This article examines whether and how moral convictions predict collective action to achieve social change. Because moral convictions - defined as strong and absolute stances on moral issues - tolerate no exceptions, any violation motivates individuals to actively change that situation. We propose that moral convictions have a special relationship with politicized identities and collective acti...

Elementary School Teachers' Classroom Management Skills and Students' Self-Efficacy A. Khedrikhaanaabaadi H. Poorshaafe'i, Ph.D. Given the fact that Iranian educational system is mostly teacher-based and the students' development is owed mostly to teachers' interactions with them, a question can be asked on the relationship between teachers' classroom management and students' ...

OBJECTIVES Social capital, collective efficacy, and religious involvement have each been linked to population health. This study examined the relations between these measures and male/female mortality rates in Hungary. DESIGN Cross sectional, ecological study. SETTING 150 sub-regions of Hungary. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS 12643 people were interviewed in 2002 (the "Hungarostudy 2002" survey...

225 Descriptive statistics for teachers' reported self-efficacy 226 Descriptive statistics for classroom environment 227 Teachers' characteristics and classroom disciplinary climate and teachers' self-efficacy 229 Teachers' professional development and classroom disciplinary climate and teachers' self-efficacy 231 Teaching practices, beliefs and attitudes and classroom disciplinary climate and ...