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Despite their distinct objects of study, the human behavioral sciences all include models of individual human behavior. Unity in the behavioral sciences requires that there be a common underlying model of individual human behavior, specialized and enriched to meet the particular needs of each discipline. Such unity does not exist, and cannot be easily attained, since the various disciplines hav...

Despite their distinct objects of study, the human behavioral sciences all include models of individual human behavior. Unity in the behavioral sciences requires that there be a common underlying model of individual human behavior, specialized and enriched to meet the particular needs of each discipline. Such unity does not exist, and cannot be easily attained, since the various disciplines hav...

We reviewed the Spanish translation of the Youth Quality of Life InstrumentResearch Version (YQOL-R) and culturally adapted the measure with Puerto Rican and Mexican American children and adolescents. The YQOL-R is a self-reported measure that includes four domains: Sense of Self, Social Relationships, Environment, and General Quality of Life. A total of 10 focus groups were conducted with chil...

Prevention, Information Technology, and Cancer Glen D. Morgan PhD1 and Michael C. Fiore MD, MPH, MBA2 1Tobacco Control Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, United States 2Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, Un...

1Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and Hospital, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan 2Institute of Behavioral Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan 3Institute of Allied Health Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan 4Addiction Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan 5Cent...

Behavioral economics is an increasingly influential field across the social sciences, including public administration. But while some behavioral ideas have spread rapidly in administration research, we argue that a broader range of concepts can and should be applied. We begin by outlining central models from to fix ideas, rational model “behavioral” response. then discuss how variety heretofore...

This paper uses examples of research in software engineering carried out in the Centre for Advanced Empirical Software Research to show the manner in which theory from other disciples such as the behavioral sciences can be used as a basis for hypothesis formulation. It also investigates the process of matching the appropriate research methods with the goals and available theory and models.

1 Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA 2 Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA 3 VA Boston Healthcare System, Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA 4 Portland Alcohol Resear...

In November 2005, a small group of behavioral and social sciences investigators from the University of Pennsylvania and Emory University began planning for the establishment of a network between scientists involved in HIV prevention and treatment research. The purpose of this network was 3-fold. First, it was intended to foster multisite collaborations between behavioral and social scientists. ...