of attitudes and their sensitivity in relation to specific contexts and goals. The first study (Chapter 2) presents a systematic review and meta-analysis of mechanisms of travel mode choice. The study provides a comprehensive overview of antecedents of car use and non-car use, including sub-group analyses of different contextual factors. Results also highlight the need for standardised measures and consideration of implicit thought processes. The second study (Chapter 3) employs a repertory grid technique to elicit perceptions of seven different transport modes from high mileage car users and non-car users. Comparisons between car users and non-car users highlight potentially effective and ineffective intervention targets. Findings show how sustainable transport might be promoted amongst a portfolio of travel choices. The third study (Chapter 4) utilises qualitative methods to explore the extent to which individuals’ attitude expressions are changeable. The study demonstrates that all participants hold ambivalent and conflicting attitudes, highlighting specific situations in which those attitudes are more likely to be unstable. Two related priming experiments are presented in the final empirical chapter (Chapter 5). Both use survey methodology to investigate whether manipulating the salience of car-use-incongruent goals can lead to more positive attitudes towards and increased willingness to use non-car travel modes. The study confirms that people who are motivated to make changes are a potentially optimal target group for interventions based on subliminal messages. Overall, the research presented in this thesis introduces context sensitivity into the transport literature and offers novel insights into perceptions of a range of travel modes. Recommendations include relevant avenues for future research, findings are discussed in light of implications for transport policy and practice.

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Rydell, Robert Joseph. "The implicit and explicit effects of changing a conditioned attitude." Connect to this document online, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=miami1112297169.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Miami University, Dept. of Psychology, 2005.
Title from second page of PDF document. Document formatted into pages; contains [2], vi, 113 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-87).

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Parker, Cynthia T. "An evaluation of student reading attitudes : does ability affect attitude? /." Electronic version (PDF), 2004. http://dl.uncw.edu/etd/2004/parkerc/cynthiaparker.pdf.

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Warriner, G. Keith. "The rise and fall of attitudes : longitudinal comparisons with economic motive using data from a field experiment." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/25988.

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Littering, giving blood, conserving energy, voter registration and wearing seatbelts serve as examples of public behaviours which governments have attempted to alter. Whether it be for purposes of controlling costs, helping other citizens, or protecting the environment, altering behavioural patterns which operate against the general well-being of society has become big business. A plethora of techniques have been employed in efforts to sway the activity patterns of people. While various approaches have been undertaken, the research focuses upon two traditions. First, an economic or behavioural approach is employed where behavioural changes are believed to be influenced most effectively by material rewards. Second, cognitive or attitudinal approaches stress that attitudes play an operative role in effecting behavioural change. Using shifts in daily patterns of energy use as an example of social behaviour, the research reported here contrasts cognitive and economic models. While the two approaches can be complementary, it also may be that under certain conditions one or the other model is most successful. Where the two models do contrast is in the predictions made about what behavioural change will result after the removal of economic incentives. Data from a large field-experiment using a multi-stage probability sample of nearly 700 Wisconsin households is analysed to examine the influence of cognitive and behavioural models of time-of-day energy usage. The objective of the experiment was to determine whether economic stimuli could be used to reduce peoples' use of peak-time energy consumption. Behavioural change in energy consumption patterns was measured by in-house meters which recorded all usage for a year prior to the introduction of special time-of-day rates; for three years while the rates were in effect; and for a sub-sample of households, the summer after the rates ended. In addition, three waves of survey data from mailed questionnaires administered prior to, during, and following the experiment allow monitoring of the development and change in attitude toward time-of-day pricing of electricity, and its influence on behaviour. In contrast to earlier published work, this analysis suggests only a minimal, independent impact of attitude on behavioural change under time-of-day electricity rates. At the conclusion of the experiment, and in the absence of any further financial rewards, households, by and large, returned to former consumption levels. Concomitant changes in attitudinal commitment occurred as well. Nevertheless, a subset of households, constituting some twenty percent of the original sample, remained highly committed to peak electricity reductions and, to a degree, maintained their prior conserving behaviours without further financial reward. Several analyses were performed in an attempt to reconcile the contradictory nature of the current findings with those of earlier research. It is argued that the apparent influence of attitude in affecting behaviour at the time the pricing incentive was in effect was exaggerated by householders substituting an attitudinal for a financial motive. Further, the influence of price on attitude formation may have been underestimated due to the curvilinear relation of price with behaviour. Evidence in support of each of these hypotheses is provided. It is concluded that, in combination with price, attitude is important to maintaining behavioural change, but that its independent influence, in this instance, is minor. At the same time, the effect of price appears less based on the size of the pricing incentive, than serving as an informational source signalling appropriate action, irrespective of the absolute financial reward. Finally, the thesis concludes with some speculations on the lessons from this experiment for other attempts to alter behavioural patterns.
Arts, Faculty of
Sociology, Department of
Graduate

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Nga-Ndongo, Valentin. "L'opinion camerounaise." Paris 10, 1999. http://www.theses.fr/1999PA100130.

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Existe-t-il une opinion africaine, et peut-on la connaitre scientifiquement ? cette recherche examine (tome 1), sous l'angle de la sociologie critique, les apriorismes de la << theorie bourgeoise >> qui pose l'opinion comme une preeminence des societes << globales >> par opposition aux societes <>, l'ideologie de l'inferiorite du noir africain. Aussi l'auteur propose-t-il, pour l'opinion africaine, une toute autre methodologie qu'il essaie (tome 2) d'operationnaliser sur la societe camerounaise: une analyse dynamiste de la dramaturgie politique, de la publicite et de la communication alternative, montre une opinion vigoureuse, marquee par une imbrication de la sphere << publique >> et de celle des soidisant incompetents. Le cas camerounais revele finalement, de l'afrique, une societe << ordinaire >>, produisant une opinion saisie a la fois comme specificite et universalite.

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Asklöf, Josefin. "Trängselskatt : En studie om invånares attityder till trängselskatten i Stockholm." Thesis, Södertörn University College, School of Life Sciences, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-3868.

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The subject of this paper is the congestion tax in Stockholm, Sweden. The study has been conducted with the purpose to examine of how public attitudes towards congestion charging looks and the reason behind the attitude. And also to examine if there are any differences in attitudes between those living inside and outside the payment zones, between men and women and between car owners and those who do not own a car or have a driver's license. The study used a questionnaire sent out electronically to a group of friends of friends and of friends’ family members. The respondents think it´s very important to present a better option if price incitements are to be used; in this case the better option is public transportation. Revenues should be spent so that large amounts go to the public transportation. There were no attitude differences between residents living inside the payment zones and those living outside the payment zones and between men and women. There is an attitude difference between those who own a car and those who do not own a car or have a driver's license. Those who own a car are more negative to the congestion charge than those who do not own a car or have a driver's license. This is believed to diminish if information is given to the public on how the revenue is spent and if congestion charge is introduced in several of the larger cities in Sweden.

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Varadi, Keith Jason. "Live Attitude." VCU Scholars Compass, 2011. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2471.

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This thesis serves as an open-ended document of a young artist attempting to sift through his accumulated opinions in order to figure out what it means to accept complicity in the face of auspicious authority, rapid turnover, and paper-thin irony and nihilism, while still striving to stake a claim at something worth making and defending.

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Perrot, Antoine. "Attitude couleur." Rennes 2, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008REN20013.

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Cette recherche tente de déterminer comment la mise en oeuvre des dispositifs et des processus de l'activité artistique entraîne une attitude. Attitude, qui prenant naissance dans l'usage de la couleur importée ou ready-made color, implique de penser la couleur comme une pratique, de modifier la position de l'artiste, et d'envisager la peinture comme la production d'"objets-là", qui doivent s'insérer parmi les autres objets de la vie quotidienne. Cette recherche rend ainsi compte de déplacements qui, initiés par l'usage de la couleur industrielle ou de celle des objets communs, créent un mouvement de va-et-vient entre le regardeur, la peinture et le monde, et permettent un nouveau partage du regard
This research attempts to determine how the implementation of systems and processes in artistic work carries with it an attitude. This attitude, which arises from the use of imported colour or ready-made colour, implies thinking of colour as a practice, modifying the artist's position and looking at painting as the creation of "objects over there" that have to fit among other everyday objects. Thus this research gives an account of displacements that, initiated by the use of industrial colour or that of common objects, create a back-and-forth movement between the viewer, the painting and the world, and make a new sharing of vision possible

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Johansson, Sevä Ingemar. "Welfare state attitudes in context : local contexts and attitude formation in Sweden." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-21046.

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Welfare state attitudes are often studied from the perspective of the individual's characteristics and/or national or regime-type contexts. This thesis instead seeks explanations for individuals' varying attitudes towards the welfare state at the level of local contexts (municipalities). Sweden is used as a case for testing whether there are such contextual effects. The general aim is to find out whether social, political, and institutional aspects of local context influence the attitudes of individuals. Since the general aim of this thesis is to examine how background characteristics of individuals and characteristics of local contexts simultaneously act in shaping individuals' attitudes, I use multilevel modelling in order to handle individual-level and contextual-level data simultaneously. Latent-class analysis (LCA) is also employed in the analyses to explore the patterning of variables. This is mainly done in order to create dependent variables and to distinguish between categories of municipalities sharing similar characteristics. The data consist of Swedish survey data, which have been complemented by municipal-level data. The findings indicate that the social and political context of municipalities can matter for individuals' attitude formation. Variation across municipalities in terms of the prevalence of social problems and risks seems to influence how individuals view the welfare state. Local municipal contexts characterized by many social problems and risks tend to be associated with more welfare state friendly attitudes among the local inhabitants, after taking individual-level determinants into account. Support for high social spending is greater in such milieus as is the tendency to view welfare beneficiaries with less suspicion regarding the potential abuse of welfare policies. Regarding the influence of local public service provision on attitudes, no evidence was found for feedback effects on individuals' attitudes toward public service privatization. In their attitudes towards the welfare state, individuals are to some extent influenced by their local environment. There seems to be a 'built in' thermostat in the Swedish welfare state. Local circumstances characterized by social problems and risks tend to be associated with a local citizenry having more welfare state-friendly attitudes.

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Goss, Robert Justin. "Spinning Fantasies into Consumer Attitudes: A Fantasy Realization Perspective of Attitude Formation." Thesis, Montana State University, 2006. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2006/goss/GossR0506.pdf.

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Fantasy Realization Theory (Oettingen 1996) states that people can dwell on their negative reality, fantasize about a positive future, or mentally compare each. When individuals mentally compare, commitment to the goal of achieving their fantasy is influenced by expectations for goal attainability. Consistent with the attitude literature, such expectations can be influenced by the quality of arguments within an advertisement. Merging these ideas, we predicted and found that participants' attitudes toward purchasing a car were influenced by the quality of arguments presented in an advertisement for a car dealership, but only if they mentally compared fantasies and reality.

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Johansson, Sevä Ingemar. "Welfare state attitudes in context : local contexts and attitude formation in Sweden /." Umeå : Sociologiska instutionen, Umeå universitet, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-21046.

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Dasgupta, Madhuchanda Ghose. "The influence of individual differences on the effectiveness of comparative advertising." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/29886.

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Bertrandias, Laurent. "Sélection et influence des sources personnelles d'information du consommateur." Toulouse 1, 2006. http://www.theses.fr/2006TOU10006.

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Pour choisir entre différentes alternatives, les consommateurs ont généralement besoin de s'informer. Leur réseau relationnel représente une source d'information à la fois plus crédible, plus accessible et plus persuasive que les autres sources, a fortiori commerciales. Cependant, les consommateurs doivent choisir les personnes auxquelles demander conseil ; l'objet de cette thèse est alors d'expliquer pourquoi certaines sources personnelles d'information sont préférées à d'autres. La sélection des sources est envisagée comme le résultat d'un processus d'évaluation fondé sur trois critères : le degré d'expertise attribuée à la source, la force du lien partagé avec la source et la capacité de la source à répondre au besoin informationnel du consommateur, opérationnalisée par le concept d'influence attribuée. Une démarche expérimentale menée sur 1141 dyades source/consommateur, manipulant l'expertise des sources personnelles, leur niveau de leadership d'opinion ainsi que la force du lien partagé, a permis de tester les hypothèses de la recherche. Les résultats indiquent que les consommateurs attribuent plus d'influence et sélectionnent plus fréquemment des sources dont ils se sentent proches et qui possèdent un niveau élevé de leadership d'opinion. De plus, l'influence attribuée médiatise les effets de l'expertise attribuée et de la force du lien sur la sélection des sources. Enfin, l'arbitrage à la faveur de la force du lien ou de l'expertise attribuée lors du choix des sources personnelles, est modéré par le niveau d'implication durable et de besoin d'information des consommateurs
In order to choose within products and brands, consumers seek information, more particularly from people they are related with, like friends or acquaintances. Personal information sources look particular because of their propensity to be more credible and persuasive than commercial sources. Nevertheless, certain sources are more solicited than the other ones. Indeed this dissertation aims at understanding why these sources are preferred and selected. Personal sources selection is conceptualized as the result of an evaluative process based on three criteria: the level of expertise attributed to the personal source, tie strength and the level of influence attributed to the source. An experimental design manipulating source expertise, source opinion leadership and tie strength was operated on 1141 dyads source/consumer in order to test research hypothesis. The results tend to show that consumers essentially select strong ties who score high in opinion leadership, and that attributed influence mediate the effects of tie strength and attributed expertise on personal sources selection. Moreover, the integration of moderators like enduring involvement and information need reveals that consumers make a trade-off between attributed expertise and tie strength to choose their personal sources

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Cheng, Ka Lun Benjamin. "Clarifying attitude functions : an empirical test on an integrated framework using the object-based approach." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2001. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/302.

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Partaik, James. "L'indisciplinarite, attitude d'acces." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape8/PQDD_0018/MQ48254.pdf.

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Garcia, Jose F. "Ship's attitude estimation." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/27261.

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Landing aircraft on board is a most delicate phase of flight operations at sea. The ability to predict the aircraft carrier's motion over an interval of several seconds within reasonable error bounds may allow improvement in touchdown dispersion and a more certain value for a ramp clearance due to a smoother aircraft trajectory. Also, improved information to the Landing Signal Officer should decrease the number of waveoffs. This work indicates and shows graphically that, based on the data for pitch, heave and roll measured for various ships and sea conditions, the motion can be predicted well. The predictor was designed on the basis of Kalman's optimum filtering theory for the discrete time case, adapted for real-time digital computer operation

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Partaik, James. "L'indisciplinarité : attitude d'accès." Master's thesis, Université Laval, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/28509.

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Higgins, Robert Francis. "Hercules attitude processor /." This resource online, 1992. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-165739/.

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Turner, Erlanger A. "Attitudes toward child mental health services: adaptation and development of an attitude scale." Texas A&M University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/4215.

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Research shows that a considerable number of children and adolescents suffer needlessly from psychological problems and only about 50% of those receive the necessary services. Considering the impact of untreated child psychological problems on problems in adulthood, it is important to examine the influence of attitudes on seeking mental health service for children. Currently, no known measure exists to measure attitudes toward mental health services for children. Building on previous research, the goal of the present study was to develop a measure of individuals' attitudes toward mental health services for children. Using confirmatory factor analysis, the factor structure was assessed using a sample of university students (N = 250). In addition, several hypotheses were tested examining the influence of previous experience with mental health services on attitudes towards psychological services and mental health stigma. Finally, differences in child characteristics on intended help-seeking were examined. The measure developed consists of 26-items scored from 0 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). Overall, results indicated that the 3-factor structure of the measure developed was valid and reliable. Also, consistent with previous research on mental health services results supported the hypotheses of the current study. Future research will examine whether the 3-factor structure is replicated using a sample of parents.

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Gwinn, Rachael E. "Attitudes and Attention: How Attitude Accessibility and Certainty Influence Attention and Subjective Choice." The Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu14804247828136.

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Lanzalotta, Jaroth V. "Contradicting Moral Attitudes Enhances Hypocrisy Judgments: The Role of Attitude Strength and Surprise." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1561286210520023.

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Roederer, Claire. "L'expérience de consommation : exploration conceptuelle, méthodologique et stratégique." Dijon, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008DIJOE010.

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S'inscrivant au cœur de l'interaction personne-objet-situation (Punj et Stewart, 1983), cette recherche teste qualitativement et quantitativement trois dimensions de l'expérience de consommation. La thèse s'emploie à aborder l'expérience en croisant différentes voies méthodologiques. Le volant qualitatif repose sur une démarche expérimentale s'intéressant aux représentations sociales de l'expérience et recourant à la méthode des triades de Kelly (1955) et à une démarche d'esprit phénoménologique construite autour de récits individuels d'expérience. Le volant quantitatif propose la construction d'une échelle de mesure de l'expérience et permet de comparer les trois schémas d'offre de la typologie de Carù et Cova (2007), (consumer- driven, co-driven, company-driven). Les résultats montrent que l'expérience possède trois dimensions décontextualisées qui structurent le souvenir que l'individu en conserve : une dimension hédonico-sensorielle, une dimension rhétorique socioculturelle et une dimension rapport au temps. Appliquées à deux univers de consommation et à trois types d'expériences correspondant aux catégories proposées par Carù et Cova (2007), ces dimensions permettent d'établir des profils d'offre et peuvent être envisagées comme des leviers d'action pour établir ou restaurer l'avantage concurrentiel commercial d'une offre d'expérience
This research is based on the assumption that a consumption experience consists in an interaction between a person and an object in a given situation (Punj and Stewart, 1983). It tests in a qualitative and quantitative manner, three dimensions of a consumption experience. The qualitative part relies on an experimental procedure using Kelly’s repertory grids (1955) and a phenomenological approach based on individual accounts of experiences. The quantitative part proposes an experience measurement scale with the comparison of different patterns of offer corresponding to Carù and Cova’s typology (2007), (consumer- driven, co-driven, company-driven experiences). The results reveal that an experience has three dimensions, irrespective of the context, which structure the individual’s memory of the experience. The first dimension is pleasure related and has been called the “hedonico-sensorial” dimension. The second is the “sociocultural rhetoric” dimension and explains what the experience reveals about the individual. The third relates to the control that an individual can have on the experience time. When applied to the two fields of consumption and experiences corresponding to Carù and Cova’s typology (2007), these dimensions can be used to establish patterns of offer and can be considered as levers for action to create or strengthen a competitive edge attached to an experience offer

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Clark, Khaya Delaine. "The development of a racial attitudes index, grades K--3 /." Connect to title online (ProQuest), 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1616787981&sid=2&Fmt=2&clientId=11238&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2008.
Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 144-152). Also available in ProQuest, free to University of Oregon users.

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Bejeryd, Johan. "GPS-based attitude determination." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Electrical Engineering, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-11029.

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Inertial sensors and magnetometers are often used for attitude determination of moving platforms. This thesis treats an alternative method; GPS-based attitude determination. By using several GPS-antennas, and with carrier phase measurements determining the relative distance between them, the attitude can be calculated.

Algorithms have been implemented in Matlab and tested on real data. Two commercial GPS-based attitude determination systems have also been tested on a mobile platform and compared to a navigation grade Inertial Navigation System (INS). The results from the tests show that GPS-based attitude determination works well in open areas, but would require support from additional sensors in urban and forest environments.

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Thorstensson, Erika. "GPS based attitude determination." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för teknik och naturvetenskap, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-94447.

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This paper is the result of a masters thesis performed at Linköping University for Saab Bofors Dynamics in Linköping, Sweden. Attitude is defined as the orientation of a coordinate frame in reference to another coordinate frame. This is often referred to as three consecutive rotations, called roll, pitch and yaw (or heading). Attitude determination is generally performed using inertial navigation systems composed of gyros and accelerometers. These systems are highly accurate but are very expensive and experience a drift when used for a long period of time. The global positioning system, or GPS, was developed by the US military to determine a user’s position, velocity and time. These parameters can all be determined by performing measurements on the GPS satellite signal code that is modulated onto the GPS satellite signal carrier. But the GPS signal can also be use to determine attitude by performing carrier measurements for two or more GPS antennas. When determining the relative position between two antennas, by measuring the phase difference between them, information of the baseline is attained. The calculated baseline will be in a local navigation frame. By rotating it to the known body frame, a rotation matrix known as a direction coordinate matrix, or DCM, will be attained. From this rotation matrix, only two of the three attitude angles can be calculated, since the third rotation is about the baseline’s own axis. Using three or more antennas (two or more baselines), all three attitude angles can be determined from the DCM. This thesis work included development of a hardware platform carrying four NovAtel Superstar II GPS receivers. The platform enables serial communications between the receivers and a PC, as well as providing the supply for the receivers and antennas. The attitude determination algorithm was written and tested using a test platform mounted onto a car. The result shows a one degree deviation from an INS reference system in heading and pitch during both static and dynamic tests. The roll angle was not measured during the test drives because only one baseline was locked. The GPS based attitude determination system performed well when the baselines were locked, but it requires some improvements for full functionality.

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Higgins, Robert Francis 1962. "Hercules attitude processor (HAP)." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/38349.

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The design and analysis of a microprocessor-based gyro attitude data processing system used to geolocate natural phenomena from space was performed. Operational software was written and a HERCULES Attitude Processor (HAP) unit was built and tested. Strict adherence to worst-case timing design criterion was a prime hardware design consideration. Weight, volume, and power requirements were also addressed. Redundancy was included for critical time maintenance functions. Hardware performance and accuracy was calculated and measured. Operational software was written to control the functions of the HAP unit. Algorithms were written to accurately process the high speed gyro attitude data. Data communication between subsystems in the HERCULES system was controlled by the software. Subsystem configuration, operating modes, self-testing, and resource management was performed by the operational software. Testing was performed on the HAP unit and operational software. Hardware and software performance was analyzed and is presented.
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Long, Matthew Robert. "Spacecraft Attitude Tracking Control." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33843.

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The problem of reorienting a spacecraft to acquire a moving target is investigated. The spacecraft is modeled as a rigid body with N axisymmetric wheels controlled by axial torques, and the kinematics are represented by Modified Rodriques Parameters. The trajectory, denoted the reference trajectory, is one generated by a virtual spacecraft that is identical to the actual spacecraft. The open-loop reference attitude, angular velocity, and angular acceleration tracking commands are constructed so that the solar panel vector is perpendicular to the sun vector during the tracking maneuver. We develop a nonlinear feedback tracking control law, derived from Lyapunov stability and control theory, to provide the control torques for target tracking. The controller makes the body frame asymptotically track the reference motion when there are initial errors in the attitude and angular velocity. A spacecraft model, based on the X-ray Timing Explorer spacecraft, is used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the Lyapunov controller in tracking a given target.
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Tszuska, Lucy Ann. "Nurses' attitude toward AIDS /." Staten Island, N.Y. : [s.n.], 1986. http://library.wagner.edu/theses/nursing/1986/thesis_nur_1986_tszus_nurse.pdf.

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Quirk, Keri. "Nurses' attitude toward computerization. /." Staten Island, N.Y. : [s.n.], 1998. http://library.wagner.edu/theses/nursing/1998/thesis_nur_1998_quirk_nurse.pdf.

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Isacsson, Sara. "Elevers attityder till matematik i år 4-9 : En jämförande studie." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-8827.

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Denna studie har genomförts i år 4, 6, 7 och 9. Målet för undersökningen har varit att ta reda på vilka attityder elever i dessa årskurser har gentemot matematiken samt hur dessa attityder uppkommer och om de går att påverka/förändra. För att ta reda på vilka attityder som finns hos elever, har jag låtit jämföra min studie med vad annan litteratur säger om elevers attityder till matematik. Min studie bygger på en enkätundersökning genomförd i de tidigare nämnda skolåren. Jag har sedan ställt enkäterna mot varandra och försökt se skillnader och likheter i de olika skolåren. Som komplement till min studie och till litteraturen har jag även genomfört en lärarintervju. Den har jag i huvudsak använt för att försöka ta reda om klassläraren arbetar aktivt med att påverka sina elevers attityder till matematiken.

Resultatet visar i huvudsak att eleverna i år 4 anser matematiken vara ett av de roligaste ämnena i skolan. I år 6 är matematiken viktig snarare än rolig. Eleverna kan tidigt förstå vikten av att lära sig räkna för att klara sig bra genom livet. Matematiken anses av eleverna vara "kul när man fattar och tråkig när man inte förstår" – det vill säga, ett ämne där förståelsen är av vikt för uppkomsten av attityden.

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Gretton, Jeremy David. "Examining Inference Processes Underlying Knowledge Complexity Effects on Attitude-Behavior Consistency." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1373362516.

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Murphy, Margaret. "Inter-group attitudes and international trade, a study of Vancouver's attitude towards the Japanese." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0005/MQ36840.pdf.

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Cervellon, Marie-Cécile. "Ambivalent and dual attitudes : attitude conflicts and their impact on decision making and behavior." Thesis, McGill University, 2006. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=100333.

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This dissertation builds on two recent developments in attitude research, first the distinction made between two types of attitudes, i.e., explicit (deliberate, controlled) and implicit (unconscious, automatic) attitudes, and second, that made between two types of attitude conflicts, i.e., ambivalence (conflict between strong explicit positive and negative evaluative basis of the same attitude object) and duality (conflict between explicit and implicit attitudes). It uses the context of food for both its theoretical and empirical developments because there were reasons to expect that, in Western cultures, explicit attitudes are often ambivalent (i.e. positive on taste but negative on health dimensions), but might also be dual (e.g. for restrained eaters, resulting from the motivated overriding of positive attitudes toward tempting but forbidden food).
A first study (N = 199) focuses on the differences between ambivalent and dual attitudes and the influence of these conflicts on spontaneous and deliberate behavior. Results demonstrate that holding dual and ambivalent attitudes are two different constructs, although both ambivalence and duality lead to a subjective experience of conflict. Also, attitudes are weaker when ambivalent (i.e. less accessible, less stable and held with less certainty), and duality is a moderator at high levels of ambivalence, with explicit attitudes being even less accessible but nonetheless more certain when dual. Finally, the influence of, on one hand, both implicit and explicit attitudes in driving spontaneous choice and, on the other hand, the explicit attitude in determining deliberate choice (behavioral intention as proxy) is corroborated. It also appears that the influence of the implicit attitude on spontaneous behavior is increased in presence of an attitude conflict. In a second study (N = 120), the hypothesis that the existence of dual attitudes stems from inhibitive processes is tested in the context of restrained eating, through a cognitive load manipulation. Results demonstrate that the influence of the implicit attitude on spontaneous choice is stronger for restrained eaters when cognitive capacities are impaired. The second study also highlights that implicit attitudes are stable and resistant to change despite direct experience manipulations (i.e. comparative and repeated tasting). Theoretical, methodological and practical contributions are discussed.

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Sayaka, Osanami. "Different Attitude towards Different Groups? Opinions and attitudes towards four immigrant groups in Sweden." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21594.

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Frye, G. D. Jay. "Attitude change and source monitoring errors following imagined scenarios of attitude-relevant interactions." Fort Worth, Tex. : Texas Christian University, 2007. http://etd.tcu.edu/etdfiles/available/etd-08312007-152855/unrestricted/frye.pdf.

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Kinnett, Ryan L. "System Integration and Attitude Control of a Low-Cost Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics Simulator." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2010. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/271.

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The CalPoly Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics Simulator mimics the rotational dynamics of a spacecraft in orbit and acts as a testbed for spacecraft attitude control system development and demonstration. Prior to this thesis, the simulator platform and several subsystems had been designed and manufactured, but the total simulator system was not yet capable of closed-loop attitude control. Previous attempts to make the system controllable were primarily mired by data transport performance. Rather than exporting data to an external command computer, the strategy implemented in this thesis relies on a compact computer onboard the simulator platform to handle both attitude control processing and data acquisition responsibilities. Software drivers were created to interface the computer’s data acquisition boards with Matlab, and a Simulink library was developed to handle hardware interface functions and simplify the composition of attitude control schemes. To improve the usability of the system, a variety of actuator control, hardware testing, and data visualization utilities were also created. A closedloop attitude control strategy was adapted to facilitate future sensor installations, and was tested in numerical simulation. The control model was then updated to interface with the simulator hardware, and for the first time in the project history, attitude control was performed onboard the CalPoly spacecraft attitude dynamics simulator. The demonstration served to validate the numerical model and to verify the functionality of the entire simulator system.

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Shoots-Reinhard, Brittany. "Not all contrast effects are created equal the effect of extent of processing on contrastive judgments /." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1211542250.

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Pece, Carlos Alessandro Zanetti. "An engineering vector-like approach to attitude kinematics & nominal attitude state tracking control." Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, 2002. http://repositorio.utfpr.edu.br/jspui/handle/1/481.

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No tratamento do movimento rotacional tridimensional de corpos rígidos é inevitável lidar-se com o fato de que rotações não são quantidades vetoriais. Elas podem, no entanto, ser tratadas como tais quando o ângulo de rotação é (muito) pequeno. Neste contexto, ou seja, o da análise infinitesimal, as derivadas temporais das variáveis de rotação mantêm um relacionamento simples (às vezes mesmo do tipo vetorial) com os componentes do vetor velocidade angular. Convencionalmente, esta distinta característica não pode ser associada a rotações grandes, nem mesmo medianas. Nesta tese é demonstrado que a relação diferencial entre o vetor rotação e o vetor velocidade angular pode, na realidade, ser expressa em termos de uma simples derivada temporal, desde que o ângulo de rotação seja mantido numa faixa moderada. O artifício permitindo tal simplicidade na equação cinemática (cinemática linear de atitude) com um ângulo de rotação moderado é a escolha criteriosa da base a partir da qual a derivada temporal é observada. Este resultado é utilizado vantajosamente em conjunto com uma versão generalizada das equações de movimento de Euler na construção de uma lei de controle simples. Essa lei realiza, concomitantemente, o rastreamento linear nominal de atitude e o rastreamento linear nominal de velocidade angular (rastreamento linear nominal de estado rotacional), dentro de uma faixa moderada de erro de rastreamento de atitude. O trabalho analítico apresentado é único no sentido em que este combina cinemática rotacional, dinâmica rotacional e controle de forma tal que linearidade nominal entre as variáveis de erro de estado é atingida mesmo para erros moderados de rastreamento de atitude. Pela primeira vez, uma lei de controle permite explicitamente que a dinâmica de erro de estado rotacional em malha fechada seja escolhida e motivada por conceitos físicos úteis da teoria linear de controle. O texto também inclui simulações numéricas que validam e ilustram os resultados teóricos obtidos.
In dealing with rigid body three-dimensional rotational motion, one is inevitably led to face the fact that rotations are not vector quantities. They may, however, be treated as such when the angle of rotation is (very) small. In this context, i.e. the infinitesimal case analysis, the time derivatives of the rotation variables hold simple (sometimes vector-like) relationships to the components of the angular velocity vector. Conventionally, this distinctive characteristic cannot be associated with general moderate-to-large rotations. In this thesis, it is demonstrated that the kinematical differential relationship between the rotation vector and the angular velocity vector may, in fact, be expressed in terms of a mere time derivative, provided that the angle of rotation is kept within moderate bounds. The key to achieve such simplicity in the kinematical equation (linear attitude kinematics) within moderate angles of rotation is a judicious choice of the basis from which the time derivative is observed. This result is used to advantage within a generalised version of Euler’s motion equations to construct a simple control law, which nominally realises both linear attitude tracking and linear angular velocity tracking (nominal linear attitude state tracking), within moderate attitude tracking errors. The analytical work presented here is unique in the sense that it combines attitude kinematics, dynamics and control in such a way that nominal linearity between the attitude state error variables is achieved within moderate attitude tracking errors. For the first time, an attitude control law explicitly enables the nominal closed-loop attitude state error dynamics to be chosen and motivated by useful physical concepts from linear control theory. The text also includes numerical simulations that validate and illustrate the theoretically achieved results.

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Kopp, Brandon M. "A Non-Elaborative Path to Attitude Confidence: Attitude Certainty via Actual and Perceived Accessibility." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1275401962.

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Simourd, Linda. "Staff attitudes towards inmates and correctional work, an exploration of the attitude, work outcome relationship." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ26867.pdf.

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Maltby, John. "Unconscious determinants of social attitude : can conservatism and religiousity be described as ego-defensive attitudes?" Thesis, University of Ulster, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.241756.

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Hammond, Gregory David. "The Relationship Between Job Attitudes and Counterproductive Work Behaviors: The Moderating Role of Attitude Strength." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1204922530.

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Brown, Diane Peacock. "Occupational Therapy Academic Program Faculty Attitudes Toward Tenure as Measured by the Tenure Attitude Scale." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2002. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3265/.

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This study explored attitudes of occupational therapy faculty toward tenure and selected alternatives to tenure. A survey method was employed, and the Tenure Attitude Survey Instrument, (TASI), was created for use in the study. Additionally, a questionnaire sought information regarding respondents' rank, tenure and administrative status, institutional type, and years in academia. Participants were accredited occupational therapy professional program faculty who identified their primary work setting as "Academic" on the 2000-2001 American Occupational Therapy Association membership survey. Factor analysis of 577 surveys examined the structure of scores on the TASI, and the instrument consisted of 4 scales, and 18 items, as follows: Scale One: Attitude toward academic freedom and job security protection, 7 items; Scale Two: Attitude toward tenure in general, 6 items; Scale Three: Attitude toward stop-the-tenure clock provisions, 2 items; and Scale Four: Attitude toward post-tenure review, 3 items. Cronbach's alpha was conducted, as follows: TASI overall alpha = .7915; Scale 1 alpha = .7884; Scale 2 alpha = .8420; Scale 3 alpha = .7020; Scale 4 alpha = .4229. Proportional analysis showed that most respondents were full time faculty (88.1%); taught full time at public institutions (52.8%); were tenured or tenure-track (55.5%); had no administrative duties (70.5%); with a rank of instructor or lecturer (17.5%), or assistant professor (45.7%). Time in academia ranged from 1-40 years, with a mean of 11.27 years, median of 9.25 years, and mode of 4 years. Attitudes toward, and support for, the continuation of tenure and for selected proposed alternatives to tenure were analyzed according to the following: faculty rank, administrative status, and tenure status. Respondents held generally favorable attitudes toward tenure as measured by Scales 1 and 2 of the TASI, and the best predictors of faculty attitude toward tenure were tenure status and rank. Due to low reliability scores on Scales 3 and 4, no conclusions can be drawn regarding respondents' attitudes toward alternatives to tenure.

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Simourd, Linda Carleton University Dissertation Psychology. "Staff attitudes towards inmates and correctional work; an exploration of the attitude - work outcome relationship." Ottawa, 1997.

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Hellström, Jessica, and Therese Larsson. "Sjuksköterskans attityd i förhållande till suicidnära patienter inom somatisk vård : En litteraturöversikt." Thesis, Ersta Sköndal högskola, Institutionen för vårdvetenskap, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-5238.

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Bakgrund: Suicid är ett globalt folkhälsoproblem och år 2014 var suicid dödsorsaken för 790 000 personer över hela världen. I Sverige, år 2014, var det över 1500 personer som begick suicid. Över 9 000 patienter i Sverige vårdas på sjukhus till följd av självskador, där suicidförsök räknas in. Sjuksköterskans attityd påverkar vårdandet av patienter. Syfte: Syftet med litteraturöversikten var att utforska sjuksköterskans attityd i förhållande till suicidnära patienter inom somatisk vård. Metod: Litteraturöversikten utformades enligt Fribergs modell för allmän litteraturöversikt. Tio vetenskapliga artiklar inkluderades och analyserades för att bilda resultatet i litteraturöversikten. Resultat: Sjuksköterskans attityd i förhållande till suicidnära patienter var generellt mer negativ än positiv. Flera förklaringar fanns som orsak till den negativa attityden; sjuksköterskans egna värderingssystem, sjuksköterskans ålder, sjuksköterskans erfarenhet av att vårda suicidnära patienter och sjuksköterskans utbildningsbakgrund. Ju längre utbildning sjuksköterskan hade desto mer positiv attityd hade hen i förhållande till suicidnära patienter. Om sjuksköterskan var yngre än 45 år hade hen en mer positiv attityd. Diskussion: Resultatet har diskuterats utifrån Paterson och Zderads humanistiska omvårdnadsteori där ”jag-du-relationen” är en del av deras teori. Teorin bygger på det mänskliga mötet mellan två individer och belyser hur viktigt det är att inte se nedvärderande på patienten. Att det behöver finnas en öppen dialog där patienten får utrymme att berätta om sin livsvärld, och uttrycka sina känslor, önskningar och vilja.
Background: Suicide is a global public health problem and in year 2014 it was 790 000 individuals that committed suicide. Suicide is one of the twenty most common reasons that citizens in the world die of. In Sweden, 2014, fifteen hundred individuals committed suicide. Over nine thousand patients in Sweden is hospitalized every year for deliberated self-harm, in which attempted suicide are included. Patients has experienced that nurses’ attitudes have an impact on their care when hospitalized after an attempted suicide. Aim: The aim was to explore nurses’ attitudes towards suicidal patients within somatic care. Method: This literature review was conducted in accordance to Friberg. Ten scientific articles were included and has been analyzed to constitute the result. Results: Nurses’ attitudes towards suicidal patients was in general mostly negative. Several explanations were found for nurses’ attitudes; nurses’ valuation system, nurses’ age, experience of caring for suicidal patients and nurses’ educational background. The longer education nurses’ had the more positive were they in their attitude towards suicidal patients. Absence of experience contributed to a more negative attitude. Attitudes of nurses were more negative if they were older than 45 years. Discussion: The result of this literature review has been discussed from Paterson and Zderads’ humanistic nursing theory which includes the "Me-you relationship." Based on the human encounter between two individuals and that highlights how important it is not to see the inquisition of the patient. The nurse-patient relationship requires an open dialogue in which the patient is given space to talk about their life-world and express their feelings, desires and will.

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Persson, Gabriel, Henrik Haegermark, and Markus Kvarnvik. "Aroma Theory: Scenting the Attitude." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-10547.

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The thesis examines the relationship between consumer attitudes and a scented shopping environment. A relationship and phenomena concerning scent marketing, which could be seen as one of the more provocative forms of marketing since the human sense of smell, is connected to the limbic system where motivation and attitudes are created. The use of scent marketing has, so far, been proven effective in sales increasing whereas it is one of the less explored forms of marketing. The purpose of the thesis is to answer the following question: Is it possible to find differences in consumer attitudes in a scented buying environment compared to a nonscented buying environment, and thereby create new basis for segmentation? The thesis is based on a quantitative study where data has been gathered in a scent manipulated buying environment through structured interviews with consumers. The thesis applies a deductive approach to the main theories in the area of interest. The findings suggest new theory discussing that it is difficult to use consumer attitudes, towards a scented store environment, as a foundation for market segmentation. Further the results of the executed scent experiment comply with the existing theories about the affect of scent marketing as a sales increasing marketing tool.

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Fortin, Sylvie. "Attitude change in correctional groups." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/10143.

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Group polarization is a phenomenon in which moderate attitudes or opinions espoused by a social group tend to become more extreme in the course of interactions and discussions within the group. Using a modified form of the group polarization paradigm, the present study examined the conditions under which group polarization or related phenomena may operate within correctional treatment or discussion groups to inadvertently foster the amplification of procriminal attitudes or beliefs. Inmates at a correctional treatment facility were assigned to small discussion groups on the basis of their pre-experimental scores on psychometric tests measuring either identification with the inmate code (High vs. Low Inmate Solidarity) or antisocial/prosocial personality traits (High vs. Low Criminality). Each group then engaged in brief discussions of (a) topics preselected to elicit or trigger categorizations along a prosocial-procriminal dimension ("prototypical" topics), and (b) neutral topics. Group-mediated attitudinal shifts were affected by both the type of group composition and by the discussion topic. Only homogeneous groups of High Inmate Solidarity subjects showed significant strengthening of procriminal attitudes and this was the case only for discussions of prototypical topics, not for neutral topics. All other group compositions tended to exhibit shifts toward the mid-point of the rating (i.e., more neutral or ambivalent post-discussion attitudes), regardless of the type of topic discussed. The results are interpreted as providing evidence for Self-Categorization Theory, which posits that group-mediated attitude change is a phenomenon of conformity to local ingroup norms--representing what group members perceive to be the group consensus--and factors influencing the salience of ingroup-outgroup categorizations or group identity. The clinical implications of these findings for correctional treatment groups and implications for future research are discussed.

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Meiklejohn, David. "Shopper's attitude to green consumerism." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1992. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ENV/09envm512.pdf.

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