abstract：:This is the first study to report on physical activity levels of young people in Barbados. The Self-Administered Physical Activity Checklist was administered to 1,579 children aged 8 to 18 years. The majority of youth (69%) reported at least 60 min of physical activity on the previous school day. Boys and younger stud...

journal_title：International journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Prochaska JJ,Sallis JF,Griffith B,Douglas J

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the role of the type of support provided, gender of support provider, and relationship quality in predicting how social support might influence cardiovascular reactivity during acute stress in women. A group of 88 women received either emotional, instrumental, or no support from a close female or male frie...

journal_title：International journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Uno D,Uchino BN,Smith TW

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We hypothesized that increasing anger verbal behavior in an assertive, constructively motivated style should decrease resting blood pressure (BP) and that this behavior may be one mechanism through which hostility relates to BP. We tested this hypothesis by conducting secondary analyses on a single-blind, matched, ran...

journal_title：International journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Davidson K,Macgregor MW,Stuhr J,Gidron Y

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, several studies reported elevated cholesterol levels in panic disorder, agoraphobia, and general anxiety disorder, but the clinical relevance is still unsettled. All studies so far have disregarded the possible influence of dietary and physical exercise factors. In this study, 30 patients with different anxi...

journal_title：International journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Peter H,Goebel P,Müller S,Hand I

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Durability, dissemination and institutionalization o f tobacco control activities are reported, based on the Working Well worksite cancer control intervention study (n = 83 worksites). Tobacco control activities increased significantly in intervention worksites as a result of research-supported activities but were not...

journal_title：International journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Sorensen G,Thompson B,Basen-Engquist K,Abrams D,Kuniyuki A,DiClemente C,Biener L

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An expanding body of research using the transtheoretical model with both self-change and treatment programs suggests that differences in readiness for smoking cessation are important predictors of successful abstinence. Understanding the cognitive processes underlying these differences may hold tremendous potential fo...

journal_title：International journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Boudreaux E,Carmack CL,Searinci IC,Brantley PJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study attempted to examine, by using behavioral observations, the overlap found between Type A behavior, as measured by the Matthews Youth Test for Health (MYTH) questionnaire, and measures of hyperactivity in children. The sample consisted of 91 children (46 boys and 45 girls) between the ages of 8 and 9 who wer...

journal_title：International journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Eninger L,Bohlin G,Hagekull B

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is a preliminary investigation of the effects on breast-feeding and cessation of breast-feeding on maternal health. A self-report questionnaire assessed overall health, mood, stress, and psychological and upper respiratory infection symptoms in 14 current, 36 never, and 49 past breast-feeders. Results indic...

journal_title：International journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Mezzacappa ES

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 38 men and 36 women to learn whether a brief speech stressor reduced normotensive humans' thermal pain sensitivity, whether baseline and poststress pain threshold and tolerance varied with blood pressure (BP) and hemodynamic measures, and whether these relations differed by gender and parental hypertension ...

journal_title：International journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Bragdon EE,Light KC,Girdler SS,Maixner W

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined labor force participation as a risk factor for coronary heart disease. The participants were 224 women aged 45 to 64, residing in a rural district in Japan. The working women spent a significantly greater number of working hours (paid and unpaid) and had a more "Westernized" food preference than ho...

journal_title：International journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Tsutsumi K,Tsutsumi A,Orth-Gomér K

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of academic examination stress on eating behavior and lipid profiles and the moderating effect of dietary restraint, trait anxiety, and social support availability was assessed in university students. One hundred and seventy-nine students were divided into exam-stress groups (51 women, 64 men) and contro...

journal_title：International journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Pollard TM,Steptoe A,Canaan L,Davies GJ,Wardle J

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed at investigating the relation between psychological diabetes-related health behavior, and metabolic aspects of diabetes. Fifty-one adult patients with type I diabetes mellitus took part in the study. Psychological status, health, and self-care behavior were assessed by means of questionnaires. Level o...

journal_title：International journal of behavioral medicine

authors： Metsch J,Tillil H,Köbberling J,Sartory G

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caffeine is the most widely consumed pharmacologically active substance in the world, and a key issue concerning its possible implications for human health is whether it has persistent (i.e., chronic) physiological effects on habitual consumers. This study examined blood pressure, heart rate (HR), electromyogram (EMG)...

journal_title：International journal of behavioral medicine

authors： James JE

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00