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Cheng, Chia-Hsin Emily; Thomas Tobin, Courtney S.; Weiss, Jie W. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: The growing prevalence of obesity among college students is a major public health issue, as over one-third are overweight or obese. This study used gender-stratified multivariate analyses to examine psychological distress and social contextual factors as key determinants of obesity. Participants: Students of a large public university in…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Obesity, College Students, Public Health
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Yung, Shun Ting; Chen, Yaoyu; Zawadzki, Matthew J. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: Changes in surroundings and social relationships may heighten feelings of loneliness, suggesting the need to measure as a state. This study tested whether loneliness fluctuates within and across days and the resultant associations with psychological distress. Further it tested familism as a moderator as endorsing this cultural value may…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Undergraduate Students, Hispanic American Students, Predictor Variables
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Seth J. Schwartz; Beyhan Ertanir; Audrey Harkness; Byron L. Zamboanga; Melissa L. Bessaha; John B. Bartholomew; Alan Meca; Minas Michikyan; Maria Duque; Pablo Montero-Zamora; Claudia López-Madrigal; Linda G. Castillo; Miguel Ángel Cano; Kaveri Subrahmanyam; Brandy Piña-Watson; Pamela Regan; Lindsay S. Ham; Marissa K. Hanson; Charles R. Martinez Jr. – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: We examined the role of personal identity vis-à-vis COVID-related outcomes among college students from seven U.S. campuses during spring/summer 2021. Participants: The present sample consisted of 1,688 students (74.5% female, age range 18-29). The sample was ethnically diverse, and 57.3% were first-generation students. Procedures:…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, College Students, Self Concept
Erin Dowdy; Michael J. Furlong; Karen Nylund-Gibson; Dina Arch; Tameisha Hinton; Delwin Carter – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2023
The original Social Emotional Distress Survey--Secondary (SEDS-S) assesses adolescents' past month's experiences of psychological distress. Given the continued need for and use of brief measures of student social-emotional distress, this study examined a five-item version (SEDS-S-Brief) to evaluate its use for surveillance of adolescents' wellness…
Descriptors: Wellness, Measures (Individuals), Secondary School Students, Mental Health
Jazmin Nicol Campos – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Despite the documented rise in stress and mental health concerns in college students, few educational studies explore how different types of stress (e.g., life events, chronic stress) affect psychological and academic outcomes (Cox et al., 2016; Smyth et al., 2008; Towbes & Cohen, 1996). This mixed-methods study tested the stress process model…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Anxiety, Outcomes of Education, Stress Variables
Jay Marc Grosflam – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The COVID-19 global pandemic had far-ranging consequences for California State University higher education union staff members' mental health and well-being. Research had not yet examined the impact of the pandemic on the California State University system's union front line higher education staff members. The aim of this study was to identify the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, School Personnel, COVID-19, Pandemics
Sarah Dovi Mast – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The current study explored the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on perceived work-related stress and coping strategies among K-5 public school teachers in the state of California. A phenomenological approach was used to examine the unique experience of public-school teachers during the 2020-2021 pandemic school year. Criterion sampling included…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Psychological Patterns, Coping, Public School Teachers
Geneva M. Sanchez – ProQuest LLC, 2021
There is a crisis on campus. Across Southern California and nationwide, unprecedented numbers of college students are seeking counseling for mental and emotional difficulties (Boyd-Barrett, & Haire, 2018). College students arrive at college with more severe mental health issues each year (Danitz, et al., 2016). A recent assessment by the…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Stress Variables, Mental Health, Psychological Patterns
Moore, Stephanie A.; Dowdy, Erin; Nylund-Gibson, Karen; Furlong, Michael J. – Grantee Submission, 2019
Dual-factor models of mental health are increasingly supported but little is known about longitudinal trends in dual-factor mental health. The current study used latent profile analysis (LPA) to empirically identify dual-factor mental health classes at each of Grades 9 through 12 and latent transition analysis (LTA) to examine stability of classes…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Models, High School Students, Adolescents
Sumi, W. Carl; Woodbridge, Michelle W.; Wei, Xin; Thornton, S. Patrick; Roundfield, Katrina D. – Grantee Submission, 2021
This study examines differential effects of the Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) program on behavioral and academic outcomes of middle school students. Researchers administered screenings to grade 6 students to assess traumatic stress and then randomized those with elevated levels to the CBITS treatment (n = 150; 47%…
Descriptors: Trauma, Group Therapy, Middle School Students, Cognitive Restructuring
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Moffa, Kathryn; Dowdy, Erin; Furlong, Michael J. – Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 2016
Considering the many positive outcomes associated with adolescents' sense of school belonging, including psychological functioning, it is possible that including an assessment of school belonging within a complete mental health screening process could contribute to the prediction of students' future mental health status. This exploratory study…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Student School Relationship, High School Students, Mental Health
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Reynolds, Bridget M.; Robles, Theodore F.; Repetti, Rena L. – Developmental Psychology, 2016
Methodological challenges associated with measurement reactivity and fatigue were addressed using diary data collected from mothers (n = 47), fathers (n = 39), and children (n = 47; 8-13 years) across 56 consecutive days. Demonstrating the feasibility of extended diary studies with families, on-time compliance rates were upward of 90% for all…
Descriptors: Diaries, Mothers, Fathers, Children
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De Pedro, Kris Tunac; Astor, Ron Avi; Gilreath, Tamika D.; Benbenishty, Rami; Berkowitz, Ruth – Youth & Society, 2018
Research has found that when compared with civilian students, military-connected students in the United States have more negative mental health outcomes, stemming from the stress of military life events (i.e., deployment). To date, studies on military-connected youth have not examined the role of protective factors within the school environment,…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Mental Health, Military Personnel, Stress Variables
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Salinas, Maria; Pérez-Granados, Deanne R.; Feldman, Heidi M.; Huffman, Lynne C. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2017
Data from a sample (n = 145) of low-income Mexican-American mothers and their toddlers (9-26 months) were used to explore the prevalence of high-frequency book-sharing (?3 days/week) and its association with maternal immigrant status (Mexico-born vs US-born), as well as other demographic and psychosocial factors. Mexico-born mothers were more…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Low Income Groups, Mothers, Toddlers
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Edman, Jeanne L.; Watson, Susan B.; Patron, David J. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
An association has been found between traumatic experiences and psychological distress; however, the impact of ethnicity on psychological distress is less clear. The present study examined the relationship between traumatic experiences and measures of psychological distress among a multiethnic sample of community college students. A total of 389…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Ethnic Diversity, Trauma, Psychological Patterns
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