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Achievement Goal Orientation and Stimulant Misuse in College Students
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Antshel, Kevin M.; Parascandola, Theresa; Taylor, Lea E.; Faraone, Stephen V. – Journal of American College Health, 2021
Objective: The prevalence of stimulant medication misuse is rising in college students. Motivations to use stimulant medications differ from motivation to use other substances such as alcohol or cannabis. However, no previous research has examined the impact of achievement goal orientation on stimulant misuse in college students. Participants: 309…
Descriptors: College Students, Goal Orientation, Stimulants, Drug Abuse
Examination of College Student Health Behaviors and Self-Reported Executive Functions
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McGrath, Andrew B.; Weinstock, Jeremiah; Cloutier, Renee; Christensen, Maxwell; Taylor, Daniel J.; Henderson, Craig E. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: Emerging adulthood is characterized by maturation of executive functions (EF) and changes in health behaviors (HB). Interestingly, EF are bi-directionally related to many specific HB; yet how EF performs in relation to overall patterns of HB engagement is unclear. Groupings of HB and the relationship between these HB groupings and EF…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Executive Function, Substance Abuse, Risk
Validation of the Executive Function Strategy Awareness and Use Questionnaire (SAUQ) in a University Student Population
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Wallace, Alannah; Hoskyn, Maureen – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: The aim of the study is to design and evaluate the Strategy Awareness and Use Questionnaire to estimate students' awareness and use of strategies that optimize control of attention and/or compensate for stress on an executive system due to environmental and/or neurobiological influences. Participants: One hundred and forty-eight…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Knowledge Level, Executive Function, College Students
"Tomorrow Is the Busiest Day of the Week": Executive Functions Mediate the Relation between Procrastination and Attention Problems
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Bolden, Jennifer; Fillauer, Jonathan P. – Journal of American College Health, 2020
Objective: We examined whether executive functions (EFs) mediate the relation between procrastination and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in college students. Participants: One hundred fourteen undergraduates were recruited for study participation. Methods: Participants completed measures of academic performance,…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Undergraduate Students
Associations among Sleep Problems, Executive Dysfunctions, and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptom Domains in College Students
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Bolden, Jennifer; Gilmore-Kern, Jenna E.; Fillauer, Jonathan P. – Journal of American College Health, 2019
Objective: The present study examined whether executive functions (EFs) and sleep problems operate together to predict four attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptom domains. Methods: A sample of 306 college students completed ratings of sleep quality, EFs, and ADHD symptoms from January to December 2014. Simultaneous multiple…
Descriptors: Sleep, Executive Function, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Self Control
Comparison of Two Approaches to Prevention of Mental Health Problems in College Students: Enhancing Coping and Executive Function Skills
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Bettis, Alexandra H.; Coiro, Mary Jo; England, Jessica; Murphy, Lexa K.; Zelkowitz, Rachel L.; Dejardins, Leandra; Eskridge, Rachel; Adery, Laura Hieber; Yarboi, Janet; Pardo, Daniel; Compas, Bruce E. – Journal of American College Health, 2017
Objective: College students face a significant number of stressors, increasing risk for internalizing and externalizing psychopathology. The current study examines two promising avenues of intervention aimed to reduce stress and prevent psychopathology in this population: a coping skills group and a cognitive training program. Participants: 62…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Mental Disorders, Executive Function, Health Promotion