The Geary Institute Health Behaviour Study is a major research project exploring health related behaviours. The current phase of the study will initially focus on the student population, with a view to developing innovative research methodologies to be used on a wider sample. The study aims to contribute to the literatures on health behaviour, particularly excessive alcohol consumption, in four main areas:
- Measurement of risk behaviours;
- Individual personality and socio-demographic factors that determine such behaviours;
- Societal factors that act as cues or triggers to engage in health risk behaviours;
- Negative outcomes deriving from risk behaviours.
The study will contribute to the literature on these four areas from a theoretical, empirical and methodological perspective. It is conducted in collaboration with colleagues at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica and the study design draws heavily from the pioneering work of RAND and CENTER in Tilburg on the development of computer-based survey research methodologies. The current phase of the study consists of a number of strands:
