This chapter defines health behaviors as any activity undertaken for the purpose of preventing or detecting disease or for improving health and well being. Common ways of classifying different health behaviors (e.g., health enhancing, health impairing) are examined. Prevalence of key health behaviors (smoking, diet, exercise, screening, sexual behaviors, alcohol use) in different groups and the...

The expression of original and functional motor actions (e.g. creativity) has been associated to various self-concept constructs such as self-efficacy (Richard et al., 2018). aim the present study was investigate how creativity could change according gymnastics practice years. Thirty-five young gymnasts (N = 17 élite; N 18 recreational) participated in study. Gymnasts performed tests (Bertsch, ...

Alleviating the poverty vulnerability of rural households helps to resist risk shocks and maintain livelihood security. From a risk-response-ability -strategy perspective, this paper constructs theoretical analysis framework for impact internet use on using data from 2018 China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) conduct an empirical analysis. The results show that has significant alleviating household...

Most individuals seeking mental health services have experienced trauma. The experience of trauma is complex and mental health trainees are often unprepared for this complexity putting them at risk for burnout and secondary trauma. The American Psychological Association recently approved the Guidelines for Trauma Competence in Education and Training. The current study findings are important for...

objective: the objective of the present study is to investigate the relationship of perceived social selfefficacy (psse) with depression in students. methods: the sample of the present study consisted of 216 adolescent students including 120 males and 96 females randomly selected from different educational institutes of karachi, pakistan. the age of the participants ranged from 16 to 19 years o...

This study explores how the threat and appraisal constructs proposed by Protection Motivation Theory affect preparedness behavior towards hydrometeorological hazards contingent to confidence on governmental support, individual’s social vulnerability, his/her previous experience with a natural threat. Data from an online survey of residents two Mexican coastal counties was used provide empirical...

To investigate the effect of motivational interview combined with staged nursing on blood pressure control, general self-efficacy scale score and compliance behavior coronary heart disease patients. From March 2017 to June 2019, 143 patients from Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center were selected divided into group routine by random number table. The received nursing, while nursing. ...

The Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) is a widely used model for developing elementary nutrition education programs; however, few instruments are available to assess the impact of such programs on the main constructs of the SCT. The purposes of this study were to: (a) develop and validate a SCT-based survey instrument that focuses on knowledge, behavior, and self-efficacy for fifth grade students; ...