Institute of Behavioral Sciences

The effect of school climate on high school students’ physics achievement using academic engagement as mediator

This study examines the mediating role of academic engagement in the relationship between school climate and physics achievement among secondary school students in Northwest Ethiopia. Using a correlational research design, data were collected via Likert-scale questionnaires from...

Capturing park-use behavior patterns using volunteered street view imagery: Does the likelihood increase with the volume of contributions

Abstract. Analyzing how citizens experience urban parks can provide valuable information for evaluating the effectiveness of park planning and management decisions to encourage park use. Although crowd-sourced data from social media have been reported to be useful for reflecting...

How Norms Depend on the Presence and Status of Observers: The Relational Contingency of Everyday Behaviors in 90 Societies

Norms are fundamental to social life, but basic questions about how they are affected by social context remain. Specifically, how do normative constraints depend on the presence and status of observers, and how do such relational contingencies vary across cultures? Using data fro...