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Stereotype Threat in U.S. Students Abroad: Negotiating American Identity in the Age of Trump
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Goldstein, Susan B. – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2017
An underinvestigated and significant source of stress for U.S. student sojourners across racial/ethnic groups is exposure to stereotypes that target their American identity. This study built on the extensive research literature on stereotype threat to investigate U.S. students' vulnerability and reactions to being the target of stereotypes.…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Social Bias, Racial Bias, Ethnic Stereotypes
Social Anxiety and Alcohol Use across the University Years: Adaptive and Maladaptive Groups
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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)
Insomnia Symptoms, Nightmares, and Suicide Risk: Duration of Sleep Disturbance Matters
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Nadorff, Michael R.; Nazem, Sarra; Fiske, Amy – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2013
Duration of insomnia symptoms or nightmares was investigated to see if it was related to suicide risk independent of current insomnia symptoms, nightmares, anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, and posttraumatic symptoms. The cross-sectional study involved analyses of survey responses from undergraduate students who endorsed either insomnia…
Descriptors: Suicide, Sleep, Psychological Patterns, At Risk Persons
Facebook Use and the Tendency to Ruminate among College Students: Testing Mediational Hypotheses
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Locatelli, Sara M.; Kluwe, Katharina; Bryant, Fred B. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2012
Studies have found that general use of Facebook influences subjective well-being. However, fewer studies have explored the impact of specific use behaviors, such as information posted in status updates. The current study uses data collected from 251 Facebook-using undergraduate students through an online survey, and examines the valence and…
Descriptors: College Students, Web 2.0 Technologies, Web Sites, Social Networks
Expressive Writing for Gay-Related Stress: Psychosocial Benefits and Mechanisms Underlying Improvement
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Pachankis, John E.; Goldfried, Marvin R. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2010
Objective: This study tested the effectiveness of an expressive writing intervention for gay men on outcomes related to psychosocial functioning. Method: Seventy-seven gay male college students (mean age = 20.19 years, SD = 1.99) were randomly assigned to write for 20 min a day for 3 consecutive days about either (a) the most stressful or…
Descriptors: Physical Health, Sexual Orientation, Expressive Language, Homosexuality
Impostorism as a Mediator between Survivor Guilt and Depression in a Sample of African American College Students
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Austin, Chammie C.; Clark, Eddie M.; Ross, Michael J.; Taylor, Matthew J. – College Student Journal, 2009
The purpose of the current study was to explore the mediating effects of impostorism on the association between survivor guilt feelings and self-report depressive symptomatology. Ninety-seven African American college students were asked to complete measures of empathy based survivor guilt, impostor feelings, and depression. Results indicated that…
Descriptors: College Students, Empathy, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety