During the last decade, a large amount of information has been collected concerning
financial markets and financial institutions. Less is known about individual investors. This …

Objective: To determine the prevalence and predictors of smoking in urban India. Design:
Cross sectional. Setting: Delhi, urban India, 1985-6. Subjects: Random sample of 13 558 …

In order to clarify the effects of health locus of control and value placed on participation in
health protective behaviors, a questionnaire was formulated that included (a) a 20-item …

This important volume applies hypnotic principles to the specific challenges of behavioral
medicine. Drawing from extensive clinical evidence and experience, the authors describe …

The study compared 38 maintainers and 24 relapsers who had quit smoking on their own.
The results suggest that successful self-changers relied more on inner-directed, experiential …

THE DETERMINANTS OF THOSE BEHAVIORS that people can control to lessen the
probability of chronic disease or a major accident have receivedincreasing emphasis in …

Little is known about the etiology of cigarette smoking among minority populations. This
study examines the correlates and predictors of smoking among inner-city black seventh …

Despite its widely publicized negative health effects, children entering their early teens
continue to initiate the cigarette habit. This study suggests that seventh graders with external …

The reviewer's task is to create order out of chaos-a difficult endeavor in the vast and
complex interdisciplinary domain of human and social behavior in relation to health-illness …

Individuals do not benefit equally from attempts to change their lifestyles in an effort to lower
their risk for disease or to improve their quality of life. A change in one lifestyle behavior may …