Background: This study aimed to apply the COM-B model to understand the capabilities, opportunities, and motivations for walking behaviour among adults with intellectual disabilities. Methods: A qualitative study was conducted with adults (= 18 years) with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities living in Greater Glasgow using one-to-one…

Basic Needs Oregon was established in 2021 through House Bill 2835 to ensure that students enrolled at Oregon's public colleges and universities can meet their basic needs--including food, housing, health care, transportation, and emergency financial support--so they can persist and succeed in higher education. Drawing on Basic Needs Oregon…

In the competitive and achievement-driven world of higher education, the mental health and neurodiversity of faculty and staff often remain overlooked or misunderstood. While institutions increasingly prioritize student mental health, the challenges faced by educators are frequently ignored, leaving them to navigate a culture that values…

Neighborhood adversity links to mental health and cognitive outcomes, but little is known about structural factors that may buffer these links. The current study addresses this gap by assessing the role of protective factors in the association of neighborhood deprivation, threat, and segregation with psychopathology symptoms and cognitive…

This study was conducted to gain a deeper understanding of the role of emotions within protest experiences among college students. The study sample consisted of 18 undergraduate students aged 18 to 25 who participated in the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement protests. Within the sample, the majority of the participants identified as female (61.11%,…

Objective: To assess depression and anxiety among college students during the COVID-19 pandemic and its association with race. Participants: Using a cross-sectional survey, depression and anxiety among college students at a Predominantly White (PWU) and a Historically Black University (HBU) during 2021 were evaluated. Methods: The patient health…

The Good Behavior Game (GBG) is a team-based classroom management intervention developed to mitigate disruptive behaviors and promote prosocial behaviors of school-aged children. While the short-term benefits of the GBG are well documented in meta-analyses and systematic reviews, it is less clear for what long-term outcomes the GBG may reduce…

Sociocultural factors and STEM identity have been previously shown to influence the success and mental health of students. Likewise, student identity influences persistence and can be protective of success and psychological distress in minoritized populations. This work sought to understand how sociocultural factors and mental health were related…

This article examines how carceral logics manifest for undergraduate racialized and disabled students who identify as or have a lived experience of disability. Using Disability Critical Race Theory, a crip-of-color critique, and carceral ableism and sanism as lenses, we challenge color-evasive ideology and explore how services that purport to…

The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration highlighted the impact that early detection of emotional and behavioral health concerns can have on quality of life for children and adults in a 2019 report. Illinois has taken this call to action seriously by planning a phased implementation approach to universal mental health…

Empirical research about equity in schools seldom investigates how the intersectionality of race and disability shapes Canadian educational trajectories. This article shows how disability-related school procedures impede Black students' learning opportunities. The theory of racialized organizations posits that institutions such as schools…

Over their career trajectories, teachers experience diverse challenges and uplifts, which influence their sense of wellbeing. While research on teacher career phases provides important insights into their lives, studies exploring teacher wellbeing and capitals they draw on to cope are scarce; and, in the field of language education, virtually…

In the SEND Code of Practice (DfE/DoH, 2015), the area of Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs refer to a wide range of emotional, behavioural, and social challenges that can impact learning, engagement and participation, mental health, and wellbeing for children and young people. This rapid evidence assessment (REA) reviews how…

In this study, we examine the impact of a large-scale effort in California aimed at establishing career pathways and estimate its causal effects on community college enrollment. By leveraging a discontinuous assignment rule for awarding grant funds, we obtain credibly causal estimates of a $500 million initiative to expand career and technical…

Belonging is defined in a variety of ways but most often refers to an individual's feelings of acceptance, inclusion, support, and respect within a certain environment. Belonging is an innate human need and contributes to success in academic and professional settings. Within occupational therapy (OT) education, minimal attention has been paid to…