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Burkhart J. Hahn; DeMond M. Grant; Kaitlyn M. Nagel; Danielle E. Deros; Ebony A. Walker; Jacob D. Kraft – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: Social physique anxiety (SPA) is characterized by concerns of evaluation focused on one's physical appearance. Past work suggests factors such as gender, body mass index (BMI), and exercise habits uniquely contribute to SPA. However, no study has examined the interactions between these three variables. The current study sought to…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Social Influences, Human Body, Aesthetics
Amy Tomlinson; Lois Smith; Chris Wilcox; Andrew Simpson – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2024
Retention of higher education students is of major concern within the United Kingdom due to the financial and reputational impact on institutions, financial and personal impact on students and loss of potential skills and knowledge within society. Student background characteristics are acknowledged as the initial factors influencing retention…
Descriptors: Athletics, Exercise, Academic Persistence, College Students
Wilson, Oliver W. A.; Jones, Bethany A.; Bopp, Melissa – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: To examine aerobic and muscle-strengthening activity disparities among college cis-gender and transgender students adjusting for other socio-demographic characteristics (age, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation). Methods: National Collegiate Health Assessment (NCHA) data collected between Fall 2015 and Fall 2018 were analyzed using…
Descriptors: College Students, Exercise, Muscular Strength, Sexual Identity
Stoedefalke, Kerstin; Hawkins, Madison A. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: Determine whether the ACSM walking equations, which calculate caloric expenditure, were accurate for college-aged males and females. Participants: Between 2011 and 2016, 100 college-aged males, 20.24 ± 2.0 years old, and 100 college-aged females, 20.8 ± 1.3 years old, volunteered to participate. Methods: Participants walked on a…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Exercise Physiology, College Students, Prediction
Speed, Shannon; Ward, Rose Marie; Haus, Lauren; Branscum, Paul; Barrios, Veronica; Budd, Kristen M.; Lemons, Kayla; Humenay, Emma – American Journal of Health Education, 2022
Background: Drunkorexia includes calorie restriction, excessive exercise, and/or purging in combination with alcohol consumption. Exploring drunkorexia by gender could inform potential intervention to address varying rates of drunkorexia, blood alcohol concentrations, and alcohol-related consequences. Purpose: The purpose of this systematic review…
Descriptors: Drinking, Eating Disorders, Dietetics, Food
Karissa L. Peyer; Jennifer A. Hogg; Lynette M. Carlson; Jaesin Sa – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: To assess the role of sexual orientation and gender identity in the relationship between physical activity (PA), stress and resilience. Participants: A nationally-representative sample of students (n = 91,718) from United States postsecondary institutions. Methods: Students reported aerobic and strength training (ST) behaviors, stress,…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Stress Variables, Resilience (Psychology), Minority Group Students
Reading, Jean M.; LaRose, Jessica Gokee – Journal of American College Health, 2022
The purpose of this study was to examine exercise preferences of college students (CS), and explore potential gender differences to inform interventions. Participants (N = 187, 18-25 years) completed an online survey. Descriptive statistics were conducted to characterize preferences for exercise type and mode of delivery, followed by X[superscript…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Exercise, Preferences
Wilson, Oliver W. A.; Bopp, Melissa – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: To adopt an intersectional approach to examine differences in aerobic and muscle-strengthening participation based on the intersection of gender and race/ethnicity among college students. Methods: Data from the American College Health Association (ACHA) National College Health Assessment collected between 2015 and 2018 were analyzed.…
Descriptors: College Students, Exercise, Health Behavior, Physical Fitness
Xu Zhang – International Education Studies, 2024
The prediction of physical ability is a key point to understand the physical training effect of college students. This paper uses the error Back Propagation neural network algorithms to investigate the college students' physical test results, and predicts the future trends of the results. The findings indicate that, in future ten years, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Exercise, Physical Activity Level
Tyler Prochnow; Jeong-Hui Park; Megan S. Patterson – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: This study examines associations between social networks developed through intramural sports and physical activity (PA), sense of community, and retention. Participants: College students participating in intramural sports at a large public university in the Southern United States (n = 250). Methods: Students self-reported PA, sense of…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Athletes, College Athletics, Intramural Athletics
Baydil, Bilgehan – African Educational Research Journal, 2020
Previously most studies indicated that high intensity training is a powerful stimulus to acute increases in blood testosterone hormone levels in males. The testosterone responses to exercise in females are controversial; while some studies have shown increases, others have suggested no change. The aim of this study was to determine alterations in…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, College Students, Exercise Physiology, Biochemistry
Cheema, Sohaila; Maisonneuve, Patrick; Abraham, Amit; Chaabna, Karima; Yousuf, Wajiha; Mushannen, Tasnim; Ibrahim, Hania; Tom, Abdallah; Lowenfels, Albert B.; Mamtani, Ravinder – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: We aimed to investigate the association between university students' dietary patterns, their demographics and lifestyle in a cross-sectional study in Qatar. Participants: 370 students in eight universities in Qatar enrolled between February 2017 and February 2018. Methods: Based on a structured questionnaire, dietary patterns were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Eating Habits, Student Characteristics
Töre, Özlem; Karabacak, Sercan – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2022
Regular physical activities, called exercise, have an important role in maintaining both physical and mental health. However, some researches have shown that exercise done at uncontrollable rates can be harmful and cause addiction. The study adopted survey method and aimed to examine the exercise addictions of the students in the Faculty of Sports…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Exercise, Student Behavior, Physical Activity Level
Mike C. Parent; Nathaniel W. Woznicki; Jackie Yang – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: Kratom use represents a growing risk for public health. The present study examined demographic and behavioral factors linked with kratom use. Participants: Participants were college students in the United States who participated in the 2019-2020 Healthy Minds Study. Methods: Participants completed survey-based assessment of kratom use…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, College Students, Student Characteristics, Mental Health
Kyle T. Ganson; Jason M. Nagata – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To identify the lifetime prevalence and correlates of appearance- and performance-enhancing drugs and substances (APEDS) use among a national sample of US college and university students. Participants: Student participants from the 2020-2021 Healthy Minds Study (N = 7,401; ages 18-30 years). Methods: Lifetime prevalence of five forms of…
Descriptors: Incidence, Substance Abuse, Health Behavior, Exercise