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Promoting healthy diet and exercise patterns amongst primary school children: a qualitative investigation of parental perspectives.

Parents represent a potentially powerful intermediary in behaviour change strategies aimed at improving the lifestyle behaviours of young children. However, to fulfil this role, parents need to have the necessary knowledge and motivation to assimilate ...
K H Hart, A Herriot, J A Bishop, H Truby (J Hum Nutr Diet, 200304)
promoting-healthy-diet-exercise-patterns-amongst-primary-school.asp

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Percentage of body weight carried by students in their school backpacks.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the percentage of body weight represented by backpacks and the types of backpacks carried by elementary school students. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study was conducted in three elementary schools in central Texas. All students in ...
Samuel N Forjuoh, Bryan L Lane, John A Schuchmann (Am J Phys Med Rehabil, 200304)
percentage-body-weight-carried-students-school-backpacks.asp

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Smoking differences among African American, Hispanic, and White middle school students in an urban setting.

INTRODUCTION: Cross-sectional studies have repeatedly observed that African American adolescents are less likely to smoke when compared to White and Hispanic adolescents. Although much is known among high school samples, few scientifically based studies ...
Steven H Kelder, Alexander Prokhorov, Cristina S Barroso, Nancy Murray, Pamela Orpinas, Laura McCormick (Addict Behav, 200304)
smoking-differences-african-american-hispanic-white-middle-school.asp

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Relationships between bullying and violence among US youth.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the extent to which bullying and being bullied, both in and away from school, is associated with involvement in violent behavior. DESIGN, SETTING, and PARTICIPANTS: A US representative cross-sectional sample of 15 686 students in ...
Tonja R Nansel, Mary D Overpeck, Denise L Haynie, W June Ruan, Peter C Scheidt (Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 200304)
relationships-bullying-violence-us-youth.asp

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No sex difference in perceived competence of computer use among male and female college students in 2002.

The present research examined sex differences in general computer knowledge and computer anxiety. Survey data about computer knowledge, comfort, and interest were collected from 697 students, 579 from a previous study in 2001 at three types of colleges ...
David M Compton, William H Burkett, Gail G Burkett (Psychol Rep, 200304)
sex-difference-perceived-competence-computer-male-female-college.asp

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Gender differences in psychological, physical, and sexual aggression among college students using the revised conflict tactics scales.

In response to criticisms of the Conflict Tactics Scales, Straus revised the original scale to include sexual aggression and injury. The purpose of the present study was to use this new scale to replicate and expand existing knowledge of psychological, ...
Denise A Hines, Kimberly J Saudino (Violence Vict, 200304)
gender-differences-psychological-physical-sexual-aggression-college.asp

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Cognitive flexibility and adaptability to environmental changes in dynamic complex problem-solving tasks.

People who show good performance in dynamic complex problem-solving tasks can also make errors. Theories of human error fail to fully explain when and why good performers err. Some theories would predict that these errors are to some extent the ...
José Cañas, José F Quesada, Adoración Antolí, Inmaculada Fajardo (Ergonomics, 200304)
cognitive-flexibility-adaptability-environmental-changes-dynamic.asp

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An investigation into the physical accessibility to wheelchair bound students of an Institution of Higher Education in South Africa.

PURPOSE: A descriptive cross-sectional study was undertaken to establish the ease of accessibility to wheelchair bound students of the campus of a large institution of higher education in South Africa. Accessibility was defined not simply in terms of ...
L-O Losinsky, T Levi, K Saffey, J Jelsma (Disabil Rehabil, 200304)
investigation-physical-accessibility-wheelchair-bound-students.asp

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The relationship between internet activities and depressive symptoms in a sample of college freshmen.

An Internet survey of college freshmen at a mid-Atlantic mid-sized university was conducted during the spring of 2002 to determine the impact of Internet activities on social support and well-being. Results obtained from the survey allow examination of ...
Charlie Morgan, Shelia R Cotten (Cyberpsychol Behav, 200304)
relationship-internet-activities-depressive-symptoms-sample-college.asp

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PC versus Macintosh users.

In a sample of 78 university undergraduates, Macintosh users spent less time online than PC users and had more anxiety about ...
Bijou Yang, David Lester (Psychol Rep, 200304)
pc-versus-macintosh-users.asp