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An Exploration of Lifestyle/Obesity Programmes for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities through a Realist Lens: Impact of a 'Context, Mechanism and Outcome' Evaluation
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Taggart, Laurence; Doherty, Alison Jayne; Chauhan, Umesh; Hassiotis, Angela – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Background: Obesity is higher in people with intellectual disabilities. Aims: There are two aims of this explorative paper. Firstly, using a realist lens, to go beyond 'what works' and examine the 'context, mechanisms and outcomes' (CMO) of lifestyle/obesity programmes for this population. Second, using a logic model framework to inform how these…
Descriptors: Life Style, Obesity, Adults, Intellectual Disability
An Exploratory Analysis of a Subjective Well-Being Model for Chinese University Students
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Dong, Xiaoxi; Dibello, Lilia C.; Türegün, Mehmet; Ban, Ruth A. – Frontiers of Education in China, 2020
College students experience great stress due to many factors, such as an uncertain future, academic responsibilities, and pressures imposed by social communication. Many institutions of higher education are focusing on how to mediate stressful situations and increase the subjective well-being (SWB) of students to sustain a lifestyle focused on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Well Being, College Students, Stress Variables
Functional Effectiveness of Threat Appeals in Exercise Promotion Messages
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Brengman, Malaika; Wauters, Birgit; Macharis, Cathy; Mairesse, Olivier – Psicologica: International Journal of Methodology and Experimental Psychology, 2010
As more than 70% of individuals in Western societies can be categorized as sedentary and inactivity has been recognized to lead to a series of serious physical and psychological disorders, the importance of physical activity promotion is ever more emphasized. Many social marketing campaigns use threat (or fear) appeals to promote healthy…
Descriptors: Cues, Exercise, Models, Physical Activity Level
The Role of Physical Activity Assessments for School-Based Physical Activity Promotion
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Welk, Gregory J. – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2008
The emphasis in public health on lifestyle physical activity in recent years has focused attention on the promotion of lifetime physical activity as the primary objective of physical education. If used properly, physical activity and physical fitness assessments can enhance individual promotion of physical activity and also provide valuable…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Public Health, Physical Fitness
A Needs Assessment Survey in Washington State University's Residence Halls.
Fahrer, Robert F.; And Others – 1976
In an attempt to begin assessing perceived needs of Washington State University students living in this institution's residence halls, the Department of Residence Living sought the responses to a 106-question survey. The general residential living areas assessed were: Personal Development; Residence Hall and General University Social and…
Descriptors: College Students, Dormitories, Food Service, Higher Education
Evaluating Dual Career Guidance Programs for High School and College Students. Final Report. Project No. 2-2F11 from July 1, 1981 to June 30, 1982.
Amatea, Ellen S.; Cross, E. Gail – 1982
The Dual Career Guidance Project is a career guidance development project to design materials and models for professionals to use in assisting young men and women to develop awareness of and skills in managing a dual worker/career life style. The specific objectives of the project were to design and implement field test evaluation strategies for…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, College Students, Coping, Counseling Techniques