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Attendance and alcohol use at parties and bars in college: a national survey of current drinkers.

OBJECTIVE: This study examines attendance and alcohol use at parties and bars among college students by gender, residence, year in school and legal drinking age. METHOD: The study participants were respondents in the 1997 and 1999 Harvard School of ...
Thomas C Harford, Henry Wechsler, Mark Seibring (J Stud Alcohol, 200211)
attendance-alcohol-parties-bars-college-national-survey-current.asp

402.

The formation of linked perceptual classes.

Multiple-exemplar training with stimuli in four domains induced two new fill-based (A1 and A2) and satellite-image-based (B1 and B2) perceptual classes. Conditional discriminations were established between the endpoints of the A1 and B1 classes as well ...
Lanny Fields, Priya Matneja, Antonios Varelas, James Belanich, Adrienne Fitzer, Kim Shamoun (J Exp Anal Behav, 200211)
formation-linked-perceptual-classes.asp

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Seatbelt use, attitudes, and changes in legislation: an international study.

BACKGROUND: The use of seat belts is among the most effective methods of reducing injury in motor vehicle crashes. We examined trends in seat belt use by university students from 13 European countries between 1990 and 2000, in relation to changes in ...
Andrew Steptoe, Jane Wardle, Ray Fuller, Sigurlina Davidsdottir, Bettina Davou, Joao Justo (Am J Prev Med, 200211)
seatbelt-attitudes-changes-legislation-international-study.asp

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The association of campus resources for gay, lesbian, and bisexual students with college students condom use.

The author and colleagues examined campus resources for gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) students at 119 US colleges to determine how the presence of such resources affected sexually active students condom use. A random sample of unmarried, sexually ...
Maria E Eisenberg (J Am Coll Health, 200211)
association-campus-resources-gay-lesbian-bisexual-students-college.asp

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Similarities and differences between Caucasian and African American college women on eating and dieting expectancies, bulimic symptoms, dietary restraint, and disinhibition.

OBJECTIVE: To clarify race differences in eating disorder risk factors and symptoms, by comparing Caucasian and African American samples on the factor structures, intercorrelations, and mean levels of endorsement on a set of risk and symptom measures. ...
Jana G Atlas, Gregory T Smith, Leigh Anne Hohlstein, Denis M McCarthy, Larry S Kroll (Int J Eat Disord, 200211)
similarities-differences-caucasian-african-american-college-women.asp

406.

Smoking habits and attitudes towards smoking among university students in Jordan.

The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of smoking and to describe the habits, attitudes, and practices related to smoking among students of Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), Irbid, Jordan. Students (n = 650) were recruited ...
Linda G Haddad, Malakeh Z Malak (Int J Nurs Stud, 200211)
smoking-habits-attitudes-towards-smoking-university-students-jordan.asp

407.

Relationship of nutritional status to health and societal participation in children with cerebral palsy.

OBJECTIVES: To describe nutritional status in a population-based sample of children with moderate or severe cerebral palsy (CP) and to explore the relationships between nutritional status and health and functional outcomes. STUDY DESIGN: A ...
Lisa Samson-Fang, Ellen Fung, Virginia A Stallings, Mark Conaway, Gordon Worley, Peter Rosenbaum, Randy Calvert, Maureen Odonnell, Richard C Henderson, W Cameron Chumlea, Gregory S Liptak, Richard D Stevenson (J Pediatr, 200211)
relationship-nutritional-status-health-societal-participation.asp

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Preschool understanding of emotions: contributions to classroom anger and aggression.

BACKGROUND: We sought to identify patterns of social cognitive differences among preschoolers that were related to risk of stable aggressive behavior with peers. Following Lemerise and Arsenio (2000), we considered the emotional components of early ...
Susanne A Denham, Sarah Caverly, Michelle Schmidt, Kimberly Blair, Elizabeth DeMulder, Selma Caal, Hideko Hamada, Teresa Mason (J Child Psychol Psychiatry, 200210)
preschool-understanding-emotions-contributions-classroom-anger.asp

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Oregon State Universitys Steer-a-Year program: integrating classroom learning and hands-on experience.

The Steer-a-Year course is designed to provide classroom and hands-on experience, industry-student interaction, and student group problem-solving opportunities. It is a cooperative agreement between the Department of Animal Sciences and the Oregon ...
C J Ackerman, D W Weber, R L Dickson (J Anim Sci, 200210)
oregon-state-university-s-steer-year-program-integrating-classroom.asp

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PC anxiety: reliability and validity of a brief scale.

A brief six-item scale to measure confidence in the use of personal computers showed Cronbach alpha of .76 for internal reliability and construct validity (r(pb)s of -.16, -.18, -.22 for items of behavioral ...
Bijou Yang, David Lester (Percept Mot Skills, 200210)
pc-anxiety-reliability-validity-brief-scale.asp