Power (Psychology)

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Empowering: the experiences of exercise among heart transplantation patients in Taiwan.

AIM: To explore the experiences of exercise among Taiwanese heart transplant patients on the basis of a grounded theory. BACKGROUND: Although studies conducted around the world have proven how important exercise is to heart transplant patients, little ...
Chii Jeng, Fu-Ling Chu, Lee-Ing Tsao (J Adv Nurs, 200212)
empowering-experiences-exercise-heart-transplantation-patients-taiwan.asp

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Determinants of and inequalities in self-perceived health in Ukraine.

Ukraine is the second most populous of the former Soviet Republics and since transition its economy has fared even more poorly than Russia. Although the impact of the collapse of the former Soviet Union on health in Russia has been investigated, little ...
Anna B C Gilmore, Martin McKee, Richard Rose (Soc Sci Med, 200212)
determinants-inequalities-self-perceived-health-ukraine.asp

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Promoting political empowerment: evaluation of an intervention with university students.

The aim of this research is to examine the effects of an intervention, focusing on the development of political empowerment, with university students. Undergraduates were randomly assigned to one of two conditions (intervention/ control) and were ...
Holly Lizotte Angelique, Thomas M Reischl, William S Davidson (Am J Community Psychol, 200212)
promoting-political-empowerment-evaluation-intervention-university.asp

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What constitutes successful nurse leadership?: A qualitative approach utilizing Kanters theory of organizational behavior.

What constitutes successful leadership in todays healthcare environment and what are the principal components of an organization that supports the role of the nurse leader? To answer these questions, 16 nurse leaders from four acute care hospitals were ...
Valda V Upenieks (J Nurs Adm, 200212)
constitutes-successful-nurse-leadership-qualitative-approach.asp

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Adolescent perceptions of the National Lottery and scratchcards: a qualitative study using group interviews.

Recent research has consistently shown that a small but significant minority of youth engage in illegal lottery and scratchcard gambling. It is clear that most adolescents experience few gambling-related problems as a result of lotteries and ...
Richard T A Woods, Mark D Griffiths (J Adolesc, 200212)
adolescent-perceptions-national-lottery-scratchcards-qualitative.asp

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Beyond the simple economics of cesarean section birthing: womens resistance to social inequality.

This research explored the reasons for womens preferences for cesarean section births in Pelotas, Brazil. It is argued that women strategize and appropriate both medical knowledge and the technology of cesarean sections as a creative form of responding ...
Dominique P Béhague (Cult Med Psychiatry, 200212)
beyond-simple-economics-cesarean-section-birthing-women-s-resistance.asp

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Explaining gender segregation.

Occupational gender segregation--the tendency for women and men to work in different occupations--is an important feature of all societies, and particularly the wealthy industrialized ones. To understand this segregation, and to explain its significance, ...
Robert M Blackburn, Jude Browne, Bradley Brooks, Jennifer Jarman (Br J Sociol, 200212)
explaining-gender-segregation.asp

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Desired image of power, alcohol expectancies, and alcohol-related aggression.

Three hundred thirty-nine college students were surveyed regarding their usual drinking behavior, alcohol expectancies, desired identity of power, and experience with alcohol-related violence. Eight percent indicated having been in a fight in a bar, and ...
Brian M Quigley, Amy B Corbett, James T Tedeschi (Psychol Addict Behav, 200212)
desired-image-power-alcohol-expectancies-alcohol-related-aggression.asp

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The experience of power: examining the effects of power on approach and inhibition tendencies.

Two studies of task-focused dyads tested the approach/inhibition theory of power (D. Keltner, D. H. Gruenfeld, & C. Anderson, in press), which posits that having power increases the tendency to approach and decreases the tendency to inhibit. Results ...
Cameron Anderson, Berdahl L Jennifer (J Pers Soc Psychol, 200212)
experience-power-examining-effects-power-approach-inhibition.asp

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Do nurses feel empowered? Nurses assessments of their own qualities and performance with regard to nurse empowerment.

Empowerment ideology has been adopted increasingly as one conceptual framework for the development of nursing care, training, and management. The present article examines a quantitative study (n = 416) on critical care, long-term care, and public health ...
Liisa Kuokkanen, Helena Leino-Kilpi, Jouko Katajisto (J Prof Nurs, 200211-12)
nurses-feel-empowered-nurses-assessments-own-qualities-performance.asp