Sentence examples for A cluster of behaviours from inspiring English sources

Women described the factors that contributed to IPV in post-conflict Sierra Leone and Liberia as being inter-related in complex ways and commonly described IPV as part of a cluster of behaviours, including the man's infidelity and failure to provide for his family.

Then, Schaverien defined BSS as a "cluster of learned behaviours and discontents that… revolve around problems with intimacy".

Our findings have shown that girls and boys who are currently dating engage in a cluster of risk behaviours.

A professional role is defined as a cluster of recognizable behaviours displayed by the role occupant in carrying out various tasks, functions, and responsibilities [ 10, 11].

The Nurses' health study identified a cluster of protective behaviours that predicted low risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes [ 11, 12].

Furthermore, work style is a cluster of three behaviours (i.e. 1. body posture and workplace adjustment, 2. sufficient breaks and 3. coping with high workload) which makes a stage-matched intervention not feasible.

These terms were considered a reflection of a cluster of emotions and behaviours that occurred as a result of depressed mood.

If what one says or does cannot be joined in the locally accepted cluster of behaviours that define the 'professional persona' that person is treated with distrust.

The repeated observations of the association between adolescent sexual initiation and alcohol use are in agreement with Jessor's cluster of risk behaviours among adolescents [ 37] which, according to his problem behaviour theory [ 38], can be traced to a common underlying factor of unconventionality – the tendency to transgress social norms.

In addition, if risk behaviours cluster, prevention programmes aimed at changing clusters of risk behaviours, rather than separate risk behaviours, could lessen the burden on public health services.

Principal Components Analysis (PCA) with direct oblimin rotation was conducted to assess the factor structure of the risk behaviours (i.e. clustering of risk behaviours).