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Barker, David B. – College Student Journal, 2020
This study examined variables associated prospectively with the occurrence of dependent stressors encountered by first-year undergraduates. Stressors consisted of life events, daily hassles, and chronic stressors, the latter two being subjected to confirmatory analyses to identify their dimensionality. Results indicated that student status…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, College Freshmen, Undergraduate Students, Student Characteristics
Collings, Raymond D.; Eaton, Leslie G. – College Student Journal, 2021
This paper reports on the feasibility of "The Study Place Project" (TSP[superscript 2] ), a novel intervention designed to improve academic achievement and retention for first-year college students. Our aim was to provide students with regular study sessions in a minimal distraction environment, allowing them to apply their own…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Intervention, Student Improvement, Grade Point Average
Buri, John; Post, Maria; Alliegro, Marissa; Akin, Chelsea – College Student Journal, 2018
The median age at first marriage in the U.S. has reached historic highs--29.2 for men and 27.1 for women. In this study, we used the Marriage Apprehension Questionnaire (MAQ) to investigate the marriage wariness of university students. Previous research has suggested that the marital attitudes of young adults are largely the result of familial and…
Descriptors: Marriage, Personality Traits, Questionnaires, Young Adults
Hetland, Hilde; Saksvik, Ingvild B.; Albertsen, Hanne; Berntsen, Linn Synnove; Henriksen, Astrid – College Student Journal, 2012
Students' traits, attitudes and behaviors can be a key factor in how they prepare for entering a career and later adapt to working life. Based on this, the aim of this study was to explore associations between personality traits and overcommitment among university and college students. Overcommitment (OC) is a pattern of attitudes, behaviours and…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Personality, College Students, Student Behavior
Warden, David N; Myers, Charlsie A. – College Student Journal, 2017
The relationship between domain-specific nonintellective variables and academic achievement among nontraditional students was explored to address uninvestigated factors and clarify distinctions between nontraditional and traditional student achievement. College students (nontraditional n = 72, traditional n = 67) completed an online survey…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Student Characteristics, Academic Achievement, College Students
Marshall, Seth – College Student Journal, 2016
More research is needed that investigates how positive psychology-associated traits are predicted by neurocognitive processes. Correspondingly, the purpose of this study was to ascertain how, and to what extent, four traits, namely, grit, optimism, positive affect, and life satisfaction were predicted by the executive functioning (EF) dimensions…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, College Students, Psychology, Personality Traits

Kelly, William E. – College Student Journal, 2004
This study explored the relationship between noctcaelador, psychological attachment to the night-sky, and the Five-Factor Model of Personality. University students (N = 108) were administered the Noctcaelador Inventory and Saucier's Big-Five Mini-Markers of Personality. Noctcaelador was significantly positively related to Openness to Experience…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Personality Measures, Predictor Variables, Astronomy

Ridgell, Susan D.; Lounsbury, John W. – College Student Journal, 2004
General intelligence, Big Five personality traits, and the construct Work Drive were studied in relation to two measures of collegiate academic performance: a single course grade received by undergraduate students in an introductory psychology course, and self-reported GPA. General intelligence and Work Drive were found to be significantly…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Personality Measures, Intelligence, Grade Point Average

Griffore, Robert J.; Lewis, Jed – College Student Journal, 1982
Investigated whether certain early experiences could explain differences in adults' test anxiety, achievement motivation, and fear of success. These antecedent variables yielded five factors. Multiple regression analyses using these factors as predictors were not significant for achievement motivation or fear of success, but were significant for…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, College Students, Fear of Success, Higher Education

Burton, Michael D. – College Student Journal, 1981
Used personality characteristics, extracurricular participation, and selected demographic data as variables to identify potential participant and nonparticipant students in college sponsored extracurricular activities. Results suggest the questionable transferability of levels of participation from high school to college and the need to consider…
Descriptors: College Students, Demography, Extracurricular Activities, Higher Education