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Draghici Aurelia

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Can “Type A Behaviour” Predict Health Risk Behavior for Romanian Youth?

2015

Abstract We use a Romanian sample of 535 males and 824 females, in order to test JAS capacity to predict health risk behaviour, like smoking or unsafe sexual activity. Data analysis reveals a low capacity of this test to predict targeted behaviour and should be used only with precaution. People scoring high on JAS appear to start early sexual life and to feel confortable with that. They smoke a significant bigger number of cigarettes and report a bigger number of sexual partners. They also appear to quit school early in a bigger proportion than people with low JAS score.

Health PsychologyRomanianromanian teenagersSample (statistics)language.human_languageDevelopmental psychologyTest (assessment)Health psychologytype A bahaviorSexual lifeJASlanguageGeneral Materials ScienceHealth riskPsychologyDemographyProcedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Like Parents, like Teenagers: A Romanian Youth Smoking Overview

2015

AbstractThis paper estimates how family model influences youth's smoking behaviors and describes smoking behavior in Romania nowadays. A questionnaire-based survey was used and data was collected from a national sample (1,364 people: 536 male and 828 female; average age 22,71 years and SD=3,128). The paper analyses only the items relevant for smoking behavior.Using a quasi-experimental design, we found a significant difference determinated by father's model (ρ(1364)= 0,158, p < 0,05), mother's model (ρ(1362)=0,155, p < 0,05), and brothers/sisters’ model (ρ(1362)=0,219, p < 0,05), regarding smoking behavior.Keywords: smoking behaviour, Romanian teenagers, parental model, Health Psychology

quasi-experimentRomanianSignificant differenceSample (statistics)Youth smokingsmokinglanguage.human_languageSmoking behaviorHealth psychologyfamily influencesFamily modellanguageGeneral Materials ScienceadolescentsPsychologyQuasi-experimentDemographyProcedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
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