3-D health trajectories and related childhood predictors among older adults in China [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 This study aimed to identify the multi-trajectories of 3-D health of older adults in China and to explore whether the childhood predictors are associated with 3-D health trajectory.
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Childhood predictors of volunteering across 22 countries in the Global Flourishing Study [PDF]
Scientific ReportsWhile prior work documents individual and societal benefits to volunteering, less is known about how childhood experiences shape volunteering in adulthood around the world.
Julia S. Nakamura +8 more
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Sociodemographic variation and childhood predictors of showing love and care for others in 22 countries [PDF]
Scientific ReportsShowing love and care for other people is a vital aspect of human relationships. However, little is known about how levels of love/care expression differ across cultures and across sociodemographic groups within those different cultures, or about the ...
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Childhood predictors of adults’ belief in god, gods, and spiritual forces across 22 countries [PDF]
Scientific ReportsReligion is an integral part of everyday life for billions of people, yet little is known about the developmental antecedents of religious belief outside of Western cultures.
Jordan W. Moon +5 more
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Childhood predictors of social support and intimate friends in a Cross-National analysis of the global flourishing study [PDF]
Scientific ReportsAn extensive research literature describes how close social connections (CSC) comprising both intimate friends and relatives and friends who help when in trouble are one of the most significant predictors of improved well-being outcomes, approximately ...
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Childhood predictors of health limitations in life across 22 countries: a cross-national and cross-sectional analysis [PDF]
BMC Global and Public HealthBackground Preventing health problems that limit access to age-appropriate opportunities and relationships (health limitations) is critical to promoting human flourishing.
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Childhood predictors of belief in life after death across 22 countries [PDF]
Scientific ReportsBelief in life after death is one of the oldest and most widespread spiritual convictions, and it has been shown to offer various psychological benefits.
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A cross-national analysis of childhood predictors of daily smoking in adulthood [PDF]
Communications MedicineBackground Prior research on childhood predictors of cigarette smoking tends to focus on the prevalence rather than the quantity of smoking and rarely examined these predictors separately for smokers.
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Childhood predictors of charitable giving and helping across 22 countries in the Global Flourishing Study [PDF]
Scientific ReportsWhile prior work documents the individual and societal benefits of prosocial behaviors, less is known about how childhood experiences shape prosociality in adulthood. Using data from the Global Flourishing Study, a diverse and international sample of 202,
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Early childhood caries predictors [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2021 Background/Aim. Dental caries represents a health problem of all ages, but it is especially significant in the earliest age of children. Early childhood caries can develop immediately after the eruption of deciduous teeth, resulting in many complications,
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