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Wilson, Caroline; Broughan, Christine; Marselle, Melissa – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
In this article we explore the potential for attempts to encourage student engagement to be conceptualised as behaviour change activity, and specifically whether a new framework to guide such activity has potential value for the Higher Education (HE) sector. The Behaviour Change Wheel (BCW) (Michie, Susan, Maartje M van Stralen, and Robert West.…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Student Behavior, Behavior Change, Intervention
Ogles, Benjamin M.; Wood, David S.; Weidner, Rebecca O.; Brown, Samuel D. – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2021
The approach to motivational interviewing discussed in this book will be useful to student affairs professionals and academic advisors working in a variety of higher education positions. It begins in Chapter 1 by providing a description and a brief history of MI, noting some of its connections to counseling and social psychology. Chapter 2…
Descriptors: Motivation Techniques, Student Personnel Services, Academic Advising, Counseling Psychology
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Zonca, Joshua; Coricelli, Giorgio; Polonio, Luca – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2020
In our everyday life, we often need to anticipate the potential occurrence of events and their consequences. In this context, the way we represent contingencies can determine our ability to adapt to the environment. However, it is not clear how agents encode and organize available knowledge about the future to react to possible states of the…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Individual Differences, Task Analysis, Futures (of Society)
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Grunschel, Carola; Schopenhauer, Lena – Journal of College Student Development, 2015
In light of the drawbacks of academic procrastination, it is surprising that not all students want to decrease academic procrastination. To find out why students are motivated (or not) to change academic procrastination, we investigated the characteristics of 377 German students with different motivations to change based on the Transtheoretical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Measures (Individuals), College Students, Student Motivation
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Mann, Linda; Blotnicky, Karen – College Student Journal, 2016
Problem: There is evidence that university students have poor eating behaviors that can lead to short and long term negative health effects. Understanding the influences on eating behaviors will aid universities and health agencies in developing effective healthy eating promotion strategies. Purpose and Method: To determine the impact of a range…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Adjustment, Eating Habits, Food
Stary, Wendy Rae – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this research study was to establish understanding of the capability of universities to change the behaviors of students towards pro-sustainability behaviors. In particular, the University of Wisconsin-Stout was studied due to the nature of pro-sustainability initiatives already implemented on the campus and the ease with which the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Sustainability, Case Studies, Environmental Education
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Carmi, Nurit; Arnon, Sara; Orion, Nir – Environmental Education Research, 2015
The domain of environmental protection is comprised from many sub-domains as recycling, conserving water, or reducing the consumption of energy. The attitude-behavior gap is partly explained by the gap between the specificity levels of the particular measured behavior and of its antecedent(s). The present study aimed at assessing the effects of…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Environmental Education, Environmental Influences, Intention
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Day, Andrew; Nakata, Vicky; Nakata, Martin; Martin, Gregory – Higher Education Research and Development, 2015
The need to address the substantial inequities that exist between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in higher education is widely recognised. Those factors that affect the performance of Indigenous students in tertiary education have been reasonably well documented across different institutions, disciplines, and programme levels but there…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Indigenous Populations, Intervention, At Risk Students
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Lilley, Kathleen; Barker, Michelle; Harris, Neil – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2015
Increasingly, university and employer discourse identify a need for graduates to have an intellectual and global "mind-set" beyond disciplinary competencies and national boundaries. Universities aiming to educate global citizens show limited outcomes. Global citizen research has investigated the mobility experience, yet limited attention…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Cultural Awareness, Global Approach, Student Mobility
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Martin, Ryan J.; Usdan, Stuart; Turner, Lori – College Student Journal, 2012
Problem: It has been suggested that gambling-related research more closely examine vulnerable population segments. Research indicates that college students are particularly vulnerable to experiencing disordered gambling behavior. Methods: We examined the gambling behavior and gambling-related Transtheoretical Model (TTM) construct (i.e., stage of…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Addictive Behavior, College Students, Incidence
Smith, Diane Dani – ProQuest LLC, 2013
College students are at high risk of experiencing serious problems related to physical and social health issues that include binge drinking, sexual assault, and contracting a sexually transmitted disease. Despite research reporting that many of these incidents co-occur on campuses, university prevention programs have failed to present the…
Descriptors: Drinking, Sexuality, Rape, Quasiexperimental Design
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Wyker, Brett A.; Davison, Kirsten K. – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2010
Objective: Drawing on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and the Transtheoretical Model (TTM), this study (1) examines links between stages of change for following a plant-based diet (PBD) and consuming more fruits and vegetables (FV); (2) tests an integrated theoretical model predicting intention to follow a PBD; and (3) identifies associated…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Intention, Young Adults, Public Health
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Lillis, Jason; Hayes, Steven C. – Behavior Modification, 2007
Two classroom approaches to reducing racial and ethnic prejudice among college students were compared: a class session based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and an educational lecture drawn from a textbook on the psychology of racial differences. Undergraduates who were enrolled in two separate classes on racial differences were exposed…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Teaching Methods, Racial Bias, College Students
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Banyard, Victoria L.; Moynihan, Mary M.; Crossman, Maria T. – Journal of College Student Development, 2009
Sexual violence is a widespread problem for college communities. Students, faculty, and staff are increasingly involved in prevention efforts. To date, however, evaluation of sexual violence prevention programs has shown mixed results. One promising new practice teaches segments of college communities to be engaged, positive bystanders. It aims to…
Descriptors: Violence, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Abuse, Prevention
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Sarason, Irwin G. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1975
High- and low-anxiety groups performed a learning task after receiving either achievement-orienting or neutral instructions. While the results showed an overall superiority of low- to high-test-anxiety groups, there was a significant Test Anxiety x Instructions interaction. The results are interpreted in terms of attentional blocks that…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Change, College Students, Females
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