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Showing 1 to 20 of 80 for “"College students -- Attitudes"”.
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COLLEGE STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARD OLDER WORKERS
<p>As college students are preparing to enter the workforce as professionals, it is important that we examine their explicit and implicit attitudes toward older workers to investigate what organizations can do on behalf of older workers. For instance, organizations may have policies that are giving …
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Factors That Affect College Students' Attitudes Toward Interracial Dating
This study was designed to examine the attitudes of undergraduate students toward interracial dating. The study examined the influence of race, gender, and previous interracial dating experience on interracial dating attitudes. The independent variable of racial identity salience was also examined. …
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African American College Students' Attitudes Toward Identity, Culture, and Curriculum
… which I have surveyed? (2) Do African American students who attend Historically Black Colleges and Universities differ from their counterparts in Traditionally White Institutions? and (3) How do various dimensions of cultural identity differentiate African American students in their orientations …
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COLLEGE STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARD RAPE: A COMPARISON OF NEW ZEALAND AND THE UNITED STATES.
This cross-cultural study used the "Attitudes Toward Rape Victims Survey" (ARVS), designed by Ward (1984), to examine the attitudes of college students in New Zealand and the United States. The instrument (ARVS) is the first of its kind to test for victim blame, and the first to be limited to the …
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Dating Preferences among African-American Female College Students: Attitudes about Appearance, Trust, and Interracial Relationships
… were conducted with African-American female college students ranging from freshmen to graduate level. Students were asked about their dating preferences for African-American men. The study investigated how physical appearance, trust, and attitudes about interracial relationships affected …
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An Investigation to Determine the Relationships between College Students’ Attitudes toward Reading and Their Reading Habits
… investigate the relationship between the reading attitudes and the reading habits of two distinct groups of freshman college students. One hundred students enrolled in classes in the Learning Skills Center and one hundred students enrolled in classes in the General Education Program were involved …
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The Effect of Community and Individual Differences on College Students' Attitudes and Behaviors towards Transgender Individuals
… on their immediate and future outcomes. As college students will go on to form the social environment for the next generation of transgender adolescents, it is important to assess their beliefs and behaviors regarding this population. The present study sought to investigate the impact of …
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Wheat-free for the wrong reasons? College students' attitudes and information sources pertaining to the gluten-free diet
… knowledge, research questions were developed for attitudes and information sources of the diet. Agenda setting and framing theory were used to examine survey results to better understand the possible influence media sources are having on attitudes towards the diet. To achieve a better …
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College Students' Recall Of And Attitudes Toward Brand Placement In Reality Television Programming
This thesis measures college students' attitudes toward, and the effectiveness of, brand placement in the genre of reality television. Surveys were used to discover the level of brand recall for the products and brands displayed in reality television programming and to discover viewers' reported …
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Factors Influencing the Attitudes of College Students Toward Rehabilitation or Punishment of Criminal Offenders
… this study is to examine factors influencing the attitudes of college students toward rehabilitation or punishment for criminal offenders. More specifically, the study will examine attitudes toward the six common crimes listed below. Method: Survey analysis was used to asses college students' …
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An exploratory study of college students' attitudes toward dietary protein: Development of a dietary protein assessment survey instrument
… study was to develop a survey to estimate college students’ attitudes towards dietary protein. The dimensionality of the attitude constructs in the Dietary Protein Assessment Survey (DPAS) instrument was explored in this study. The survey consisted of 64 questions, including 14 attitude …
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Disseminating research findings about substance use: effects of inoculation messages, message sources, and visual representations
… may not be effective in promoting changes in college students' attitudes regarding substance use. However, inoculation messages encouraged readers to think more deeply and also agree with the message. The results also showed that readers perceived health information more credible and reported …
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Help seeking and the theory of planned behavior in college students : experiment and model testing
There is a significant gap between the numbers of college students who experience a diagnosable psychological problem and those who seek psychological treatment for these problems. One explanation for this gap may be that many college students may be unaware of free mental health services available …
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MASS MEDIA AND AIDS PREVENTION AMONG CHINESE COLLEGE STUDENTS
… to examine mass media's effects on Chinese college students' knowledge and attitudes toward HIV/AIDS. The study also sought to determine whether the Risk Perception Attitude (RPA) framework could be expanded to a new demographic, the Chinese college students. An online survey (N = 162) was …
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