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Fasciano, Laura C.; Dale, Lourdes P.; Shaikh, Samia K.; Little Hodge, Alicia L.; Gracia, Brittney; Majdick, Jennifer M.; Holder, Alanah Y.; Ford, Julian D. – Journal of American College Health, 2021
Objective: Because physical exercise improves psychological functioning, it may be beneficial to college students with maltreatment histories. Thus, we tested the hypotheses that cumulative maltreatment would negatively affect psychological functioning, physical exercise would positively affect psychological functioning, and emotion regulation…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Nelson Russom, Lynn A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In many disciplines, the doctorate is the highest academic degree. Doctoral education is a complex process that includes transformation through knowledge acquisition and professional identity development (Gardner, 2009). Typically, the scope of the doctoral experience includes years of coursework, successfully passing a comprehensive or qualifying…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Graduate Students, Phenomenology, Academic Persistence
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Petosa, R. Lingyak; Suminski, Rick; Hortz, Brian – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2003
Objective: To test Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) in predicting future vigorous physical activity among college students. Methods: College students (n=350) completed a set of instruments measuring SCT constructs. Their vigorous physical activity was tracked for 4 weeks. Results: Exercise role identity, self-regulation, outcome expectancy value,…
Descriptors: College Students, Physical Activities, Self Efficacy, Physical Activity Level
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology