Recent advances in mobile computing technology have led to a proliferation of location-based services (LBS). Although LBS offer users the flexibility of accessing networks and services while on the move, potential privacy violations have emerged as a contentious issue because information related to the consumer’s identity, movements, behavior, and habits are available to the LBS provider. Adopt...

Rough-and-tumble play (RTP) is a common form of play between fathers and children. It has been suggested that RTP can contribute to the development of selfregulation. This study addressed the hypothesis that the frequency of father-child RTP is related to the frequency of physically aggressive behavior in early childhood. This relationship was expected to be moderated by the dominance relations...

Beverage consumption occurs many times a day in response to a variety of needs that change throughout the day. In making their choices, consumers self-regulate their consumption by managing short run needs (e.g., hydration and mood pickup) with long-term goals (e.g., health). Using unique intra-day beverage consumption, activity and psychological needs data, we develop and estimate a model of h...

This paper addresses the problem of non-significant intention–behavior effects in educational technology adoption, based on a reanalysis of data from the Impact09 project, a UK-government funded evaluation of technology use in high schools in England that had been selected as representing outstanding Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) innovation. The reanalysis focuses on intenti...

This study investigated the effect of listening to podcasts on Iranian upperintermediate EFL learners’ selfregulation ability and their perception toward the use of technology. To meet the objectives of the current study, 54 female Iranian EFL learners were selected. In experimental group they listened to podcast files while in the control group they listened to a radio program. The practices w...

Th e study of self-regulation and autonomy has emerged as an important topic at the intersection of several areas in psychology. Developmental psychologists (e.g., Blair & Ursach, 2011 ; Carlson, 2005 ; Posner & Rothbart, 2007 ; Zelazo, Carlson, & Kesek, 2008 ) have identifi ed diff erent aspects of regulatory control and how these change over time. Social psychologists (e.g., Bandura, 1997 ; D...

Problem-based learning (PBL) is an instructional approach in which students learn problem-solving and teamwork skills by collaboratively solving complex real-world problems. Research shows that PBL improves student knowledge and retention, motivation, problem-solving skills, and the ability to skillfully apply knowledge in new and novel situations. One of the challenges faced by students accust...

Recent years have witnessed increasing academic self-regulation research. Researchers have compared good with poor self-regulators to determine key processes; examined the relations among self-regulation, motivation, and learning; explored the development of self-regulatory skills; and conducted interventions to improve students’ self-regulation. The present articles by Perels et al. and Rozend...

abstract background: self-regulation is one of the current psychological concepts that have been known as a determinant of leisure time physical activity. due to cultural and social diversity in different societies and age groups, application of specific questionnaires is essential to perform investigations about physical activities. the aim of this study is development and evaluation of psycho...

Introduction. Modern living conditions require a person to be mobile, have high level of self-organization, the ability act quickly in uncertainty, and able competently organize their work. Penetrating into all processes human life, information technologies cause an increasing severity phenomenon procrastination youth environment. The purpose study is relationship with personal characteristics ...