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Does Teacher Self-Efficacy Predict Writing Practices of Teachers of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students?
AbstractForty-four elementary grade teachers of deaf and hard of hearing students were surveyed about how they taught writing and their beliefs about writing. Beliefs about writing included their self-efficacy to teach writing, attitude toward writing, and epistemological beliefs about writing. These teachers from fifteen different states in the United States slightly agreed that they were efficacious writing teachers and they were slightly positive about their writing. They slightly agreed that learning to write involves effort and process, moderately disagreed that writing development is innate or fixed, slightly disagre...
Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education - May 20, 2021 Category: Audiology Source Type: research
Exploring kindergarten teachers ’ classroom practices and beliefs in writing
AbstractThe purpose of this descriptive study was to examine how kindergarten teachers teach writing and their beliefs about writing instruction using survey methodology. Participants in this study included 78 kindergarten teachers in the United States. Results revealed that most kindergarten teachers used a balanced approach to writing instruction, combining instructional procedures from two common methods for teaching writing: skills instruction and process writing. The majority of kindergarten teachers devoted considerable time to writing instruction (36 min a day) and student writing (24 min a day) and used most of ...
Source: Reading and Writing - July 22, 2021 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Inconsistencies between national drug policy and professional beliefs about psychoactive drugs among psychiatrists in the United States - Levin A, Nagib PB, Deiparine S, Gao T, Mitchell J, Davis AK.
BACKGROUND: Evidence points to an incongruence between international drug policy and expert opinion about safety, abuse potential, and therapeutic potential of specific drugs. However, no prior studies have directly explored psychiatrists' attitudes about ...
Source: SafetyLit - August 16, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Can touch this: training to correct police officer beliefs about overdose from incidental contact with fentanyl
Misinformation about overdose risk from accidentally inhaling or touching fentanyl is widespread among police in the United States. This may aggravate already elevated burdens of officer stress and burnout, wh...
Source: Health and Justice - November 24, 2021 Category: Criminology Authors: Brandon del Pozo, Emily Sightes, Sunyou Kang, Jeremiah Goulka, Bradley Ray and Leo A. Beletsky Tags: Short report Source Type: research
A cross-national examination of sexual desire: The roles of ‘gendered cultural scripts’ and ‘sexual pleasure’ in predicting heterosexual women's desire for sex
Publication date: 1 December 2019Source: Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 151Author(s): Jennifer D. Rubin, Terri D. Conley, Verena Klein, Jie Liu, Christine M. Lehane, Jesper DammeyerAbstractWomen's low sexual desire has received a great deal of cultural and research attention. Surprisingly, pleasure women receive during partnered sexual encounters and sociocultural beliefs about sexual desire have largely been absent in the literature. The present study examined if gendered cultural scripts and pleasure from a sexual encounter predicted heterosexual women's desire for sex in four cross-national samples: Unit...
Source: Personality and Individual Differences - July 25, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Small and rural police chief perspectives on human trafficking in Pennsylvania
This study contributes to the literature by addressing this gap with a mixed-methods approach.
Source: Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management - May 24, 2023 Category: Criminology Authors: Jennifer C. Gibbs Emily R. Strohacker Jennifer L. Schally Source Type: research
Anxiety-related constructs and smoking outcome expectancies among Latinx smokers.
Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, Vol 31(5), Oct 2023, 942-952; doi:10.1037/pha0000625Hispanic/Latinx (hereafter Latinx) smokers in the United States (US) experience unique smoking cessation-related challenges. Smoking outcome expectancies (i.e., positive and negative beliefs about the consequences of smoking behavior) have been linked to the maintenance of smoking and comorbidity with negative emotional states such as anxiety among Latinx smokers. However, past work has not characterized rates of probable anxiety disorder and elevated levels of anxiety sensitivity among English-speaking daily Latinx smokers fr...
Source: Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology - December 8, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
A TEAM Approach to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Gastroenterology and Hepatology
World events have pushed issues of racial and ethnic inequality into the spotlight. As a result, organizations and institutions are now prioritizing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). To foster DEI in gastroenterology and hepatology (GI), robust, actionable steps are required. The outcome of successful DEI work is excellence; improved patient outcomes, particularly where health disparities exist and are persistent; advancement of the GI field; and a workforce that better reflects the growing diversity of the United States.
Source: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology - May 24, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Renee Williams, Pascale M. White, Sophie Balzora, Association of Black Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists Board of Directors Tags: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in GI Source Type: research
You're worth what you eat: Adolescent beliefs about healthy eating, morality and socioeconomic status
Publication date: Available online 26 October 2018Source: Social Science & MedicineAuthor(s): Priya Fielding-SinghAbstractAmidst growing concern about adolescents' diets and dietary health in the United States, this article asks: what does healthy eating mean to adolescents? Using data from in-depth interviews conducted with 74 adolescents across socioeconomic status (SES) in California in 2015–2016, I show how adolescents view healthy eating as a moral, affluent practice and use discussions of healthy eating to assert their own morality and socioeconomic position. Adolescents associate healthy eating with 1) financial p...
Source: Social Science and Medicine - October 26, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Questioning the Dietary Acculturation Paradox: A Mixed-Methods Study of the Relationship between Food and Ethnic Identity in a Group of Mexican-American Women
Conclusions This study raises questions about the nature of the “dietary acculturation paradox.” While food—the eating of Mexican foods—is central to the maintenance of ethnic identity throughout acculturation, negative perceptions about the healthfulness of Mexican foods introduce tension into Mexican-American women’s self-identification. This study suggests a subtle contradiction that may help to explain the dietary acculturation paradox: While previous research has suggested that as Mexicans acculturate to the United States they adopt unhealthy diets, this study finds evidence that they do so at least in part ...
Source: Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics - December 28, 2017 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
Differences in rural and urban drivers' attitudes and beliefs about seat belts.
Abstract
In the United States, a disproportionate number of motor vehicle crash fatalities occur in rural areas. While many factors likely contribute to the discrepancy between fatality rates in rural and urban areas, prior studies suggest that rural drivers may be more likely to engage in risky driving behaviors like seat belt non-use. Although having favorable attitudes or beliefs about seat belts increases the likelihood of wearing them, few studies have investigated the possibility that lower rates of seat belt use in rural areas may result from a greater prevalence of unfavorable seat belt attitudes and belie...
Source: Accident; Analysis and Prevention. - January 23, 2021 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Watson CE, Austin RA Tags: Accid Anal Prev Source Type: research
IJERPH, Vol. 15, Pages 620: Beliefs about Vaccinations: Comparing a Sample from a Medical School to That from the General Population
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The current study compares health care professionals’ beliefs about vaccination statements with the beliefs of a sample of individuals from the general population. Students and faculty within a medical school (n = 58) and a sample from the general population in the United States (n = 177) were surveyed regarding their beliefs about vaccinations. Participants evaluated statements about vaccinations (both supporting and opposing), and indicated whether they thought the general population would agree with them. Overall, it was found that subjects in both populations agreed with statements supporting vaccination ov...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - March 28, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Lauren Latella Robert McAuley Mitchell Rabinowitz Tags: Article Source Type: research
“Gambling Can’t Be Positive, Can it?”: Gambling Beliefs and Behaviors Among Older Korean Immigrants
AbstractAfter migrating to the United States, older Korean immigrants may increase their gambling participation and be at higher risk for problem gambling. However, not much is known about their experiences and beliefs on gambling. The purpose of the present study was to explore gambling behaviors and shared beliefs about gambling among older Korean immigrants residing in New York City. A total of 20 semi-structured in-depth interviews (10 men and 10 women) were conducted in Korean. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using a thematic analysis approach. The findings revealed three major categories among older...
Source: Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology - July 9, 2020 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
IJERPH, Vol. 19, Pages 6838: Better Understanding Adult COVID-19 Vaccination Hesitancy and Refusal: The Influence of Broader Beliefs about Vaccines
This study used an August 2021 national survey of 1000 U.S. adults to examine whether general beliefs about vaccines were associated with COVID-19 vaccination status. In addition, it used multivariate analyses to assess the relative contribution of individual vaccine beliefs to current vaccine status independently of COVID-19-specific attitudes and experiences, and demographics. The findings indicated that, collectively, general vaccine beliefs mattered more than demographics, COVID-19-specific risk perceptions, confidence in government, or trust in public health agencies in COVID-19 vaccination status. Overall, the findin...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - June 2, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Authors: John Boyle Glen Nowak Rachel Kinder Ronaldo Iachan James Dayton Tags: Article Source Type: research
Multi-contextual influences on adolescent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections in the United States
ConclusionAdolescent individual beliefs emerged as the most salient predictors of both pregnancies and STIs.
Source: Social Science and Medicine - January 30, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
