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Curran, Tara M.; Prottas, David J. – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2017
The study used data provided by 349 professional staff employees from 17 different US higher education institutions to assess aspects of their working conditions that could influence their own work engagement and the work-related behaviours of their colleagues. Relationships among three role stressors (role ambiguity, role conflict and role…
Descriptors: Professional Personnel, Higher Education, Stress Variables, Work Environment
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Garett, Renee; Liu, Sam; Young, Sean D. – Journal of American College Health, 2017
Objectives: The objectives of this study were to: (1) examine changes in stress during first semester among freshmen undergraduates and (2) identify predictors of stress (coping strategies, emotional states, and quality of sleep). Participants: One hundred ninety-seven freshmen students were recruited for a 10-week study during first quarter…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Anxiety, College Freshmen, Psychological Patterns
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Metzger, Isha W.; Blevins, Claire; Calhoun, Casey D.; Ritchwood, Tiarney D.; Gilmore, Amanda K.; Stewart, Regan; Bountress, Kaitlin E. – Journal of American College Health, 2017
Objective: Examine the impact of maladaptive coping style on the association between source of stress (academic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, environmental) and alcohol use (consumption, heavy episodic drinking, driving under the influence) among college students. Participants: 1,027 college students completed an online survey in April 2014.…
Descriptors: Coping, Adjustment (to Environment), Stress Management, Stress Variables
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Petko, Dominik; Egger, Nives; Cantieni, Andrea – Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education, 2017
The study examines the use of weblogs in teacher education internships and its impact on student stress levels, self-efficacy, and reflective abilities. One hundred and seventy-six student teachers were randomly assigned to five groups. Four groups used weblogs (a) with emotion-focused or with problem-focused writing assignments in combination (b)…
Descriptors: Student Journals, Electronic Journals, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teachers
Chessman, Hollie M. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The voice of higher education student affairs professionals is under-represented in the well-being literature even though these campus community members are responsible for providing key programs and services that facilitate the holistic development of students. In order to understand the role of well-being in the work-life of these professionals,…
Descriptors: Well Being, Student Personnel Workers, Administrators, Higher Education
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Agus, Mirian; Peró-Cebollero, Maribel; Penna, Maria Pietronilla; Guàrdia-Olmos, Joan – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2015
This study aims to investigate about the existence of a graphical facilitation effect on probabilistic reasoning. Measures of undergraduates' performances on problems presented in both verbal-numerical and graphical-pictorial formats have been related to visuo-spatial and numerical prerequisites, to statistical anxiety, to attitudes towards…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Psychology, Majors (Students), Foreign Countries
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Watson, Joshua C. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
Over 72,000 student-athletes compete annually in athletic programs at the community college level. However, research addressing the effect of athletic participation on the psychological well-being of the community college student-athlete is sparse. This study represents an attempt to address this gap by examining the relationship among perceived…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Anxiety, Athletes, Community Colleges
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Kariv, Dafna; Heiman, Tali – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2005
The main objective of this study is to explore the coping behaviours of Israeli continuing education students who combine work and academic studies. Multi-level analyses revealed that: (1) perceived academic stress is determined by academic load and perceived work stress by workload; (2) coping strategies are related to an array of perceived…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Stress Management, Coping, Hierarchical Linear Modeling