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Direct linkPrince Atorkey; Christine Paul; John Wiggers; Billie Bonevski; Aimee Mitchell; Flora Tzelepis – Journal of American College Health, 2024
No studies have examined vocational education students' intention to change multiple health risk behaviors and whether baseline characteristics predict behavior change. Participants: Participants were vocational education students in New South Wales, Australia. Methods: Students in the no-intervention control arm of a cluster randomized controlled…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Student Attitudes, Intention, Health Behavior
Whatnall, Megan C.; Patterson, Amanda J.; Brookman, Stephanie; Convery, Paula; Swan, Claire; Pease, Stephanie; Hutchesson, Melinda J. – Journal of American College Health, 2020
Objective: To describe lifestyle behaviors (fruit and vegetable intake, alcohol intake, physical activity, sitting time, smoking, drug use, sleep, sexual health) and health risk factors (body mass index, food insecurity, mental health) in a sample of Australian university students. Participants: 3,077 students from the University of Newcastle…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Life Style, Health Behavior, College Students
Andrew, Rachel; Tiggemann, Marika; Clark, Levina – Developmental Psychology, 2016
This study aimed to investigate prospective predictors and health-related outcomes of positive body image in adolescent girls. In so doing, the modified acceptance model of intuitive eating was also examined longitudinally. A sample of 298 girls aged 12 to 16 years completed a questionnaire containing measures of body appreciation, potential…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Females, Self Concept, Body Composition
O'Hara, Blythe J.; Phongsavan, Philayrath; Venugopal, Kamalesh; Bauman, Adrian E. – Health Education Research, 2011
To address increasing rates of overweight and obesity, a population-based telephone intervention was introduced in New South Wales, Australia. The Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service[R] (GHS) offered participants a 6-month coaching program or detailed self-help information. Determining the population reach of GHS is of public health…
Descriptors: Obesity, Television Commercials, Employment Level, Legislators
Peer reviewedBeckwith, Joan B. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1987
Analyzed psychological functions of eating, drinking, and smoking in relation to behaviors of 530 young adult women. Data supported model of particular behavior being used to meet range of needs rather than particular need being met by range of behaviors. Eating was noted for pleasurable aspects, drinking for convivial aspects, and smoking for…
Descriptors: Drinking, Eating Habits, Females, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBeckwith, Joan B. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1986
Studied discipline, social competence, sophistication, and religiosity in relation to eating, drinking, and smoking behaviors in young women. Supported discipline's general relevance to a broad range of behaviors. Social competence, sophistication, and religiosity moderated discipline's form of expression. The personality variables had stronger…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes, Discipline, Drinking
Download full textPracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology
