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Essays on Gun and Marijuana Laws
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Haoyi Wei – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation adds to the economic study of gun and marijuana laws. Chapter 1 studies the impact of stand your ground laws (SYGs) on traffic fatalities. Chapter 2 investigates the effects of campus concealed carry laws (CCCs) on higher education outcomes. Chapter 3 looks at the impact of medical marijuana laws (MMLs) on youth crimes. The first…
Descriptors: Marijuana, Weapons, Laws, Traffic Safety
Developing and Implementing a Bereavement Support Program for College Students
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Battle, Cynthia L.; Greer, Joseph A.; Ortiz-Hernandez, Samia; Todd, David M. – Death Studies, 2013
The death of a loved one can be particularly difficult for college students, as significant losses are not anticipated during this time. Bereavement experiences are, however, not uncommon among college students, and campus environments can be isolating and nonconducive to recovery. To date, few interventions have been developed to meet bereaved…
Descriptors: College Students, Grief, Coping, Counseling Techniques
Essays on the Economics of Health and Education
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Swensen, Isaac D. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
I present empirical research considering the response of health and educational outcomes to alcohol consumption, drug abuse, and collegiate athletics. Chapter II considers the effect of legal access to alcohol on student achievement. The empirical approach identifies the effect through changes in students' performance after gaining legal access to…
Descriptors: College Students, Economic Impact, Drinking, Drug Abuse
Effectiveness of a Death-Education Program in Reducing Death Anxiety of Nursing Students.
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Johansson, Noreen; Lally, Terry – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1991
Evaluated effectiveness of death education program in reducing death anxiety experienced by 22 junior and senior nursing students. Subjects were pre- and posttested with State Form of State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and viewed film of death experience. Posttest analysis indicated that death education program was effective in decreasing death anxiety…
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Death
Death Anxiety Reduction as the Result of Exposure to a Death and Dying Symposium.
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Waldman, David A.; Davidshofer, Charles – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1984
Measured the effect of a three-week death and dying symposium on attitudes and anxiety related to death, dying, and grief. Results indicated lower death anxiety for students in both the treatment and control groups. Findings are discussed in terms of widespread media coverage and informal discussions which accompany symposiums. (JAC)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Attendance, Attitude Change, College Students
The "Ripple Effect" of a University Sponsored Death and Dying Symposium.
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Cook, Alicia S.; And Others – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1985
Conducted a follow-up study of a three-week, university sponsored death and dying symposium to measure attitudes of nonattendees. The findings showed a declining taboo regarding death education and a "ripple effect" in which individuals are affected by a death education program even though they do not attend it. (JAC)
Descriptors: College Students, Conferences, Death, Followup Studies