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Sinclaire-Harding, Lysandra. "Profiling emotion regulation : exploring patterns of regulation in classroom behaviour." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2018. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/271634.
Full textMeachum, Cynthia L. "The regulation of instrumental behaviour by toxicosis." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.256395.
Full textAbusnana, Salahedeen Emhemed Elmansuri. "Hypothalamic neuropeptides in regulation of feeding behaviour." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.391263.
Full textPorazinski, Sean. "YAP-regulation of dynamic cell behaviour underlying organogenesis." Thesis, University of Bath, 2014. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.619228.
Full textCornforth, Daniel Michael. "Social behaviour in bacteria : regulation, coinfection, and virulence." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/17609.
Full textBaldock, M. R. J. "Self-regulation of the driving behaviour of older drivers /." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 2004. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phb1781.pdf.
Full textBaldock, Matthew R. J. "Self-regulation of the driving behaviour of older drivers." Access PDF text via HTML index, 2004. http://thesis.library.adelaide.edu.au/public/adt-SUA20041221.165852/index.html.
Full textNelovkov, Aleksei. "Behavioural and neurogenetic study of molecular mechanisms involved in regulation of exploratory behaviour in rodents /." Online version, 2006. http://dspace.utlib.ee/dspace/bitstream/10062/1251/5/nelovaleksei.pdf.
Full textAndreas, Venhorst. "The psychophysiological regulation of pacing behaviour and performance during prolonged endurance exercise." Thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28369.
Full textAngove, Woodgate Jennifer. "Self-efficacy theory and the self-regulation of exercise behaviour." Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/721.
Full textIn Study One an expanded operationalization of exercise-related self-regulatory efficacy was investigated. The construction of various self-regulatory efficacy indices was informed by self-regulation frameworks (Barone et al. , 1997; Baumeister et al. , 1994). These indices as well as barriers efficacy were used to prospectively predict self-reported exercise behaviour. The hierarchical multiple regression analysis indicated that the expanded self-regulatory efficacy variables (i. e. , scheduling, relapse prevention, goal-setting self-efficacy) explained a significant amount of variance in exercise behaviour. In addition, barriers efficacy also contributed significant, but modest, variance to the model. These results underscore McAuley and Mihalko?s (1998) recommendation that multiple measures of self-efficacy should be used to examine exercise behaviour. The findings also emphasize that a focus solely on barriers as the indicant of self-regulatory efficacy in exercise may be overlooking other aspects of the construct that contribute to prediction.
Study Two extended the descriptive findings of the first study and addressed a recognized research need (Dzewaltowski, 1994; McAuley & Blissmer, 2000; McAuley et al. , 2001). Specifically, this study examined the possibility of individual differences (i. e. , optimism, consideration of future consequences) influencing the relationship between self-regulatory efficacy and exercise behaviour. Results indicated that participants higher in optimism reported significantly greater self-regulatory efficacy and exercise intentions for intensity than did those lower in optimism. In addition, participants higher in consideration of future consequences (CFC) reported greater self-regulatory efficacy and exercise attendance than participants with moderate CFC. Finally, CFC significantly moderated the influence of various indices self-regulatory efficacy on subsequent exercise attendance. However the effect upon the prospective relationship was modest.
Whereas the first two studies examined the predictive relationship between self-regulatory efficacy and exercise behaviour, Study Three focused upon the influence of sources of self-regulatory efficacy in strengthening efficacy beliefs. This investigation concerned the effects of an acute manipulation of self-efficacy information in changing self-regulatory self-efficacy within a special population -- cardiac rehabilitation exercise program participants. According to theory, sources of self-efficacy information are common to task and self-regulatory efficacy (Bandura, 1997).
The study used a 2 (message condition) by 2 (time) design in which cardiac rehabilitation program participants were randomly assigned to conditions. Utilizing a written message employing the self-efficacy sources of verbal persuasion and vicarious experiences, self-regulatory efficacy for the scheduling of independent exercise was targeted within an ?efficacy enhancing? condition. This condition was compared to an ?information control? message of other information relevant to cardiac rehabilitation participants. As hypothesized, the efficacy-enhancing condition exhibited increased scheduling self-efficacy compared to the control condition. As well, exercise-related cognitions (i. e. , intentions for frequency, action plans, behavioural commitment to learning about independent exercise) were superior for the efficacy-enhancing condition participants compared to their control conditioncounterparts.
Taken together, the studies support and extend research on self-regulatory efficacy in the exercise domain. In part, this was accomplished by expanding the operationalization of exercise-related self-regulatory efficacy to represent more components of self-regulation than examined in the exercise literature to date. In addition, these studies extend previous descriptive research by examining the potential moderators of the influence of self-regulatory efficacy on exercise behaviour. Finally, the third study represented one of the first efforts to experimentally manipulate determinants of self-regulatory efficacy for independent exercise in a special population. It supported the hypothesis that informational determinants (i. e. , vicarious experience, verbal persuasion) can be acutely manipulated to increase self-regulatory efficacy among cardiac rehabilitation participants.
Sweeney, Derina E. "Regulation of cell behaviour and identity in a branching epithelium." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/29388.
Full textGriffiths, John H. "Verbal regulation of behaviour in children : establishing effective dental care." Thesis, Bangor University, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.357889.
Full textHardt, Michael Hermann. "Behaviour and ownership in the theory of competition and regulation." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1996. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1447/.
Full textPomroy, Lucy Victoria. "The relationship between multiple traumatisation, emotion regulation and violent behaviour." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2014. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/4767/.
Full textSimmonds, Steven. "Regulation of macrophage behaviour by Wnt signalling : implications for atherosclerosis." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2017. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.738558.
Full textWalker, Lindsay. "The evolution and regulation of cooperation in the wild." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/21129.
Full textLapierre, Matthew Allen. "Emotion regulation and young children’s consumer behavior." EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/623035.
Full textKurki, K. (Kristiina). "Young children’s emotion and behaviour regulation in socio-emotionally challenging situations." Doctoral thesis, Oulun yliopisto, 2017. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526216973.
Full textTiivistelmä Tässä väitöstutkimuksessa tutkitaan päiväkoti- ja peruskouluikäisten lasten tunteiden ja käyttäytymisen säätelyä koulussa ja avoimessa päiväkodissa. Tavoitteena on selvittää erityisesti, miten lasten tunteiden ja käyttäytymisen säätely ilmenee oppimiseen tai sosiaalisiin tilanteisiin liittyvissä sosio-emotionaalisissa haasteissa ja ymmärtää lasten tunteiden ja käyttäytymisen säätelyyn vaikuttavia yksilöllisiä ja vuorovaikutuksellisia tekijöitä. Tutkimus toteutettiin kahdessa kontekstissa: peruskoulussa ja avoimessa päiväkodissa. Se koostuu kolmesta empiirisestä osatutkimuksesta, joiden tulokset on raportoitu kolmessa artikkelissa. Osatutkimuksessa I selvitettiin millaisia sosio-emotionaalisia haasteita lapset kokivat peruskoulun luokkahuonetilanteissa ja miten he käyttivät tunnesäätelystrategioita näissä tilanteissa. Osatutkimus II tutki, miten opettajat säätelivät lasten tunteita ja käyttäytymistä haasteellisissa tilanteissa avoimessa päiväkodissa ja miten tietoisia he olivat käyttämistään strategioista. Osatutkimus III selvitti puolestaan, millaisia säätelystrategioita lapset käyttivät samoissa sosio-emotionaalisesti haastavissa tilanteissa. Osatutkimus selvitti myös, miten lasten käyttämät strategiat olivat yhteydessä vuorovaikutukseen opettajan ja ikätoverien kanssa. Tutkimuksen aineistona käytettiin video-taltiointeja autenttisista koulu- ja päiväkotitilanteista, opettajille järjestettyjä videostimuloituja haastatteluja ja lasten sosiaalista kompetenssia arvioivaa kyselyä. Tutkimustulokset osoittavat, että lapset käyttävät monenlaisia tunne- ja käyttäytymisen säätelystrategioita haasteellisissa tilanteissa. Päiväkoti-ikäisten lasten säätelystrategiat pyrkivät enimmäkseen vaikuttamaan muiden toimintaan, kun taas kouluikäiset, erityisesti sosiaalisesti taitavat lapset, säätelevät haasteellisissa tilanteissa enemmän itseään kuin ympäristöä. Tulosten mukaan opettajat kohdistavat säätelystrategiansa haasteellisissa tilanteissa enemmän lasten toimintaan kuin heidän tunteisiinsa. Kaiken kaikkiaan tulokset osoittavat, että lasten säätelystrategioihin vaikuttavat sekä heidän omat taitonsa että opettajien aktiivinen puuttuminen ja vuorovaikutus ikätoverien kanssa. Tutkimus korostaa opettajan tuen merkitystä lasten tunteiden säätelyprosesseissa lasten koulun ja varhaiskasvatuksen arjessa
Wiechmann, Anja. "Quorum sensing and the regulation of multicellular behaviour in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2016. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31691/.
Full textLim, Mei Yii. "Emotions, behaviour and belief regulation in an intelligent guide with attitude." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/2086.
Full textSercombe, Heather Elizabeth. "Analysis of the behaviour and regulation of the replication protein ciz1." Thesis, University of York, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.516658.
Full textWitcomb, Gemma L. "Effects of cognitive distraction on the regulation of human eating behaviour." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2005. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/2184.
Full textLi, Alex Sai Hoi. "To stop or not to stop? - Investigating the differential effects of two self-control stategies on self-regulatory resource depletion." University of Sydney, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/6410.
Full textSelf-regulation is a vital function to humanity, and is an important factor in the dominant paradigm of consumer research, whereby consumer decisions are characterised by the battle between long- and short-term interests. The current research examined the relative effectiveness of two self-regulatory strategies: stopping an already-commenced consumption episode, or to not commence one at all. Traditional economic theories, including the principle of diminishing marginal utility, would predict that not starting is harder to accomplish; whereas a proposal by Thaler (1983) suggests that not starting is in fact the optimal strategy. Two studies were conducted whereby participants were asked to either perform a less-favoured task and resist from starting a more-favoured one (Not Start), or to cease performing a more-favoured task to complete the less-favoured task (Stop). Study 1 found that Stop was more difficult than Not Start, which tentatively supported Thaler’s argument; however there was an explanation which could not be ruled out, namely the psychological distance of the anticipated second task. Study 2 addressed this issue by manipulating that factor by incorporating it into the experimental design. It was found that Not Start became as depleting as Stop when psychological distance of the second task was reduced. This research contributed to the literature by establishing a boundary condition upon the strength model of self-regulatory resource depletion, and adds to the discussion on the descriptive validity of the principle of diminishing marginal utility.
Edberg, Carina. "Expression of weight and aggression regulating genes in Drosophila melanogaster after exposure to the behavioural pheromone 11-cis-vaccenyl acetate." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-203058.
Full textChaudhuri, Amitabha. "Invertase in a thermophilic fungus, thermomyces lanuginosus: its unusual behaviour And regulation." Thesis, Indian Institute of Science, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/2005/104.
Full textDawson, Kristin. "The regulation of atrial fibroblast behaviour and its role in atrial fibrillation." Thesis, McGill University, 2014. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=123124.
Full textLa fibrillation auriculaire (FA) est l'arythmie la plus fréquente. Des propriétés cardiaques électriques et structurelles altérées participent à l'initiation et au maintien de la FA. Un remodelage structurel est une composante majeure de l'insuffisance cardiaque congestive (ICC). La FA et l'ICC sont souvent des événements concomitants dans les populations de patients. Les fibroblastes cardiaques ont un rôle clé dans ce remodelage structurel du cœur, ceci via la synthèse et le dépôt excessif de matrice extracellulaire (MEC), conduisant à la fibrose. Une meilleure compréhension du fonctionnement de ces fibroblastes, et la mise au point de stratégies visant leur régulation pourraient permettre un traitement préventif de ce remodelage néfaste. Le but de cette thèse était d'approfondir les connaissances sur les fonctions fibroblastiques, avec en point de mire, l'identification de nouvelles cibles thérapeutiques pour lutter contre le remodelage structural.Dans un modèle expérimental d'ICC, la fibrose auriculaire est plus évidente qu'au niveau ventriculaire. La fibrose atriale est importante en cas d'ICC, mais inexistante dans les oreillettes contrôles; ce qui conduit a l'hypothèse que les fibroblastes seraient intrinsèquement différents dans ces deux conditions. Toutefois, la culture de ces deux types de fibroblastes ne montre aucune différence dans l'expression de gènes de la MEC. Cela pourrait être dû aux conditions de culture qui occulteraient les phénotypes observés in vivo. Cette thèse démontre que les fibroblastes atriaux, selon qu'ils soient issus d'animaux contrôles ou avec ICC, sont en réalité très différents en terme d'expression de gènes, de morphologie, ou de propriétés de leurs canaux ioniques. En effet, ces différences phénotypiques d'importance disparaissent une fois ces fibroblastes mis en culture.Dans le but d'expliquer le mécanisme d'activation des fibroblastes atriaux dans le cas d'ICC, l'étude du micro-ARN 29 (miR29) a été entreprise. MiR29 est impliqué, après infarctus du myocarde (IM), dans la régulation de l'expression de la MEC de la zone péri-infarcie. D'où l'hypothèse que l'expression de miR29 serait diminuée dans les fibroblastes atriaux d'animaux avec ICC, entraînant une augmentation de l'expression de la MEC. MiR29 a une expression diminuée dans les tissus et fibroblastes atriaux d'animaux en ICC, en corrélation avec une augmentation de l'expression de la MEC. Chez les patients atteints de FA, les niveaux plasmatique et tissulaire de miR29 sont également diminués. Une relation directe entre miR29 et l'expression de gènes de la MEC a été démontrée via l'utilisation de lentivirus pour supprimer ou augmenter miR29 dans les fibroblastes atriaux. La restauration des niveaux de miR29 dans des cas d'ICC ou de FA pourrait prévenir le remodelage structurel.Il a récemment été montré que la voie de signalisation Wnt-Frizzled est activée après IM chez le rat, induisant la formation d'une cicatrice. Il y a toutefois peu d'informations concernant l'expression des différents gènes Wnts et Frizzleds dans les fibroblastes cardiaques, en conditions contrôle ou malade. Une des finalités de cette thèse était de mieux caractériser cette voie de signalisation. Les fibroblastes atriaux et ventriculaires expriment la vaste majorité des 10 récepteurs Frizzled, et des 19 ligands Wnts. Fzd2 voit son expression fortement augmentée, aussi bien dans l'oreillette que dans le ventricule, dans les fibroblastes issu d'animaux en ICC, par rapport aux contrôles, lui suggérant un rôle de régulateur du phénotype de ces fibroblastes. Dans les mêmes conditions, Wnt2 et Wnt4 voient leur expression augmentée. Les fibroblastes atriaux traités par Wnt4 présentent une augmentation de l'expression d'un gène de la MEC. Au contraire, l'inhibition de Wnt2 et Wnt4 pourrait ralentir la surexpression de gènes de la MEC par les fibroblastes atriaux d'animaux en ICC.
Davis, James. "The representation, regulation and behaviour of petty traders in late medieval England." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2001. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/272100.
Full textCallander, Isla M. F. "Improving the statutory regulation of consensual sexual behaviour between adolescents in Scotland." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2017. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/8244/.
Full textLesage-Pelletier, Cindy. "A SNP Associated With Autism Affects Dlx5/Dlx6 Regulation in the Forebrain." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/20359.
Full textHammond, David. "Human smoking behaviour, cigarette testing protocols, and constituent yields." Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/737.
Full textThe results of the field study indicate a high degree of stability in puffing behaviour within the same smoker over time, but considerable variability between smokers, including those smoking the same brand. Puffing behaviour was strongly associated with cotinine levels, particularly when included in an interaction term with cigarettes per day (Part r = . 50, p<. 001). Smokers who were switched to a ?low-yield? cigarette increased their total smoke intake per cigarette by 40% (p=. 007), with no significant change in their in salivary cotinine levels.
The results indicate systematic differences between human puffing behaviour and the puffing regimes used by machine testing protocols. The puffing behaviour observed among participants during the one-week smoking trials was significantly more intense than the puffing parameters of the ISO and Compensatory testing regimes. When cigarette brands were machine tested using participants? actual puffing behaviour, the results suggest that participants ingested two to four times the level of tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide indicated by the ISO regime, and twice the amounts generated by the Compensatory regime for ?regular-yield? brands. The Canadian and Massachusetts regimes produced yields much closer to the ?Human Mimic? yields, although nowhere near a maximum or intense standard, as they were designed to do. Only the nicotine yields from the Human Mimic regime were correlated with measures of nicotine uptake among smokers, and only moderately so (Part r = . 31, p=. 02).
Self-report measures of puffing behaviour collected during the field study were moderately correlated with physiological measures of puffing and exposure. Self-report measures of puff depth and puff number showed some promise as predictors of salivary cotinine, although the results are characterized by inconsistencies across models. The self-report measures included in the ITC survey were only weakly associated with age and cigarettes per day, with modest between-country differences.
Overall, this research highlights the importance of puffing behaviour as a determinant of smoke exposure, and provides strong evidence of compensatory smoking for ?low-yield? brands. The findings also highlight the variability in human smoking behaviour and the limitations associated with machine testing protocols. Perhaps most important, the findings underscore the immediate need to revise the ISO protocol, which systematically underestimates smoking behaviour among humans and exaggerates differences between cigarette brands.
Anreiter, Ina. "Epigenetics and behavioural plasticity: drosophila euchromatin histone metiltransferase and foraging." Master's thesis, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/8144.
Full textThe foraging gene in D. melanogaster underlies a natural polymorphism with two variants called rover and sitter. These variants differ in a suite of phenotypes which are plastic when exposed to varying environmental parameters. Although the phenotypic differences between rovers and sitters are evident, the underlying molecular mechanisms involved are not completely understood. Recently, a histone methyltransferase (EHMT) was found to methylate histones at the foraging promoter region, suggesting a possible interaction of these two genes. This work provides strong evidence that EHMT significantly affects several phenotypic traits linked to the foraging gene. EHMT is needed for the plastic response to food-deprivation seen in larval feeding behaviour, evident as food-deprived larvae lacking EHMT show the same behaviour as fed larva, while larva with functional EHMT significantly reduce their path-lengths when food-deprived. Furthermore, the loss of functional EHMT affects sitter but not rover adult foraging behaviour in food-deprived flies, suggesting an epigenetic interaction between EHMT and the foraging alleles. EHMT mutants also have higher fat storage levels and survive longer during starvation. And finally, EHMT mutants and revertants do not differ significantly in overall foraging RNA expression in fed and food-deprived feeding regimes, but show substantial differences in the foraging protein isoforms expressed. Taken together, this thesis provides proof that EHMT epigenetically regulates traits influenced by the foraging gene and that this regulation is linked to environmental cues. Considering that both foraging and EHMT have homologues in many species and have been associated to a series of human diseases, the results herein are also interesting from a human perspective.
Roy, Sushmita. "The Role of a9B1 Integrin in the Regulation of Oral Epithelial Cell Behaviour." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.512003.
Full textChampagne, Frances Anne. "Natural variations in maternal behaviour in the rat : neural mechanisms and environmental regulation." Thesis, McGill University, 2004. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=85057.
Full textAdoption studies suggest that the expression of LG behaviour is environmentally mediated. We have shown that gestational stress can reduce licking/grooming behaviour of High LG mothers and that this reduction is correlated to a stress-induced decrease in OTR binding in the MPOA. These behavioural and neuroendocrine changes are long-term and are passed on to the female offspring of these mothers. Post-weaning isolation also reduces maternal licking/grooming behaviour and OTR binding in the offspring of High LG mothers. Conversely, post-weaning social enrichment enhances LG behaviour and OTR binding in the female offspring of Low LG mothers.
Overall, these studies describe an environmentally regulated estrogen-oxytocin mechanism that mediates the expression of natural variations in maternal care in the rat.
Taysum, P. N. "The impact of environmental regulation on the strategic behaviour of firms and regulators." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.662795.
Full textGarfield, Alastair S. "Investigating the roles of mouse Grb10 in the regulation of growth and behaviour." Thesis, University of Bath, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.442877.
Full textGrant, Emma Jane. "Molecular studies on neuropeptide Y receptors involved in the regulation of feeding behaviour." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.298649.
Full textFrost, Emma Elizabeth. "The role of extracellular cues in the regulation of oligodendrocyte behaviour in vitro." Thesis, Anglia Ruskin University, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.286059.
Full textStrachan, Shaelyn. "An Identity Theory and Social Cognitive Theory Examination of the Role of Identity in Health Behaviour and Behavioural Regulation." Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/729.
Full textStudy One investigated the role of identity and self-efficacy beliefs in the maintenance of vigorous physical activity. Results were consistent with both Identity Theory and Social Cognitive Theory. Individuals who strongly identified with the runner identity expressed stronger task and self-regulatory efficacy beliefs. They also exercised more frequently and for longer durations than did those who only moderately identified with running.
Study Two further explored the relationship between exercise identity, exercise behaviour and the self-regulatory processes involved in behavioural regulation. Identity Theory and Social Cognitive Theory were used as guiding frameworks for this investigation. High and moderate exercise identity groups were compared in term of their affective and cognitive reactions to a hypothetical behavioural challenge to exercise identity. Consistent with Identity Theory, results indicated that participants appeared to be regulating their behaviour in a manner that was consistent with their exercise identity. Specifically, in response to the behavioural challenge to identity, high exercise identity participants, in contrast to their moderate counterparts, showed (a) less positive and (b) greater negative affect about the challenge, (c) higher self-regulatory efficacy for future exercise under the same challenging conditions, (d) stronger intentions for this future exercise, as well as for (e) using self-regulatory strategies to manage the challenging conditions and (f) intending to exercise more frequently under those conditions.
Study Three investigated whether identity with healthy eating could also be useful in understanding behaviour and behavioural regulation. Similar to Study Two, extreme healthy-eater identity groups? reactions to a hypothetical behavioural challenge to identity were compared. Results were similar to Study Two. Participants responded in a manner that suggested that they would regulate their future behaviour relative to their healthy-eater identity. In response to the behavioural challenge to identity, individuals who highly identified as healthy-eaters expressed less (a) positive affect, greater (b) negative affect, (c) self-regulatory efficacy for managing their healthy eating in the future challenging weeks, (d) intentions to eat a healthy diet, (e) generated more self-regulatory strategies and had (f) stronger intentions to use those strategies in future weeks under the same challenging conditions than did individuals who moderately identified themselves as healthy-eaters. Further, prospective relationships between healthy-eater identity and social cognitive variables, and healthy eating outcomes were examined. As was found in Study One in the context of exercise, healthy-eater identity and social cognitions predicted healthy eating outcomes.
Taken together, the three studies suggest that identity may be important in understanding health behaviours and the regulation of these behaviours. Also, the present findings support the compatible use of Identity Theory and Social Cognitive Theory in the investigation of identity and health behaviour.
Terblanche, Margaretha Elizabeth. "The self-regulation of health-related goals in young adults : a qualitative exploration / M.E. Terblanche." Thesis, North-West University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/1438.
Full textAmin, Margi. "Mediating role of childhood abuse and emotion regulation between parental bonding and suicidal behaviour." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/6307.
Full textNead, Lynda Daryll. "Representation and regulation : women and sexuality in English art c. 1840-1870." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.369506.
Full textSato, Ayana. "Impulse buying and health : affect and regulatory focus." Thesis, University of Bath, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.577313.
Full textHoppe, Christina Roberta Gina. "Predicting health professionals' management of obesity." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 1999. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/predicting-health-professionals-management-of-obesity(fe0ce36e-9881-4b82-8bcb-6bdeb3d1daf4).html.
Full textBorzacchiello, Nicola. "Shear behaviour of FRP RC beam." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2017.
Find full textCaquineau, Céline. "Interactions between oxytocin and α-MSH in the regulation of male sexual behaviour in rats." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/24143.
Full textBourdon, Brianne Juella. "Correlations between primary maternal preoccupation, maternal depression and anxiety, and infant pain behaviour self-regulation." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/54252.
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Riou, Samuel. "Regulation of parental effort and chick growth in manx shearwaters : behaviour, physiology and environmental variability." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.511176.
Full textCecil, Joanne Elizabeth. "Oral, gastric and intestinal influences on the regulation of appetite and eating behaviour in humans." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.298882.
Full textHurst, Megan. "Get fit, feel great, look amazing! : regulation of exercise behaviour and body image in women." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2015. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/55655/.
Full textKorn, Clio. "Contributions of COMT and DAT to regulation of phasic dopamine release and reward-guided behaviour." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:8772a01d-665d-454e-9e3c-bf734331a1c2.
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