Saudi Cultural Missions Theses & Dissertations
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Item Restricted THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAGICAL THINKING, RATIONAL THOUGHT AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE(Queensland University of Technology, 2022) Alghaythi, Khalaf Shami; Duff, JedBackground: Evidence-based practice (EBP) has attracted worldwide interest from nurses and researchers. EBP is critical to providing safe nursing care, improving the quality of health services for the patient, and problem-solving and clinical decision making. However, the implementation of EBP in clinical settings in Saudi Arabia has been challenging. Purpose: This study aimed to explore how EBP has been implemented among Saudi Arabian nurses and to assess whether there is a relationship between magical thinking, rational thought, and EBP among Saudi nurses. Method: A cross-sectional survey was administered online to 151 Saudi Arabian nurses. We used a questionnaire form to collect the demographic data of the participants and data on EBP, magical thinking and rational thinking using the Evidence-Based Practice Questionnaire (EBPQ), the Illusory Beliefs Inventory (IBI) and the Rational‐Experiential Inventory (REI‐40), respectively. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the participants’ demographic data, and regression analysis was used to predict and explain the variance which led to the implementation of EBP. Results: The findings demonstrated that nurses in Saudi Arabia had a positive attitude toward EBP (mean=4.29, SD=1.88) but low levels of implementation of EBP (mean=3.95, SD=1.53). Non-Saudi nurses correlated significantly with EBP B=0.859, p=0.001) and showed a better implementation of EBP than Saudi nurses. The regression results showed that the EBP increased by 0.027 units every year. However, the result was not significant (B= 0.027, p= 0.102). For every one year increase in the participants’ experience, the EBP increased by 0.008 units (B=0.008, p=0.645). The results indicated a significant positive correlation between EBP subtotal mean and IBI total mean (r=0.274, p=<.001), while the regression coefficient (B = 0.737, 95 %CI (0.317–1.157) indicated that an increase of one unit in the IBI total score corresponded, on average, to an increase in the EBP total score by 0.74 points. However, the results showed no significant correlation between EBP and REI. Conclusion: EBP is important for patients and the quality of nursing care. However, the nurses in Saudi Arabia showed low levels of EBP implementation. To enhance the level of EBP, nurses’ educational offices in hospitals and schools must increase awareness of the importance of EBP and thinking style.15 0Item Restricted Factors impacting Saudi women’s adoption of non-traditional dress for use in public: An application of the theory of planned behavior(Saudi Digital Library, 2023) Alghamdi, Rawan; Fiore, Ann-MarieIn Saudi Arabia, women's rights are at the forefront of debate. Modernizing the country includes changes in various aspects of women’s lives, such as the relaxation of the strict public dress code. As of 2018, Saudi women are no longer required to wear traditional abayas (long black abayas with a hair covering and optional face covering) (Abdulaziz, 2019). Presently, Saudi women may choose to wear a fashionable and less conservative dress in public, as long as it is modest and adheres to Islamic guidelines. To date, it appears that research has not examined the factors that affect Saudi women's intention to purchase non-traditional abayas. The purpose of the present study was to examine the factors that impact Saudi women’s adoption of such abayas. The theory of planned behavior (TPB) was utilized. Its three key factors (attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control) are strong predictors of behavioral intention (Ajzen, 1991). To elucidate how appearance reflects an individual’s public identity, social and psychological aspects of dress theories were reviewed in the present study, including (1) the public, private, and secret self-model (Eicher, 1981), (2) self-concept theory (Sirgy, 1982), (3) symbolic consumption theory (Levy, 1959), (4) extended-self theory (Belk, 1988), and aspect of ambivalence and ambiguity. The objectives of the present study were to measure (1) the impact of the psychographic variables (the need for uniqueness and religiosity) on Saudi women’s fashion innovativeness, (2) the impact of fashion innovativeness on Saudi women’s attitude toward purchasing non- traditional public abayas, (3) the effect of attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control on Saudi women’s intentions to purchase non-traditional abayas for use in public, and (4) the moderating effect of the independent-self construal on the relationship between subjective norms and Saudi women’s intentions to purchase non-traditional abayas. A quantitative research approach (Creswell & Creswell, 2018) was implemented. A pilot study was conducted with 15 Saudi women to ensure the clarity of the survey’s wording and to determine the amount of time required. An online Arabic survey was distributed among a convenience sample of Saudi women through the social media platform (WhatsApp). A total of 1,101 Saudi women, 18 years old or older, participated in the study. The data were analyzed in three main stages, employing the following statistical tests: (1) exploratory factor analysis (EFA); (2) structural equation modeling (SEM), including confirmatory factor analysis (CFA); and (3) moderation analysis. The result of the EFA revealed that attitude and purchase intention were unexpectedly combined into one variable (attitude/purchase intention). The measurement model for the TPB variables and the combined attitude/purchase intention variable yielded an acceptable fit. Moreover, the structural model revealed the following findings: (1) the need for uniqueness had a nonsignificant impact on fashion innovativeness, (2) religiosity had a significant (but reverse) effect on fashion innovativeness, (3) fashion innovativeness had a nonsignificant impact on attitude toward purchasing non-traditional abayas, (4) subjective norms had a significant positive impact on attitude/purchase intention and perceived behavioral control, and (5) perceived behavioral control had a nonsignificant impact on attitude/purchase intention. Furthermore, the moderating effect of independent self-construal on the relationship between subjective norms and Saudi women's intentions to purchase non-traditional abayas was found to be statistically nonsignificant. The results of the fully recursive model showed the addition of six significant paths; the need for uniqueness and religiosity each had a significant direct effect on subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and attitude/purchase intention. The absence of confirmation regarding the TPB has theoretical implications for scholars who study consumer behavior in a collectivist society. However, incorporating antecedent variables, in this case--need for uniqueness and religiosity--to the TPB model may enhance its ability to predict collectivist consumers’ behavioral intentions. The findings have the potential to benefit marketers in Saudi Arabia by enhancing their understanding of the factors that influence Saudi women’s intention to purchase non-traditional abayas. For instance, the findings suggest take religiosity level should be taken into consideration when segmenting consumers.21 0