Jan Van den Bulck

..To assess the prevalence of the use of mobile phones by adolescents after lights out and its relationship to tiredness levels after one year...

..Reliable data to ascertain whether and to what extent this is a serious problem are largely absent. The potential for media to act as a vector for risky behaviors is a topic subject to epidemiologic inquiry...

..This relationship merits further attention as it is a better predictor of alcopop use, than the control variables and overall TV viewing...

..This study examined self-reported meal skipping and eating faster than usual with the goal of watching television or playing computer games...

..Therefore, anticipatory guidance for healthy behavioral changes should be focused on the family...

..A pandemic outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza is believed to coincide with large-scale panic. Even without an outbreak fear of infection may be widespread. Mass media coverage of the risks of a pandemic may lead to higher levels of fear...

..To determine whether the ratio of television-to-exercise predicted overweight in adolescents...

..Positive beliefs about CAM are common among physicians and medical students. Little is known about the beliefs regarding CAM among the general public. Among science students, belief in CAM was predicted by belief in the paranormal...

..To investigate the relationship between adolescents' frequency of watching semi-explicit sexual television content and their fear of getting AIDS...

..To examine whether television viewing, computer game playing or book reading during meals predicts meal skipping with the aim of watching television, playing computer games or reading books (media meal skipping)...

..The implications for prevention and the study's limitations are discussed...

..The results suggest that this relationship may in part be explained by the game content...

..The more dangerous a particular behavior was perceived to be, the less likely respondents intended to exhibit this behavior in the future...

..The aim of this experiment was to examine the differential impact of a narrative and a non-narrative skin cancer message on health promoting actions and information-seeking behaviors...

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..To examine the prevalence of visiting pro-anorexia websites by 13-, 15- and 17-year old adolescents and to explore correlates of visiting such websites and predictors of anorexia nervosa (AN)...

..This study assessed the relationship between exposure to breast cancer content in television news programs and fear of breast cancer...

..Further research should examine whether the relationship is causal and whether television acts as a provider of smoking role models or whether it influences smoking attitudes...

..To examine whether television viewing and music video exposure predict alcohol consumption while going out...

..The results indicated that playing video games is a small predictor of attitudes (standardized total effect of .171), which in turn, predict fun riding intentions (R(2) = .555)...

..Regardless of the causal direction of the relationship television viewing appears to be an indicator or predictor of smoking volume. The curvilinear nature of the relationship deserves further attention...

..Existing process theories explaining what happens in television cultivation may be challenged by research into the cultivation effects of video games...

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..To describe the use of media as a sleep aid in adolescents and relate this to their sleep routines and feelings of tiredness...

..The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between exposure to television news messages about cervical cancer and women's vulnerability perceptions and fear...

..Portrayals of the use of over-the-counter (OTC) analgesics on television may stimulate their use...

..Reducing media use might not be important for sleep hygiene advice to adults...

..Estimated daily energy intake accompanying TV viewing amounts to 19% of the Belgian average energy allowance (AEA) in boys and between 12 and 14% of AEA in girls. On an average 1 h of watching television equals the consumption of 653 kJ...

..Hospitals must have a pediatric media exposure policy. CONCLUSION: Media use can have immediate and enduring fear effects that affect many children and that are far from trivial...