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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"Health Risk Behaviors"”.
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Wellness Characteristics and Health Risk Behaviors of Young Adult University Students
… of this study was to examine wellness and health risk behaviors of young adults at a university in the southwest. Nutrition, physical activity, alcohol use, and safe sexual practices are high priority health concerns on college campuses. Health promotion is integral to nursing. Early …
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Relationship of health risk behaviors to stress and depression in U.S. workers
Organizations have found that mental health conditions, more specifically stress and depression to be major contributing factors for the increase in employer health care costs. Stressed and depressed employees have been identified as having the highest correlation with higher heath care costs than …
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Latent Class Analysis of Health Risk Behaviors Among Survivors of Childhood Adversities
This study examined the clustering of health risk behaviors among young adults who have experienced adverse childhood experiences (ACE). Data were collected from young adults attending a four-year university in the Midwest using online surveys. Results from a Latent Class Analysis (LCA) indicated …
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Relationship of health risk behaviors to stress and depression in U.S. workers
Organizations have found that mental health conditions, more specifically stress and depression to be major contributing factors for the increase in employer health care costs. Stressed and depressed employees have been identified as having the highest correlation with higher heath care costs than …
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Reducing Substance Use with Implementation Intentions: A Treatment for Health Risk Behaviors
… use, that are highly ingrained and automatized behaviors with negative long-term health consequences need effective interventions to promote change towards more healthful behaviors. Implementation intentions, the structured linking of critical situations and alternative, healthier responses, …
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The relationship between participation in organized church youth activities and health risk behaviors
… church youth activities and selected adolescent health risk behaviors. The sample used for the study included 72 youths representing eight Episcopal churches in the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas. The survey instrument included 95 items: 83 questions from the 1999 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance …
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An investigation of prosocial and health risk behaviors as predictors of academic motivation
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Explicating Global Wellbeing In College Students Using Health Risk Behaviors And Adjustment To College
<p>Priority health risk behaviors including binge drinking, unsafe driving, and unprotected sex are often times established in adolescence, extend into college life, are interrelated, and negatively impact wellbeing. A paucity of research exists associating behaviors with perceptions of wellness. …
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Health Risk Behaviors in Rural Adolescents at Two High Schools Located in One Kentucky County
… throughout the United States practice health risk behaviors that place them at risk for serious health problems. Despite the high incidence of reported adolescent health risk behaviors, no reports have been published to document the current risk to rural adolescents in individual …
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Differences in Health Risk Behaviors between College Freshmen Living in Special Interest Housing and Traditional Housing
… that reside on American campuses partake in many risky health behaviors, but little is known on the effects of housing on these risk behaviors. The purpose of this study was to examine the health risk behaviors of college freshmen that lived in either traditional, non-themed housing or in wellness …
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Motivation and Health Risk Behaviors Among City Employees Who Participate and Do Not Participate in Wellness Programming
… of the relationships between preventative health action and motivational style for city employees participating and not participating in the city's current wellness program. This study also describes the profiles of the participant and non-participant groups. The data for the majority of …
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Individual Resilience, Social Support, and Health Risk Behaviors in Adolescents and Young Adults: Study on Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Samples
… academic achievements. Evidence of resilience on health risk behaviors has not been comprehensively established yet. The purposes of this dissertation were to extend the existing literature about the stability of resilience through time, to examine how the resilience scale concurrently and …
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The Role of Distress Tolerance and Emotion Regulation in the Health Risk Behaviors of College Students with and without ADHD
… period associated with increased engagement in health risk behaviors, particularly in college students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a disorder characterized by low distress tolerance and significant difficulty managing emotions. However, research has not examined how …
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An Exploratory Study of the Relationship among Perceived Personal and Social Competence, Health Risk Behaviors, and Academic Achievement of Selected Undergraduate Students
… of an introductory nutrition course, a personal health course, and a physical fitness course at a large Midwestern University completed one of four surveys. Using matrix sampling, each participant completed a survey measuring one of four personal and social competence constructs; coping skills, …
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A Comparison of Health Risk Behaviors Among College Students Enrolled in a Required Personal Health Course vs. Enrolled in an Elective Personal Health Course
Information on the overall health risk behaviors of college students is limited and it is unknown if being enrolled in an elective or a required health course affects behavior change among the students. There are mixed reports on whether or not health education courses affect behavior change. …
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A diary study of self-esteem, social anxiety, interpersonal interactions and health risk behavior in college students
… self-esteem and social anxiety and engagement in health risk behaviors among college. A daily diary methodology was used to investigate whether trait self-esteem, social anxiety and interpersonal experiences predict health risk behaviors using Sociometer Theory (Leary & Downs, 1995) as a framework …
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An exploration of the relationship between parenting styles and health risk-taking behaviors among early phase adolescents
… parenting styles, adolescent self-esteem, and health risk behaviors. The sample consisted of 343 middle school students from Harrisonburg, Virginia who completed a questionnaire consisting of three major components: parenting styles, self-esteem, and health risk behaviors. The health risk …
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Effect of Nutrition Intervention on the Outcomes of Pregnancy: A Rural Urban Comparison
… design. Data for the study is extracted from the health records and tracking sheets of women participating in the Nutrition Intervention Project in Virginia Department of Health. Path analysis and effects analysis are used to analyze the causal and direct effect of the independent variables and …
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Survey of health-risk behaviours among learners in selected secondary schools of Thembisile Hani Municipality, Mpumalanga
Background: The health risk behaviors of adolescent and youth, and factors associated with their physical and mental wellbeing are still a concern contributing a large amount of harm to both themselves and to others. Purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence of health risk …
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