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Sexual Orientation and First-Year College Students' Nonmedical Use of Prescription Drugs
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Shadick, Richard; Dagirmanjian, Faedra Backus; Trub, Leora; Dawson, Heather – Journal of American College Health, 2016
Objective: To examine differences between heterosexual and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and questioning students' nonmedical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD). Participants: First-year university students between October 2009 and October 2013 who self-identified as heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or questioning. Methods: Students completed…
Descriptors: Sexual Orientation, College Freshmen, Drug Abuse, Questionnaires
The Mediators of Minority Ethnic Underperformance in Final Medical School Examinations
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Woolf, Katherine; McManus, I. Chris; Potts, Henry W. W.; Dacre, Jane – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
Background: UK-trained medical students and doctors from minority ethnic groups underperform academically. It is unclear why this problem exists, which makes it dif?cult to know how to address it. Aim: To investigate whether demographic and psychological factors mediate the relationship between ethnicity and ?nal examination scores. Sample: Two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Medical Students, Cohort Analysis, Medical Schools