Students

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Sexual identity and substance use among undergraduate students.

This study examined the association between sexual identity and use of alcohol and other drugs (AOD) among college undergraduate students. A survey regarding AOD use was administered to a random sample of 3607 undergraduate students. The sample included ...
Sean Esteban McCabe, Carol Boyd, Tonda L Hughes, Hannah dArcy (Subst Abus, 200306)
sexual-identity-substance-undergraduate-students.asp

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Risk taking and coping strategies among Israeli adolescents.

The research sample consisted of 140 Israeli 10th- and 11th-graders who completed questionnaires about risk-taking behaviours and coping strategies. The study assessed the associations between risk behaviours and perceptions of benefit and risk in these ...
Hasida Ben-Zur, Yifat Reshef-Kfir (J Adolesc, 200306)
risk-taking-coping-strategies-israeli-adolescents.asp

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Leaving high school: the influence and consequences for psychological well-being and career-related confidence.

This paper examines the well-being and career decision-making self-efficacy (CDMSE) of adolescents before and after leaving school, and tests for the changes in these variables as a result of leaving school. While at high school, 309 students were ...
Peter A Creed, Juanita Muller, Wendy Patton (J Adolesc, 200306)
leaving-high-school-influence-consequences-psychological-well-career.asp

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Self-reported vegetarianism may be a marker for college women at risk for disordered eating.

The purpose of this study was to determine whether differences exist in eating attitudes and behaviors of vegetarian and nonvegetarian college women. The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) and a questionnaire were used to gather information on eating attitudes ...
Sheree A Klopp, Cynthia J Heiss, Heather S Smith (J Am Diet Assoc, 200306)
self-reported-vegetarianism-marker-college-women-risk-disordered.asp

45.

Knowledge and perception of emergency contraception among female Nigerian undergraduates.

CONTEXT: The reproductive health hazards of unintended pregnancies and unsafe abortions are well documented. The potential of emergency contraceptives to prevent unwanted pregnancy in developed countries has been described, but in Nigeria, the awareness ...
Michael E Aziken, Patrick I Okonta, Adedapo B A Ande (Int Fam Plan Perspect, 200306)
knowledge-perception-emergency-contraception-female-nigerian.asp

46.

Segregation, ethnic labour market and the occupational expectations of Palestinian students in Israel.

Using data from a large national representative survey of Palestinian high school students in Israel, this study examines the effect of the local labour market and the internal ethnic/religious segregation between Muslims, Christians and Druze, on ...
Nabil Khattab (Br J Sociol, 200306)
segregation-ethnic-labour-market-occupational-expectations.asp

47.

Social image of students who shop and dont shop online.

A descriptive survey of a stratified random sample of 326 undergraduates from a large, diverse university in Los Angeles was conducted to assess whether resistance to online shopping might be, in part, related to negative social perceptions of those who ...
H Bruce Lammers, Mary T Curren, Deborah Cours, Marilyn L Lammers (Psychol Rep, 200306)
social-image-students-who-shop-don-t-shop-online.asp

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Adolescent alcohol-use trajectories in the transition from high school.

A cohort of 3300 students from high schools across Victoria, Australia, were surveyed regarding their patterns of alcohol consumption from mid-1993 to 1995. The first wave of data was collected halfway through the students final year of school (year 12). ...
John Winston Toumbourou, Ian R Williams, Pam C Snow, Victoria M White (Drug Alcohol Rev, 200306)
adolescent-alcohol-trajectories-transition-high-school.asp

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Perceptions of homophobia and heterosexism in physical education.

Educators have a responsibility to provide safe space, but gay and lesbian youth face particularly hostile environments. This initial study surveyed physical education teachers (n = 82) and young adults (n = 77) about their perceptions of homophobic and ...
Ronald G Morrow, Diane L Gill (Res Q Exerc Sport, 200306)
perceptions-homophobia-heterosexism-physical-education.asp

50.

An attribution model of public discrimination towards persons with mental illness.

In this study, we build on previous work by developing and estimating a model of the relationships between causal attributions (e.g., controllability, responsibility), familiarity with mental illness, dangerousness, emotional responses (e.g., pity, ...
Patrick Corrigan, Fred E Markowitz, Amy Watson, David Rowan, Mary Ann Kubiak (J Health Soc Behav, 200306)
attribution-model-public-discrimination-towards-persons-mental-illness.asp