title: The role of hope in engaging in healthy behaviors among college students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine hope in relation to alcohol use, binge drinking, smoking, exercise, and limiting of dietary fat among college students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Undergraduate students (N=2265) completed an online survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Lower hope scores were related to binge drinking  and smoking in the past month and more frequent drinking and binge drinking, controlling for sociodemographics. Higher hope scores were related to greater likelihood of and more frequent exercising and fat limitation in the past month.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Interventions to improve college student  health behaviors should target hope.
authors: Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. cjberg@emory.edu
authors: Carla J
authors: CJ
authors: Berg
authors: Lorie A
authors: LA
authors: Ritschel
authors: Deanne W
authors: DW
authors: Swan
authors: Lawrence C
authors: LC
authors: An
authors: Jasjit S
authors: JS
authors: Ahluwalia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology; D004644:Emotions; D000431:Ethanol / Q000506:poisoning; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006306:Health Surveys / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014495:Universities
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol