Intention
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Friday, November 20, 2009

Predicting social support for grieving persons: a theory of planned behavior perspective.

30 Oct 2009 Research has consistently reported that social support from family, friends, and colleagues is an important factor in the bereaved person's ability to cope after the loss of a loved one. This study used a Theory of Planned Behavior framework to ... Read more...

Smoking-related weight concerns among underserved, black maternal smokers.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To expand understanding of a smoking cessation barrier for women, weight concerns, in a medically underserved population. METHODS: Baseline weight concerns were examined among 235 low-income, black maternal smokers enrolled in a smoking ... Read more...

Felt obligation to help others as a protective factor against losses in psychological well-being following functional decline in middle and later life.

11 Oct 2009 This study examined felt obligation to help others in two domains (close others and society) as protective factors against losses in psychological well-being following functional decline. Lagged-dependent regression models were estimated using data ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Intention'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Predicting social support for grieving persons: a theory of planned behavior perspective. 30 Oct 2009
• Smoking-related weight concerns among underserved, black maternal smokers. 30 Oct 2009
• Intentional self-plagiarism. 22 Oct 2009
• Felt obligation to help others as a protective factor against losses in psychological well-being following functional decline in middle and later life. 11 Oct 2009
• Regional changes in word-production laterality after a naming treatment designed to produce a rightward shift in frontal activity. 4 Oct 2009
• Physician-assisted suicide. 29 Sep 2009
• A parietal-premotor network for movement intention and motor awareness. 8 Sep 2009
• Previous birth experience and birth anxiety: predictors of caesarean section on demand? 30 Aug 2009
• Smoking cessation: intentions, attempts and techniques. 30 Aug 2009
• Risk factors: The obesity paradox-an artifact of small sample size? 30 Aug 2009
• An Internet study of prospective memory across adulthood. 30 Aug 2009
• Self-regulatory failure and intimate partner violence perpetration. 30 Aug 2009
• Self-plagiarism: unintentional, harmless, or fraud? 27 Aug 2009
• Prior intention can locally tune inhibitory processes in the primary motor cortex: direct evidence from combined TMS-EEG. 25 Aug 2009
• Does receipt of seasonal influenza vaccine predict intention to receive novel H1N1 vaccine: evidence from a nationally representative survey of U.S. adults. 9 Aug 2009
• Threat perception in mild cognitive impairment and early dementia. 9 Aug 2009
• An assessment of prospective memory retrieval in women with chronic fatigue syndrome using a virtual-reality environment: an initial study. 30 Jul 2009
• Object manipulation and motion perception: evidence of an influence of action planning on visual processing. 30 Jul 2009
• The communication of emotion via touch. 30 Jul 2009
• Are there theory of mind regions in the brain? A review of the neuroimaging literature. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Intention'

Definition: What a person has in mind to do or bring about.

Descriptor UI: D033182

Alternative terms: Intention; Intentions;

Related Mesh Headings: Attitude; Goals; Double Effect Principle;

Tree Number: F01.658.650; F02.463.306;

History Note: 2003; use MOTIVATION 1993-2002