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Haley Kolp – ProQuest LLC, 2023
High-risk sexual behaviors (HRSBs; e.g., having sex without protection against pregnancy or sexually transmitted infections) are a public health problem. HRSBs disproportionally impact college students and are associated with numerous negative outcomes, such as unwanted pregnancies. Alcohol use has been strongly linked to HRSBs in college…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Drinking, Marijuana, Sexuality
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Andreas V. Klein; Lukas Roediger; Antonia Bendau; Leonard Viohl; Felicitas Ernst; Jonas Helbig; Franziska Kühne; Moritz Bruno Petzold; Felix Betzler – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: Problem-drinking among university students is common and poses serious health-related risks. Therefore, identifying and addressing associated factors is important. Participants and methods: A large cross-sectional online-survey with 12,914 university students from Berlin was conducted from November 2016 to August 2017. Relative-risk-…
Descriptors: Drinking, Alcohol Abuse, Student Surveys, Student Attitudes
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Hasking, Penelope; Claes, Laurence – Journal of American College Health, 2020
Objective: The aim of the present study was to explore common and differential relationships between nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), risky drinking, and disordered eating attitudes and impulsivity, emotion dysregulation, and alexithymia. Methods: We investigated these associations in a sample of 951 college students (79.4% female, "M"age…
Descriptors: Self Destructive Behavior, Injuries, Alcohol Abuse, Eating Disorders
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Jakesova, Jitka; Gavora, Peter; Kalenda, Jan – International Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
The objective of this research is to compare self-regulation of behaviour of two Czech samples. The first one was the representative sample of Czech adults that consisted of 1060 respondents. The second sample was university students and consisted of 1244 respondents. The measuring tool was an adapted Self-Regulation Questionnaire of which two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Behavior, Self Control, Adults
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Liang, Hsin-Yi; Kelsen, Brent A. – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2017
Introduction: This study examines university students' self-reported inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity, and their relation to performance on a high-stakes English proficiency test while taking gender into consideration. Method: Inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity attributes were assessed using the Adult Attention…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Tests, Language Proficiency
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Case, Kathleen R.; Loukas, Alexandra; Harrell, Melissa B.; Wilkinson, Anna V.; Springer, Andrew E.; Pérez, Adriana; Creamer, MeLisa R.; Perry, Cheryl L. – Journal of American College Health, 2017
Objective: To examine the associations between sensation seeking and ever and current e-cigarette use in Texas young adults (18-29 years old). Current cigarette use was examined as a potential effect modifier of the associations. Participants: Participants included college students enrolled in four-year and two-year colleges in four metropolitan…
Descriptors: Smoking, Regression (Statistics), College Students, Case Studies
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Bender, Sarah White; Nibbelink, BradyLeigh; Towner-Thyrum, Elizabeth; Vredenburg, Debra – Creativity Research Journal, 2013
This study was an effort to identify correlates of creativity in women. A sample of 447 college students were given the picture completion subtest of the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking, the "How Do You Think Test," the Revised NEO Personality Inventory, the Multidimensional Self-Esteem Inventory, the Family Environment Scale, and the…
Descriptors: Females, Creativity, Individual Characteristics, Correlation
Lester, Melinda – ProQuest LLC, 2011
As the economy has become increasingly global, organizations whose employees are more creative and innovative compete at a higher level than those who do not. And, organizations that incorporate multi-generations into their workforce will realize more creativity and innovation within their organizations. Now, and in the future, leaders will…
Descriptors: Innovation, Business, Creativity, Employees
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La Grange, Linda; Hojnowski, Natalya; Nesterova, Svitlana – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2007
The authors examined the association between alcohol consumption and aggression from a personality trait perspective with 92 self-identified Hispanic college students. They partially replicated a study by Quigley, Corbett, and Tedeshi, which examined the relationships between desired image of power, alcohol expectancies, and alcohol-related…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Conceptual Tempo, Drinking, Predictor Variables