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The validity of time trade-off values in calculating QALYs: constant proportional time trade-off versus the proportional heuristic.

In order to calculate quality adjusted life years (QALYs) from time trade-off (TTO) responses, individual preferences are required to satisfy the constant proportional time trade-off (CPTTO) assumption. Respondents who use a simple proportional heuristic ...
Paul Dolan, Peep Stalmeier (J Health Econ, 200305)
validity-time-trade-off-values-calculating-qalys-constant.asp

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The abbreviated multidimensional acculturation scale: empirical validation with two Latino/Latina samples.

Two studies were conducted to develop and examine internal consistencies and validate the Abbreviated Multidimensional Acculturation Scale. Study 1 participants were 156 Latino/Latina college students. Findings indicated good internal reliabilities for ...
Maria Cecilia Zea, Kimberly K Asner-Self, Dina Birman, Lydia P Buki (Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol, 200305)
abbreviated-multidimensional-acculturation-scale-empirical-validation.asp

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A failed norms social marketing campaign.

OBJECTIVE: In this article we test the efficacy of an intensive norms social marketing campaign to reduce heavy drinking among college students living in a residence hall. METHOD: We employed a pretest-posttest nonequivalent comparison group design. The ...
John D Clapp, James E Lange, Cristel Russell, Audrey Shillington, Robert B Voas (J Stud Alcohol, 200305)
failed-norms-social-marketing-campaign.asp

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The nature and extent of bullying at school.

In elementary schools, the prevalence of bullying ranges from 11.3% in Finland to 49.8% in Ireland. The only United States study of elementary students found that 19% were bullied. Bullying behavior declines as students progress through the grades. ...
Joseph A Dake, James H Price, Susan K Telljohann (J Sch Health, 200305)
nature-extent-bullying-school.asp

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Field assessment of BAC data to study late-night college drinking.

OBJECTIVE: This field study of late-night college drinking sought to (1) test the ability of the 5+/4+ measure to screen for higher levels of intoxication and (2) examine the relation between estimated and actual blood alcohol concentration (BAC). ...
Dennis L Thombs, R Scott Olds, Barbara M Snyder (J Stud Alcohol, 200305)
field-assessment-bac-data-study-late-night-college-drinking.asp

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Casual sex among Australian schoolies.

This study of the casual sexual partnering of 570 male and 776 female Australian high school students on a schoolies week vacation expands on earlier research on factors that influence the sexual activity of vacationing youth. Over 60% of the men and ...
Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale, Edward S Herold, Martin Oppermann (J Sex Res, 200305)
casual-sex-australian-schoolies.asp

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Descriptive and injunctive norms in college drinking: a meta-analytic integration.

OBJECTIVE: Many college students overestimate both the drinking behaviors (descriptive norms) and the approval of drinking (injunctive norms) of their peers. As a result, consistent self-other discrepancies (SODs) have been observed, in which ...
Brian Borsari, Kate B Carey (J Stud Alcohol, 200305)
descriptive-injunctive-norms-college-drinking-meta-analytic.asp

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Clinical case processing by medical experts and subexperts.

Medical specialists, diagnosing cases within their domain of expertise, do not rely on intentional causal reasoning, in which they use explicit principles or rules of their domain. Rather, their reasoning has become an automatic process using ...
Remy Rikers, Wilco Te Winkel, Sofie Loyens, Henk Schmidt (J Psychol, 200305)
clinical-case-processing-medical-experts-subexperts.asp

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Perceptions of drinking and related findings from the Nationwide Campuses Study.

Proponents of social norms approaches maintain that correcting misperceptions of alcohol use among college students may reduce drinking and its consequences. The author used aggregate campus-level data from the Nationwide Campuses Study to test this ...
John C Licciardone (J Am Coll Health, 200305)
perceptions-drinking-related-findings-nationwide-campuses-study.asp

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A collaborative student affairs and faculty health assessment and intervention initiative.

The authors describe a collaborative partnership forged between faculty and student affairs staff to improve student health at a large urban university. They examine skills and reward structures of each constituency and the stages of the collaboration in ...
Carol H Ott, Carol Haertlein, Donald H Craig (J Am Coll Health, 200305)
collaborative-student-affairs-faculty-health-assessment-intervention.asp