In the United Kingdom, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission among men who have sex with men (MSM) is not under control, despite readily available treatment, highlighting the need to design a cost-effective combination prevention package. MSM report significantly reduced transmission risk behavior following HIV diagnosis. To assess the effectiveness of HIV diagnosis in averting transm...

conclusions behaviors are actually adopted and sustained by patients are so far from that recommended by health professionals. this gap could be reduced by identifying behavioral change challenges, rooted in the beliefs of the individual and the family. therefore, culturally-based interventions to enhance disease self-management should be considered. results three sources of behavioral change c...

Capitalizing upon Implicit Leadership Theories (ILTs) and Leader-member exchange (LMX), this research aims to explore the relationship between the congruence of employees’ ILTs and those traits of their managers and employees’ supportiveness, resistance and behavioral creativity for change. After distributing three questionnaires at three points among teachers, 296 participants completed all th...

The present experiment was designed to test the theory that psychological procedures achieve changes in behavior by altering the level and strength of self-efficacy. In this formulation, perceived self-efficacy. In this formulation, perceived self-efficacy influences level of performance by enhancing intensity and persistence of effort. Adult phobics were administered treatments based upon eith...

Lia Ahonen (2012): Changing Behaviors or Behavioral change? A Study of Moral Development and Transbehavioral Processes in Juvenile Institutional Care. Örebro Studies in Social Work 12, 117 pp. Institutional care for juveniles has in recent decades undergone a shift from relying on the clinician’s experience, towards using evidence-based treatment methods building on empirical research. One posi...