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Attitudes towards people with mental illness. Effects of a training program for secondary school students.

This article reports a control study on the influence of a training program on attitude change towards people with mental illness. One hundred and seventeen students from 13 schools formed school-based mental health clubs, which composed the treatment ...
Petrus Ng, Kai-Fong Chan (Int J Adolesc Med Health, 200207-09)
attitudes-towards-people-mental-illness-effects-training-program.asp

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Psychosocial correlates of death anxiety among Chinese college students.

This study aims to explore various psychosocial correlates associated with how Chinese react to death and dying. A total of 282 Chinese college students participated in this study. They completed the Death Anxiety Scale, the Revised Death Anxiety Scale, ...
Catherine So-Kum Tang, Anise M S Wu, Elsie C W Yan (Death Stud, 200207-08)
psychosocial-correlates-death-anxiety-chinese-college-students.asp

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Smoking on campus. An examination of smoking behaviours among post-secondary students in Canada.

BACKGROUND: Much of the literature on smoking behaviours has focused on adult populations and, more recently, on children and adolescents. A very small body of work has begun to emerge on smoking behaviours among post-secondary students. METHODS: Using ...
John Cairney, Kelli-an Lawrance (Can J Public Health, 200207-08)
smoking-campus-examination-smoking-behaviours-post-secondary-students.asp

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Correlation of urinary 1-hydroxypyrene and 2-naphthol with total suspended particulates in ambient air in municipal middle-school students in Korea.

The authors investigated Korean municipal middle school students to ascertain whether urinary 1-hydroxypyrene (1-OHP) and 2-naphthol-markers for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) exposure-reflect PAHs in ambient air. The authors used the beta-ray ...
Jong-Won Kang, Soo-Hun Cho, Heon Kim, Chul-Ho Lee (Arch Environ Health, 200207-08)
correlation-urinary-hydroxypyrene-naphthol-total-suspended.asp

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Survey development for assessing correlates of young adolescents eating.

OBJECTIVE: To describe the development and psychometric testing of a survey to assess multiple influences on young adolescents eating behaviors. METHODS: A 204-item survey was piloted with middle-school students. We incorporated a broad view of ...
Amanda S Birnbaum, Leslie A Lytle, David M Murray, Mary Story, Cheryl L Perry, Kerri N Boutelle (Am J Health Behav, 200207-08)
survey-development-assessing-correlates-young-adolescents-eating.asp

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Rural elementary students, parents, and teachers perceptions of bullying.

OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence and correlates of bullying in 7 rural elementary schools from students, parents, and teachers perspectives. METHOD: Surveys were completed by 739 fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students, 367 parents, and 37 teachers. ...
Margaret S Stockdale, Saidou Hangaduambo, David Duys, Karl Larson, Paul D Sarvela (Am J Health Behav, 200207-08)
rural-elementary-students-parents-teachers-perceptions-bullying.asp

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Clarifying the contribution of subjective norm to predicting leisure-time exercise.

OBJECTIVE: To clarify the contribution of subjective norm to exercise intention and behavior by considering the influence of descriptive as well as injunctive social norms related to family and friends. METHODS: A sample of 530 college students completed ...
Morris A Okun, Paul Karoly, Rafer Lutz (Am J Health Behav, 200207-08)
clarifying-contribution-subjective-norm-predicting-leisure-time.asp

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A validity study of the Evaluation Tool of Childrens Handwriting-Cursive.

OBJECTIVES: This study examined concurrent validity of the Evaluation Tool of Childrens Handwriting-Cursive (ETCH-C) by comparing ETCH-C total legibility percentage scores with handwriting grades from teachers. The study also identified the legibility ...
Susan M Koziatek, Nancy J Powell (Am J Occup Ther, 200207-08)
validity-study-evaluation-tool-children-s-handwriting-cursive.asp

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Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in school children in Chandigarh, India.

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: Population studies on the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among children and adolescents in different countries of the world, have reported varying rates of disorders. There are very few studies in India and these vary widely ...
Savita Malhotra, Adarsh Kohli, Priti Arun (Indian J Med Res, 200207)
prevalence-psychiatric-disorders-school-children-chandigarh-india.asp

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Platelet alpha2-adrenoceptor density in humans: relationships to stress-induced anxiety, psychasthenic constitution, gender and stress-induced changes in the inflammatory response system.

BACKGROUND: This study examined the effects of psychological stress on platelet alpha2-adrenergic receptor (alpha2-AR) binding sites in relation to stress-induced anxiety and changes in the inflammatory response system (IRS). METHODS: The maximum number ...
M Maes, A Van Gastel, L Delmeire, G Kenis, E Bosmans, C Song (Psychol Med, 200207)
platelet-alpha-adrenoceptor-density-humans-relationships-stress.asp