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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"behavior outcomes"”.
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Conservation Behavior Outcomes and Drivers of Participation in a Conservation Research Program on Private Lands
… conservation by influencing the conservation behaviors of individuals that participate in the program. However, little is known about how conservation behavior outcomes may differ across varying levels of participation in a program and what factors may influence this conservation behavior …
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An exploratory study to assess food behavior outcomes of a one- time nutrition intervention event
This research was conducted in an effort to substantiate the effect of nutrition counseling delivered at a local cholesterol screening clinic. It developed a method of measuring dietary habit changes conducive to a cholesterol- lowering diet. Hypercholesterolemic subjects were chosen for the study …
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The case of adult Bosnian Muslim male refugees in Chicago: Current health behavior outcomes and PTSD symptomatology
… Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptomatology and health behavior outcomes. The study also examined the severity of PTSD symptomatology and particular health behaviors, among adult Bosnian Muslim male refugees residing in the greater Chicago area more than a decade after their arrival to the United …
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THE ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN PATERNAL DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AND CHILDREN’S BEHAVIOR OUTCOMES VIA INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AND PATERNAL REJECTION IN KENYAN FAMILIES
… violence in Kenya place children at risk for behavioral difficulties well beyond the preschool years. This study examined (a) whether paternal depressive symptoms, psychological and physical intimate partner violence, and rejection were associated with children’s internalizing and …
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CNS Neural/Glial Progenitors as Targets of HIV-1 and Opiates: Effects on Proliferation and Population Dynamics May Alter Behavior Outcomes.
… males showed more Tat-induced impairment in behavioral tests (rotarod, grip strength, light-dark box) than females. Tat+ males also showed a greater reduction in the proportion of NeuN+ cells and NeuN immunoreactivity in the striatum, accompanied by greater microglial activation …
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Investigating the mediating effects of family emotional expressiveness, language skills, social skills, on relationship between the early caregiving environment and future adolescent behavior outcomes
… can have significant impact on future child outcomes for positive as well as negative outcomes (Ruffman, Slade, Devitt, & Crowe, 2006; Fonagy, Gergely, & Target, 2007). Language and emotional expressiveness are common themes that past research suggest are aspects of healthy and open …
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Values And Problem Behaviors In Hong Kong Adolescents
… sensation seeking, psychological problem behaviors, values orientation, and problem behaviors of smoking, alcohol use, and delinquency among Hong Kong adolescents studying in high school of two different ability levels. Adolescents (N = 1385) from a band one and band three level high …
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Influences of stress, individual and family processes on rural low-income children’s internalizing and externalizing behaviors
… places rural children at risk for adverse outcomes. Prior studies using rural samples to understand the stress processes at the individual and family levels have been predominantly dyadic in focus. Given family members are interdependent, it is interesting to explore whether family …
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Neuropsychological Functioning, Parenting Behaviors, and Healthcare Behaviors Among Youth with Spina Bifida
… and executive functions) and parenting behaviors (acceptance, behavioral control and psychological control) are associated with medical adherence and autonomy among preadolescents and adolescents with spina bifida. <bold>Methods</bold> Questionnaire and observational data were collected …
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An Analysis of Agressive Interactions Between Procambarus Spiculifer and Procambarus Versutus in Laboratory-Based Interspecific Contacts
… to investigate the role of competitive behavior in the distribution of the crayfish Procambarus spicullfer and Procambarus versutus. Forty pairs of animals, one of each species per pair, were matched by size and gender. For each pair, four fifteen minute agonistic encounters were …
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Effective Treatment Strategies for Children with Autism in Grades K-6
… strategies to produce positive learning and behavior outcomes. The literature selected and researched for the purpose of this proposal supports using effective teaching strategies with measureable results for our students on the autism spectrum. The sampling groups chosen for the research are …
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The Influence of Neurocognitive Impairment on Treatment Outcomes among Drug-involved People Living with HIV/AIDS
<p>Drug- and sex-related HIV risk behaviors and sub-optimal adherence to HIV medication regimens can jeopardize the health of HIV–infected injection drug users (IDUs) and threaten community health. Findings to date indicate that it is feasible to deliver a brief behavioral risk reduction/medication …
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American Indian Adolescents Access to and Involvement in In-School Extracurricular Activities in Relation To Substance Use Frequency and Risk Behaviors
… life thereby minimizing the chance for problem behavior outcomes such as substance abuse (Bernat & Resnick, 2009). The researcher found that an adolescent's participation in adult-led in-school extracurricular activities was: (a) related to a lower instance of risky substance abuse activities …
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Parental Distress and Child Behavior Problems: Parenting Behaviors as Mediators
… the majority of the literature addresses child behavior problems as predictors of parental stress, research has shown that the relation is bi-directional. However, very little research has examined the effects of parental stress on child behavior problems and the possible parenting factors that …
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An Analysis of Student Assistance Programs
… the extent to which they instituted positive behaviors such as school attendance and reduction of disciplinary actions taken. In addition, this study assessed differences in demographic characteristics among student participants. Also studied was the extent to which gender differences related …
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Therapy development of group contingency management in methadone treatment: Pilot 1 - the application of a percentile schedule to enhance attendance behaviors and cocaine abstinence
… a contingency management (CM) procedure to behavior outcomes of the group as a whole. An algorithmic shaping percentile schedule was used to establish the outcome criteria determining group access to prize bowl drawings. Both the shaping schedule and hypothesized positive social support …
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Histological and Functional Characterization of Cervical Spinal Cord Injury After Graded Contusion
… severity. Correlations between histology and behavior outcomes showed a significant correlation between the percentage of missteps in cHL, injury severity, and lesion size. Additionally, both rotarod score and grooming score correlated with injury severity, lesion size, and gray matter loss. …
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School wellness policy strength, nutrition-related behaviors, and weight outcomes among high school students: an ecological study
Background: Adolescent health-related behaviors are less than ideal, and 1 in 3 adolescents in the U.S. is affected by overweight or obesity. The rates of overweight and obesity, as well as the behavioral risk factors associated with these conditions, vary by state. An improved understanding of the …
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Family-friendly workplace policies in the United States: Associations with maternal and child health
… and indicators for maternal and child health outcomes, care utilization, and access to health care services in the U.S. context. Data from Listening to Mothers III, a national survey of U.S. women ages 18-45 who gave birth in 2011-12, were used to conduct multivariate logistic regression …
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