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Segregation and Socialization: Academic Segregation and Citizenship Attitudes of Adolescents in Comparative Perspective? Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Purpose: There is a tendency to assess educational systems in terms of their efficiency in gaining high scores on cognitive skills. Schools perform, however, also a socializing function. The whole policy debate tends to ignore the impact of educational systems on attitudes or democratic values. This contribution focuses on the impact of the organization of education in European societies on the civic attitudes of adolescents.
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Comparing physical therapy students' attitudes and beliefs regarding chronic low back pain and knee osteoarthritis: an international multi-institutional comparison between 2013 and 2020 academic years. KU Leuven
BACKGROUND: In 2013, physical therapy students demonstrated low guideline-adherent recommendations regarding chronic low back pain (CLBP) for spinal pathology, activity, and work. OBJECTIVES: To assess the differences in physical therapy students' attitudes, beliefs, and adherence to guideline recommendations regarding CLBP and knee osteoarthritis between 2013 and 2020. METHODS: In 2013 and 2020, second and fourth-year physical therapy students ...
Personal and perceived peer use and attitudes towards the use of nonmedical prescription stimulants to improve academic performance among university students in seven European countries University of Antwerp
Background: Overestimations of non-prescribed stimulant use of peers are well documented in the USA and have also been identified as predictive of personal stimulant consumption. This study aimed to examine whether overestimations of peer use and approval of the use are associated with personal use and attitude towards the use of non-prescribed stimulants among European university students. Method: The EU funded 'Social Norms Intervention for ...
The Culture of Academic Disciplines and the Sociopolitical Attitudes of Students. A Test of Selection and Socialization Effects Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Academic detailers' and general practitioners' views and experiences of their academic detailing visits to improve the quality of analgesic use University of Antwerp
Background Continuous medical education strategies, including academic detailing (AD), have mixed effects on the quality of prescribing in general practice. Alongside a cluster-randomized controlled trial (cRCT) to assess the effectiveness of AD visits (on appropriate prescribing of analgesics for chronic pain in osteoarthritis) by Farmaka, an independent drug information center, we performed a process evaluation to identify possible barriers ...
Learning environment and students' mathematics attitude KU Leuven
This study investigated the association between students’ perception of the learning environment and three aspects of their mathematics attitude: ‘mathematics academic self-concept’, ‘enjoyment of mathematics’ and ‘perceived value of mathematics’. The focus was on the association of students’ mathematics attitude with four dimensions in the learning environment: the extent to which the teacher ‘motivates to exert learning effort’, ‘activates ...
Community pharmacists' attitude toward depression: a pilot study KU Leuven
BACKGROUND: Pharmacists' expanding roles may be witness to greater involvement in mental illnesses, of which depression is the disorder with the highest prevalence. Little, however, is known on pharmacists' attitude toward depression, although it may affect pharmacists' service provision and lead to stigmatization of patients. OBJECTIVE: This study is intended as a pilot to explore community pharmacists' attitude toward depression, components in ...
Community and health professionals' attitude toward depression: a pilot study in nine EAAD countries KU Leuven
Background: Community facilitators (CFs), such as pharmacists, policemen, teachers and clergy, may be an important community resource for patients with depression in addition to (mental) health professionals. However, they are ill prepared for such a role and little is known about their attitudes toward depression, which may affect practice. Aim: To investigate CFs' attitudes toward depression and compare them to those of (mental) health ...
The impact of brand name placement in song lyrics on brand attitudes: Does the attitude toward the artist matter? KU Leuven
Despite the frequent use of brand name placement in song lyrics, academic research on this issue is very limited. Whereas prior research especially focused on the impact of the amount of brand exposure on brand recall and recognition, this paper investigates the impact of different brand exposures on brand attitudes and the moderating role of the attitude toward the artist. In an experiment with an authentic hip-hop song especially developed for ...