Biomechanics looked at vehicle features that contributed to more and more severe injuries, civil engineers looked more closely at road environment features, and behavioural scientists looked at unsafe road behaviours contributing to crashes and injuries.
Such actions and behaviours contribute positively to the collective life of a locality, community or society (Scrivens and Smith 2013; Siegler 2014).
Indeed, health promotion behaviours contribute to a less dependent and a more satisfactory older age.
Theoretical models posit that mal-adaptive pain-related cognitions and behaviours contribute to development of chronic pain [ 14, 15].
Two research directions could be pursued to improve the understanding of whether and how health-seeking behaviours contribute to the observed socio-economically patterned inequalities in child health outcomes.
Pre-emptively addressing such issues can be challenging if systemic structures and/or staff behaviours contribute to patients' discomfort [ 34] – discrimination and racism is often unreported and unchallenged [ 35], and may not be visible to insiders.
While people with severe mental illness have been found to be more overweight and obese in Western nations, it is unknown to what extent this occurs in Middle Eastern nations and which eating behaviours contribute to obesity in Middle Eastern nations.
By increasing the risk of developing major diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, and psychiatric and psychosocial disorders, depressive symptoms and risk behaviours contribute to the public health burden [ 2, 3].
Risk-taking sexual behaviours contribute to societal costs both in terms of monetary expenditures on treating sexually transmitted diseases (STD) (e.g., herpes simplex virus, HIV, etc).
Does confidence in one's EI abilities facilitate more prosocial behaviours, or do appraisals of past prosocial behaviours contribute to stronger sense of EI competence, or both?
