The association between depressed mood and condom use was examined among incarcerated male adolescents. One hundred and eighty male adolescents who were detained in Birmingham, Alabama in the United States were interviewed during a period of incarceration. Contrary to patterns generally found in adult samples, nearly 50% of this adolescent sample that did not use condoms regularly actually reco...

BACKGROUND One effective model for studying cigarette smoking cessation is the transtheoretical model (TTM). In order to assess to what degree interventions can make variations in individuals' behavior, several questionnaires have been developed based on the TTM. This study aims to describe the development of the Persian version of the Decisional Balance Inventory (DBI) for smoking cessation in...

The 8-item Decisional Balance for sun protection inventory (SunDB) assesses the relative importance of the perceived advantages (Pros) and disadvantages (Cons) of sun protective behaviors. This study examined the psychometric properties of the SunDB measure, including invariance of the measurement model, in a population-based sample of N = 1336 adults. Confirmatory factor analyses supported the...

The computational mechanics de nition of a process internal states considers optimal prediction as the criterion for clustering: the process states consist of the histories that lead to the same distribution of future events. Knowledge of the current cluster for a given past, and its associated distribution of possible futures, is the minimal information necessary for making optimal predictions...

Aims: The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between self-efficacy, decision-making balance, and change processes with stress management in middle-aged women. Instrument & Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed in 2019 on 600 middle-aged women covered by Bushehr Comprehensive Health Services Centers. The method of sampling was stratified. Data was gathered by demogr...

This paper deals with interoperability of enterprises. Interoperability is a multi-form issue and can be studied at different levels. This research work focuses on the business level and particularly on the decisional aspect so called decisional interoperability. The objective of the paper is to present how to develop decisional interoperability using design principles with mathematical formali...