Goals

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Motivational orientations and imagery use: a goal profiling analysis.

The aim of this study was to establish whether different motivational profiles that result from performing a cluster analysis reflect the use of different functions and amounts of imagery. One hundred and five competitive swimmers were recruited to ...
Jennifer Cumming, Craig Hall, Chris Harwood, Kimberley Gammage (J Sports Sci, 200202)
motivational-orientations-imagery-goal-profiling-analysis.asp

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The practice of your future: creating a vision.

BACKGROUND: In the realm of practice planning, a practice strategy is a combination of two things: a vision of a desired future and an action plan to make that vision a reality. This article presents a process called "Appreciative Inquiry," which ...
Kenneth L Zakariasen, Kristin A Zakariasen, Dean Lodding (J Am Dent Assoc, 200202)
practice-your-future-creating-vision.asp

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Urban African American adolescents perceptions of community violence.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate appraisal processes and coping strategies initiated by urban adolescents relative to violence exposure. METHODS: Thirty-seven African American youth completed semistructured interviews, including assessment of means-ends ...
Donna E Howard, Linda Kaljee, Lawanda Jackson (Am J Health Behav, 200201-02)
urban-african-american-adolescents-perceptions-community-violence.asp

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Dropping out of maternal and child home visits.

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between nurse and client characteristics and the reason for client termination from public health nursing maternal and child home visits. The results indicate that clients who dropped out of ...
LaVohn E Josten, Kay Savik, Melea R Anderson, Lisa L Benedetto, Corinne R Chabot, Melody J Gifford, Judy McEiver, Mary A Schorn, Bonnie Frederickson (Public Health Nurs, 200201-02)
dropping-out-maternal-child-home-visits.asp

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Goal specificity effects on hypothesis testing in problem solving.

Previous research has found that having a nonspecific goal (NSG) leads to better problem solving and transfer than having a specific goal (SG). To distinguish between the various explanations of this effect requires direct evidence showing how a NSG ...
Bruce D Burns, Regina Vollmeyer (Q J Exp Psychol A, 200201)
goal-specificity-effects-hypothesis-testing-problem-solving.asp

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Improved client participation in the rehabilitation process using a client-centred goal formulation structure.

The aim was to evaluate whether the use of a client-centred instrument, the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM), affects the patients perception of active participation in the rehabilitation process. The study included 155 patients in the ...
Ewa Wressle, Anne-Marie Eeg-Olofsson, Jan Marcusson, Chris Henriksson (J Rehabil Med, 200201)
improved-client-participation-rehabilitation-process-client-centred.asp

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Enjoying goal-directed action: the role of regulatory fit.

We propose that the fit between an actions strategic orientation and the actors regulatory state can influence the amount of enjoyment the action provides. In two studies using different methods of manipulating regulatory states and of gauging action ...
Antonio L Freitas, E Tory Higgins (Psychol Sci, 200201)
enjoying-goal-directed-action-role-regulatory-fit.asp

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The effectiveness of personal education plans in continuing professional development: an evaluation.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of personal education plans (PEPs) as a method of continuing professional development (CPD), by means of a questionnaire, analysis of completed PEP reports, and in-depth interviews. The setting was the ...
Alison Evans, Shahid Ali, Carol Singleton, Philip Nolan, Jamie Bahrami (Med Teach, 200201)
effectiveness-personal-education-plans-continuing-professional.asp

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Cardiovascular reactivity during social and nonsocial stressors: do childrens personal goals and expressive skills matter?

The relationships between social competence and cardiovascular reactivity were evaluated in 180 children (ages 8-17; 52% female; 53% Caucasian). Participants performed a social task (Social Competence Interview [SCI]) and 2 nonsocial tasks while ...
Edith Chen, Karen A Matthews, Kristen Salomon, Craig K Ewart (Health Psychol, 200201)
cardiovascular-reactivity-social-nonsocial-stressors-children-s.asp

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What helps people with bipolar affective disorder succeed in employment: a grounded theory approach.

The present study used a qualitative research design to unfold those contextual factors which influence vocational outcomes amongst people with bipolar disorder (BD). The data for this qualitative study was collated using a grounded theory approach ...
Samson Tse, Mike Yeats (Work, 2002)
helps-people-bipolar-affective-disorder-succeed-employment-grounded.asp