Universities

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Test-taking anxiety among nursing & general college students.

This study examined whether nursing students experience an unusual amount of debilitative anxiety in academic achievement, compared to general university students and provided senior psychiatric nursing students with a hands-on experience in research. A ...
Thomas Brewer (J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv, 200211)
test-taking-anxiety-nursing-general-college-students.asp

142.

Making health data maps: a case study of a community/university research collaboration.

This paper presents the main findings from a collaborative community/university research project in Canada. The goal of the project was to improve access to community health information, and in so doing, enhance our knowledge of the development of ...
David L Buckeridge, Robin Mason, Ann Robertson, John Frank, Richard Glazier, Lorraine Purdon, Carl G Amrhein, Nita Chaudhuri, Esme Fuller-Thomson, Peter Gozdyra, David Hulchanski, Byron Moldofsky, Maureen Thompson, Robert Wright (Soc Sci Med, 200210)
making-health-data-maps-case-study-community-university-research.asp

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Emergency contraception among university students in Kingston, Jamaica: a survey of knowledge, attitudes, and practices.

Emergency contraceptives (ECs) are an important option for young women in Jamaica, where rates of unplanned pregnancy are high. Few previous studies of EC exist in Jamaica. We surveyed a random sample of 205 students living on campus at the University of ...
Annik Sorhaindo, Davida Becker, Horace Fletcher, Sandra G Garcia (Contraception, 200210)
emergency-contraception-university-students-kingston-jamaica-survey.asp

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Variations in a university subject pool as a function of earlier or later participation and self-report: a replication and extension.

The present study replicated and extended earlier research on temporal sampling effects in university subject pools. Data were obtained from 236 participants, 79 men and 157 women, in a university subject pool during a 15-wk. semester. Without knowing ...
Larry C Bernard, R Patricia Walsh (Psychol Rep, 200210)
variations-university-subject-pool-function-earlier-or-later.asp

145.

College tattoos: more than skin deep.

Nontattooed (n = 423, 81%) and tattooed (n = 97, 19%) college students report their cues, purpose, reason, risks, barriers, and customer criteria for tattooing; some psychosocial risks were documented. Challenges are posed and suggestions made for ...
Myrna L Armstrong, Donna C Owen, Alden E Roberts, Jerome R Koch (Dermatol Nurs, 200210)
college-tattoos-more-skin-deep.asp

146.

Seven ways to plagiarize: handling real allegations of research misconduct.

As the research integrity officer at my university for two years, I handled eight allegations of plagiarism. These eight cases show that initial appearances can be mistaken, that policies for handling allegations of research misconduct cannot cover every ...
Michael C Loui (Sci Eng Ethics, 200210)
seven-ways-plagiarize-handling-real-allegations-research-misconduct.asp

147.

Your money or your health: time preferences and trading money for health.

BACKGROUND: Time preferences reflect how future outcomes are valued relative to present ones. Previous research has found that time preferences for one domain (say, money) are inconsistent (uncorrelated) with those from another (say, health). The present ...
Gretchen B Chapman (Med Decis Making, 200209-10)
your-money-or-your-health-time-preferences-trading-money-health.asp

148.

Preservice teachers perceived confidence in teaching school violence prevention.

OBJECTIVE: To examine preservice teachers perceived confidence in teaching violence prevention and the potential effect of violence-prevention training on preservice teachers confidence in teaching violence prevention. METHODS: Six Ohio universities ...
Tina L Kandakai, Keith A King (Am J Health Behav, 200209-10)
preservice-teachers-perceived-confidence-teaching-school-violence.asp

149.

Impact of activity behaviors on physical activity identity and self-efficacy.

OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship of level of physical activity and length of time of adherence to physical activity, with physical activity identity (PAI) and physical activity self-efficacy (PASE). METHODS: In a cross-sectional design, 409 adults ...
Kim H Miller, Roberta J Ogletree, Kathleen Welshimer (Am J Health Behav, 200209-10)
impact-activity-behaviors-physical-activity-identity-self-efficacy.asp

150.

Scaling of differentiation in networks: nervous systems, organisms, ant colonies, ecosystems, businesses, universities, cities, electronic circuits, and Legos.

Nodes in networks are often of different types, and in this sense networks are differentiated. Here we examine the relationship between network differentiation and network size in networks under economic or natural selective pressure, such as electronic ...
M A Changizi, M A McDannald, D Widders (J Theor Biol, 200209)
scaling-differentiation-networks-nervous-systems-organisms-ant.asp