Recently added articles from American Journal of Health Behavior:
The brief multidimensional students' life satisfaction scale-college version.(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Although in its relative infancy, research investigating adolescent judgments of life satisfaction has received increased attention, (1) largely in response to the realization that the lives of young adults, and the services provided to them, require subjective evaluations that extend to ...
Body weight and perceived social pressure to exercise at a health club.
Sep 01, 2009; ... The health benefits of regular physical activity are well-known. It is also well established that regular moderate- or vigorous-intensity exercise will lower the risks and symptoms associated with the comorbidities of obesity. (1-3) Although exercise has been promoted as an antidote for ...
Reliability and validity of the alcohol consequences expectations scale.(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Alcohol use among college students has become ingrained in the culture of college campuses around the United States, and alcohol is the most prevalent drug of choice among US college students. (1,2) College students are known to consume greater quantities of alcohol than their noncollege ...
Validity of random-digit-dialing in recruiting controls in a case-control study.
Sep 01, 2009; ... Random-digit-dialing (RDD) has been a cost- and time-efficient sampling means for recruiting participants in population-based epidemiological studies since the 1970s in Western countries. (1,2) With household telephone coverage close to 100%, it is particularly appealing in North America ....
Self-efficacy moderates the mediation of intentions into behavior via plans.(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Health-compromising behaviors such as physical inactivity and poor dietary habits are difficult to change. Most social cognitive theories assume that an individual's intention to change is the best direct predictor of actual change, but people often do not behave according to their ...