This investigation examined whether academic entitlement (AE) and academic dishonesty (AD) increased significantly over the course of the first semester of university coursework. AE and AD were measured at three time points over students' first semester in university and examined for change. While both increased, only AE's increase was…

The purpose of this study was to expand upon the existing research on the relationship between parenting styles, general deviance, and romantic infidelity. It was hypothesized that the adult children of parents who practiced authoritative parenting would report less favorable attitudes toward, and fewer incidences of, general deviance and…

Results of the study suggest that if an institution is committed to preparing people to live and work in the larger society, providing for positive intercultural experiences on campus would seem to be a necessary and appropriate function. (Author)

The purpose of this qualitative study is to analyze how potential college-bound and current college students make meaning about the higher education experience from the legendary film that is pivotal in the American college culture, sets the trend for future college-themed films, and is a national phenomenon--"National Lampoon's Animal…

The relationship of marital status, age and previous nursing experience of community college nursing students to dogmatism was investigated. Analysis of variance results indicated that married students had significantly lower dogmatism than did their unmarried classmates. The trend was toward the older students and those with nursing experience…

The purposes of this study were to examine the attitudes toward women of various groups of college students and to study their attitudes in relationship to levels of exhibited authoritarianism. A greater percentage of authoritarian subjects perceived women in a negative way. (Author)

The relationship between a skills and humanistic-custodialistic orientation to instruction and the change in this relationship during a student teaching experience were investigated. Two instruments, one measuring skills orientation and the other measuring humanism-custodialism (Pupil Control Ideology), were given to a group of Social Studies…

Literature examining compliance with majority opinion, obedience to authority, maladaptive implications of such conformity and ways to counteract it is presented. Suggestions are given for making students aware of conformity and techniques of appropriate resistance. The special problem of peer group pressure for adolescents is considered. (Author)