Essays about: "Social desirability"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 34 essays containing the words Social desirability.

1. 1. Exploring Attachment Dynamics: Implications for Overgeneralized Memory and Rumination

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Ocean Bouey; [2024]
   Keywords : Overgeneralized memory; attachment anxiety; attachment avoidance; rumination; narrative memory task; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Objective and Methods: This thesis investigates the relationship between insecure attachment (anxiety and avoidance), rumination, and overgeneralized episodic memory retrieval in nonclinical adults, addressing the potential moderating role of rumination in the attachment- overgeneralization link. A community sample of 41 Swedish-speaking women participated in a narrative memory task involving attachment and non-attachment narratives. READ MORE

3. 2. Willingness to Pay for Externalities – Does Earmarking Taxes Matter?

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Joel Eliasson; [2023-06-29]
   Keywords : Willingness to Pay; Environmental Beef Tax; Earmarking; Sweden; Contingent Valuation; Inferred Valuation; Payment Card Approach; Demand Curve;

   Abstract : This study explores the Willingness to Pay (WTP) for an environmental beef tax and the effects of revenue recycling mechanisms on WTP and beef consumption. It surveys students from Gothenburg University using a payment card approach, addressing literature gaps concerning the role of revenue recycling in environmental tax policy, behavioral economic factors affecting public perceptions, and potential biases in contingent valuation methods. READ MORE

4. 3. The Devil Wears (New) Prada

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Hanna Björkman; Elsa Spenninge; [2023]
   Keywords : identity projects; self-presentation; luxury fashion rental; Consumer Culture Theory; access-based consumption; luxury fashion; Impression Management; Social Distinction; the extended self; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : In contemporary society, it is emphasised that ownership of clothing plays a crucial role in construction- and presentation of personal identities. With the rise of sustainable consumerism and the sharing economy, access-based consumption has emerged as a notable trend, offering individuals temporary access to non-exclusively owned clothing. READ MORE

5. 4. Comfortably numb : Exploring the impact of moral disengagement on luxury emissions

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Maja Håkansson; [2023]
   Keywords : Sustainability Science; Moral Responsibility; Pro-Environmental Behaviour; Environmental Engagement; Inner Dimensions; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Those least responsible for climate change are most vulnerable to its impacts, raising the question of climate justice and moral responsibility for emissions. This thesis combines Shue’s concept of subsistence- and luxury emissions, with Bandura’s theory of moral disengagement. READ MORE

6. 5. Between Normal and Abnormal Personality – Examining the Joint Structure of the IPIP-NEO-120 and the PID-5

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Charlotte Schöllkopf; [2023]
   Keywords : PID-5; Five Factor Model; Big One; Structural Equation Modelling; General Factor of Personality; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Objective: The overlap of normal and abnormal personality and personality disorders was found on facet and domain level, but only a few studies assessed the higher order joint structure. In this study, the Personality Inventory for the DSM-5 (PID-5-100 item form) and the IPIP-NEO-120 are assessed in their internal consistency, convergent and discriminant validity and their joint structure, modelled as the overlap of the General Factor of Personality (GFP) and p-factor. READ MORE