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    Belief and Success Health Management Self-Efficacy: A National Survey of Black Adults

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    Minority populations, such as Black adults of non-Latinx descent, are more likely to develop chronic diseases and complications related to disease severity when compared to Non-Latinx Whites (NLW). Furthermore, Black adults of non-Latinx descent people are less likely to engage and maintain health promoting behaviors (HPB) to prevent disease development. HPB are effective in preventing or delaying chronic disease. This research explores the relative impact of aspects of health, built environment and key demographic domains on HMSE of a national sample of Black adults. Methods: Hierarchical regression modeling was performed utilizing data from the 2018 National Survey of Health Attitudes to investigate the relative impact of aspects of health, built environment and key demographic domains on HMSE of a national sample of Black adults. Moreover, to better understand the unique role of gender, analysis was performed initially for the entire sample and then separately for males and females. Results: When controlling for all other variables, HMSE in all Black adults of non-Latinx descent was significantly correlated with various built environment- and key demographic level variables. Significant differences in gender were identified between men and women in all three domains. Conclusions: Results from this study reveal variables that can influence HMSE in the Black adults of non-Latinx descent population, and men and women separately. These findings can be used to develop HMSE that aid in the adoption HPB and reduction of chronic illness in Black men of non-Latinx descent and Black of non-Latinx descent women

    A COMPARISON BETWEEN MOTIVATIONS AND PERSONALITY TRAITS IN RELIGIOUS TOURISTS AND CRUISE SHIP TOURISTS

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    The purpose of this paper is to analyze the motivations and the personality traits that characterize tourists who choose religious travels versus cruises. Participating in the research were 683 Italian tourists (345 males and 338 females, age range 18–63 years); 483 who went to a pilgrimage travel and 200 who chose a cruise ship in the Mediterranean Sea. Both groups of tourists completed the Travel Motivation Scale and the Big Five Questionnaire. Results show that different motivations and personality traits characterize the different types of tourists and, further, that motivations for traveling are predicted by specific —some similar, other divergent— personality trait
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