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Menstrual-related changes expected by premenarcheal girls living in rural and urban areas of Mexico.

Most women experience changes surrounding the start of menstruation. These changes are influenced by sociocultural context. Consequently, certain changes are more pronounced in some cultures than in others. Girls enter menarche with a clear set of ...
María Luisa Marván, Angeles Vacio, Graciela Espinosa-Hernández (Soc Sci Med, 200302)
menstrual-related-changes-expected-premenarcheal-girls-living-rural.asp

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The risk of smoking in relation to engagement with a school-based smoking intervention.

Health promotion interventions cannot work if people do not engage with them. The aim of this study was to examine whether disengagement from an adolescent smoking prevention and cessation intervention was an independent risk factor for regular smoking 1 ...
Paul Aveyard, Wolfgang A Markham, Joanne Almond, Emma Lancashire, K K Cheng (Soc Sci Med, 200302)
risk-smoking-relation-engagement-school-based-smoking-intervention.asp

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Sexual practices of undergraduate students in Tirana, Albania.

AIM: To assess the prevalence of sexual activity among undergraduate students at the University of Tirana, Albania, their age at first sexual intercourse, and the influence of socioeconomic factors on their sexual practices, including condom use. ...
Genc Burazeri, Enver Roshi, Nertila Tavanxhi, Zenel Orhani, Altin Malo (Croat Med J, 200302)
sexual-practices-undergraduate-students-tirana-albania.asp

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Can the school make a difference? A multilevel analysis of adolescent risk and health behaviour.

The main aim of this article is to assess the relationship between the structural and (health) policy variables of the school and characteristics of the individual on the risk and health behaviour of adolescents. Individual and school level effects on ...
Lea Maes, John Lievens (Soc Sci Med, 200302)
school-difference-multilevel-analysis-adolescent-risk-health-behaviour.asp

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Faculty support and student retention.

A study was conducted to explore the relationship between nursing students perceived faculty support and nursing student retention. The 458 associate degree nursing students who participated were categorized according to their persistence-those who had ...
Elisabeth N Shelton (J Nurs Educ, 200302)
faculty-support-student-retention.asp

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The psychometric characteristics of the Hamilton Depression Inventory.

In this study, the psychometric properties of the Hamilton Depression Inventory (HDI; Reynolds & Kobak, 1995a) were examined in a sample of 249 undergraduate participants. The HDI exhibited high internal consistency and support for its construct validity ...
David J A Dozois (J Pers Assess, 200302)
psychometric-characteristics-hamilton-depression-inventory.asp

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Rorschach measures of aggressive drive derivatives: a college student sample.

This study investigated measures of aggressive drive derivatives on the Rorschach and Personality Assessment Inventory with 70 college students. As predicted, (a) self-reported physical aggression potential was related to Rorschach measures of ...
Joni L Mihura, Elizabeth Nathan-Montano, Rebecca J Alperin (J Pers Assess, 200302)
rorschach-measures-aggressive-drive-derivatives-college-student-sample.asp

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Measuring epistemic curiosity and its diversive and specific components.

A questionnaire constructed to assess epistemic curiosity (EC) and perceptual curiosity (PC) curiosity was administered to 739 undergraduates (546 women, 193 men) ranging in age from 18 to 65. The study participants also responded to the trait anxiety, ...
Jordan A Litman, Charles D Spielberger (J Pers Assess, 200302)
measuring-epistemic-curiosity-diversive-specific-components.asp

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Stress symptoms among African-American college students after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

The current study examined stress reactions to the events of September 11, 2001 among African-American college students not directly exposed to the attacks. Within 3 days of September 11, 219 undergraduates (78.3% women) completed self-report measures ...
Ronald T Murphy, Kieth Wismar, Kassie Freeman (J Nerv Ment Dis, 200302)
stress-symptoms-african-american-college-students-after-september--.asp

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Feeding preferences and attitudes to breastfeeding and its promotion among teenagers in Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland has one of the lowest breastfeeding initiation rates in the world. Given that attitudes toward infant feeding are formed at an early age and a high rate of teenage pregnancy, it has become necessary to survey attitudes to infant feeding ...
Jacinta Greene, Barbara Stewart-Knox, Marion Wright (J Hum Lact, 200302)
feeding-preferences-attitudes-breastfeeding-promotion-teenagers.asp