Sexual violence is a major public health issue within the United States, particularly that with perpetrators who are men and victims who are women. Understanding risk factors for sexual violence perpetration is necessary to decrease the overall severity of sexual violence. In past research, psychological reactance has been shown to be associated with sexual violence perpetration, yet there is limited research on this association. Additionally, previous research has found that other traits may enhance the predictive properties of psychological reactance and that sensation seeking can predict sexual violence risk factors and sexual violence perpetration. Yet there is little to no research on how sensation seeking and psychological reactance work jointly to predict sexual violence perpetration. This thesis aims to explore these factors as possible predictors for sexual violence perpetration and sensation seeking as a moderator of the relationship between reactance and sexual violence perpetration. A better understanding of these predictors could allow for new ways to understand sexual violence perpetration overall and aid in future research. Based on this information, reactance, sensation seeking, and their interaction effect are all expected to significantly predict sexual violence perpetration. The current study examined 226 participants who were men, single, attracted to women, and over the age of 18 living in the U.S. Participants were recruited from Amazon Mechanical Turk, and completed an online survey hosted on Qualtrics. Participants reported past sexual violence perpetration, sensation seeking, psychological reactance, and demographic information. Results provided partial support for the hypothesis. Findings indicated that higher levels of psychological reactance and sensation seeking were positively associated with sexual violence perpetration; however, sensation seeking as a moderator was not significant.

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Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Hong Kong, 1986.

The purpose of this study was to better understand the goal-striving process in the context of non-problem gambler’s responsible gambling. More specifically, the primary aim of this study was to elucidate the hierarchical structure of goals, the role of the motivational phase of the goal-striving process, and the influence of cognitive evaluation and affective regulation on the goal-striving process. In the first part of the study, a conceptual model is proposed, in which the intrinsic factors used to predict non-problem gamblers’ intentions to gamble responsibly are delineated and tested according to the extension of the theory of planned behavior (Ajzen, 1985, 1991), the model of action phases (Gollwitzer, 1990, 1993), the model of goal-directed behavior (Perugini & Bagozzi, 2001; Perugini & Conner, 2000), and the model of effortful decision making and enactment (Bagozzi, Dholakia, & Basuroy, 2003; Dholakia, Bagozzi, & Gopinath, 2007). Four cognitive factors explain the motivational phase of the goal-striving process, and were incorporated in the current study. One factor explains the goal-oriented behavior at abstract level (i.e., goal feasibility), and the other three explain implementation of action-oriented behavior at concrete level (i.e., attitude toward implementing the actions necessary to achieve the goal, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control). In addition, two ways of emotional regulation were incorporated to explain the goal-oriented behavior at abstract level. That is, prefactual emotional valence factors related to the success and failure of future goal attainment (anticipated positive and negative emotions) affect goal desire. To sum up, this study anticipated that the proposed antecedent constructs (two anticipated emotions, goal feasibility, attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control) were strong indicators of how non-problem casino patrons would strive to achieve the goal (i.e., maturing or developing responsible gambling behavior) through a goal-striving process, where the motivational phase plays a critical role in explaining intention to gamble responsibly. A secondary goal of the study was to explore how responsible gambling strategies implemented by the gambling industry influence non-problem casino customers’ goal-directed behavior in a responsible gambling setting. Given the ongoing controversy about the effectiveness of responsible gambling strategies, the focus in the second part of the current study was on how situational arousal factors (i.e., psychological reactance) with regard to external interventions (i.e., compulsory and supplementary responsible gambling strategies) would affect implementation intention, based on the psychological reactance theory (J. W. Brehm, 1989; S. S. Brehm & Brehm, 1981). In other words, situational arousal factors were incorporated herein to explain the extrinsic part of the goal-striving process model. This study was designed to facilitate an understanding of how and why external interventions may fail to deliver the intended effect in the responsible gambling context. In order to take into account the varying effectiveness of responsible gambling strategies, an effort was made to discern between the different effects of each responsible gambling strategy type and to understand in greater detail how these effects were moderated by individual disposition, and especially the strength of the individual’s desire for control. A clear understanding of the moderating effect enables a richer understanding of the effectiveness of responsible gambling strategies with regard to responsible gambling behavior by non-problem casino patrons. Insight gained from the study through analysis of the results is discussed, and important theoretical and practical implications and future research agendas presented in the conclusion. / Tourism and Sport

Thesis (M.A.)--Miami University, Dept. of Psychology, 2009. / Title from first page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 43-47).

Submitted by Bruna Oliveira (brunamiyuki@gmail.com) on 2017-08-29T17:05:38Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese_versãofinal.pdf: 3842360 bytes, checksum: 086bcf268fcb7702a198316e866fa6a2 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Pamela Beltran Tonsa (pamela.tonsa@fgv.br) on 2017-08-29T19:48:14Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese_versãofinal.pdf: 3842360 bytes, checksum: 086bcf268fcb7702a198316e866fa6a2 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-30T13:07:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese_versãofinal.pdf: 3842360 bytes, checksum: 086bcf268fcb7702a198316e866fa6a2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-07-31 / A privacidade de informações na internet é uma das maiores preocupações advindas da ascensão da web 2.0. Entretanto, cada vez é mais comum a requisição e manejamento de dados pessoais por empresas que, por meio de Sistemas de Recomendação (SR), visam garantir aos usuários serviços ou produtos personalizados às suas necessidades. Porém, frequentemente os consumidores enfrentam um paradoxo de privacidade-personalização, pois precisam conceder informações, mas temem como elas serão utilizadas pelas empresas. O uso incoerente de tais dados pode dar ao indivíduo a sensação de que sua liberdade está sendo cerceada, levando-o a reagir de maneira diversa da intenção do sistema. Trata-se, efetivamente, de um efeito bumerangue, entendido como uma resposta oposta à ameaça de sua liberdade na web. Tendo em vista que a literatura de SI explora de maneira insuficiente os efeitos da percepção de intrusão na disposição em revelar informações, sobretudo por meio da teoria da reatância psicológica – de onde advém o efeito bumerangue – o objetivo desta pesquisa foi verificar como a percepção dos usuários sobre a intrusão do Sistema de Recomendação pode afetar a sua disposição em revelar suas informações. Foram realizados dois experimentos, sendo um nos Estados Unidos e outro no Brasil, com amostras válidas de 213 e 237 participantes, respectivamente. Para isto, foi desenvolvido um protótipo de Sistema de Recomendação Experimental na plataforma Qualtrics. As técnicas utilizadas para análise de dados foram a análise de variância de um fator (one-way ANOVA) e a análise de covariância (ANCOVA). Dentre os resultados obtidos, demonstrou-se o efeito bumerangue do SR, pois quanto maior o nível de intrusão do SR, menor a disposição para revelar suas informações; verificou-se a existência de apenas dois níveis de intrusão percebida pelo usuário; foi constatado o impacto das preocupações de privacidade na internet na relação entre percepção de intrusão e disposição em revelar suas informações, além da uniformidade no comportamento entre as duas amostras. Com base nos resultados, espera-se que desenvolvedores de SR e empresas que os utilizam evitem futuros efeitos bumerangue em suas recomendações, o que afugentaria um potencial cliente. / Information privacy on internet is one of the biggest concerns that arise with web 2.0. However, it is increasingly common for companies that use Recommendation Systems (RS) the request and manage of personal data aiming to guarantee personalized services or products to the users. However, consumers often face a privacy-personalization paradox because they need to provide information, but fear how companies will use it. Incoherent use of such data can give to the individual the feeling that their freedom is being curtailed, causing reactions differently than the system’s intention. It is a boomerang effect, understood as an opposed response to the threat of its freedom on the web. Considering that the IS literature insufficiently explores the effects of the perception of intrusion on the willingness to disclose information, especially through the theory of psychological reactance – where the boomerang effect comes from – the objective of this research is to verify how the users' perception of the intrusion of the Recommendation System may affect your willingness to disclose your information. Two experiments were conducted in the United States and Brazil, with valid samples of 213 and 237 participants, respectively. A prototype of an Experimental Recommendation System (ERS) was developed on the Qualtrics platform. The techniques used for data analysis were the analysis of one-way variance (one-way ANOVA) and covariance analysis (ANCOVA). Among the results, the boomerang effect of RS was demonstrated, because the higher the level of SR intrusion, the less is the willingness to disclose its information. It was verified the existence of only two levels of intrusion perceived by the user. The impact of Internet privacy concerns on the relationship between perception of intrusion and willingness to disclose information was verified, as well as the behavioral indifference between the two samples. Based on the results, RS developers and companies that use them are expected to avoid future boomerang effects in their recommendations, which would scare away a potential customer.

「拖延」意指個體對應該且必須要做的事情，延遲開始、延遲結束或集中到最後一刻才完成的行為。本研究從內控人格特質與拖延間的不一致結果切入探討，提出兩個可能的影響因素：心理抗拒感與成就動機。研究一採問卷施測，內控人格特質越強者，心理抗拒感傾向越高，拖延傾向亦較高，支持以心理抗拒感觀點切入探討拖延行為；在成就動機方面，未得到內控人格特質透過兩種取向成就動機預測拖延的結果。研究二加入努力與智力本質觀概念，再次驗證研究一內控人格特質、心理抗拒感與拖延傾向的關係；此外，研究二採用實驗法探討高抗拒狀態是否會有較高的拖延行為。然而研究二發現受試者對操弄引發的認知與情緒反應不一，採用內部分析，根據操弄檢核分數重新區分生氣情緒與認知自由高低分組，挑選最符合與最不符合抗拒狀態概念的兩組（高生氣情緒、低認知自由／低生氣情緒、高認知自由）進行分析，結果並未支持抗拒狀態越高，拖延行為亦越高的假設。重新檢視心理抗拒感理論，加入基本能力為新分組變數，以2（認知自由高低）× 2（生氣情緒高低）× 2（基本能力高低）三因子受試者間設計進行分析。結果顯示生氣情緒與認知自由可能扮演不同的角色，生氣情緒提供個人展現某些行為的動力，認知自由表示個人知覺自由的程度，而個人基本能力的表現則受到情境的影響。生氣情緒與認知自由的交互作用顯示能力高低的差異展現在高生氣情緒、高認知自由與低生氣情緒、低認知自由的情況中，高生氣情緒、低認知自由時，能力越高越早開始越早結束，且較不會延遲結束；低生氣情緒、低認知自由時，基本能力低者可能因預期較差的表現，因此晚點開始較愉悅的想法較高，較晚結束作業，也較易延遲結束。高低基本能力者在另外兩種情境無顯著差異；高生氣情緒、低認知自由時，可能因為即使生氣情緒提供行為動力，但主觀自由低，使能力高者並未發揮其能力而無顯著差異；低生氣情緒、高認知自由時，雖主觀自由高但可能因為缺乏展現行為的動力，高低能力者行為表現相似。總結來說，本研究以心理抗拒感觀點貫穿研究一與研究二，研究一發現內控人格特質高者，有較高的心理抗拒感傾向，而有較高的拖延傾向。研究二除驗證研究一發現外，另顯示抗拒狀態的情緒與認知層面具有不同的影響與作用，且視個人基本能力的不同而有表現的差異。此發現有助於深入理解心理抗拒感概念，並為心理抗拒感理論提出一小步的進展與突破。