“…RS have been linked to lower levels of cigarette smoking (e.g., Whooley et al, 2002) and higher levels of preventive health behaviors [e.g., flu shots, cholesterol screening, breast self-exams, mammograms, pap smears, and prostate screening (Benjamins & Brown, 2004)]. Preventive health behaviors have also been linked to RS in many other samples, including a nationally representative sample of Presbyterian women (Benjamins et al, 2006), a large national population of community-dwelling women (Salmoirago-Blotcher et al, 2011), a state-wide representative study of Texas residents (Hill et al, 2007), and a sample of disenfranchised elderly African Americans (Aaron et al, 2003). RS have been related to lower levels of risky health behaviors in diverse samples including inner-city cocaine-using methadone-maintained patients (Avants et al, 2006) and pregnant women in Appalachia (Jesse & Reed, 2006).…”