Health and risk taking behaviors of freshmen in college

the role of type-d personality, social support and self-compassion in prediction of health behaviors in coronary heart disease patients

نظر به اهمیت و تاثیر روزافزون عوامل روانی – اجتماعی در سلامت جسمی و تاثیر عوامل روان شناختی در بروز بیماریهای مختلف از جمله بیماریهای قلبی و عروقی این پژوهش با هدف کلی بررسی ارتباط تیپ شخصیتی d ، حمایت اجتماعی و خود دلسوزی در پیش بینی رفتارهای بهداشتی بیماران کرونر قلبی و تعیین تفاوت بین بیماران کرونر قلبی با و بدون جراحی و افراد سالم در این متغیرها و رفتارهای بهداشتی آنان، انجام گرفت. جامعه آ...

A Comparative Study of Health-risk Behaviors of Boys and Girls of Freshmen Year at Tehran University, Iran

Abstract Background and purpose: Priority health-risk behaviors, often are established during childhood and adolescence, extend into adulthood, and are interrelated and preventable. This study was conducted to determine and compare the prevalence of risky behaviors on both sexes of freshman students enrolled in Tehran University, Iran. Materials and Methods: This study was a descriptive-analyti...

Mental health problems in college freshmen: Prevalence and academic functioning.

BACKGROUND Mental health problems in college and their associations with academic performance are not well understood. The main aim of this study was to investigate to what extent mental health problems are associated with academic functioning. METHODS As part of the World Mental Health Surveys International College Student project, 12-month mental health problems among freshmen (N = 4921) wa...

Self-efficacy, Adolescents’ Risk-taking Behaviors, and Health

Perceived self-efficacy makes a difference in how people feel, think, and act (Bandura 1997). Thus, it is reasonable that self-efficacy also governs health behaviors. The role that self-beliefs play in the realm of health behaviors, health outcomes, and health care has been the object of many studies, and the construct of self-efficacy has sparked a great deal of valuable research in health psy...

Running head: ANXIETY SENSITIVTY AND RISK-TAKING BEHAVIORS Dowd 1 Anxiety Sensitivity and Risk-Taking Behaviors