Sentences with phrase «psychosocial variables using»

The 23 studies reviewed collectively explored 22 different psychosocial variables using 48 different measures.

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To date, results from several longitudinal studies indicate that e-cigarette use among nonsmoking youth increases the likelihood of future use of conventional cigarettes.5 — 10 Specifically, the pooled odds ratio (OR) in a recent meta - analysis of studies of adolescents and young adults (aged 14 — 30) indicates that those who had ever used e-cigarettes were 3.62 times more likely to report using cigarettes at follow - up compared with those who had not used e - cigarettes.11 This finding was robust and remained significant when adjusting for known risk factors associated with cigarette smoking, including demographic, psychosocial, and behavioral variables such as cigarette susceptibility.

At all 3 follow - ups, the program had a positive impact on the majority of the psychosocial variables related to sexual risk - taking behaviors (e.g., HIV and STD knowledge, self - efficacy to get and use condoms, condom use norms, parent - child communication)(Coyle et al., 2001).

To analyze whether baseline psychosocial variables can be used to predict weight change up to a 12 - month follow - up examination in children and adolescents who attend a «best - practice» routine - care lifestyle intervention, we conducted a longitudinal analysis with 3 assessment waves: at baseline (T0: within 3 weeks before the start of the intervention) body weight and height of participants and family members and the psychosocial family characteristics were assessed; at the conclusion of the program (T1: 1 year after T0) and 1 year after conclusion (T2: 2 years after T0), body weights and heights of participants were reassessed.

This study investigated associations of contextual variables of risk (stressful events and exposure to community violence), variables of protection (family environment, connectivity to the school and community perceptions) and demographic variables (gender and age) with indicators of psychosocial adjustment (self - esteem, involvement in illegal activities and alcohol use in past month) among adolescents.

The most robust studies are those that used longitudinal designs and controlled for time 1 levels of distress or well - being before examining the predictive effect of time 1 psychosocial variables on time 2 psychological adjustment.

With the exception of attentional bias (Verhaak et al., 2004), which was measured using an Emotional Stroop task, all psychosocial variables were measured with self - report scales.

First, we used multilevel modeling to examine the concurrent relations of the psychosocial variables to metabolic control across the four waves of assessment.