This brief report assesses the validity of applying the adolescent-based developmental assets model to emerging adults. Developmental assets are specific constructs which predict future success, including positive individual characteristics and environmental resources. The research­ ers developed a self-report survey based on a subset of the assets and outcome behaviors most applicable to emerg...

Research has investigated the role of numerous influences on individual information security behaviors, including protection motivation, deterrence, and various dispositional and environmental factors. One major research stream has looked at threat and coping appraisals by IT users. However, users’ beliefs, attitudes, appraisals, and intentions are not static, and there has been little attentio...

Light acts as environmental signal to control animal behavior at various levels. The Drosophila larval nervous system is used as a unique model to answer basic questions on how light information is processed and shared between rapid and circadian behaviors. Drosophila larvae display a stereotypical avoidance behavior when exposed to light. To investigate light dependent behaviors comparably sim...

An integrated system for coding direct observations of children's dietary and physical activity behaviors was developed. Associated environmental events were also coded, including physical location, antecedents, and consequences. To assess the instrument's reliability and validity, 42 children, aged 4 to 8 years, were observed for 8 consecutive weeks at home and at school. Results indicated tha...

in this study, the effect of environmental concern, attitudes and behaviors of the university students on the environmentally conscious purchasing behavior was investigated with the help of structural equation model (sem). sem is an effective data analysis tool that expresses the complicated causative relations between the latent variables. in this study, we collected the data from 400 univers...

Although African American families are at particular risk for obesity and its associated health comorbidities, few interventions have directly targeted low-income members of this group living in subsidized public housing. Using a consensual qualitative research approach, we conducted 11 interviews with African American mothers living in two public housing communities to enhance understanding of...

One of the goals of the National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network is to link environmental data with chronic disease data as a means of improving our understanding of the environmental determinants of disease. Such efforts will rely on the ongoing collection of population exposure information, and there are few systems in place to track population exposures. In many cases, exposures...

A review of recent research (1988 to 1998) on gender differences in environmental attitudes and behaviors found that, contrary to past inconsistencies, a clearer picture has emerged: Women report stronger environmental attitudes and behaviors than men. Additional evidence of gender differences in environmental attitudes and behaviors was also supported across age (Study 1) and across 14 countri...

Çevresel sorunların her geçen gün artması bugünü olduğu kadar geleceği de tehdit etmekte, bu nedenle çözüm sürecinde toplumun kesimine görev düşmektedir. İşletmeler çözümü için aktif rol oynayan ve görevler üstlenen taraflardan birisidir. çevresel tüm süreçlerini sürdürülebilirlik bakış açısıyla ele almalı çalışanlarının işyerinde çevreci davranışlar sergilemesini teşvik etmelidir. Bu çalışanla...