The effect of culture and belief systems on students’ academic buoyancy
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DOI: 10.1007/s10639-017-9672-4
Abstract: Increasingly, learner motivation is implicated in student failure at universities. This has led to intense research into internal or external variables that might buoy resilience to failure. This research investigates the impact of strong cultural… read more here.
Keywords: academic buoyancy; belief systems; students academic; effect culture ... See more keywords
Between-person methods provide limited insight about within-person belief systems.
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DOI: 10.1037/pspp0000404
Abstract: Belief systems are individual-level phenomena that describe the interrelationships of the political attitudes of a person. However, the modal study of the structure of political ideologies and beliefs uses cross-sectional survey data to estimate what… read more here.
Keywords: person correlations; cross sectional; person; belief systems ... See more keywords
Exploring the influence of Christian religious belief systems on community interaction within critical citizenship education in South Africa
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DOI: 10.1080/01416200.2020.1853047
Abstract: ABSTRACT Christian religious belief systems may influence higher education teaching and learning. We investigated how this manifests in relation to critical citizenship education at the Department of Visual Arts of Stellenbosch University. During the facilitation… read more here.
Keywords: belief systems; critical citizenship; christian religious; education ... See more keywords
Belief systems and ideological deep disagreement
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DOI: 10.1080/03081079.2022.2062342
Abstract: Deep disagreement is characterized as being a disagreement in which the interlocutors are unable to reach a common agreement or position on the problem under discussion. However, deep disagreement can be solved irrationally, that is,… read more here.
Keywords: ideological deep; deep disagreement; systems ideological; belief systems ... See more keywords
How Indigenous Belief Systems Guide Help-seeking Behavior for Psychosocial and Medical Problems: A South African Perspective
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DOI: 10.1080/09735070.2017.1325175
Abstract: ABSTRACT Advertisements are placed in newspapers by people identifying themselves as “doctors” or “healers” in South Africa. This paper aims to identify what services are advertised, who offers these services, and the methods used to… read more here.
Keywords: indigenous belief; belief systems; systems guide; south african ... See more keywords
Understanding traditional belief systems in Northeast India: revisiting the oral world through literature
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DOI: 10.1080/1751696x.2019.1681758
Abstract: ABSTRACT The life of tribal groups in the Northeast India abounds with the tradition of folklore, myth, superstition and a strong belief in the co-existence with the supernatural world. Writing in English has offered a… read more here.
Keywords: understanding traditional; belief; belief systems; world ... See more keywords
Why conspiracy theorists are not always paranoid: Conspiracy theories and paranoia form separate factors with distinct psychological predictors
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259053
Abstract: Paranoia and belief in conspiracy theories both involve suspiciousness about the intentions of others but have rarely been studied together. In three studies, one with a mainly student sample (N = 496) and two with… read more here.
Keywords: conspiracy theories; conspiracy theorists; always paranoid; theorists always ... See more keywords