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Download full textCollins, Linda M.; Dent, Clyde W. – 1985
Because health behavior is often concerned with dynamic constructs, a longitudinal approach to measurement is needed. The Longitudinal Guttman Simplex (LGS) is a measurement model developed especially for dynamic constructs exhibiting cumulative, unitary development measured longitudinally. Data from the Television Smoking Prevention Project, a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Data Analysis, Drug Abuse, Health Behavior
Peer reviewedPirie, Phyllis L.; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1991
Smoking among young women is associated with a variety of negative health outcomes. Gender-specific influences on smoking, quitting, and attempting to quit were hypothesized and surveyed. More women than men currently smoke, but quitting attempts are equally common. Programs addressing issues of concern to young women smokers are needed. (AF)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Body Weight, Females, Health Behavior
