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Reed, M. Douglas – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1972
The successful acquisition of survey behavior by students diagnosed as void of survey behavior through stimulus control and reinforcement is described. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Operant Conditioning, Reinforcement, Responses
Sinnett, E. Richard; And Others – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1972
The findings support the inference that group formation and interpersonal relations are less salient for residents of large halls than for small halls. Apartment residents may be more independent and attach greater value to privacy and quiet than hall residents. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Housing, College Students, Interpersonal Relationship
Astin, Helen S. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1971
This study examines personality differences and similarities between student groups in protest activities by comparing activists to student leaders and random students. Results indicate many similarities in personality dimensions but protesters are more adventurous, autocratic and individualistic. They are also more spontaneous and irresponsible.…
Descriptors: Activism, Behavior Patterns, Individual Characteristics, Personality Assessment
Davidshofer, Charles O. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1977
The relationship of unrealistic vocational choice to other unrealistic behavioral responses was examined by having subjects with judged realistic or unrealistic vocational choices estimate performance over trials on a visual pursuit task. Results did not confirmthe hypothesized relationship between unrealism in vocational choice behavior and…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Career Choice, College Students, Occupational Aspiration
Bellucci, Jo-Ann E.; McGrane, Cindy L. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1980
Extends previous work about certain cognitive/semantic environments and hypertension by demonstrating that three additional cognitive/semantic environments show a trend in the direction of elevated blood pressure in undergraduates. A position supporting coordinated preventive program development for potential hypertensives, emphasizing the use of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Style, College Students
Foote, Brangwyn – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1980
Compared populations of Arts and Sciences students who had determined their majors and those who had not. The determined group was more likely to remain in school and to achieve greater academic success than the undetermined group. More women tended to have declared majors than did men. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Downey, Ronald G.; And Others – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1979
The traditional view of academic life is that students undergo recurring patterns of stress. In an attempt to investigate this notion, data were collected from five different student services. A common pattern was found, showing higher rates of stress during the first semester. (Author)
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Anxiety, Behavior Patterns, College Students
Young, Michael – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1981
Analyzed female college students' responses on a religiosity scale and a sexual behavior inventory. Three groups were identified as to their frequency of intercourse. Five religiosity items significantly discriminated the three groups. Results indicated females differing in sexual behavior can be distinguished on the basis of religiosity. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Females, Higher Education
Hoffman, Alan M.; And Others – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1975
This investigation was designed to ascertain the relationship between alienation and specified forms of drug use in three differing collegiate settings. The results indicated that, contrary to many subjective judgements, there was essentially no significant relationship between students' degree of alienation and their use of drugs. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Drug Abuse
Keller, Barbara Bledsoe; Chambers, Jay L. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1975
Picture Identification Test scores of 188 college women who participated in several extracurricular activities were compared with those who participated less. Results suggested that women who took part in no activities were more concerned about avoiding failure than more active women and preferred to stay out of extracurricular activities. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Extracurricular Activities, Females
Biggs, Donald A.; Brown, Joel M. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1977
This study examines the relationship between student causal attributions of student misconduct, their endorsement of university disciplinary actions, and acceptance of student misconduct as being justified. Students tended to endorse more punitive disciplinary action for behaviors they viewed as caused more by trait than by environmental factors.…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, College Students, Discipline Policy
Hendricks, Glenn L.; Skinner, Kenneth A. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1977
An examination of the social and economic behaviors of foreign students reveals them to be rationally adaptive strategies in response to the constraints imposed by their position in U.S. society. Coping strategies include the use of a number of social brokers, including the foreign student adviser. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Change Strategies, College Students, Cultural Differences