This paper reports on a study of the IT career interests of 263 South African university students. Drawing primarily on social cognitive career theory, a number of variables were selected and their effects on student intentions to pursue an IT career and choice of major were examined. Results revealed very low IT career intentions amongst students. Occupational selfefficacy, computing experienc...

The increasing population of older subjects with dental care needs will become a major challenge to our society and its care providers. To manage the health care needs of the elderly, a coordination between medical and dental care providers will become necessary. From the dental perspective, it is important to develop skills in the risk assessment of older patients. Such risk assessment of olde...

Andersén, Å. 2017. Self-efficacy, Vocational Rehabilitation and Transition to Work. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 1366. 86 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-513-0059-7. The overall aim of this thesis was to examine the relationship between self-efficacy, individually tailored vocational rehabilitation and transition ...

This study directly tests the effect of personality and cognitive style on three measures of Internet use. The results support the use of personality—but not cognitive style—as an antecedent variable. After controlling for computer anxiety, selfefficacy, and gender, including the “Big Five” personality factors in the analysis significantly adds to the predictive capabilities of the dependent va...

Purpose Mindfulness, the nonjudgmental awareness of present moment experiences, has received increased scientific attention for its role in promoting mental health. Specifically, mindfulness is associated with fewer difficulties regulating negative emotional states. Recent research has identified mediators of this relationship, including decreased rumination and greater positive emotions. Copin...

This exploratory study examines informationseeking about the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (i.e. healthcare reform) in relation to the potential barriers of uncertainty, uncertainty discrepancy, and low health self-efficacy. Adult United States participants completed an anonymous online survey about their perceptions and understanding of healthcare reform. Results confirmed re...

The purpose of this study is to identify salient factors on students' career preparation behavior in the context of the hospitality and tourism education. A correlational study examined relationships between learning motivation, academic achievement, career decision selfefficacy, and career preparation behavior for 188 American students and 234 Korean students who major hospitality and tourism....

A quasi-experimental study explored the impact of authentic learning exercises on preservice teachers’ motivational beliefs and intentions to integrate technology, as well as the ability of those beliefs to predict intentions. A questionnaire was used to assess 104 preservice teachers’ expectancy-value related motivational beliefs, namely intrinsic and extrinsic goal orientations, task value, s...

This study investigated the impact of group discussions and question prompts on students’ vicarious learning experiences. Vicarious experiences were delivered to 65 pre-service teachers via VisionQuest, a website that provided examples of successful technology integration. A 2×2 factorial research design employed group discussions and question prompts as independent variables and students’ perc...