OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to investigate the importance of commitment strength in the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and to test whether behaviour change techniques (BCTs) aimed at increasing commitment strength indeed promote switching to arsenic-safe wells by changing commitment strength. DESIGN A cluster-randomized controlled trial with four arms was conducted to comp...

OBJECTIVES Research has demonstrated that packaging which includes pictorial health warnings are more effective in altering smokers' perceptions and intentions as well as changing smoking behaviours compared to text-only health warnings. However, very few studies have investigated the effectiveness of health warnings on alcoholic beverages. METHODS Participants (N = 60) viewed alcoholic bever...

BACKGROUND Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been linked to obesity and type 2 diabetes. OBJECTIVE We examined national trends in SSB consumption among US adults by sociodemographic characteristics, body weight status, and weight-loss intention. DESIGN We analyzed 24-h dietary recall data to estimate beverage consumption among adults (aged > or = 20 y) obtained from the th...

Acute alcohol consumption is associated with socially inappropriate behaviour. Such behaviour could in part reflect the potential of alcohol to interfere with social cognition. In this experiment we tested the hypothesis that acute alcohol consumption by regular heavy social drinking young adults would compromise an aspect of social cognition, namely theory of mind (understanding intentions, em...

Greek-affiliated college students have been found to drink more heavily and frequently than other students. With female student drinking on the rise over the past decade, sorority women may be at particular risk for heavy consumption patterns. The current study is the first to apply the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to examine drinking patterns among a sorority-only sample. Two-hundred and f...

BACKGROUND Several studies suggest that most school-age children are poorly informed about cancer risk factors. This study examines the effectiveness of the 'Be smart against cancer' (BSAC) program in promoting cancer awareness and intentions to engage in health-promoting behavior. METHODS 235 seventh-grade students were randomized to either the intervention (N = 152) or the wait-control grou...

OBJECTIVE We examined the influence of demographic variables, and social (parents and peers), attitudinal and intentions variables regarding alcohol use on actual drinking behavior among Asian and white populations. METHOD Asian (n = 148; 79 female, 69 male) and white (n = 132; 72 female, 60 male) college students completed a questionnaire. RESULTS Confirmatory factor analyses revealed that...

OBJECTIVE The question addressed in this review is whether aggregate alcohol advertising increases alcohol consumption among college students. Both the level of alcohol-related problems on college campuses and the level of alcohol advertising are high. Some researchers have concluded that the cultural myths and symbols used in alcohol advertisements have powerful meanings for college students a...

With the growing influence of sustainable development in recent years, there has been an increasing focus on green consumption. Little previous research highlighted important influential role that social media information sharing plays overall This study aims to explore how influences purchasing intentions Generation Z. We constructed a theoretical framework for Z’s purchase intention based SOR...

This article presents the results of an experiment designed to determine the impact of a group discussion about second-hand consequences of alcohol use on college students' intentions to consume alcohol. Participants were students enrolled in two large Community Health courses at a large Midwestern university (n = 184). After randomization of class sections into an intervention or a control gro...