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Ryan Lee; Michele Nicolo; Eric S. Kawaguchi; Howard Hu; Angie Ghanem-Uzqueda; Frank Gilliland; Jeffrey D. Klausner; Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati; Andrea Kovacs; Sarah Van Orman; Sheridan Coomer; Daniel Soto; Jennifer B. Unger – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective, Participants, & Methods: The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated mental health challenges of university students, staff, and faculty alike. We used linear mixed models to examine demographic predictors of, and change over time in, self-reported depression and anxiety symptoms of a cohort of university students and staff/faculty…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety
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Julie Sriken; Bradley T. Erford; Martin F. Sherman; Kristen Watson; Heather L. Smith – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2024
Psychometric characteristics of CESD-R scores were explored on a sample of 966 undergraduate students. Internal consistency ([alpha] = 0.92), external convergent and discriminant validity, and response bias were adequate to excellent. Strong measurement invariance was evident for gender and race comparisons, and the unidimensional model fit the…
Descriptors: Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Depression (Psychology), Measures (Individuals), Undergraduate Students
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Mikhila N. Wildey; Meghan E. Fox; Kelly A. Machnik; Deborah Ronk – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: The current study explored differences in mental health problems, services utilization, and support of graduate students by gender, race/ethnicity, and year in school. Participants: Participants consisted of 734 graduate students from a large, Midwestern university. Methods: Graduate students answered a series of questionnaires in fall…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Mental Health, Health Services, Access to Health Care
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Sriken, Julie; Johnsen, Sarah T.; Smith, Heather; Sherman, Martin F.; Erford, Bradley T. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2022
Responses to the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) scale displayed high score reliability ([alpha] = 0.91) and adequate convergent and divergent validity for college undergraduates. The data provided an adequate to excellent fit to the unidimensional model. Measurement invariance was demonstrated for gender and race.
Descriptors: Test Validity, Factor Analysis, Anxiety Disorders, Gender Differences
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Drazdowski, Tess K.; Kliewer, Wendy L.; Marzell, Miesha – Journal of American College Health, 2021
Objective: Given the rising rates of insufficient sleep and the popularity of marijuana, we investigated using marijuana as a sleep aid, marijuana use frequency, problematic marijuana use, and sleep problems. Participants: Participants included a convenience sample of college students who endorsed using marijuana in the past year from May to…
Descriptors: Marijuana, Drug Abuse, Sleep, Predictor Variables
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Napier, Taylor R.; Howell, Kathryn H.; Schaefer, Lauren M.; Schwartz, Laura E. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: Few studies have explored the impact of insecure attachment on college student mental health. The present study examined how anxious and avoidant attachment to a mother, father, and best friend were related to depression and resilience in emerging adults exposed to trauma. Participants: Participants included 372 trauma-exposed emerging…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Depression (Psychology), Attachment Behavior, Resilience (Psychology)
Emily F. Hittner; Claudia M. Haase – Grantee Submission, 2021
The present laboratory-based study investigated socioeconomic status (SES) as a moderator of the association between empathic accuracy and well-being among married couples from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. Empathic accuracy was measured using a performance-based measure of empathic accuracy for one's spouse's negative emotions during a…
Descriptors: Empathy, Socioeconomic Status, Accuracy, Well Being
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Sharifian, Neika; Kraal, A. Zarina; Zaheed, Afsara B.; Sol, Ketlyne; Zahodne, Laura B. – Developmental Psychology, 2019
Prior research suggests that social relations may play a role in explaining individual differences in cognitive functioning in older adulthood. In particular, early life maternal relationship quality (MRQ) has been shown to be a strong predictor of later-life socioemotional outcomes and may also contribute to later-life cognitive outcomes. The…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Individual Differences, Cognitive Ability, Child Development
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Acharya, Lala; Jin, Lan; Collins, William – Journal of American College Health, 2018
Objective: The study identified important stressors associated with depressive symptoms in college students across the subgroups of gender and domestic/international status, and compared between-group differences across stress levels. Participants: Data were collected from 631 undergraduate students from October 2014 to March 2015. Methods:…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Depression (Psychology), Undergraduate Students, Gender Differences
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Malooly, Ashley M.; Flannery, Kaitlin M.; Ohannessian, Christine McCauley – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2017
Previous studies have found evidence for gender and racial/ethnic differences in depressive symptoms in adolescence; however, the mechanisms driving this relationship are poorly understood. The goal of this study was to examine the role of individual differences in dispositional coping in the relationships between gender and depressive…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Adolescents
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Kelliher Rabon, Jessica; Sirois, Fuschia M.; Hirsch, Jameson K. – Journal of American College Health, 2018
Objective: College students may be at heightened risk for suicide and suicidal behavior due to maladaptive cognitive-emotional factors and failure to practice basic health behaviors. However, self-compassion and wellness behaviors may protect against risk. The relation between self-compassion and suicidal behavior and the contributing roles of…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Suicide, Self Destructive Behavior, Emotional Response
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Miller, Byron – Youth & Society, 2017
Previous studies find that romantic relationships adversely affect adolescents' psychological well-being, yet none examine the differential effects of adolescent romance for same-race and interracial daters. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), I find that heterosexual adolescents in same-race…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Depression (Psychology), Intimacy, Interpersonal Relationship
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Mehr, Kristin E.; Adams, Aimee C. – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2016
The purpose of the study was to examine the relationships among maladaptive perfectionism, self-compassion, and depressive symptoms in college students. It was hypothesized that self-compassion would mediate the relationship between maladaptive perfectionism and depressive symptoms, with maladaptive perfectionism related to lower levels of…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Depression (Psychology), College Students, Correlation
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Mortensen, Jennifer A.; Barnett, Melissa A. – Early Education and Development, 2018
Research Findings: This study examined the transactional nature of harsh parenting and emotion regulation across toddlerhood, including the moderating role of teacher sensitivity in child care. Secondary data analyses were conducted with a subsample of families from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project who participated in…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Parenting Styles, Toddlers, Economically Disadvantaged
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Schwerdtfeger Gallus, Kami L.; Shreffler, Karina M.; Merten, Michael J.; Cox, Ronald B., Jr. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2015
Interpersonal traumas experienced early in life adversely impact psychological well-being in children and adolescents, yet the specific role that social support can have in reducing negative outcomes following trauma exposure is unclear. Using a general population sample of seventh-grade students in an urban public school district in the South…
Descriptors: Trauma, Well Being, Social Support Groups, Grade 7
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