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Direct linkTimmerman, Joanna R.; Volpe, V. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: This study sought to examine if hypervigilance is one mechanism through which aspects of less supportive campus climates are associated with mental health symptoms for college students. Participants: Data from 386 undergraduate college students attending a small college in the northeastern United States were collected. Methods:…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Mental Health, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Educational Environment
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
Olivier, Elizabeth; Lacombe, Corina; Morin, Alexandre J. S.; Houle, Simon A.; Gagnon, Cynthia; Tracey, Danielle; Craven, Rhonda G.; Maïano, Christophe – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
This study proposes a revision (R) of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale for youth with ID (CESD-ID) in English and French. 346 youth (36.02% girls) with mild (51.26%) and moderate (48.78%) ID (11-22 years; M = 15.69), enrolled in secondary schools in Canada (French-speaking; n = 115), and Australia (English-speaking; n = 231),…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Test Reliability, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety
Thorpe, Shemeka; Tanner, Amanda E.; Nichols, Tracy R.; Kuperberg, Arielle; Payton Foh, Erica – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2021
This study examined individual and familial influences on Black female adolescents' (N = 1426) sexual pleasure expectancies, sexual guilt, and age of sexual debut using data from the National Longitudinal Study on Adolescent to Adult Health. Results indicated significant differences between Black female adolescents that were sexually active and…
Descriptors: African Americans, Females, Sexuality, Anxiety
Jones, Emily J.; Schreier, Hannah M. C. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: To examine prospective associations between physical and mental self-rated health (SRH), college generation status and college adjustment among first-year college students. Participants and methods: Eighty-seven first-year college students (41 first-generation college students) reported their SRH when starting college, and then,…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Student Attitudes, Correlation, Physical Health
Flett, Gordon L.; Hewitt, Paul L.; Nepon, Taryn – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2020
In the current article, we describe the development and validation of a self-report measure of self-generated stress and its associations with measures of perfectionism, self-criticism, and distress. The Self-Generated Stress Scale is a seven-item inventory that taps the tendency to see oneself as someone who generates and adds to existing…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Measures (Individuals), Personality Traits, Self Concept
Organista, Kurt C.; Jung, Woojin; Neilands, Torsten B. – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
Background: Little research has been conducted on relations between challenging working and living conditions and psychological distress in Latino migrant day laborers (LMDLs), a particularly marginalized Latino population in the United States. Aims: Consistent with a structural-environmental framework of LMDL vulnerability to health and mental…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Migrant Workers, At Risk Persons, Mental Health
Houston, J. Brian; First, Jennifer; Spialek, Matthew L.; Sorenson, Mary E.; Mills-Sandoval, Toby; Lockett, McKenzie; First, Nathan L.; Nitiéma, Pascal; Allen, Sandra F.; Pfefferbaum, Betty – Journal of American College Health, 2017
Objective: The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate the Resilience and Coping Intervention (RCI) with college students. Participants: College students (aged 18-23) from a large Midwest US university who volunteered for a randomized controlled trial during the 2015 spring semester. Methods: College students were randomly assigned to an…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Coping, Intervention, Undergraduate Students
Baroni, Argelinda; Bruzzese, Jean-Marie; Di Bartolo, Christina A.; Ciarleglio, Adam; Shatkin, Jess P. – Journal of American College Health, 2018
Objective: To examine the impact of a sleep course on sleep-related behaviors, mood, and anxiety in college students. Participants: Participants were 145 students enrolled in either the sleep course (n = 70) or a psychology course (n = 75); data were collected in September 2014, November 2014, and February 2015. Methods: Sleep characteristics and…
Descriptors: Sleep, Student Behavior, Anxiety, Psychological Patterns
An Investigation of Student Psychological Wellbeing: Honors versus Nonhonors Undergraduate Education
Plominski, Abigail P.; Burns, Lawrence R. – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2018
The purpose of this study was to describe the current state of psychological wellbeing in gifted and nongifted undergraduate student sample populations and identify undergraduate populations experiencing heightened levels of distress within a large Midwestern public university. Study participants included 641 honors and 386 nonhonors undergraduate…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Well Being, Academically Gifted, Undergraduate Students
Snedker, Karen A.; Herting, Jerald R. – Youth & Society, 2016
The purpose of this article is to explore the role of neighborhood characteristics, specifically economic disadvantage/advantage, residential instability, and racial/ethnic heterogeneity on emotional distress (depressed affect, anxiety, hopelessness) among youth. Using a regional sample of adolescents and matching their data to census tracts, we…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Mental Health, Correlation, Community Characteristics
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
Fahlman, Shelley A.; Mercer-Lynn, Kimberley B.; Flora, David B.; Eastwood, John D. – Assessment, 2013
This article describes the development and validation of the Multidimensional State Boredom Scale (MSBS)--the first and only full-scale measure of state boredom. It was developed based on a theoretically and empirically grounded definition of boredom. A five-factor structure of the scale (Disengagement, High Arousal, Low Arousal, Inattention, and…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Psychological Patterns, Test Construction, Test Validity
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)
Taylor, Julie Lounds; Henninger, Natalie A.; Mailick, Marsha R. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
This study examined correlates of participation in postsecondary education and employment over 12?years for 73 adults with autism spectrum disorders and average-range IQ whose families were part of a larger, longitudinal study. Correlates included demographic (sex, maternal education, paternal education), behavioral (activities of daily living,…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Adults, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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