The rationale for health education rests on the premise that the educated individual will make appropriate life-style decisions which will be beneficial to his/her health. (CJ)

A study was initiated to develop a cost-effective, modularized intervention technique to reduce stress among college students, assist students in understanding life changes, and subsequently decrease the physical and emotional impact of those changes. (JN)

Discusses the general standard of health of Australians, the trend towards a lifestyle of fast foods and less excercise, and the relation between diet and three major diseases: heart disease, cancer, and stroke. (Author/SS)

Examines the myths surrounding single-parent families. Discusses lifestyles, parental roles, parent-child relationships, psychological development of the child, and how these concerns affect home economics programs (knowledge, skills, coping patterns, teaching methods, the role of 4-H, stereotypes, and teachers' communication with parents). (CT)

Changing social attitudes and life-styles will have an impact on the future of health education. (JD)

The authors suggest that the best way to deal effectively with stress is better management of one's life style. Some of the coping strategies include developing good eating and exercise habits, learning relaxation techniques, building an emotional support system, and anticipating and managing stressful life events. (SK)

The Life Complexity Inventory was designed and administered to 140 adults in order to investigate those variables present in their day to day experience that might relate either to stability or decline of intellectual ability. Results suggest that individuals with similar life styles display similar ability patterns over time. (Author/GC)

The effects of physical fitness programs on graduate students suggest that these programs can improve physiological functioning. Intense, systematic physical fitness programs, when delivered in a helping relationship, help improve self-concept, reduce depression, anxiety, somatic complaints, tension, and fatigue, reduce the effect of fear, and…

Explores the self-concepts of single and married women. Single women had more psychiatric symptoms, valued personal growth and achievement, and were higher on assertion and poise. Married women were more likely to identify with kinship roles and household activities. (Author)

A description is given of a program designed to improve the quality of college life through optimizing well-being and life satisfaction in four areas: exercise, nutrition, ecology, and relaxation. (JD)

Minimal sex differences were found between male and female college students' perceptions of the following roles and role combinations: worker; spouse; parent; worker-spouse; and worker-parent. (Author/BEF)

A preliminary report on a study of patterns of child care by drugs addicted mothers stresses indicators of risk to the infants revealed in the mothers' life-styles. (CM)

Sex education should go beyond the teaching of biology and instill a sense of self-worth and broad values. (JD)

The Automatic Interaction Detector (AID 3) was used to develop a model based on the interaction of predictors of life satisfaction. Predictors were used representing demographics, environmental variables, and social psychological variables. The most important predictors of life satisfaction were family life satisfaction, personal health…

Teachers can be effective health educators by setting a good example for students. (JD)