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Lowry, Mark; Trivedi, Neha; Boyd, Patrick; Julian, Anne; Treviño, Melissa; Lama, Yuki; Heley, Kathryn; Perna, Frank – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2022
Health misinformation is a problem on social media, and more understanding is needed about how users cognitively process it. In this study, participants' accuracy in determining whether 60 health claims were true (e.g., "Vaccines prevent disease outbreaks") or false (e.g., "Vaccines cause disease outbreaks") was assessed. The…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Social Media, Misconceptions, Smoking
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Teovanovic, Predrag; Lukic, Petar; Zupan, Zorana; Lazic, Aleksandra; Ninkovic, Milica; Žeželj, Iris – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2021
In the coronavirus "infodemic," people are exposed to official recommendations but also to potentially dangerous pseudoscientific advice claimed to protect against COVID-19. We examined whether irrational beliefs predict adherence to COVID-19 guidelines as well as susceptibility to such misinformation. Irrational beliefs were indexed by…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Beliefs, Misconceptions
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Kneavel, Meredith; Ernst, William – Health Education & Behavior, 2022
Background: Sports related concussions continue to be a public health concern and improving reporting behavior a focus of educational programs. While educational programs have addressed changes in knowledge of concussion symptoms, it has been challenging to design educational programs which have lasting effects on reporting behavior. Aims: The…
Descriptors: Head Injuries, College Athletics, Athletes, College Students
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Deng, Anqi; Chen, Ang – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2023
Purpose: Guided by the cognitive load theory, the purpose of this study was to determine the impacts of cognitive load and school socioeconomic status-related environmental factors on ninth-graders' energy-balanced living knowledge gain. Methods: A stratified random sample of high-school students (N = 150) participated in this study. Data were…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 9, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level
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Putri, K. Y. S.; Fathurahman, Heri; Safitri, Dini; Sugiyanta, Lipur – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2021
This study aims to analyse the Elaborate phase in ICT and social studies to educate Junior High School students about COVID 19. The independent variables were the Elaborate phase in ICT and the Elaborate phase in social studies. Attitude towards COVID 19 is the dependent variable. The research uses a quantitative approach with simple linear…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Junior High School Students, Social Studies
Babinski, Leslie M.; Murray, Desiree W.; Wilson, Wilkie A.; Kuhn, Cynthia M.; Malone, Patrick S. – Grantee Submission, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate the potential of an innovative high school neuroscience-based health course for implementation feasibility and impact on student outcomes. Methods: Thirteen teachers from two high schools participated in this quasi-experimental pilot study including 395 students (202 in the intervention…
Descriptors: Neurosciences, Health Education, High School Students, Health Behavior
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Yang, Xiushi; Xia, Guomei – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2006
We proposed to integrate cognitive and social factors in the study of unprotected commercial sex. Data from 159 female entertainment workers from 15 establishments in Shanghai who reported commercial sex in the month prior to interview were used to test the approach. Two-sample t tests and multivariate logistic regression were conducted to examine…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Foreign Countries