Researchers from the Arnold Healthy Kids Initiative and Research Center for Child Well-Being have continued publishing ...

The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Health Behavior Science and Promotion provides the training and experience necessary for graduates to become independent researchers and practitioners in health ...

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Adolescent mental health and risk behaviors constitute a major and growing public health concern worldwide. Over the past decade, rates of depression, ...

In behavioral research, it is largely assumed that people adapt their personal behavior to match the behavior of a reference group. A distinction is made between descriptive norms—the assumption that ...

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Indeed, sedentary behavior has been shown to be a major impediment to health and contributor to illness and disease. We ...

Mental health and substance use disorders in the United States were on the rise even before the pandemic and COVID-19 exacerbated many behavioral health conditions. In 2020, 21 percent of adults (52.9 ...

Background: Health behaviors are a key determinant of health and well-being that are influenced by the nature of the social environment. This study examined associations between social relationships ...