BACKGROUND Sustainability has become a greater concern among consumers that may influence their dietary intake. Only a few studies investigated the relationship between sustainable food choice motives and diet and they focused on specific food groups. OBJECTIVE This cross-sectional study aimed to assess the associations between food choice motives during purchasing, with a focus on sustainabi...

Substance use disorder is conceptualized as a chronic relapsing condition where relapse is usually defined as the return to problematic substance use following treatment. An issue of great importance is the identification of the predictors of relapse and the development of treatments that may help prevent relapse. One of the strongest predictors of relapse is craving. The purpose of the present...

This paper examines land development using an integrated approach that combines residential decisions about choices of community in the Southern Appalachian region with the application of the GIS (Geographical Information System). The empirical model infers a distinctive heterogeneity in the characteristics of community choices. The results also indicate that socioeconomic motives strongly affe...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the motives of participants in sport for all in rasht city. 3000 individuals participated in exercises and sports in eight centers of sport for all out of which 700 participants were selected as the sample. the instrument of this study was a researcher-made questionnaire which consisted of 30 closed questions. these questions measured 5 major motives...

Natural ecosystems play an essential role in the regulation and preservation of ecological processes and life support systems on earth. This observation increases social liability towards environmental protection. In the past people had mostly economic incentives to support environmental services, nowadays there are other motives such as ecological and social (non-economic) ones for supporting ...

BACKGROUND In Finland the number of medical specialists varies between specialties and regions. More regulation of the post-graduate medical training is planned. Therefore, it is important to clarify what predicts doctors' satisfaction with their chosen specialty. METHODS A random sample contained 50% of all Finnish doctors under 70 years of age. The respose rate was 50.5%. Working-age specia...