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Bowring, Natalie Erin. "Back on the market: Understanding heterosexual mature adult protective sexual behaviours." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2020. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/202020/1/Natalie_Bowring_Thesis.pdf.
Повний текст джерелаNylander, Charlotte. "Protective factors, health-risk behaviours and the impact of coexisting ADHD among adolescents with diabetes and other chronic conditions." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Pediatrik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-282964.
Повний текст джерелаFarley, Céline. "The promotion of safe behaviours at the community level : evaluation of a bicycle helmet-wearing campaign among 5- to 12-year-old children /." Stockholm, 2003. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2003/91-7349-685-5/.
Повний текст джерелаLiao, Qiuyan, and 廖秋燕. "Modelling public adoption of health protective behaviours against novel respiratory infectious diseases in Hong Kong: the avianinfluenza A/H5N1 and the 2009 pandemic influenza A/H1N1." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B46676442.
Повний текст джерелаMcGinty, Heather L. "Predicting Fear of Recurrence and Protective Health Behaviors Using Protection Motivation Theory." Scholar Commons, 2010. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3631.
Повний текст джерелаChrispin, Catherine Anna. "Psychological issues related to sun exposure and skin protective behaviour." Thesis, University of Hertfordshire, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.365936.
Повний текст джерелаGowan, Monica Elizabeth. "Self-Management of Disaster Risk and Uncertainty: The Role of Preventive Health in Building Disaster Resilience." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Health Sciences Centre, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/7605.
Повний текст джерелаLeas, Loranie, and mikewood@deakin edu au. "Cardiovascular health behaviours and health needs among people with psychiatric disabilities." Deakin University. School of Psychology, 2004. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20051208.095530.
Повний текст джерелаMalo, Teri. "Numeracy, Cancer Risk Perceptions, and Self-Protective Behaviors among U.S. Adults." Scholar Commons, 2011. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3229.
Повний текст джерелаPuckett, Theresa Louise. "The Influence of Risk and Protective Factors on Health-Compromising Behaviors among Incarcerated Juveniles." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1279594086.
Повний текст джерелаTurner, Shirley. "Health protective behavior and the elderly: Hemoccult testing for early colorectal cancer detection." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291436.
Повний текст джерелаKaniuka, Andrea R., M. Montgomery, Byron D. Brooks, Fuschia M. Sirois, and Jameson K. Hirsch. "Suicidal Behavior Among Fibromyalgia Patients: What Are the Risk and Protective Factors?" Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/627.
Повний текст джерелаChang, Edward C., Elizabeth A. Yu, Emma R. Kahle, Yifeng Du, Olivia D. Chang, Zunaira Jilani, Tina Yu, and Jameson K. Hirsch. "The Relationship Between Domestic Partner Violence and Suicidal Behaviors in an Adult Community Sample: Examining Hope Agency and Pathways as Protective Factors." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5551.
Повний текст джерелаWilson, Lee-Ann Margaret. "A cross-discipline and collaborative approach to identifying the predictors of environmentally friendly and health protective behaviour." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2012. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/63940/1/Lee-Ann_Wilson_Thesis.pdf.
Повний текст джерелаMarch, Alice L. "Adolescent sexual debut, risk factors, protective factors, and health risk behaviors rural, suburban, and urban differences /." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2006.
Знайти повний текст джерелаKing, Patricia. "Decision-making in the use (or non-use) of sun-protective measures /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe19257.pdf.
Повний текст джерелаNavarro, Christi M. "Gender Differences in the Influence of Protective Factors, Risk Factors, and Health Risk Behaviors on HIV Risk Behaviors Among Youth in South Florida." FIU Digital Commons, 2013. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/845.
Повний текст джерелаSingh, Kunal. "Health Risk Perception for Household Trips and Associated Protection Behavior During an Influenza Outbreak." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/81965.
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Sur, Bonita. "Examining Perceived Susceptibility of Illness and Health Protective Behaviors Among Emerging Adults with Familial Risk for Type 2 Diabetes." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1439811016.
Повний текст джерелаHillhouse, Joel J., Robert Turrisi, James Jaccard, and June K. Robinson. "Accuracy of Self-Reported Sun Exposure and Sun Protection Behavior." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/33.
Повний текст джерелаTrost, Sarah E. "Protective buffering among couples coping with heart disease: Behavior, intentions, and psychological distress." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/280659.
Повний текст джерелаHirsch, Jameson K., K. L. Walker, S. A. Nsamenang, Catherine A. Rowe, and Kelly C. Cukrowicz. "A Series of Studies of Risk and Protective Factors for Suicidal Behavior in Rural Primary Care: An Eye Toward Intervention Design." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/602.
Повний текст джерелаJohansson, AnnaKarin. "Passive Smoking in Children : The Importance of Parents’ Smoking and Use of Protective Measures." Doctoral thesis, Linköping, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-5174.
Повний текст джерелаEsplin, Emily D. "The Heat Is On! Perspectives and Practices Regarding Extreme Heat Risk." DigitalCommons@USU, 2018. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7397.
Повний текст джерелаEdguer, Marjorie Nigar. "The Association of Risk, Protective Factors, and Gender to Substance Use and Sexual Activity Among Prenatally Substance Exposed Adolescents." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1491660086819411.
Повний текст джерелаLucas, Abigael G., Edward C. Chang, Jerin Lee, and Jameson K. Hirsch. "Positive Expectancies for the Future as Potential Protective Factors of Suicide Risk in Adults: Does Optimism and Hope Predict Suicidal Behaviors in Primary Care Patients?" Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2745.
Повний текст джерелаZhou, Xuan, and 周璇. "A study on second and third hand smoke exposure and self-protection behaviors among sick school-aged children in Guangzhou, China." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B50534233.
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Walker, Kristin L. "An Examination of Risk and Protective Factors for Suicidal Behavior in a Low-Income, Underserved Primary Care Sample." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2396.
Повний текст джерелаMCCLAMROCH, LESLIE DANIELLE. "MELANOMA: KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND BEHAVIORS AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS BY GENDER AND SKIN TYPE." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1029156996.
Повний текст джерелаHirsch, Jameson K., and Fuschia M. Sirois. "Hope and Fatigue in Chronic Illness: The Role of Perceived Stress." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/683.
Повний текст джерелаArnold, Laurence. "Comparing the utility of the Theory of Planned Behaviour and the Health Belief Model in understanding and promoting the use of protective helmets among school-age cyclists." Thesis, University of Kent, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.310196.
Повний текст джерелаMcknight, Peggy Ann. "Strategies Small Construction Business Managers Use to Reduce Safety Incidents in Their Organization." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5574.
Повний текст джерелаThomas, Kevin Victor. "Understand the environmental fate, behaviour, effects and risks associated with contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) with the goal of protecting environmental and human health." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/6515.
Повний текст джерелаMaertens, Odría Luis R. "Essays in development, environmental, and health economics." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/420867.
Повний текст джерелаEsta tesis consta de tres ensayos independientes. En el primer capítulo, analizo el efecto de una ley estadounidense que favorece la producción de biocombustibles sobre la salud fetal. Demuestro que la ley aumentó la producción de maíz, un cultivo con altos requerimientos de pesticidas, y el riesgo de enfermedades fetales asociadas con la exposición a pesticidas. En el segundo capítulo, estudio cómo la productividad agrícola puede mediar la relación entre shocks de lluvia y guerras en países africanos. Midiendo el nivel de lluvia sobre el territorio agrícola y durante la fase de crecimiento, demuestro que éste tiene una relación en forma de U-invertida con la producción agrícola, y una relación en forma de U con la incidencia de guerras civiles. En el tercer capítulo, estudio el efecto de diversas modalidades de venta de pruebas de arsénico para agua de pozo sobre la demanda por las mismas y, para familias que reciben noticias adversas, sobre su comportamiento para evitar el arsénico. Encuentro que la demanda aumenta cuando el precio a pagar depende de los resultados de la prueba, y que las redes sociales e información pública pueden promover medidas para evitar el agua contaminada.
Sorensen, Julie. "Social marketing for injury prevention : changing risk perceptions and safety-related behaviors among New York farmers." Doctoral thesis, Umeå : Univ, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-18261.
Повний текст джерелаStölzel, Friederike, Nadja Seidel, Stefan Uhmann, Michael Baumann, Hendrik Berth, Jürgen Hoyer, and Gerhard Ehninger. "Be smart against cancer! A school-based program covering cancer-related risk behavior." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2014. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-147573.
Повний текст джерелаZhou, Guangyu [Verfasser]. "The Interplay of Social-Cognitive Constructs in Health Behavior Change : Studies on Nutrition, Hand Washing, Oral Hygiene, Sun Protection, Face Mask Use, and Physical Activity / Guangyu Zhou." Berlin : Freie Universität Berlin, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1075493684/34.
Повний текст джерелаHandelman, Corinne. "Natural Area Stewardship Volunteers| Motivations, Attitudes, Behaviors." Thesis, Portland State University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1543073.
Повний текст джерелаTo better understand the value of those who engage in environmental stewardship of natural areas, we studied volunteer steward's motivation to participate, their sustainable behaviors and attitudes toward stewardship-related constructs. Specifically, we designed and conducted a survey of volunteers who work as stewards in urban natural areas in Portland, Oregon. We hypothesize that as volunteer frequency increases: participants will be more motivated to participate for environmental reasons, volunteers will be more likely to feel a strong connection to the stewardship site, participants will be more likely to engage in public pro-environmental behaviors, and their level of environmental literacy will increase. Participants were sampled using a face-to-face survey methodology over the course of late winter and spring of 2012 during 18 different Portland Parks and Recreation sponsored stewardship events. We examined the motivations, attitudes and behaviors of the volunteers, and devised appropriate management implications for those organizing volunteer efforts. We equated a three-tiered typology of environmental literacy, based upon the frequency of volunteer participation, and analyzed our survey data using a principal component analysis, generalized linear models, and a qualitative coding analysis. The most frequent participants showed a higher likelihood of participation in public environmental behaviors, whereas participants at all frequency levels were also likely to participate in private environmental behaviors, such as removing invasive plants in one's yard. Volunteers across all frequencies of participation were motivated to engage in stewardship events by a desire to help the environment. By understanding volunteers' motivations and linked behaviors, park managers may gain insights about the recruitment, retention, and messaging of volunteers upon whom they may depend to achieve restoration goals. We recommend considering volunteers' motivations and benefits derived from participation in messaging to recruit and retain volunteers. Additionally, park managers should take advantage of educational opportunities linked to stewardship events, such as training programs and chances for volunteer mentorship.
Speakman, Jennifer J. "Psychological and Behavioral Predictor of Adolescent Substance Use." The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1249860380.
Повний текст джерелаHillhouse, Joel J., and Rob Turrisi. "Motivations for Indoor Tanning: Theoretical Models." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/63.
Повний текст джерелаIšganaitytė, Giedrė. "Vaikų globos namuose gyvenančių paauglių psichologinio atsparumo ir sveikatai palankaus elgesio sąsajos." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2012. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2012~D_20120201_134000-19824.
Повний текст джерелаThe aim of the study was to explore links between psychological resilience and positive health behaviour of adolescence in foster care. The subjects of the study were 173 adolescences, living in eight foster care homes in all Lithuania. Adolescences were from 11 till 18 years old, 90 (52 %) boys and 83 (48 %) girls. Questionnaire of 99 questions was made special for this study. Questionnaire consisted of two parts. First part of questionnaire was made by example of The California Healthy Kids Survey 2010 – 2011, module B. It was intended to explore psychological resilience’s features of adolescences in foster care. Second part of questionnaire was made by example of Health Behaviour Questionnaire (Jessor, Donovan, Costa, 1992) and it was intended to explore positive health behaviour’s features of adolescences in foster care. The results of the study showed that increasing of psychological resilience of adolescences in foster care is related with increasing of positive health behaviour. Positive health behaviour of adolescences in foster care, was related with protective factors of home, friends, personality most of all. Positive health behaviour of adolescences in foster care was related with protective factors of school and society least of all. Increasing of psychological resilience of adolescences in foster care is related with decreasing consumption of drugs, cigarettes, alcohol. Also increasing of psychological resilience of adolescences in foster care is related with... [to full text]
McDowell, Janis Kathleen. "Recovery following an acute myocardial infarction : impact on the quality of life of patients and their partners." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2002. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/15817/1/Janis_McDowell_Thesis.pdf.
Повний текст джерелаMcDowell, Janis Kathleen. "Recovery following an acute myocardial infarction : impact on the quality of life of patients and their parnters." Queensland University of Technology, 2002. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/15817/.
Повний текст джерелаSvalmark, Per. "Extra känslig? : En kvantitativ studie om studenter och vaccination mot svininfluensan." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Fakulteten för ekonomi, kommunikation och IT, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-7594.
Повний текст джерелаThe purpose of this study is to examine which personality aspects that are differing from students who got vaccinated against the swine flu, to students who did not get vaccinated. This study carried out a quantitative survey on 194 students from a mid-region university in Sweden. The participants were to answer psychometric personality tests on sensitivity, anxiety, depression, sympathy and dependability. Thereafter, statistical tests were conducted through SPSS, mainly to calculate mean differences. The results conclude that vaccinated students are significantly more sensitive than un-vaccinated students. Vaccinated students are also more anxious but these differences are not significant. There are no notable differences in depression, sympathy or dependability. Type of education and sex do not either predict vaccination. Finally, sensitivity shall be viewed as the most important predictor in a person’s likeliness to get vaccinated at pandemics. The findings can be generalized to the Swedish population because the proportion of vaccinated students in this study corresponds to the proportion of vaccinated people of the Swedish population. However, the sample of this study does not correspond to the educational level of the Swedish population. On the other hand, educational level has not been shown as an important determinant in health protective behaviors in former research literature, why my result should be considered as meaningful.
Obiora, Francisca Omelogo. "Effect of Neighborhood Features on BMI of African American adolescents in South Los Angeles." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1366.
Повний текст джерелаTurrisi, Rob, Joel J. Hillhouse, Kimberly Mallett, Jerod L. Stapleton, and June K. Robinson. "A Systematic Review of Intervention Efforts to Reduce Indoor Tanning." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/31.
Повний текст джерелаWiens, Linda Marilyn. "The effect of outpatient cardiac education on knowledge and health promotion/protective behaviours." Thesis, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/3683.
Повний текст джерела(14010143), Vanessa C. Ghea. "Motives for the adoption of protective health behaviours for men and women: A social psychological model versus the ordered protection motivation model." Thesis, 2002. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Motives_for_the_adoption_of_protective_health_behaviours_for_men_and_women_A_social_psychological_model_versus_the_ordered_protection_motivation_model/21397740.
Повний текст джерелаThe aims of the present study were to (a) evaluate and to compare the adequacy of a social psychological model and a cognitive appraisal model in predicting intention and action with respect to the adoption of protective health behaviours, (b) investigate the direction and strength of the path coefficients linking the predictor and criterion variables in each model in order to determine which predictor variables played a significant role in the (non)adoption of protective health behaviours, and (c) investigate the direct and indirect roles that gender role and SES play in determining the decision to adopt or not to adopt protective health behaviours. Existing knowledge about disease and illness makes it imperative for health researchers to understand the factors involved in reducing exposure to these endemic threats. Whilst extensive research has been carried out to investigate health beliefs and health threats, most of the results that have been obtained have been descriptive in nature. They say very little about how males and females internalise and conceptualise the identified social psychological and cognitive appraisal variables or how these variables influence the health decision-making process. Two theoretical models were developed to represent the decision-making process regarding the adoption of good health behaviours. A total of 550 males and 759 females (total n = 1,309) from Rockhampton and Gladstone in the State of Queensland, Australia, participated in the study by responding to one of three questionnaires designed to measure the study's critical variables. Whilst the overall findings generally supported the decision-making process represented by both models, the results indicated that the social psychological model represented a better predictor of the health decision-making process than the cognitive appraisal model. The findings also indicated that high masculinity combined with low femininity and a low SES directly decreased the motivation of males and females to adopt protective health behaviours when confronted by a health threat. Finally, for both models, the results indicated that the exogenous variables of gender role and SES had both direct and indirect influences on behavioural intention and action for males and females across the three disease dimensions. The implications of the findings with regards to differences in male and female health status are discussed.
Dray, Julia. "Preventing mental health problems in children and adolescents: strengthening resilience as a potential approach." Thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1389016.
Повний текст джерелаMental health problems are estimated to affect 10-20% of children and adolescents worldwide, often continue into adult years, and contribute to considerable economic, social, and community burden. Prevention of mental health problems in children and adolescents has been identified as an international public health priority. Comprehensive, population level prevalence data and effective interventions are necessary for the prevention of mental health problems in children and adolescents. This thesis addressed three related aims. Population level data regarding the general mental health status and the socio-demographic factors associated with the mental health status of adolescents in Australia aged 12–16 years was limited at the time the studies were being planned. Aim one was to examine prevalence of four mental health problems and association with five socio-demographic characteristics in a regional sample of Australian adolescents (Chapter 2). Data on mental health outcomes measured by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) was obtained from a survey of almost 7,000 Australian adolescents aged 12-16 years conducted in 2011 as baseline data collection for a cluster randomised controlled trial. The study region was characterised by a low index of socio-economic status and a high proportion of Aboriginal students relative to the state of New South Wales (NSW) and Australia overall. Key findings included: 19% of students with a Total SDQ score in the ‘very high’ range; a significant association of gender with all outcomes (total difficulties and internalising problems higher for girls and a significant interaction with age resulting in greatest mean difference between females and males at age 15, and externalising problems and prosocial behaviour problems higher for boys), and; no significant associations of either socio-economic status or geographic location of residence with any outcomes. Aboriginal students, who composed 11% of the sample, scored higher for mental health problems across all four outcomes as compared to non-Aboriginal students. Resilience - often referred to as the ability to maintain or return to a positive state of mental health by employing multiple internal or external protective factors - has been proposed as a potential approach for interventions to prevent or reduce mental health problems in children and adolescents. Universal interventions represent one approach to doing so that aligns with international objectives supporting mental health across all people and are commonly adopted within community-based settings (e.g. schools). Universal, school-based interventions that target the strengthening of protective factors central to the concept of resilience have been evaluated within many studies internationally. However, the evidence relating to such an approach had not been comprehensively quantitatively synthesised. Aim two was to quantitatively synthesise the international evidence-base for the effectiveness of universal, school-based, resilience-focussed interventions on mental health problems in children and adolescents (Chapters 3 and 4). A systematic review with meta-analysis was conducted, and included 57 trials of participants aged 5-18 years. Key findings, based on child and adolescent trials combined, indicated resilience-focussed interventions to be effective relative to a control in reducing four of seven mental health problem outcomes: depressive symptoms, internalising problems, externalising problems, and general psychological distress (but not anxiety symptoms, hyperactivity and conduct problems). Effects of intervention were found to vary by age, length of follow-up, and therapeutic basis (cognitive behavioural therapy [CBT]-based vs. non-CBT-based). Some methodological limitations of the included trials were noted. The large majority of trials that have assessed the effect of universal, school-based, resilience-focussed interventions on mental health outcomes in children and adolescents have measured intervention effect on internalising problems including anxiety and depression, with fewer trials measuring effect on externalising problems and total difficulties. Additionally, past trials have most commonly tested the effect of a manualised program delivered within the school curriculum, without the utilisation of broader capacity building opportunities provided by the school environment and in keeping with a Health Promoting Schools approach. Relatively few trials have adopted a pragmatic approach, providing flexibility for participants to select programs to implement which best meet their needs and arguably representing a test of an intervention under somewhat ‘real world conditions’. Aim three was to develop and evaluate the effect of a pragmatic, universal, resilience-focussed intervention in secondary schools on total difficulties, internalising problems, externalising problems, and prosocial behaviour problems, and student internal and external protective factors (Chapters 5 and 6). A cluster randomised controlled trial was conducted in 32 secondary schools (20 intervention, 12 control), with data collected from students in Grade 7 at baseline (2011; n=3115), and Grade 10 at immediate post-intervention follow-up (2014, n=2149; enrolments in Grades 7 to 10 typically aged 12-16 years; 50% male; 69.0% retention). The intervention was implemented during Grades 8 to 10 (2012-2014) and consisted of a framework of sixteen broad intervention strategies targeting internal and external resilience protective factors across the three Health Promoting Schools domains. Schools were asked to implement sixteen broad intervention strategies however, in line with a pragmatic approach, schools were given the flexibility to select the specific programs or resources to do so, and the order and manner in which these were implemented within each intervention school varied. To assist schools to achieve this, a list of programs and curriculum resources targeting resilience protective factors and recommended to promote mental health in children and adolescents was provided. Key findings included no significant intervention effect for four mental health outcomes measured utilising the SDQ (total difficulties, internalising problems, externalising problems, and prosocial behaviour problems), nor for internal and external protective factors measured utilising the Resilience and Youth Development Module of the California Healthy Kids Survey. A number of possible explanatory factors pertaining to the null results of the trial were considered, including: that the pragmatic approach may have resulted in inconsistent strategy implementation across intervention schools, and; process data suggesting that strategies for supporting positive mental health and resilience may similarly have been a focus in control schools due to contextual changes in policy and practice across the broader school system of NSW, Australia, during the time of the trial. Supported by the research reported in this thesis, a number of needs for ongoing research were identified relating to: measurement and monitoring prevalence of mental health problems in children and adolescents; enhancing understanding of how resilience protective factors relate to mental health problems in children and adolescents, and; considerations for the conduct of future intervention trials.
Conner, M., R. McEachan, R. Lawton, and Peter H. Gardner. "Applying the reasoned action approach to understanding health protection and health risk behaviors." 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/17679.
Повний текст джерелаRationale: The Reasoned Action Approach (RAA) developed out of the Theory of Reasoned Action and Theory of Planned Behavior but has not yet been widely applied to understanding health behaviors. The present research employed the RAA in a prospective design to test predictions of intention and action for groups of protection and risk behaviors separately in the same sample. Objective: To test the RAA for health protection and risk behaviors. Method: Measures of RAA components plus past behavior were taken in relation to eight protection and six risk behaviors in 385 adults. Self-reported behavior was assessed one month later. Results: Multi-level modelling showed instrumental attitude, experiential attitude, descriptive norms, capacity and past behavior were significant positive predictors of intentions to engage in protection or risk behaviors. Injunctive norms were only significant predictors of intention in protection behaviors. Autonomy was a significant positive predictor of intentions in protection behaviors and a negative predictor in risk behaviors (the latter relationship became non-significant when controlling for past behavior). Multi-level modelling showed that intention, capacity, and past behavior were significant positive predictors of action for both protection and risk behaviors. Experiential attitude and descriptive norm were additional significant positive predictors of risk behaviors. Conclusion: The RAA has utility in predicting both protection and risk health behaviors although the power of predictors may vary across these types of health behavior.
Data collection for this research was funded by a grant from the British Academy to the first three authors.