Robert F. Valois
University of South Carolina
151 Papers
1.4K Citations
Robert F. Valois is an academic researcher from University of South Carolina. The author has contributed to research in topics: Life satisfaction & Youth Risk Behavior Survey. The author has an hindex of 54, co-authored 151 publications.
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Papers
Aggressive and Violent Behavior and Emotional Self-Efficacy: Is There a Relationship for Adolescents?
TL;DR: Relationships between aggressive and violent behaviors and emotional self-efficacy in a statewide sample of public high school adolescents in South Carolina suggest that carrying a weapon to school and being threatened or injured with a gun, knife, or club at school were significantly associated with reduced ESE for specific race/sex groups.
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Covariations of adolescent weight-control, health-risk and health-promoting behaviors.
TL;DR: Extreme dieters were more likely to use alcohol, cigarettes, and/or marijuana and to attempt suicide and less likely to practice vigorous exercise, with differences across gender-race categories.
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Is there a Relationship between Family Structure and Substance Use among Public Middle School Students
TL;DR: Caucasian adolescents living in cohabitated family households were more likely to report substance use, when compared to those living in intact two-parent households, and adolescents who are undergoing parental divorce may need special attention as they transition into new family structures.
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Predicting Discordance Between Self-reports of Sexual Behavior and Incident Sexually Transmitted Infections with African American Female Adolescents: Results from a 4-city Study
Jennifer L. Brown,Jessica M. Sales,Ralph J. DiClemente,Laura F. Salazar,Peter A. Vanable,Michael P. Carey,Michael P. Carey,Larry K. Brown,Larry K. Brown,Daniel Romer,Robert F. Valois,Bonita Stanton +11 more
TL;DR: Low STI knowledge, belief that fewer peers were engaging in sex, and belief that more peers will wait until marriage to have sex were associated with discordant reports among African American female adolescents.
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Factors influencing health-related quality of life in cardiac rehabilitation patients.
Meredith Jamieson,Sara Wilcox,William A. Webster,Dawn W. Blackhurst,Robert F. Valois,J. Larry Durstine +5 more
TL;DR: Findings reinforce the need for cardiac rehabilitation programs to tailor assessments and risk factor modification strategies to patient characteristics associated with low levels of HRQL, especially in women and those with higher risk stratification.
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