scholarly journals The Role of Graduate Students’ Achievement Goals in Their Critical Thinking Disposition

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 2426-2430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marzieh Dehghani ◽  
Fatemeh Mirdoraghi ◽  
Hamideh Pakmehr
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Critical Thinking Disposition ◽  
Thinking Disposition

scholarly journals Who Believes in Conspiracy Theories about the COVID-19 Pandemic in Romania? An Analysis of Conspiracy Theories Believers’ Profiles

Societies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Raluca Buturoiu ◽  
Georgiana Udrea ◽  
Denisa-Adriana Oprea ◽  
Nicoleta Corbu
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
News Media ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Conspiracy Theories ◽  
Critical Thinking Disposition ◽  
News Consumption ◽  
The Media ◽  
Thinking Disposition

The current COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by the circulation of an unprecedented amount of “polluted” information, especially in the social media environment, among which are false narratives and conspiracy theories about both the pandemic and vaccination against COVID-19. The effects of such questionable information primarily concern the lack of compliance with restrictive measures and a negative attitude towards vaccination campaigns, as well as more complex social effects, such as street protests or distrust in governments and authorities in general. Even though there is a lot of scholarly attention given to these narratives in many countries, research about the profile of people who are more prone to believe or spread them is rather scarce. In this context, we investigate the role of age, compared with other socio-demographic factors (such as education and religiosity), as well as the role of the media (the frequency of news consumption, the perceived usefulness of social media, and the perceived incidence of fake information about the virus in the media) and the critical thinking disposition of people who tend to believe such misleading narratives. To address these issues, we conducted a national survey (N = 945) in April 2021 in Romania. Using a hierarchical OLS regression model, we found that people who perceive higher incidence of fake news (ß = 0.33, p < 0.001), find social media platforms more useful (ß = 0.13, p < 0.001), have lower education (ß = −0.17, p < 0.001), and have higher levels of religiosity (ß = 0.08, p < 0.05) are more prone to believe COVID-19-related misleading narratives. At the same time, the frequency of news consumption (regardless of the type of media), critical thinking disposition, and age do not play a significant role in the profile of the believer in conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 pandemic. Somewhat surprisingly, age does not play a role in predicting belief in conspiracy theories, even though there are studies that suggest that older people are more prone to believe conspiracy narratives. As far as media is concerned, the frequency of news media consumption does not significantly differ for believers and non-believers. We discuss these results within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals Critical thinking Disposition and Dyadic Adjustment: The Moderator Role of Employment Status of Women

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 23-32
Author(s):  
Melis Seray ÖZDEN ◽  
Ece Naz Ermis
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Dyadic Adjustment ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Critical Thinking Disposition ◽  
Thinking Disposition ◽  
Moderator Role ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Status Of Women

Dyadic adjustment can be handled as a state in which there is an overall feeling of happiness and satisfaction with marriage. Women have become so much more active in work life over the past years that the changes in the roles of women also affect the communication with their husbands and as a result their dyadic adjustment. On this basis, the aim of this study is to determine the moderator role of employment status of women in the relationship between critical thinking disposition and dyadic adjustment of married people. The research group was composed of 242 spouses. The data were collected with Demographical Information Form, Critical Thinking Disposition Scale and Dyadic Adjustment Scale. The results showed that there was a correlation between critical thinking disposition and dyadic adjustment. According to the hierarchical regression analysis, there was no moderator role of employment status of women in the relationship between critical thinking disposition and dyadic adjustment. Keywords: resilience; autonomous-related self; critical thinking;

Mediating role of critical thinking disposition in the relationship between perceived barriers to research use and evidence-based practice

2015 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sun-Ae Kim ◽  
Youngshin Song ◽  
Hee-Sook Sim ◽  
Eun-Kyong Ahn ◽  
Jung-Hee Kim
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Perceived Barriers ◽  
Research Use ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Critical Thinking Disposition ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Thinking Disposition ◽  
The Relationship

Critical Thinking Disposition and Scientific Creativity: The Mediating Role of Creative Self‐Efficacy

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruichao Qiang ◽  
Qin Han ◽  
Yongyu Guo ◽  
Jie Bai ◽  
Maciej Karwowski
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Scientific Creativity ◽  
Critical Thinking Disposition ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Thinking Disposition ◽  
Creative Self
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