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Expansion strategies of a mutual help organization
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1991-04)
Motivations for smoking cessation: A comparison of successful quitters and failures
(Elsevier, 1993)
To foster successful smoking cessation, public health professionals need to understand better the reasons why smokers quit smoking. Although researchers have studied smokers' characteristics that may predict smoking ...
Self-management of the health care regimen: a comparison of nurses' and cardiac patients' perceptions
(Elsevier, 1994-06)
This study compared perceptions of 129 elderly cardiac patients regarding their health status and self-management skills with corresponding assessments by outpatient nursing staff members. Nurse-patient perceptions were ...
Further explorations in empowerment theory: An empirical analysis of psychological empowerment
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1992-12)
Taking aim on empowerment research: On the distinction between individual and psychological conceptions
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1990-02)
Empowerment theory need not remain a mystery. Efforts, such as those described in this special section, to outline more clearly the nomological network of empowerment at multiple levels of analysis will advance empowerment ...
Organizational determinants of psychosocial treatment activity of providers in Va mental health facilities
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 1999-12)
Objective : To identify the determinants of level and intensity of psychosocial treatment activity among staff who deliver services to the severely and mentally ill. Methods : The study sample consisted of 769 treatment ...
Patient and physician perceptions of their relationship and patient satisfaction: A study of chronic disease management
(Elsevier, 1993-01)
This study investigated patient and physician perceptions of their relationship and examined how their perceptions related to patient satisfaction. Data are based on 134 patient physician interactions. Study participants ...
A comparison of the diabetes-related attitudes of health care professionals and patients
(Elsevier, 1993-06)
The following study compares the diabetesrelated attitudes of sampled health care professionals and patients with diabetes. Attitudes were measured with a revised version of the Diabetes Attitude Scale (DAS) which includes ...
Validity of Adolescents' Report of Maternal Age
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1997-12)
Examined the validity of adolescents' reports of their mother's age. Most research on the validity of self-report focuses on personal behaviors such as alcohol and substance use, or response bias due to social desirability. ...
Communication within low income families and the management of asthma
(Elsevier, 1990-04)
This study examines the effects of communication between low income urban parents and children about a chronic disease on the extent to which parent and child effectively manage the illness. Four asthma communication factors ...