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Influence of Parenting Styles on Willingness to Use Marijuana among Rural and Urban Costa Rican Adolescents
(2022-09-29)
Marijuana use during adolescence may result in altered neurocognitive functioning; therefore, preventing or delaying the onset of marijuana use is a public health concern. Parenting styles have been consistently identified ...
Acute stress and fear scales during the COVID-19 pandemic: development and evaluation in a Costa Rican sample
(2023-12-11)
Objective: In the context of the pandemic due to SARS-CoV-2, concerns were raised about how to adequately assess its impact on the wellbeing of the population. The main reason of this paper is to present the preliminary ...
Action control bridges the planning-behavior gap: A longitudinal study on physical exercise in young adults
(2015)
Objectives: Maintaining physical exercise levels may not only require motivation and planning but also action control which is supposed to mediate between planning and exercise.
Design: Behavioural intention, action ...
Self-efficacy, action control, and social support explain physical activity changes among Costa Rican older adults
(2014-11)
Background: Self-efficacy, action control, and social support are considered to influence changes in physical activity levels in older adults. This study examines the relationship among these variables and explores the ...
Promoting action control and coping planning to improve hand hygiene
(2015-09)
Background
We examined a brief educational intervention addressing hand hygiene self-regulatory mechanisms, and evaluated which psychological mechanisms may lead to hand hygiene behaviours.
Methods
Two hundred forty ...
Association between Fathers´ and Mothers´ Parenting Styles and the Risk of Overweight/Obesity among Adolescents in San José Province, Costa Rica.
(2022-12)
Parenting styles are a risk factor for adolescents overweight/obesity worldwide, but this association is not well understood in the context of Latin America. This study examines the association between the parenting styles ...
Gender-based food intake stereotype scale (GBFISS) for adolescents: development and psychometric evaluation
(2020)
Objective. The study aimed to develop and test the validity and reliability of a gender-based food intake stereotype scale (GBFISS) to further the understanding of gender stereotype influences on food intake. Design. Two ...
Intersectionality between parenting styles, area of residence and gender on food group consumption among Costa Rican adolescents
(2021)
Little is known about how parenting styles can influence the adolescent’s consumption of sugar-sweetened
beverages (SSB), fruits and vegetables (FV), and beans in Latin America. This study uses hierarchical moderated ...
Re-evaluating the Self-Report Habit Index: the cases of Physical Activity and Snacking habits
(2019)
Objective. The Self-Report Habit Index (SRHI) was originally reported as one-dimensional (Verplanken and Orbell, 2003). Nevertheless, habit has been described as characterized by several features, and one-dimensional models ...
Social-cognitive Antecedents of Hand Washing: Action Control Bridges the Planning-Behavior Gap
(2016-04)
Objectives. To examine motivational and volitional factors for hand washing in young adults, using the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) as a theoretical framework.
Design. In a longitudinal design with two measurement ...