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Chu, Meijie; Lee, Chun-Yang; Li, Xian; Zhao, Zeyu; Gao, Min; Chiang, Yi-Chen – Journal of School Health, 2024
Background: Social factors play an important role in adolescents' behaviors. This study aims to understand percentages of health risk behaviors across country in Europe, North America, and China; explore the associations between friendly school and family contexts and involvement for several health risk behaviors among adolescents. Methods: Data…
Descriptors: Risk, Health Behavior, Peer Relationship, Social Influences
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Harrigan, Kevin A. – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2009
Since 1983, slot machines in North America have used a computer and virtual reels to determine the odds. Since at least 1988, a technique called clustering has been used to create a high number of near misses, failures that are close to wins. The result is that what the player sees does not represent the underlying probabilities and randomness,…
Descriptors: Operant Conditioning, Probability, Classical Conditioning, Behavior Modification
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Chodzko-Zajko, Wojtek; Schwingel, Andiara – Quest, 2009
In this paper we focus our attention on an examination of the four-step process adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) in its systematic campaign to promote physically active lifestyles by older adults across the 193 WHO member states. The four steps adopted by the WHO include (1) Building Consensus Among Professionals; (2) Educating the…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Health Promotion, Health Personnel, Public Health