Adherence across behavioral domains in treatment promoting smoking cessation plus weight control

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Experts tested whether adherence to simultaneous health changes was unitary or domain specific among 76 women who modified smoking, eating, and physical activity to accomplish smoking cessation plus weight control. Findings support both unitary and domain-specific aspects of adherence and suggest that among smokers, smoking and eating behaviors may have similarities unshared by physical activity.

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The social environment of the fraternity or sorority house is an important determinant of heavy drinking associated with collegiate Greek involvement. A multilevel analysis is used to determine the implications for models of heavy drinking and health risks

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The utility of measuring coping style and the predictive ability of coping physical health among the first year medical students are demonstrated. The results show that the greater the use of both problem-focused coping and emotion-focused coping by the students, the less their physical health deteriorates.

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Body image and strategies to lose weight and increase muscle among boys and girls

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The factors that influence body image and strategies to either lose weight or increase muscle among children are studied. Health risk related to eating and exercise among children is also discussed.

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