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Showing 1 to 20 of 166 for “"Seventh-Day Adventists"”.
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Sectarian Value Consciousness of the Japanese Seventh-day Adventists
<p>The objective of this study was to find how the sectarian values of the SDA church were assimilated among the Japanese SDA church members. In order to clarify the characteristics of the sectarian values, their origin and contents were discussed in the first part of this study. It was concluded …
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Religious Belief, Coping, and Mental Health in Seventh-day Adventists
… influences on psychological adjustment in 401 Seventh-day Adventists. Based on cross cultural psychology guidelines, Adventist Sabbath and eschatology belief measures were created and integrated into a religious coping framework. Sabbath and eschatology belief measures, the brief RCOPE, two …
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Interleukin-6, Depression, and Religious Coping in Older Seventh-day Adventists
<p>Prior research suggests that depression and chronic inflammation have a bidirectional relationship. This study examined how depressive symptoms and the inflammatory marker, interleukin-6 (IL-6), interact over time in 287 older adults (54% female, 63% White, Mage = 66, SDage = 10.9) from the …
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Reserve Capacity Model and Metabolic Syndrome in Black and White Seventh-day Adventists
Past research has identified a robust, monotonic relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and cardiac health. Psychosocial factors may contribute to SES-related gradients in cardiac health. The Reserve Capacity Model (RCM; Gallo & Matthews, 2003) is a framework for examining psychosocial …
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The Impact of Physical Activity on Depressed Mood in Older Seventh-day Adventists
<p>Research has shown physical activity (PA) to result in a reduction in depressed mood. The effects have been examined for different age groups, however, it is unclear whether PA effects differ in older adults. A prospective cohort study (N = 6,463) examined duration and intensity of PA in …
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Secular Trends in Life Expectancy by Diet Status Among Never Smoking Seventh-day Adventists
<p>To evaluate how life expectancy changed by age and secular time from 1960 through 1988, two cohort studies, the Adventist Mortality Study (AMS, 1960-1985, n = 27,530) and the Adventist Health Study (AHS, 1976-1988, n = 34,192) were combined. The life expectancy of omnivores was compared to …
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Premarital Preparation : An Educational Content Design for Seventh-day Adventists in the United States
… a validated educational content design for Seventh-day Adventists useful to the church in preparing couples for marriage.</p> <p>Method. An analysis of the relevant literature from religious and secular authorities was made to isolate factors deemed important to adequate premarital …
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The Use of Differentiated Instruction by Teachers of the Columbia Union Seventh-day Adventists
… Problem</p> <p>Teachers in the Columbia Union of Seventh-day Adventists were provided training in differentiated instruction training during the summers of 2013-2016. However, there were no formal follow-up communications to report or to share their experiences with implementing the newly learned …
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Attitudes and Beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists Concerning Psychology, Counseling, and Mental Health Issues
… As in the mainstream population, Adventists are dealing with a variety of mental health issues, and there has been no empirical research which explored their attitudes and beliefs concerning psychology, counseling, and mental health issues.</p> <p><em>Method.</em> A survey was used …
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Relationship between Nut Consumption and Memory Domains of Cognitive Function Among Elderly Seventh-day Adventists
… consumption and memory function among an elderly Seventh-day Adventist population after adjusting for demographic, clinical, and lifestyle factors. Waist-to-hip ratio is significantly associated with memory, suggesting the need to further investigate the role of adiposity in cognitive ability in a …
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Prediction of 1976 Diabetes Incidence from 1960 Animal Product Consumption among California Seventh-Day Adventists
… and diabetes incidence among California Seventh-day Adventists who were cohort members of the Adventist Mortality Study (Kahn, 1984) and the Adventist Health Study (Hammond, 1966). This study also enabled us to relate long term vegetarian dietary patterns to diabetes incidence.</p> …
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Perceptions and Attitudes of Taiwanese Seventh-day Adventists Toward Seventh-day Adventist Education in Taiwan
… churches is important to schools operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The Church as been carrying on a Christian educational program in Taiwan for 35 years. Today the Church has a college and academy on the Island and the enrollment in the school has been small for the past decade. The …
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Church, Sect, and Government Control, a History of Seventh-Day Adventists in Austria, 1890-1975
<p>Seventh-day Adventism, a young American-based denomination, encountered strenuous opposition when it first reached Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century. This was especially true in Austria, where traditional allegiance to Roman Catholicism, linked with a strong emphasis on …
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A Model for Ministry of Church Elders in the Inca Union of Seventh-Day Adventists
<p>Purpose. The purpose of this research was to elucidate the ministry of lay elders as it is suggested in the New Testament and to construct a model for the ministry of local church elders in the Inca Union Mission.</p> <p>Method. This study was documentary and theological. The primary source was …
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Organizational Orientations of K-12 School Leaders in the Columbia Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
… leaders in the Columbia Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, and the relationship, if any, to their personal variables of age, gender, experience, and their professional variables of grade levels served, educational attainment, enrollment, support, feelings of success, and job …
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Sabbath-Keeping Practices and Factors Related to These Practices Among Seventh-day Adventists in 51 Countries
… and factors related to these practices among Seventh-day Adventists on an international level.</p> <p><em>Method. </em> The Sabbath Observance Exploratory Survey (SOES) was administered to a convenience sample of 3,221 Seventh-day Adventists in 51 countries representing five geographical …
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Association Between Obesity, Depression, and Inflammation Among Seventh-day Adventists in the Biopsychosocial Religion and Health Study
… The target population consisted of 508 Seventh Day Adventists (SDAs) who participated in the Biopsychosocial Religion and Health Study (BHRS), a sub-study of the Adventist Health Study-2. The study was a cross-sectional analysis of the association between obesity, depression, and …
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An Assessment of the Vocational Technical Education Needs of the Lake Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
… leaders of the Lake Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists comprising the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin, requested a survey be conducted to assess the extent of this need. The purpose of this study was to answer as objectively as possible the following …
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Selected Personality and Motivation Variables Related to Behavioral Commitment to Certain Health Teachings of Seventh-day Adventists
<p>Problem. Seventh-day Adventists teach that the practice of certain health habits is essential to optimum spiritual nurture. It is commonly known, however, that a number of Seventh-day Adventist church members fail to practice one or more of these habits. This is a matter of crucial concern to …
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Occupational Choice and Academic Planning in the Colombia-Venezuela Union of Seventh-day Adventists : a Needs Assessment
… <p>1. The Colombia-Venezuela Union of Seventh-day Adventists should examine its Educational program offering to address the needs and opportunities of the labor market.</p> <p>2. Students’ occupational preferences matched the traditional and frequently irrelevant preferences of their …
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