Background: Adolescents who live in incomplete families may be vulnerable to various psychological effects, ranging from mild complex. This study aims examine the need for counseling among high school students whose parents are separated/divorced, and identify factors associated with this need. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive was conducted on 309 separated/separated/divorced Hue City. Re...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES to evaluate a three-hour smoking cessation program and its effect on nurse knowledge, counseling behaviors, and confidence in counseling behaviors. DESIGN program evaluation. SETTING a Magnet-designated, 500-bed community hospital in Southern California. SAMPLE 107 nurses. METHODS program content included behavior counseling and pharmacotherapy along with role playing...

The purpose of this study was to identify perceptions about a school counseling internship program at a university in Adana, Turkey by determining counseling interns’ perspectives on the effects of the internship program and supervisors’ perspectives on interns’ professional development. Data were collected from nine school counseling supervisors, 11 school counseling interns, 11 guidance teach...

BACKGROUND Although non-adherence to antidepressant medications is a significant barrier to the successful treatment of depression in clinical practice, few potentially modifiable predictors of poor adherence to antidepressant treatment are known. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship of psychological reactance, health locus of control and the sense of self-efficacy on adherence...

We evaluated the influence of psychological stress and depression on motivation to adhere to recommended guidelines for exercise and diet. This study was conducted within a larger e-counseling trial. Subjects diagnosed with hypertension (n = 387, age = 44-74 years, 59% female) completed assessments at baseline and within 2 weeks after a 4-month intervention period. Outcomes included mean level ...