Gerontologists are increasingly interested in the notion of perceived personal control because such perceptions can be threatened by age-related changes such as declining health and the loss of loved ones. Although a great deal is known about the central role of perceived control in healthy, successful aging, less is known about its potential role in specific contexts such as the use of health ...

A study was conducted to examine how interpersonal norms, media norms, attitudes, perceived behavioral control, perceived barriers, and self-efficacy had an influence on healthy eating intention among adolescents. A probability sample of 544 adolescents aged 12 to 18 was conducted. Results indicated that girls had a more favorable attitude and intention toward healthy eating than boys. Healthy ...

This experiment tested the hypotheses that perceived coping and cognitive control self-efficacy govern the effects of personal empowerment over physical threats. Women participated in a mastery modeling program in which they mastered the physical skills to defend themselves successfully against unarmed sexual assailants. Multifaceted measures of theoretically relevant variables were administere...

the purpose of this paper is to analyze the willingness of clergymen towards their participation in agriculture and natural resources extension and education programs (anreep). the population of the study consisted of all the clergymen who dialed anreep. using coronbach alpha formula along with stratified random sampling techniques a number of 260 clergymen were selected. a questionnaire, desig...

This study will deal with the construct of perceived control in difficult childrearing interactions with parents of ADHD children. It has been hypothesized that a) these parents develop low self-control schemata as result of a transactional history of failure interactions with their children more often than parents of non-problem children, and b) low perceived control beliefs are associated wit...

Perceived control and health are often closely linked in adulthood and old age. Little is known, however, about their time-ordered interplay at various phases of adult life. By applying dynamic models to four waves of data over 15.5 years from the Americans' Changing Lives Study, we examined time-ordered relations between perceived control and health in midlife and old age. Results revealed tha...

As the complexity dramatically increases with technological development, the ease of use of technology has been regarded as a critical factor to adpot. This study extends existing Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) proposed by Moon and Kim (2001) by introducing simplicity and perceived control. Simplicity has recently been suggested as an important concept for a successful user interface design ...