Early intervention programs focusing on both the mitigation of father trait anger and the promotion of father-infant bonding may offer valuable support for both parties.
A father's anger, both overtly and implicitly communicated (through demonstrated patience and tolerance in the father-infant bond), is a factor that significantly affects their experience of parenting stress in the toddler years. Early efforts to manage a father's anger and cultivate a positive father-infant bond may have positive impacts on both fathers and their children.

Previous research on power and impulsive buying has overwhelmingly focused on the impact of the experience of power, overlooking the effects of anticipatory power. This research endeavors to illustrate a dual aspect of power's impact on impulsive purchasing behavior, via a theoretical augmentation from experienced power to anticipated power.
The four developed laboratory experiments, leveraging ANOVA, effectively aimed to verify the hypothesized relationship. A moderated mediation path model, which included observable variables such as power experience, product attributes, power expectations, deservingness, and purchasing impulsiveness, was designed.
Powerless consumers are observed, through the study's results, to be more predisposed to impulsive purchases of hedonic items; powerful consumers, however, tend toward impulsive utilitarian product purchases. YAP inhibitor In contrast, by highlighting power expectations, powerless consumers feel a diminished sense of deservingness, subsequently curbing their desire for hedonistic goods. In contrast to the conventional consumer mindset, when substantial consumers imagine the consumption practices of powerful individuals, they will perceive a stronger sense of entitlement and subsequently increase their impulsive buying of hedonistic items. The experience of power, product attribute, and expectations of power, interacting through deservingness, mediate the impact on purchasing impulsiveness.
The current research offers a novel theoretical lens through which to understand the connection between power and impulsive purchasing decisions. This model of power, rooted in experiential and anticipatory dimensions, argues that consumers' purchasing impulsiveness is influenced by both their lived experience of power and their anticipations of power.
This research proposes a unique theoretical framework to examine how power influences impulsive buying patterns. This model of power, built on the foundation of experience and anticipation, illustrates that the impulsiveness of consumer purchases is influenced by the experience of power itself and the anticipation of experiencing power.

Educators often cite the absence of parental support and interest in their children's education as a key factor contributing to the academic difficulties faced by Roma students. The current research, aiming to further illuminate the patterns of Roma parental involvement in their children's school lives and their engagement with school activities, implemented a culturally sensitive intervention utilizing a story-tool approach.
Within the framework of intervention-oriented research, this study encompassed twelve participants, namely mothers, from diverse Portuguese Roma groups. Interviews, preceding and succeeding the intervention, were employed for data collection. In order to generate culturally significant interpretations of attitudes, beliefs, and values toward children's educational progress, eight weekly sessions were implemented in the school environment utilizing a story-based tool and hands-on activities.
From the perspective of acculturation theory, the data analysis produced impactful results under two significant areas: the patterns of parental involvement in children's school lives and participants' engagement in the intervention program.
The data showcases the diverse ways Roma parents interact with their children's education; the significance of mainstream educational settings in cultivating a collaborative environment with parents to effectively counteract impediments to parental engagement is critical.
Statistical data illustrate the varied ways Roma parents participate in their children's education, emphasizing the role of mainstream contexts in developing an environment that encourages collaborative partnerships with parents to overcome hurdles to parental involvement.

To understand the development of consumer self-protective behaviors amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, this study was undertaken, offering insights vital for policies aimed at regulating consumer actions. This research, leveraging the Protective Action Decision Model (PADM), examined the genesis of consumer self-protective intent, including the impact of risk information and the factors explaining the variance between intended and actual protective behaviors in light of protective behavior attributes.
A substantial empirical study, based on 1265 consumer survey responses during the COVID-19 pandemic, was undertaken.
A substantial positive influence exists between the volume of risk information and consumers' self-protective inclination, with the credibility of the information playing a positive moderating role in this connection. The consumer's inclination towards self-protective measures is positively correlated with the amount of risk information, with risk perception playing a mediating role. This mediating influence is negatively moderated by the credibility of the risk information. Consumer self-protective willingness and behavior, within the protective behavior attributes, are positively moderated by hazard-related attributes, whereas resource-related attributes have the opposite moderating effect. Hazard-related product features are more critically assessed by consumers than resource-related ones, leading to a higher consumption of resources for the purpose of risk reduction.
The abundance of risk details significantly enhances consumers' eagerness to protect themselves, with the trustworthiness of the information positively moderating this effect. A positive mediation occurs between the volume of risk information and consumers' self-protective efforts, mediated by risk perception, which is negatively moderated by the credibility of said information. Consumer self-protective willingness and behavior, when viewed through the lens of protective behaviors, exhibit a moderated relationship, with hazard-related attributes acting positively and resource-related attributes negatively. Consumer focus leans more towards hazards than resources, resulting in their inclination to use more resources to lower risk.

The pursuit of competitive advantage in volatile markets hinges upon a strong entrepreneurial orientation within enterprises. Accordingly, prior research has ascertained the effect of psychological attributes, specifically entrepreneurial self-efficacy, on entrepreneurial orientation, employing social cognitive theory as a guiding principle. Prior research presented two conflicting views on the link between entrepreneurial self-confidence and entrepreneurial direction, with some findings indicating a positive connection, others a negative one, without suggesting any means to improve this relationship. Our engagement in the conversation surrounds the positive connection and emphasizes the fundamental inquiry into the internal workings of black boxes to invigorate enterprises' entrepreneurial inclination. To elucidate the influence of top management team (TMT) collective efficacy and CEO-TMT interface on the association between entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial orientation, we collected 220 valid responses from CEOs and TMTs across 10 enterprises situated within high-tech industrial development zones spanning nine Chinese provinces, thereby applying the social cognitive theory. The impact of entrepreneurial self-efficacy on entrepreneurial orientation is shown positively in our research findings. Our analysis revealed a correlation between increased TMT collective efficacy and a strengthening of the positive relationship between entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial orientation. Moreover, our findings revealed differential moderating impacts. When the CEO-TMT interface is positive, it fuels entrepreneurial orientation, provided that it is reinforced by the collective efficacy of the TMT and the entrepreneurial self-efficacy of individuals. Entrepreneurial orientation experiences a substantial, negative, indirect influence from the CEO-TMT interface, specifically when this interaction is coupled with TMT collective efficacy. YAP inhibitor This research enriches the discourse on entrepreneurial orientation by proposing that TMT collective efficacy and CEO-TMT interface act as social cognitive mechanisms in influencing entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial orientation. Subsequently, a door is opened for CEOs and decision-makers to secure a sustainable market position, leveraging new opportunities during volatile circumstances by promptly entering fresh markets and preserving existing ones.

Effect size measures currently in use for mediation models often have limitations when the predictor variable is nominal and has three or more categories. YAP inhibitor Considering the situation, the mediation effect size measure was determined to be the appropriate approach. A study using simulations was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of the estimators. We varied the number of groups, the sample size for each group, and the magnitude of the effects in the data generation process. Furthermore, we compared effect size estimations with distinct R-squared shrinkage estimators. In estimating across varying conditions, the Olkin-Pratt extended adjusted R-squared estimator displayed the minimum mean squared error and the least bias. Different estimators were also used in a real-world data example. Elaborate recommendations and guidelines were offered for using this estimator effectively.

New product success is intrinsically tied to consumer adoption, however, the impact of brand communities on such adoption has been understudied. Applying network theory, this study investigates how consumer involvement in brand communities (judged by participation intensity and social networking behavior) affects the adoption of new products.