The analysis of human behavior patterns is increasingly used for several research fields. The individualized modeling of behavior using classical techniques requires too much time and resources to be effective. A possible solution would be the use of pattern recognition techniques to automatically infer models to allow experts to understand individual behavior. However, traditional pattern reco...

A number of psychosocial theories has been developed to predict, explain, and change health behaviors. These theories can be divided into two main groups which are commonly referred to as social cognition models and stage models, respectively. The term `social cognition models' refers to a group of similar theories each of which specifies a small number of cognitive and affective factors (`beli...

This paper studies the causal effect of providing information about climate change on individuals' willingness to pay offset CO2 emissions in a randomized control trial. Individuals that receive truthful aboutways reduce increase their for offsetting relative group within individual research design. receiving behavior peers react similarly those scientific research. Individuals' responses vary ...

background: adolescence is a sensitive period of acquiring normal and abnormal habits for all of life. the study investigates determinants of responsibility for health, spiritual health and interpersonal relations and predictive factors based on the theory of planned behavior in high school girl students in tabriz.   methods : in this cross-sectional study, 340 students were selected thorough m...

Affect and emotion have potent motivational properties that can be leveraged to promote desirable behavior change. Although interventions often employ fear appeals in an effort motivate change, both theory a growing body of empirical evidence suggest positive affect emotions change by serving as proximal rewards for desired behaviors. This article reviews examples such efforts the domains healt...