Confronting obstacles of self-confidence, cultural norms, and language barriers, discontent Non-Western female consumers (NWFC) who were born, raised, and live in China, Nigeria, and India, and who do not directly express their concerns through Western online tools, are consider…
Midwives are often the lead providers of maternity care for women. To provide the variety of care required by women, they need to be confident in their role and practice. To date, only limited evidence exists in relation to confidence as experienced by midwives. This thesis aims…
The purpose of this research programme was to propose a new structure for judo coaching. Judo coaching predominantly uses traditional methods emphasising progression through belts rather than success in competition as the measure of achievement. The research programme examined t…
The focus of this study was to determine if there were gender differences in terms of accuracy and latency of performance on visual-spatial tasks. A second objective was to determine if there were gender differences in confidence in visual-spatial performance. The study was base…
The United States asks its military service members to do much more than fight the nation's wars; it asks them to build trust with numerous stakeholders in complex and dynamic environment. The literature indicates that parties in conflict situations can employ confidence-buildin…
Temptation coping, or avoidance of substances in situations where they are desirable and accessible, and one’s confidence to resist use, comprise important processes for decreasing risk of substance misuse. Traditional substance use interventions (i.e., motivational interviewing…
Confidence is crucial for effective leadership, yet the fluid nature of confidence makes it difficult for pastors to consistently lead with a confident edge. Confidence comes through experience, skill development, and coaching. Additionally, confidence comes from one’s trust in …
Throughout history and in every culture and country, animals and humans have formed special bonds often as pets. Well trained pets have often been used in Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) programs in hospitals and nursing homes to help patients cope with illnesses and recovery whil…
Most judgments and choices in life arrive not as disconnected and isolated problems but as the next in a series enmeshed in a social context. The works contained herein, in one way or another, examine the role of context in shaping human judgment and decision making. The first e…
The deregulation of global financial markets has increased the propensity for economies, especially those in the developing world, to experience fiscal crises. Scholars have noted the potential for these crises to pit the interests of market actors against the social demands of …