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Bradley J. Warren – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The goals of Healthy Campus 2020 are to improve health across college campuses for students. One of the focuses is to increase physical exercise and avoid weight gain and risks for obesity. During this time of transition, many college students do not partake in regular exercise and females are at lower levels of exercise participation compared to…
Descriptors: College Students, Females, Health Promotion, Physical Activity Level
Gordon, Leslie Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Of the 3.5 million first-time in college, full time students who began college in fall 2017, 74% returned for fall 2018, with 61.7% retained at their starting institution. Covid-19 has negatively impacted retention; in addition to normal attrition, one of every five students did not return to campus in fall 2020. Researchers have gauged both…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, College Students, Academic Persistence
Veronica Lane – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this study was to explore academic self-efficacy and utility value for college coursework for college undergraduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the present study employed qualitative analysis to explore challenges students faced and what strategies they are using to promote their sense of well-being during…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Undergraduate Students, Graduation, Academic Persistence
Chan, Michelle K. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Background: There is a paucity of research describing the associations between mental health disorders, health behaviors, and attitudes and the use of complementary alternative medicine (CAM) among graduate students. Aims: To: (1) compare mental health disorders (e.g., depression and anxiety), health behaviors (eating habits, sleep, exercise), and…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Mental Health, Health Behavior, Graduate Students
Sterba, Aaron Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2013
University counseling centers are reporting that more students are seeking services, and that these students are experiencing more serious psychological distress than in previous years. Counseling center staff members are at the forefront of managing the increased mental health issues presenting on college campuses. Given the prevalence of mental…
Descriptors: College Students, Health Behavior, Sleep, Exercise
Ghidinelli, Kate – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined the subjective experiences of training and competition at the collegiate level in a small group of former Division I female collegiate athletes. A review of relevant research indicates there is a dearth of qualitative studies on the experiences of female collegiate athletes. The current study explored the experience of pushing…
Descriptors: Training, Competition, Athletes, College Athletics
Munford, Shawn N. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Researchers have studied the primary determinants of physical activity in an effort to enhance health promotion initiatives nationwide. These physical activity determinants have been observed to differ among various segments of the population, suggesting a further examination of physical activity barriers among differing populations. Little…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Ecology, College Students, Physical Activities
Phillips, David Spencer – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The effect of physical activity (PA) and consequent influence on cognition within adult seniors has been widely published. However, there is a paucity of causal research relating PA and cognition to schoolchildren within an authentic setting. Also, little is known about the required intensity and dosage of PA to effect executive function (EF)…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Children, Executive Function, Program Effectiveness
Morera Castro, Maria del Rocio – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of time spent in outdoor play (i.e., on weekday and weekend days) on daily (i.e., average step count) and aerobic step count (i.e., average moderate to vigorous physical activity [MVPA] during the weekdays and weekend days) in fifth grade Costa Rican children. It was hypothesized that: (a)…
Descriptors: Play, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Interaction
Smith, Gene A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This qualitative case study, conducted in the Midwestern United States, explored the perceptions of teachers at two different elementary schools as they implemented a physical activity program during the school day. The program engaged students in daily physical activity through brief, organized, structured physical exercise. Interviews and…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers
Whitley, Meredith Anne – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Over the past 25 years, there has been a call for change within American higher education, with an increasing number of foundations, national organizations, and individual researchers pushing for institutions of higher education to become more involved with the surrounding communities and American society (Campus Compact, 2011; Glass &…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Undergraduate Students, Leaders, Leadership