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Thursday, November 20, 2008

Partying on? Life after BZP-based party pills.

Oct 2008 AIM: This study considered whether the banning of benzylpiperazine (BZP)-based party pills was likely to increase illegal drug use. METHOD: During July and August 2007, students were surveyed about their current recreational BZP and drug use, along ... Read more...

The development of children's intentions to use alcohol: direct and indirect effects of parent alcohol use and parenting behaviors.

28 Aug 2008 The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of parent alcohol use and parenting behavior on the development of children's intentions to use alcohol in Grades 1 through 8. The authors hypothesized that the effect of parent alcohol use on ... Read more...

Convergent and discriminant validity of three measures of stage of change.

28 Aug 2008 The University of Rhode Island Change Assessment (E. A. McConnaughy, J. O. Prochaska, and W. F. Velicer, 1983), the Stages of Change Readiness and Treatment Eagerness Scale (W. R. Miller and J. S. Tonigan, 1996), and the Readiness to Change ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Intention'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Partying on? Life after BZP-based party pills. Oct 2008
• The development of children's intentions to use alcohol: direct and indirect effects of parent alcohol use and parenting behaviors. 28 Aug 2008
• Convergent and discriminant validity of three measures of stage of change. 28 Aug 2008
• Reducing my risk of intrusion: an intention of old homebound women who live alone. 28 Aug 2008
• The effect of gender stereotype activation on entrepreneurial intentions. 28 Aug 2008
• HIV and pregnancy intentions: do services adequately respond to women's needs? 9 Aug 2008
• The what, when, whether model of intentional action. 30 Jul 2008
• Influence of intention and self-efficacy levels on duration of breastfeeding for midwest rural mothers. 30 Jul 2008
• The role of positive/negative outcome expectancy and refusal self-efficacy of Internet use on Internet addiction among college students in Taiwan. 30 Jul 2008
• Perceived peer norms and sexual intentions among African American preadolescents. 28 Jul 2008
• Understanding intention from minimal displays of human activity. 28 Jul 2008
• Development of mental health first aid guidelines for deliberate non-suicidal self-injury: a Delphi study. 21 Jul 2008
• Intensive care unit staff nurses: predicting factors for career decisions. 29 Jun 2008
• If-then contingencies and the differential effects of the availability of an attractive alternative on relationship maintenance for men and women. 29 Jun 2008
• Professional attitudes towards deliberate self-harm in patients with borderline personality disorder. 29 Jun 2008
• When planning is needed: Implementation intentions and attainment of approach versus avoidance health goals. 29 Jun 2008
• Truth induction in young maltreated children: the effects of oath-taking and reassurance on true and false disclosures. 28 Jun 2008
• Is abstinence an alternative? Predicting adolescent athletes' intentions to use performance enhancing substances. 27 Jun 2008
• Determinants of early retirement intentions among Belgian nurses. 27 Jun 2008
• Involuntary autobiographical memories in and outside the laboratory: how different are they from voluntary autobiographical memories? 27 Jun 2008

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Technical information about 'Intention'

Definition: What a person has in mind to do or bring about.

Descriptor UI: D033182

Alternative terms: Intention; Intentions;

Related Mesh Headings: Attitude; Goals; Double Effect;

Tree Number: F01.658.650; F02.463.306;

History Note: 2003; use MOTIVATION 1993-2002