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The phrase "adapt theories" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the modification or adjustment of existing theories to fit new contexts or data.
Example: "In order to address the unique challenges of this situation, we need to adapt theories from previous research."
Alternatives: "modify theories" or "adjust theories".
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We suggest there is possible tension as scholars endeavour to attain internal legitimacy and respond to calls to adapt theories to explain Asia-specific phenomena or develop new models and theories relevant to the Asian context (Tsui, 2006) while at the same time needing to meet an equally pressing requirement of external legitimacy by adopting norms or assumptions around academic rigor.
The Health Belief Model HBMM) was one of the first models to adapt theories from the behavioural sciences in order to examine health related problems.
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Visionary individuals and organisations are making strides in design disciplines to adapt theory, techniques and practices to benefit the environment and society.
The candidate will be a question-driven researcher willing to master the canon of a discipline and to understand its value, but also willing to adapt theory and methods from other disciplines to a specific research context.
Within the context of a case study design, we adapt theory and method from decision-making research and the learning sciences to examine in depth the underlying decision-making procedures that inform course planning.
These matrices were used to facilitate a systematic approach to develop and adapt theory.
This process required more time to complete than for the single model, but was also worthwhile because the selection of only one of the adapted theories or models in the publications would have produced a more limited a priori framework.
In 1921 he further adapted theory to the times.
And also, just the general challenges of adapting theory into practice.
We note that the cyclic plasticity model in our adapted theory can be readily enhanced with ratchetting, mean stress relaxation, strain amplitude history, Masing effects or other complex capabilities.
For example, Rhodes and colleagues [ 14] used an adapted theory of planned behavior model [ 15] to understand parental support of child physical activity and showed that most parents already viewed physical activity as very important for their children.
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