The aim of this study was to discover the attitudes and behaviors of Greek Physical Education students towards the subject of computers, and the changes that might have occurred in these attitudes and behaviors, as influenced by general information provided in their classrooms. The sample consisted of 244 freshmen students, 119 males and 125 females. They completed a planned behavior questionna...

Although relationship violence is of great interest to researchers and the general public, studies examining connections with personality rarely consider the most destructive personality -subclinical psychopathy. We examined the influence of subclinical psychopathy on the intimate relationships of 612 undergraduates as measured by self-reported attitudes and behaviors. Subclinical psychopathy w...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To establish initial reliability and validity of a Web-based survey focused on oncology advanced practice nurses' (APNs') knowledge, attitudes, and practice behaviors regarding advanced care planning, and to obtain preliminary understanding of APNs' knowledge, attitudes, and practice behaviors and perceived barriers to advanced care planning. DESIGN Descriptive, cross-secti...

While the recent environmental movement has enjoyed much success in generating proenvironmental attitudes in the public, it has not found similar success when it comes to generating pro-environmental behaviors. This phenomenon is supported by ample research suggesting that attitudes are not effective predictors of behaviors, especially in the case of environmental issues. This research examines...

In order to investigate medical professional attitudes and behaviors in China and explore the influencing factors with a focus on hospital internal management, we developed a 13-item professional attitudes and 11-item behaviors inventory. Self-administered questionnaires were distributed to 390 physicians mainly in four specialties in two tertiary Chinese hospitals in 2011. 306 completed questi...

OBJECTIVE The lack of consistency between peoples' attitudes toward organ donation and organ donation registration behavior has long perplexed scholars. Ajzen and Fishbein's principle of compatibility offers a potential explanation for the attitude-behavior discrepancy. This principle states that attitudes will better predict behavior if the specificity of a measured attitude matches the specif...