Descriptive normative beliefs and the self-regulation in alcohol use among Slovak university students.

Aim: This study aims (i) to understand how descriptive normative beliefs (DNB) about typical students' alcohol use and self-regulation (SRG) are related to alcohol use (AU) by exploring the indirect effect of SRG on AU through DNB and (ii) to explore gender differences and the differences between universities in DNB, SRG and AU.

Subject And Methods: The cross-sectional data were collected online from 817 Slovak university students from four universities (75.22% females; Mage = 19.

Student estimations of peer alcohol consumption: links between the Social Norms Approach and the Health Promoting University concept.

Background: The Social Norms Approach, with its focus on positive behaviour and its consensus orientation, is a health promotion intervention of relevance to the context of a Health Promoting University. In particular, the approach could assist with addressing excessive alcohol consumption.

Aim: This article aims to discuss the link between the Social Norms Approach and the Health Promoting University, and analyse estimations of peer alcohol consumption among European university students.

Selected sociodemographic factors and related differences in patterns of alcohol use among university students in Slovakia.

Background: Alcohol use and misuse and their relation to sociodemograhic factors are well studied among university students in Western European countries and the USA, but less is known about students in Eastern Europe. The historical past as communistic countries might have affected the social life among these populations, which is again one of the main factors determining the alcohol consumption among university students. The aim of our study was to assess the association of selected sociodemographic factors with different patterns of alcohol use among university students in Slovakia.

Impact of personality and psychological distress on health-related quality of life in kidney transplant recipients.

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has become an important outcome in the evaluation of kidney transplantation (KT). Although the medical and sociodemographic predictors of HRQoL in patients after KT are well known, there is still a lack of knowledge about the psychological factors involved. This study focuses on the role of personality and actual psychological distress in predicting HRQoL after KT.

Effect of noradrenalin and EGb 761 pretreatment on the ischemia-reperfusion injured spinal cord neurons in rabbits.

Short term sublethal ischemia or ischemic preconditioning gives protection to the neurons against subsequent lethal ischemic attack. This so-called ischemic tolerance can also be provided by certain drugs. We examined the effect of noradrenalin and EGb 761 on the spinal cord neurons injured by 30 min occlusion of abdominal aorta in rabbits.