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Showing 1 to 20 of 59 for “"College Population"”.
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PTSD - specific cannabis expectancies in college population veterans
… symptoms, and frequency of cannabis use in 492 college students and 29 student-veterans. Frequency of cannabis use, PTSD symptom severity, along with positive and negative cannabis expectancies were collected. Significant relationships were found between frequency of use, positive and negative …
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Cyber Bullying and Social Support in a College Population
… this is a growing problem in the young adult population. The purpose of this study is to examine how perceived social support influences the relationship between cyber bullying and psychological functioning cyber bullying in the college population. A sample of undergraduate students was …
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Values as predictors of reading improvement in a junior college population
It was the purpose of this study to correlate reading improvement as measured by test scores from a reading test with six values measured in a scale of values to see which, if any, could have served as predictors of reading improvement.
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Psychological Birth Order and Career Adaptability in an At-Risk College Population
… birth order and career adaptability of college students who were at-risk academically. Psychological birth order is a main construct from the Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler (1927, 1946). Adler posited that individuals discover life differently when they perceive the world from …
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A Survey Examining the Attitudes in a College Population toward Suicide Attempters.
… behaviors are common and problematic among young populations, and attitudes held towards such behavior likely impact the frequency of its occurrence. The present study was conducted to gain insight into the attitudes held towards suicide attempt victims amongst a traditional college population. …
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Examining the relationship between physical activity psychological well-being and stress in a college population
… well-being moderated by physical activity in college-age participants. Previous research suggests physical activity relates to lower stress levels (Nguyen‐Michel, Unger, Hamilton, & Spruijt‐Metz, 2006). Additionally, research has found physical activity is connected with overall well-being and …
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More than "mentally-ill": Differentiating help-seeking from mental-illness stigma in a college population
… with attitudes toward seeking help for this population. Finally, logistic regression revealed that the self-stigma of seeking psychological help is negatively associated with the likelihood a person will have sought help. No such relationship was observed for the self-stigma of mental …
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The Association between Bone Mineral Density, Lifestyle Factors, and Body Composition in a Fit College Population
… bone mineral density and weight change in a fit, college-aged population. Specifically, this dissertation is a series of four papers that examined the determinants of bone mineral density (BMD) at multiple skeletal sites in men and women at college entrance, BMD differences related to prior …
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Incorporating Meditation, Yoga, and Reiki Interventions to Reduce Stress, Anxiety, and Mood Symptoms Among the College Population
… Reiki, in decreasing symptoms of anxiety among college students. The increasing prevalence of anxiety disorders among the college population warrants the need for identifying effective interventions for enhancing mental health outcomes. This review integrates findings from published studies that …
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The Role Of Loneliness And Resilience In Psychosocial Health For Victims Of Cyberbullying In A College Population
… increasingly problematic within the young adult population and has the potential for negative psychosocial outcomes. Data indicate a relationship between loneliness and negative psychosocial outcomes, suggesting loneliness may be a key factor in the relationship between stress resulting from …
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RELATIONAL AGGRESSION AS A SOCIAL TOOL OF CHOICE AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS
… knowledge and use of relational aggression in a college population, reasons for use if occurring, and perceptions on the effectiveness of relational aggression to attain one’s social goals.</p> <p> The methods used in the study were a self-administered survey questionnaire using a Likert scale to …
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Equitizing the Noncredit divisions of southern California community colleges: Identifying significant predictors of attrition and persistence for noncredit students
<p>Nationally, noncredit community college students account for forty-seven percent of the community college population yet very little is known about this group of adult learners. This investigation quantitatively analyzes noncredit student data from two California community colleges to understand …
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Eating Disorder Risk in Subgroups of College Freshman Women
… this study was to identify subgroups within the college population having a heightened risk for eating disorders. The information for this analysis was retrieved from an existing data set. The two variables that were compared were self selection of college major at the initial collection during …
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The influence of test anxiety on memory
… between test anxiety and memory among a college population (N = 42). Specifically, the goal was to ascertain whether text anxiety had a measurable effect on memory, which was represented by scores on the Nelson-Denny reading comprehension subtest. Participants were divided into a stressed …
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Exploring Parenting as a Predictor of Criminogenic Thinking Among College Students
… criminals and non-offenders. In the non-offender population, these thinking patterns may not lead to illegal behavior, but can result in irresponsible or maladaptive behavioral consequences. Theories suggest that early childhood parent-child interactions may be partly responsible for the …
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Effects of emotion regulation strategies on sexual risk-taking
… as an emotion regulation strategy in victimized populations. This study investigated whether emotion regulation strategies influence sexual risk-taking in a non-clinical college population. Individuals with higher levels of emotion regulation difficulties and higher suppression use engaged in …
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Testing Theoretical Relationships among Alcohol Use, Drinking to Cope, Mood Regulation Expectancies, and Depression
… models for alcohol use and related problems in a college population. Using hierarchical linear regression techniques, 3 hypotheses were examined. The hypothesis that lower levels of depression and higher levels of negative mood regulations expectancies would interact to predict drinking to cope …
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Changes in BMI Among First Semester College Students
The transition to college has been identified as a critical period for weight gain; however, only a limited number of studies have examined this phenomenon. The college setting may promote weight gain, thus the purpose of the present study was to quantify changes in BMI in first year students …
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The retention of college students with disabilities: what encourages them to stay in college?
This study explored the retention rate of college students with disabilities and the factors that encourage this population of students to successfully persist to graduation. The study explored the current lack of information in regard to the comparison of the retention rates of college students …
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