Causal attributions of impulsive and compulsive behaviors.

Introduction: Aggression, and therefore gender-based violence, can be an impulsive or compulsive behavior, depending on the consumption of alcohol and/or drugs. In Europe, the prevalence of gender-based violence is 16 to 23%. This prevalence shows that there is a need to make further progress in the treatment of aggression against women.

Evaluation of the effectiveness of a smoking prevention program based on the 'Life Skills Training' approach.

Our objective was to verify the effectiveness of a program based on the Life Skills Training approach with a greater extent than usual, not applied by teachers and a very high degree of reliability regarding the implementation of the expected content. Twenty-eight secondary schools in Granada (Spain) were randomly assigned to the intervention or control group. The students in the intervention group received 21 one-hour sessions in the first year and 12 one-hour sessions in the second year, whereas those in the control group received no health education or preventive sessions.

The influence of salivary activity in evaluating adolescent tobacco consumption by determining the level of thiocyanate in saliva.

The thiocyanate (SNC) concentration in saliva is a biochemical measure frequently used as an objective indicator of tobacco consumption. However, variations in the volume of saliva can influence SNC levels, making it more difficult to ascertain the relation between tobacco consumption and SNC concentration. The goal of this study was to determine the extent to which salivary activity can influence SNC concentration in saliva among adolescents.