Southwestern Oklahoma State University

About: Southwestern Oklahoma State University is a education organization based out in Weatherford, Oklahoma, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Pharmacy & Population. The organization has 435 authors who have published 573 publications receiving 12822 citations. The organization is also known as: SWOSU & Southwestern.

Privacy Concerns and Consumer Willingness to Provide Personal Information

Abstract: The authors examine potential relationships among categories of personal information, beliefs about direct marketing, situational characteristics, specific privacy concerns, and consumers’ direct marketing shopping habits. Furthermore, the authors offer an assessment of the trade-offs consumers are willing to make when they exchange personal information for shopping benefits. The findings indicate that public policy and self-regulatory efforts to alleviate consumer privacy concerns should provide consumers with more control over the initial gathering and subsequent dissemination of personal information. Such efforts must also consider the type of information sought, because consumer concern and willingness to provide marketers with personal data vary dramatically by information type.

Relations of the home literacy environment (HLE) to the development of reading-related abilities: A one-year longitudinal study

Abstract: The home literacy environment (HLE) is an important variable in the development of a number of developmental and educational outcomes; however, a number of questions concerning its conceptualization and relations to diverse outcomes are unanswered. This study examined the relations of six different conceptualizations of the HLE to oral language, phonological sensitivity, and early literacy development in a longitudinal sample of 115 preschoolers. Multiple regression and correlational analyses indicated that each of the HLE conceptualizations was consistently related to the outcomes studied. However, the magnitude of the relations varied considerably across outcomes and when other developmental predictors were taken into account. These results indicate that future examinations of the HLE and its role in the development of language and literacy skills need to take into account the manner in which the home environment is conceptualized. El contexto de alfabetizacion del hogar (HLE) es una variable importante en el desarrollo de una cantidad de consecuencias evolutivas y educativas; sin embargo hay un gran numero de interrogantes sin respuesta referidos a su conceptualizacion y relaciones con los diversos efectos. Este estudio examino las relaciones de seis conceptualizaciones diferentes del HLE con el lenguaje oral, la sensibilidad fonologica y el desarrollo temprano de la lectoescritura en una muestra longitudinal de 115 ninos de Jardin. Los analisis de regresion multiple y correlacionales indicaron que cada una de las conceptualizaciones del HLE se relaciono consistentemente con los efectos estudiados. Sin embargo, la magnitud de las relaciones vario considerablemente segun los efectos, asi como tambien cuando se tuvieron en cuenta otros predictores evolutivos. Estos resultados indican que los estudios futuros sobre el HLE y su papel en el desarrollo de las habilidades de lenguaje y lectoescritura deben tomar en consideracion la forma en la que se conceptualiza el contexto del hogar. Die hausliche Schreib- und Leseumgebung (HLE = Home Literacy Environment) ist ein wichtiger Faktor bei der Gestaltung einer Anzahl entwicklungsbedingter und erzieherischer Folgeergebnisse; dennoch bleiben viele Fragen in Bezug auf ihre Konzeptualisierung und Relationen zu verschiedenen Auswirkungen unbeantwortet. Diese Studie untersucht die Relationen von sechs verschiedenen Konzeptualisierungen der HLE zur gesprochenen Sprache, phonologischen Sensitivitat und fruher Schreib- und Leseentwicklungen in einem Langzeitbeispiel mit 115 Vorschulern. Mehrfachregression und Korrelationsanalysen zeigten, dass jede der HLE Konzeptualisierungen mit den untersuchten Ergebnissen ubereinstimmte. Jedoch variierte das Ausmas der Beziehungen betrachtlich quer durch die Ergebnisse und sobald andere Entwicklungseinflusse in Rechnung gezogen wurden. Diese Ergebnisse zeigen, das zukunftige Untersuchungen der HLE und deren Rolle in der Entwicklung von Sprache und Schreib- bzw. Lesefertigkeiten die Umstande in Rechnung ziehen mussen, in der die hausliche Umgebung konzeptualisiert ist. L'environnement ecrit familial (EEF) est une variable importante du developpement de nombreux aspects du developpement et del'education toutefois, nombre de questions concernant sa conceptualisation et ses relations avec differents aspects demeurent sans reponses. Cette etude a porte sur les relations de six conceptualisations differentes de l'EEF sur le langage oral, la sensibilite phonologique, et les premiers developpements de la litteratie a l'aide d'un echantillon de 115 enfantsd'âge prescolaire suivis longitudinalement. Des analyses de regression multiple et des correlations ont montre que chacune des conceptualisations de l'EEF est fortement liee aux aspects etudies. Cependant, l'ampleur de ces relations varie considerablement d'un aspect a l'autre et quand d'autres predicteurs du developpement sont pris en consideration. Ces resultats montrent que les etudes ulterieures de l'EEF et de son role sur le developpement des competences en matiere de langage et de litteratie devront prendre en consideration la facon dont on conceptualise l'environnement familial.

Understanding, Selecting, and Integrating a Theoretical Framework in Dissertation Research: Creating the Blueprint for Your "House".

Abstract: The theoretical framework is one of the most important aspects in the research process, yet is often misunderstood by doctoral candidates as they prepare their dissertation research study. The importance of theory-driven thinking and acting is emphasized in relation to the selection of a topic, the development of research questions, the conceptualization of the literature review, the design approach, and the analysis plan for the dissertation study. Using a metaphor of the “blueprint” of a house, this article explains the application of a theoretical framework in a dissertation. Steps for how to select and integrate a theoretical framework to structure all aspects of the research process are described, with an example of how to thread theory throughout the dissertation.

A Model of Future-Oriented Motivation and Self-Regulation

Abstract: This article presents a theoretically grounded model of motivation and self-regulation that places personally valued future goals at its core. We attempt to integrate two lines of theorizing and research that have been relatively independent of one another: the social–cognitive perspective on self-regulation (e.g., Bandura, A., 1986) and theories of more future-oriented self-regulation (e.g., Markus, H., and Nurius, P., Am. Psychol. 41: 954–969, 1986; 1986; Nutin, J., Motivation, Planning, and Action: A Relational Theory of Behavior Dynamics, Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ, 1984; Raynor, J. O., Motivation and Achievement, Winston, & Sons, New York, Chap. 7, pp. 121–154, 1974). We argue that personally valued future goals influence proximal self-regulation through their impact in the development of proximal subgoals leading to future goal attainment. The development of a system of proximal subgoals increases the likelihood that proximal tasks are perceived as instrumental to attaining future goals. Proximal tasks that are perceived as instrumental to reaching personally valued future goals have greater overall incentive value and meaning than proximal tasks lacking this instrumental relationship, and their impact on task engagement is correspondingly greater. Research supporting these claims is reviewed and the implications of this model of future-oriented self-regulation for research and intervention are discussed.