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Renshaw, Tyler L. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2018
The College Student Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire (CSSWQ) is a 15-item self-report rating scale for measuring four classes of college-specific wellbeing behavior: academic efficacy, academic satisfaction, school connectedness, and college gratitude. The present study investigated the psychometrics of a revised version of this measure, which…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Well Being, Questionnaires, Behavior Problems
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Sheline, Kelly T.; Rosén, Lee A. – Journal of College Student Development, 2017
We assessed the moderating role of posttraumatic growth on the relationship between traumatic life events and suicidal ideation and behavior, suicide risk, and college adjustment. The sample of 557 college students completed questionnaires measuring their severity and number of traumatic life events, posttraumatic growth, suicidal thoughts,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Risk, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Trauma
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Offstein, Evan H.; Chory, Rebecca M. – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2017
The present study examines instructors' attempts to increase student satisfaction through what we predict to be destructive communication tactics. Results indicate that business majors reported being more likely to engage in incivility and academic dishonesty in courses taught by professors who attempted to gain student favor through gossiping,…
Descriptors: Teacher Behavior, Teacher Student Relationship, Ethics, Correlation
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Igbineweka, V. O.; Iguodala, W. A.; Anukaenyi, Blessing Osuigwe – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
Nigeria, situated in the West African sub-region of the African continent has an estimated population of over 170 million people with 146 universities. The demand for these universities in the recent past has been unprecedented with an average of 1.5 million applicants for placement annually, the highest anywhere in the world. Regrettably, public…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems
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Harrison, Sayward E.; Riley-Tillman, T. Chris; Chafouleas, Sandra M. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2014
Direct behavior rating (DBR) offers users a flexible, feasible method for the collection of behavioral data. Previous research has supported the validity of using DBR to rate three target behaviors: academic engagement, disruptive behavior, and compliance. However, the effect of the base rate of behavior on rater accuracy has not been established.…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Accuracy, Learner Engagement, Behavior Problems
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Pugliese, Cara E.; Fritz, Matthew S.; White, Susan W. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
This study (a) examined the role of anger rumination as a mediator of the relation between social anxiety and the experience of anger, hostility, and aggression, in the general population, and (b) evaluated the degree to which the presence of autism spectrum disorder characteristics moderates the indirect influence of anger rumination. We then…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Anxiety, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Nelson, Larry J.; Coyne, Sarah M.; Howard, Emily; Clifford, Brandon N. – Developmental Psychology, 2016
An approach-avoidance model of social withdrawal (Asendorpf, 1990) identifies 3 types of social withdrawal including shyness, unsociability, and avoidance. Each appears to be uniquely associated with varying indicators of maladjustment in emerging adulthood (Nelson, 2013) but little, if any, work has been done to see how they might be linked to…
Descriptors: Withdrawal (Psychology), Young Adults, Social Media, Electronic Mail
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Myers, Scott A.; Goldman, Zachary W.; Ball, Hannah; Carton, Shannon T.; Atkinson, Jordan; Tindage, Melissa F.; Anderson, Amena O. – Communication Teacher, 2015
This assessment examined the presence of anti-citizenship behavior (ACB) in the college classroom by (1) identifying the types of ACB college students use in their classes, (2) identifying the reasons why students use ACB, and (3) exploring the link between ACB and student learning outcomes. The results indicated that (1) participants report four…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Student Attitudes, Correlation, Citizenship
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Burt, Keith B.; Paysnick, Amy A. – Journal of College Student Development, 2014
The present study examined sense of identity (assessed using the Identity subscale of the Psychosocial Maturity Inventory) as a moderator of associations between stressful life events, behavioral/emotional problems, and substance abuse in a sample of 187 college undergraduates (67% female). Correlations showed evidence for positive associations…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Correlation, Identification (Psychology), Stress Variables
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Miller, Joshua D.; Zeichner, Amos; Wilson, Lauren F. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
Although many studies of personality and aggression focus on multidimensional traits and higher order personality disorders (e.g., psychopathy), lower order, unidimensional traits may provide more precision in identifying specific aspects of personality that relate to aggression. The current study includes a comprehensive measurement of lower…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Personality Problems, Aggression, Conceptual Tempo
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Brook, Christina A.; Willoughby, Teena – Developmental Psychology, 2016
University/college can be a challenging time as students face developmental tasks such as building new social networks and achieving academically. Social anxiety may be disadvantageous in this setting given that social situations often include drinking and individuals with social anxiety tend to self-medicate through alcohol use. However, findings…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Drinking, At Risk Students, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Harris, Frank, III; Harper, Shaun R. – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2014
Research on fraternity men focuses almost exclusively on problematic behaviors such as homophobia and sexism, alcohol abuse, violence against women, sexual promiscuity, and the overrepresentation of members among campus judicial offenders. Consequently, little is known about those who perform masculinities in healthy and productive ways. Presented…
Descriptors: Fraternities, Males, Behavior Problems, Homosexuality
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Roemmele, Melissa; Messman-Moore, Terri L. – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2011
Previous research suggests that individuals abused as children are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior during adulthood. The present study examined early maladaptive schemas as mediators of the child abuse-risky sexual behavior relationship among 653 college women. Self-report surveys assessed three forms of child abuse: Sexual,…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Females, Sexuality, Rejection (Psychology)
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Gamez, Wakiza; Chmielewski, Michael; Kotov, Roman; Ruggero, Camilo; Watson, David – Psychological Assessment, 2011
Experiential avoidance (EA) has been conceptualized as the tendency to avoid negative internal experiences and is an important concept in numerous conceptualizations of psychopathology as well as theories of psychotherapy. Existing measures of EA have either been narrowly defined or demonstrated unsatisfactory internal consistency and/or evidence…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Anxiety, Behavior Problems, Reliability
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Stairs, Agnes M.; Smith, Gregory T.; Zapolski, Tamika C. B.; Combs, Jessica L.; Settles, Regan E. – Assessment, 2012
The construct of perfectionism is related to many important outcome variables. However, the term "perfectionism" has been defined in many different ways, and items comprising the different existing scales appear to be very different in content. The overarching aim of the present set of studies was to help clarify the specific…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Personality Traits, Factor Analysis, Test Construction
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