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Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2022 Background: Current case numbers of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Germany are continuously increasing. Young adults aged 19–29 appear to be especially at risk and are therefore the demographic of ever-growing importance for future prevention ...
Corbinian Fuchs +6 more
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Behavioral reduction of infection risk [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1999 Evolutionary biologists have long postulated that there should be fitness advantages to animals that are able to recognize and avoid conspecifics infected with contact-transmitted disease. This avoidance hypothesis is in direct conflict with much of epidemiological theory, which is founded on the assumptions that the likelihood of ...
J M, Kiesecker +3 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2018 IntroductionRisk behaviors commonly co-occur, typically emerge in adolescence, and become entrenched by adulthood. This study investigated the clustering of established (physical inactivity, diet, smoking, and alcohol use) and emerging (sedentary ...
Katrina E. Champion +7 more
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Risk behavior of youth – social definition of risk
Zeszyty Pracy Socjalnej, 2020 Social defining of the risk behaviors is rooted in a diverse, multidimensional world of norms, values, rituals and discourses. Including social contexts of engaging in the risk behaviors and production of knowledge about them allowed us to go beyond standard cause-and-effect descriptions and examine these actions as an essential element of everyday ...
Michał Wanke +2 more
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The Effect of Teenage Passengers on Simulated Risky Driving Among Teenagers: A Randomized Trial
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 Teenage passengers might influence risky driving, particularly in certain mental states. Notably, social exclusion could increase social conformity.
Bruce G. Simons-Morton +6 more
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Asian Journal of Social Health and Behavior, 2022 Introduction: The goal of the study was to estimate the prevalence of anxiety-induced sleep disturbance (AISD) and assess its relationship with psychosocial distress, socio-environmental variables, and health risk indicators among adolescent ...
Supa Pengpid, Karl Peltzer
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Implicit and explicit risk perception, affect, and trust : an investigation of food "traffic lights" [PDF]
, 2014 Obesity is a health problem in many developed countries and is a growing problem worldwide. In an effort to improve food choices the "traffic lights" nutritional labelling system has been developed.
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Risk perceptions and health behavior [PDF]
Current Opinion in Psychology, 2015 Risk perceptions - or an individual's perceived susceptibility to a threat - are a key component of many health behavior change theories. Risk perceptions are often targeted in health behavior change interventions, and recent meta-analytic evidence suggests that interventions that successfully engage and change risk perceptions produce subsequent ...
Rebecca, Ferrer, William M, Klein
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RELAÇÃO ENTRE SUPORTE FAMILIAR, SAÚDE MENTAL E COMPORTAMENTOS DE RISCO EM ESTUDANTES UNIVERSITÁRIOS [PDF]
Acta Colombiana de Psicología, 2010 This study aimed at assessing the relation between family support, mental health and risk behavior. 776 undergraduate students participated in this study, selected from a total of 1775. Among these, 388(50%) were men and 388 (50%) were women, with a mean
Silva de Souza, Mayra +2 more
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BMC Public Health, 2011 Background In order to perform at top levels, elite athletes have to both protect and risk their health at the same time. Adolescent elite athletes have the additional challenge of coping with substantial physical, psychological and social ...
Mayer Jochen +7 more
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