Leading Proactivity in Innovative Startups: A Moderated Mediation Model

Cost escalation in information technology outsourcing: A moderated mediation study

The Relationship between Internet Addiction and Internalizing Problems in Overweight/Obese Adolescents: A Moderated Mediation Model

To explore the relationship of Internet addiction, coping styles, stressful life events and internalizing problems in overweight/obese adolescents, this research surveyed 1438 middle school students among which 245 overweight and obesity (non-clinical cases) were screened based on the body mass index (BMI) percentile criteria of Working Group on Obesity in China (WGOC) by a series of questionna...

Parental Education and Aggressive Behavior in Children: A Moderated-Mediation Model for Inhibitory Control and Gender

Aggressive behaviors are highly prevalent in children. Given their negative consequences, it is necessary to look for protective factors that prevent or reduce their progress in early development before they become highly unshakable. With a sample of 147 children, the present study aimed to assess the relation between parental education and inhibitory control in the aggressive behavior of child...

Parallel, Serial, and Moderated Mediation 1 Running Head: PARALLEL, SERIAL, AND MODERATED MEDIATION The Health Belief Model as an Explanatory Framework in Communication Research: Exploring Parallel, Serial, and Moderated Mediation

The health belief model (HBM) posits that messages will achieve optimal behavior change if they successfully target perceived barriers, benefits, self-efficacy, and threat. While the model seems to be an ideal explanatory framework for communication research, theoretical limitations have limited its use in the field. Notably, variable ordering is currently undefined in the HBM. Thus, it is uncl...

Designing a Valuation Model for Petroleum Startups

Development of downstream operations in the Iran's petroleum industry has always been considered as a necessity in to create more value-added. One of ways to accomplish the misson, especially in the current situation, is exploiting the capacity of petroleum startups. Considering that these companies need to be valued for financing, and since the traditional valuation methods do not provide effi...