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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-5169-4examined social and environmental factors hypothesized to be important for physical activity and healthy eating behavior, including socioeconomic position, social support, access, availability, and affordability. This chapter considers the work that has been conducted and the conclusions that can be

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Mathematics and Its Applicationsle size, data sampling frequency, and study location and duration, researchers and clinicians have many assessment instruments to choose from. Laboratory, field, self-report, and physiological measures are each associated with unique costs and benefits; thus, instrument selection should be tailored

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76315-6l to improving sexual functioning, reducing sexually transmitted infections, and informing public policy decisions. In this chapter, we discuss the importance of measuring sexual behaviors, review assessment modes and measures, and present challenges to sexual assessment. Although we focus primarily

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6188-9it discontinuities occur, for instance, when people go through life course changes. Finally, a number of methods to assess habit strength are reviewed. The Self-Report Habit Index seems the most reliable and valid instrument to date. It is concluded that the habit concept has much to offer to the pr

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,Concluding Remarks—Looking to the Future, to but not described in operational detail by concepts such as “perceived control,” “self-efficacy,” “medical literacy,” and “shared decision-making.” Focusing on underlying mechanisms means identifying the perceptual cues involved in initiating and validating whether one is well or ill, deciding h