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July, Emma. "Awareness, attitudes and referral practices of health care providers to psychological services in Botswana." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1166.
Повний текст джерелаRobinson, Derek, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Education. "Partnerships in performance : effective referral and collaboration between hockey coaches and psychologists." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 2003, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/204.
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Bélanger, Eliane. "Abortion pain : psychosocial and medical predictors." Thesis, McGill University, 1986. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=74035.
Повний текст джерелаRoberts, Craig Brendan. "The judgement of risk in traumatised and non-traumatised emergency medical service personnel." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/51990.
Повний текст джерелаENGLISH ABSTRACT: Judgement of risk for negative events in certain situations was investigated in a group of emergency medical service (EMS) personnel with a diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD; n = 27) and a group without PTSD (n = 74). Participants completed the PTSD Symptom Scale: Self-Report version (Faa, Riggs, Dancu, & Rothbaum, 1993), an EMS work experiences questionnaire, the Beck Depression Inventory (Beck, Rush, Shaw, & Emery, 1979), and an event probability questionnaire designed to assess judgement of risk. Participants with PTSD overestimated amount of risk involved in comparison to participants without PTSD, thereby demonstrating a judgement bias for risk related events. The present study found that the judgement bias in PTSD participants extended to include not just external harm related events but also general negative events (without potential threatening/harmful consequences), negative social events, and negative workrelated events. Of the posttraumatic symptomatology assessed, avoidance symptomatology was found to be the best predictor of judgement bias. The results of the present study are discussed in terms of the cognitive clinical psychology theories of PTSD, which predict the manifestation of judgement bias in PTSD, and cognitive experimental psychology explanations of the effect of negative emotional states on judgement processes.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Oordeeloor risiko vir negatiewe gebeurtenisse in sekere situasies is ondersoek by "n groep mediese nooddienspersoneel met "n diagnose van posttraumatiese stresversteuring (PTSV; n = 27) en "n groep sonder PTSV (n = 74). Deelnemers het die PTSD Symptom Scale: Self-Report version (Foa, Riggs, Dancu, & Rothbaum, 1993), "n mediese nooddiens werkservaringe-vraelys, die Beck Depression Inventory (Beck, Rush, Shaw, & Emery, 1979), en "n gebeurtenis-waarskynlikheidsvraelys wat opgestel is om oordeeloor risiko te meet, voltooi. Deelnemers met PTSV het die mate van risiko betrokke oorskat in vergelyking met deelnemers sonder PTSVen sodoende "n beoordelingsydigheid vir risiko-verbandhoudende situasies gedemonstreer. In die huidige studie is gevind dat beoordelingsydigheid by PTSV deelnemers nie beperk was tot eksterne skade-verbandhoudende gebeurtenisse nie, maar dat dit ook veralgemeen het na algemene negatiewe gebeurtenisse (sonder potensieel skadelike gevolge), negatiewe sosiale gebeurtenisse, en negatiewe werksverwante gebeurtenisse. Daar is gevind dat, wat PTSV-simptomatologie betref, vermyding die beste voorspeller van beoordelingsydigheid was. Die resultate van die huidige studie word bespreek in terme van kognitiewe klinies-sielkundige teorieë van PTSV, wat die aanwesigheid van beoordelingsydigheid voorspel, en kognitiewe eksperimentele-sielkunde verklarings van die effek van negatiewe emosionele toestande op beoordelingsprosesse.
Reilly, Joanne. "Interventions for the emotional and psychological aspects of having a medical procedure." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.502507.
Повний текст джерелаLau, Yvonne, and n/a. "The enthusiasm for disease screening : an ethical critique with a sociological perspective." University of Otago. Dunedin School of Medicine, 2009. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20090121.085918.
Повний текст джерелаAu, W. M., and 區慧敏. "Childhood obesity in Hong Kong: medical and psychological sequelae." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31971416.
Повний текст джерелаPalazzo, Michael. "Pilot Testing a Paperless Nursing Assessment of Medical, Psychiatric, and Addiction Treatment and Re-entry Needs Among Women at Jail Intake." Diss., University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/22062.
Повний текст джерелаMaldonado, Michele L. "The Effects of Parenting Stress and Academic Self-Concept on Reading Ability in a Clinic Referral Sample." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2001. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2751/.
Повний текст джерелаYagi, Toyoko. "Compliance with dialysis regimens: The effects of coping and social support." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2655.
Повний текст джерелаNakamura, Carlos. "The effects of specific support to hypothesis generation on the diagnostic performance of medical students /." Thesis, McGill University, 2006. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=102817.
Повний текст джерелаPalmer, Josephine Chiara. "Factors associated with professional nursing practice in medical-surgical nurses." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/277266.
Повний текст джерелаYeung, Sze-ying, and 楊思瑩. "A case control study of the referral pattern and patient non-attendance in medical and surgical specialist outpatient clinics inHong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B39724293.
Повний текст джерелаFerro, Paula Luz, and Fernandez Gloria Del. "Spirituality and compliance correlates of hemodialysis patients." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2663.
Повний текст джерелаSzentesi, Christine Eve. "Women's medical facilities : rethinking program with regard to the patient." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/24071.
Повний текст джерелаThomson, Cynthia 1957. "INFLUENCE TECHNIQUES OF CLINICAL DIETITIANS WHEN INTERACTING WITH PHYSICIANS." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276483.
Повний текст джерелаWillis, Eileen. "Accelerating control : an ethnographic account of the impact of micro-economic reform on the work of health professionals /." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 2004. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phw7341.pdf.
Повний текст джерелаSkidmore, Monique. "Flying through a skyful of lies : survival strategies and the politics of fear in urban Myanmar (Burma)." Thesis, McGill University, 1999. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=35670.
Повний текст джерелаAn important culturally constructed strategy of survival in Myanmar entails the detaching of agency from the body while the mind "flies" to freedom. This strategy has a long history not only in Burmese, but also in other Southeast Asian histories, myths, and legends. Just as Burmese wizards fly to a mythical landscape in the foothills of the Himalayas when released from their physical bodies, so too do heroin addicts, prostitutes, psychiatric patients, and the urban poor flee to Burmese fantasylands to escape the domination of the military regime. This strategy, one of many adopted by urban residents, denies the State the final prize it so desperately craves: the willing participation of Burmans in a military society, the complete internalization of totalitarian ideology such that no other ideologies can exist and no space is left for their creation and negotiation. In the conclusion I argue that the regime is aware that it has faded in this task.
I also examine the possibility that the existence of multiple Burmese worlds or realities, in conjunction with a strong belief in the miraculous may offer new ground for research into the trauma of survivors of violence and terror. The construction of madness, death, and reanimation in Burmese culture, grounds particular survival strategies in logical, hopeful, and perhaps curative, rationalities.
Boyd-Flanagan, Sandra L. "A comparative study: Health care providers and student attitudes towards persons with HIV seropositivity or the definitive diagnosis of AIDS." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1989. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/430.
Повний текст джерелаDiDona, Toni Marie. "An evaluation of depression, self-efficacy, satisfaction with life and perceived access to medical care across stages of HIV infection." FIU Digital Commons, 1994. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2815.
Повний текст джерелаWong, Shan. "Psychological reaction of healthcare workers in the outbreak and aftermath of severe acute respiratory syndrome." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B29760239.
Повний текст джерелаKeenan, Lisa A. "Family Environment, Social Support, and Psychological Distress of Women Seeking BRCA1 and BRCA2 Genetic Mutation Testing." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2002. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3240/.
Повний текст джерелаCruz, Leo Joe. "Medical compliance for Hispanic patients with end stage renal disease." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1999. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1798.
Повний текст джерелаCatalanello, Michael S. "Relaxation and Cognitive Therapy: Effects upon Patients' Abilities to Cope with a Stressful Medical Procedure." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1990. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332308/.
Повний текст джерелаArias, Rosa, and Flora Irene Dharmaraj. "Levels of subjective quality of life among adults with psychotic disorders formerly in foster care: Compared to a matched sample." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3117.
Повний текст джерелаJohnson, Steve Armenta. "Stress, coping and adjustment in single and married medical school students." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1996. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1268.
Повний текст джерелаAtaie, Jutta Elisabeth. ""Who Would Have Thought, With a Diagnosis Like This, I Would be Happy?": Portraits of Perceived Strengths and Resources in Early-Stage Dementia." PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1107.
Повний текст джерелаReynolds, Carol A. (Carol Ann). "Attitudes of Nursing Faculty Toward Patients With AIDS and Patients With a Homosexual Lifestyle." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1991. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332811/.
Повний текст джерелаYiu, Man-ching Phebe, and 姚文靜. "A study of the psychosocial aspects of long term hospitalization with reference to spinal injured patients: implication for social work practice." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1988. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31248329.
Повний текст джерелаLeung, Lok-lam Lorraine, and 梁洛林. "An exploration study on the relationship between styles of coping, andphysical and mental well-being of social workers in medical socialservice units under the Social Welfare Department." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2006. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45014516.
Повний текст джерелаKenney-Moore, Patricia. ""Like Drinking Water Out of a Fire Hydrant" Medical Education as Transformation: A Naturalistic Inquiry Into the Physician Assistant Student Experience." PDXScholar, 2016. http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2711.
Повний текст джерелаRosario, Douglas Paul. "Compliance behavior in physical therapy home programs." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1998. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1658.
Повний текст джерелаBinti, Mohd Arifin Siti Roshaidai. "Perspectives of postnatal depression in Malaysia : exploring experiences of women and healthcare practitioners." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/24176.
Повний текст джерелаShamberg, Neil S. "Shell shock in the origins of British psychiatry." Virtual Press, 1997. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1045637.
Повний текст джерелаDepartment of History
Costa, Clara Kislanov da. "A urgência subjetiva na urgência e emergência médicas: a inserção da escuta psicanalítica no pronto-socorro." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2017. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/20259.
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The presence of the psychoanalyst in the hospital’s emergency room still raises questions about what this professional is capable of doing in such place. The main goal of this research is to understand what is the role of the psychoanalyst in the emergency service, given the hurdles he/she can find due to a different look and a specific sense of ethics in this environment. To achieve this goal, a qualitative research was carried out, based on a theoretical discussion and a psychoanalytical reading which, in its turn, originated from the researcher experience and also from interviews with professionals from the field of Psychology. Authors like Freud, Winnicott and Roussillon were mentioned in order to give a better understanding to the main topics researched, such as the emergence of anguish, the avoidance of the traumatic and the possibilities of symbolization. In addition, this research also intends to show the importance of a care and listening that are not necessarily exclusive to the psychoanalyst. This knowledge may be used by other professionals who work in emergency units in benefit of the patient and his/her relatives
A presença do psicanalista no pronto-socorro hospitalar ainda suscita indagações acerca do que pode fazer tal profissional nesse local. Este estudo busca compreender quais são as possibilidades de atuação para o psicanalista em um serviço de urgência e emergência, considerando-se os impasses que esse profissional poderá encontrar nesse ambiente ao trabalhar segundo uma ética e olhar específicos. Trata-se de pesquisa qualitativa fundamentada em uma reflexão teórica realizada a partir de uma leitura psicanalítica e que teve como base empírica vinhetas originárias de experiências da pesquisadora e de profissionais de Psicologia entrevistados. Autores como Freud, Winnicott e Roussillon são utilizados para a compreensão de temas caros à pesquisa, tais como a emergência da angústia, a evitação do traumático e as possibilidades de simbolização. Visa-se ainda contribuir para a valorização de uma escuta e cuidado que não são necessariamente exclusivos do psicanalista. Dessa forma, podem ser utilizados também pelos demais profissionais que trabalham em prontos-socorros em prol do paciente e de seu familiar
Ball, Colleen. "Homebirth in WA: Why women make this choice." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2014. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1277.
Повний текст джерелаMcGarry, Sarah. "Pediatric medical traumatic stress : the impact on children, parents and staff." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2013. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/605.
Повний текст джерелаDirector, Dana L. "The Impacts of Change in Governance on Faculty and Staff at Higher Education Institutions: A Case Study of OHSU." PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1490.
Повний текст джерелаMunro, Susan 1938. "The education of the health care professional in terminal care in the light of the emotional impact of the nature of the work /." Thesis, McGill University, 1986. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=65973.
Повний текст джерелаFouche, Jean-Paul. "A diffusion tensor imaging study in HIV patients with and without apathy." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/5146.
Повний текст джерелаENGLISH ABSTRACT: HIV/AIDS is a global epidemic that accounts for a large percentage of the mortality in South Africa every year. Since the implementation of anti-retroviral treatment, HIV positive individuals have been living longer, and the cognitive impairment associated with the disease is becoming increasingly apparent. During the initial systemic infection of HIV, the virus migrates through the blood-brain barrier and inflicts axonal injury by causing upregulation of cytokines and neurotoxic proteins. HIV-associated dementia is a neuropsychological classification of cognitive impairment in HIV and a variety of symptoms have been classified as a part of the dementia complex. One of these is apathy, which is thought to be a precursor for dementia in HIV patients. Three groups of individuals have been recruited and scanned using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to examine changes in the brain. These are an HIV non-apathetic cohort, an HIV apathetic cohort and a healthy control cohort. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is an MRI technique used to quantitatively assess white matter (WM) integrity using metrics such as fractional anisotropy (FA). Voxel-based analysis, tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) and tractography are three established DTI analysis methods that have been applied in numerous studies. However, there are certain methodological strengths and limitations associated with each technique and therefore all three of these techniques were used to compare WM differences across groups. The frontal-subcortical pathways are known to be abnormal in apathy, and this has been demonstrated in a number of imaging studies. Most of these studies have examined apathy in the context of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s. However, to our knowledge this is the first DTI study in HIV apathetic patients. With the tractography method, the anterior thalamic radiation and the corpus callosum were reconstructed for each individual to determine whether there were any global changes in these tracts. No significant changes were found. However, a variety of regions in the WM were significantly abnormal in the HIV cohorts when comparing the data at a voxel-based level and using TBSS. This included areas such as the genu and splenium of the corpus callosum, the internal capsule and corona radiata. Changes in frontal WM for the HIV apathy group are an indication of dysfunction in the frontal-striatal circuits, and previous literature has implicated these circuits in the neuropathology of apathy in a variety of central nervous system (CNS) disorders.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: MIV/VIGS is `n wêreldwye epidemie wat verantwoordelik is vir `n hoë sterftesyfer in Suid- Afrika elke jaar. Sedert die inleiding van anti-retrovirale behandeling, het die MIV-positiewe populasie se lewensduur verleng. Tesame met langer lewensduur, het die kognitiewe verswakking wat geassosieer word met die siekte ook meer prominent na vore gekom. Gedurende die beginstadium van sistemiese infeksie in MIV is daar `n migrasie van die virus deur die bloed-breinskans. MIV kan indirek verantwoordelik wees vir aksonale beskadiging deur verhoging van neurotoksiese proteine en sitokinien te induseer. MIV-geassosieerde demensie is `n neurosielkundige klassifikasie van kognitiewe verswakking in MIV en verskeie simptome is al geïdentifiseer as deel van die demensie kompleks. Een van die simptome is apatie en daar word gespekuleer dat dit `n voorloper is vir demensie in MIV pasiënte. Drie groepe individue was gewerf vir die studie en geskandeer deur magnetiese resonansie beeldvorming (MRB) om sodoende veranderinge in die brein te ondersoek. Die groepe was onderskeidelik `n HIV nie-apatiese kohort, `n HIV apatiese kohort en `n gesonde kontrole kohort. Diffusie tensor beelding (DTB) is `n MRB tegniek wat toegepas word om witstof integriteit te meet deur gebruik te maak van maatstawwe soos fraksionele anisotropie (FA). “Voxel-based analysis”, “tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS)” en “tractography” is drie gevestigde DTB analitiese metodes wat al in talle studies toegepas was. Daar is egter sekere metodologiese voordele en beperkings verbonde aan elke tegniek en daarom is al drie tegnieke gebruik om witstof verskille tussen groepe te vergelyk. Die frontale-subkortikale roetes in die brein is bekend vir abnormaliteite in apatie en dit was ook al gedemonstreer in verskeie studies. Die meeste van die studies het apatie ondersoek in die konteks van neurodegeneratiewe siektes soos Alzheimer se siekte en Parkinson se siekte. Maar sover ons weet is hierdie die eerste DTB studie in MIV pasiënte met apatie. Met die “tractography” metode was die anterior thalamic radiation en corpus callosum herbou vir elke individu. Dit was om te bepaal of daar enige globale veranderinge is in hierdie gebiede, maar geen beduidende veranderinge is gevind nie.`n Verskeidenheid van gebiede in die witstof was beduidend abnormaal in die MIV kohorte wanneer die data vergelyk was met “TBSS” en “voxel-based analysis.” Dit het gebiede ingesluit soos die genu en splenium van die corpus callosum, die internal capsule en die corona radiata. Veranderinge in die frontale witstof vir die MIVapatie groep is `n aanduiding van disfunksie in die frontale-striatale bane. Vorige literatuur impliseer dat hierdie bane betrokke is in die neuro-patologie van apatie in verskeie sentrale senuweestelsel (SS) steurings.
Fillion, Jennifer Mary. "Metaphor Use in Interpersonal Communication of Body Perception in the Context of Breast Cancer." PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1014.
Повний текст джерелаO'Driscoll, Catherine T. "A study to determine the quality of life and experiences for liver and kidney transplant recipients and living kidney donors in Western Australia : the economic implications." University of Western Australia. School of Surgery, 2008. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2009.0077.
Повний текст джерелаSingh, Shail. "The effects of perceived discrimination on Samoan health." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3260.
Повний текст джерелаGnanadev, Appannagari M. D. "Expanding a gang tattoo removal program for San Bernardino County." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1738.
Повний текст джерелаPanidi, Ksenia. "Essays to the application of behavioral economic concepts to the analysis of health behavior." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/209674.
Повний текст джерелаUnderstanding psychological factors behind the reluctance to use preventive testing is a significant step towards a more efficient health care policy. Some people visit doctors very rarely because of a fear to receive negative results of medical inspection, others prefer to resort to medical services in order to prevent any diseases. Recent research in the field of Behavioral Economics suggests that human's preferences may be significantly influenced by the choice of a reference point. In the first chapter I study the link between loss aversion and the frequently observed tendency to avoid useful but negative information (the ostrich effect) in the context of preventive health care choices. I consider a model with reference-dependent utility that allows to characterize how people choose their health care strategy, namely, the frequency of preventive checkups. In this model an individual lives for two periods and faces a trade-off. She makes a choice between delaying testing until the second period with the risk of a more costly treatment in the future, or learning a possibly unpleasant diagnosis today, that implies an emotional loss but prevents an illness from further development. The model shows that high loss aversion decreases the frequency of preventive testing due to the fear of a bad diagnosis. Moreover, I show that under certain conditions increasing risk of illness discourages testing.
In the second chapter I provide empirical support for the model predictions. I use a questionnaire study of a representative sample of the Dutch population to measure variables such as loss aversion, testing frequency and subjective risk. I consider the undiagnosed non-symptomatic population and concentrate on medical tests for four illnesses that include hypertension, diabetes, chronic lung disease and cancer. To measure loss aversion I employ a sequence of lottery questions formulated in terms of gains and losses of life years with respect to the current subjective life expectancy. To relate this measure of loss aversion to the testing frequency I use a two-part modeling approach. This approach distinguishes between the likelihood of participation in testing and the frequency of tests for those who decided to participate. The main findings confirm that loss aversion, as measured by lottery choices in terms of life expectancy, is significantly and negatively associated with the decision to participate in preventive testing for hypertension, diabetes and lung disease. Higher loss aversion also leads to lower frequency of self-tests for cancer among women. The effect is more pronounced in magnitude for people with higher subjective risk of illness.
In the third chapter I explore the phenomena of crowding-out and crowding-in of motivation to exercise self-control. Various health care choices, such as keeping a diet, reducing sugar consumption (e.g. in case of diabetes) or abstaining from smoking, require costly self-control efforts. I study the long-run and short-run influence of external and self-rewards offered to stimulate self-control. In particular, I develop a theoretical model based on the combination of the dual-self approach to the analysis of the time-inconsistency problem with the principal-agent framework. I show that the psychological property of disappointment aversion (represented as loss aversion with respect to the expected outcome) helps to explain the differences in the effects of rewards when a person does not perfectly know her self-control costs. The model is based on two main assumptions. First, a person learns her abstention costs only if she exerts effort. Second, observing high abstention costs brings disutility due to disappointment (loss) aversion. The model shows that in the absence of external reward an individual will exercise self-control only when her confidence in successful abstention is high enough. However, observing high abstention costs will discourage the individual from exerting effort in the second period, i.e. will lead to the crowding-out of motivation. On the contrary, choosing zero effort in period 1 does not reveal the self-control costs. Hence, this preserves the person's self-confidence helping her to abstain in the second period. Such crowding-in of motivation is observed for the intermediate level of self-confidence. I compare this situation to the case when an external reward is offered in the first period. The model shows that given a sufficiently low self-confidence external reward may lead to abstention in both periods. At the same time, without it a person would not abstain in any period. However, for an intermediate self-confidence, external reward may lead to the crowding-out of motivation. For the same level of self-confidence, the absence of such reward may cause crowding-in. Overall, the model generates testable predictions and helps to explain contradictory empirical findings on the motivational effects of different types of rewards.
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Beaton, Deborah, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Education. "Long-term implications of critical incident stress among emergency responders." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 2003, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/201.
Повний текст джерелаxi, 181 leaves ; 29 cm.
Dubois, Sylvie. "The role of informational support in relation to health care service use among individuals newly diagnosed with cancer /." Thesis, McGill University, 2008. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=115895.
Повний текст джерелаOsmancevic, Himka. "A brief screening instrument for use by lawyers to assess the capacity of older clients with memory deficits." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2006. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/336.
Повний текст джерелаModiba, Lebitsi Maud. "Support programme for mothers with pregnancy loss." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/6847.
Повний текст джерелаAlthough the general topic of death is receiving increasing attention by the medical community, little is known about the impact that pregnancy loss has on the lives experiencing it. Statistics show that the problem is widespread, but they tell nothing about the tears, the regrets, the feeling of guilt and the long process of rebuilding hope. And the medical community is not consistent in attitude or skill where caring for mothers with pregnancy loss. Mothers expect their physicians to be understanding and compassionate, especially when the worst fear has become a reality and the baby had died. Sadly, these expectations are too often unfulfilled, leaving the mother angry and confused, instead, death becomes the enemy to be avoided and opposed at all costs. The purpose of this study is to develop a conceptual framework of support to mothers with pregnancy loss to assist midwives and doctors in supporting these mothers
Vawda, Naseema B. M. "Perceived stress, coping behaviour, and health outcomes among South African undergraduate medical students." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/7931.
Повний текст джерелаThesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2003.