BACKGROUND Individuals suffering from chronic low back pain (CLBP) experience major physical, social, and occupational disruptions. Strong evidence confirms the effectiveness of Alexander technique (AT) training for CLBP. OBJECTIVES The present study applied an integrative model (IM) of behavioral prediction for improvement of AT training. METHODS This was a quasi-experimental study of fema...

This study explored the consumer behavior of intention to purchase green products based on a decision-making model that integrates cognitive attributes, affective attributes, and behavioral intentions in Belt and Road countries. The questionnaires were collected from customers who previously purchased green products; this study distributed the questionnaires at the appliance section of the depa...

Background: Statistical reviews of the theories of reasoned action (TRA) and planned behavior (TPB) applied to exercise are limited by methodological issues including insufficient sample size and data to examine some moderator associations. Methods: We conducted a meta-analytic review of 111 TRA/TPB and exercise studies and examined the influences of five moderator variables. Results: We found ...

Davis’s Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) suggests that perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness can predict user behavior and acceptance when using information technology. In this study we use it as a tool for evaluating the acceptance and usage for mobile commerce by employing data collected from 205 students selected proportionally from nine universities located at Taipei City. The res...

This paper examines whether the theory of planned behavior (TPB) provides an effective model for predicting the intention of hiring managers to use Information Technology (IT) certification in the employee selection process. Little academic research has examined IT certification, an area important to firms and their hiring managers, educational institutions and their professors and students, as...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of social influence on college students’ attitude and behavior to play online game by examining the moderating effect of gender. First, a two-stage sampling was proceeded to send out 300 questionnaires, including 211 valid questionnaires and 89 invalid questionnaires. According to the result analysis, social influence significantly influenc...

Although a surfeit of studies have examined the students’ attitude towards foreign and / or second language both inside and outside Iran, it seems scanty studies have been devoted to evaluate Prospect-trained students’ attitude towards English. This quantitative study investigated the students’ attitudes towards English language learning among 80 junior high school students in Ahvaz, Iran. Thes...

Identifying the essence of a latent psychological attribute captured by measurement instrument requires more than glance at measure's indicators or confidence in an established practice. It demands exploration nomological network which (e.g., environmental attitude) is theoretically anticipated to operate. With our study, we aimed identify General Ecological Behavior (GEB) scale as Campbell-par...

The store choice has been studied extensively in the literature, but store format choice has had limited research attention. The store choice modeling has been primarily done in the random utility theory framework, which however is a neo-economics based view of choice decision that ignores the psychological and behavioral aspects of this planned behavior. The store format choice for bulk grocer...