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Direct linkBateman, Andre; Myers, Nicholas D.; Chen, Sisi; Lee, Seungmin – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2022
Self-efficacy is a psychosocial determinant of physical activity in adults. Different scales have been used to measure physical activity self-efficacy. This review examines the theoretical and measurement quality of scales measuring physical activity self-efficacy in physical activity-promoting interventions. The search strategy was based on the…
Descriptors: Measurement, Physical Activity Level, Self Efficacy, Intervention
Sodeinde, Oluwaseyi Adewunmi; Adekoya, Helen Odunola; Akintayo, Johnson Babafemi – American Journal of Health Education, 2023
Background: Knowledge, attitude, and practice of healthy lifestyles are crucial for the prevention of hypertension. While the use of the mass media as health information sources persists, their use for hypertension prevention interventions among high-risk individuals is arguably low. Purpose: To examine the effect of radio drama intervention on…
Descriptors: Prevention, Hypertension, Intervention, Radio
Majerus, Steve; D'Argembeau, Arnaud – Journal of Memory and Language, 2011
Many studies suggest that long-term lexical-semantic knowledge is an important determinant of verbal short-term memory (STM) performance. This study explored the impact of emotional valence on word immediate serial recall as a further lexico-semantic long-term memory (LTM) effect on STM. This effect is particularly interesting for the study of…
Descriptors: Semantics, Task Analysis, Short Term Memory, Long Term Memory
Small, Jeff A.; Sandhu, Nirmaljeet – Brain and Language, 2008
This study investigated the relationship between semantic and episodic memory as they support lexical access by healthy younger and older adults and individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD). In particular, we were interested in examining the pattern of semantic and episodic memory declines in AD (i.e., word-finding difficulty and impaired recent…
Descriptors: Intervention, Semantics, Alzheimers Disease, Diseases
Peer reviewedThompson, Dennis N. – Educational Gerontology, 1997
Thirty adults ages 53-85 and 28 adults ages 19-38 were randomly assigned to three groups to read six passages. One group received advance organizers prior to reading, the second got orienting instructions plus advance organizers, and the controls received neither . Orienting instructions significantly helped both age groups and greatly reduced…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Age Differences, Intervention, Middle Aged Adults
Carlock, C. Jesse, Ed. – 1999
Self esteem has been a buzzword in the 1990s but what exactly is self esteem? How is it formed? Can self esteem be raised? How? This book addresses these questions and includes specialized chapters on children, gender, transitions, parents' self esteem, and measurement of self esteem. Many people want to change how they feel about themselves but…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Adoption, Adults
