Immigrants can utilize sport as a vehicle for maintaining cultural identity. Conversely, participation provides immigrants with opportunities adopting an entirely new culture. Previous research also suggests that individuals attaining social capital. While this be beneficial situation some individuals, is promoting elitism and serving powerful mechanism exclusion. Globalization has led large numbers of foreign nationals to seek educational in the United States. Due increase number...

The impact of social anxiety on negative alcohol-related behaviors among college students has been studied extensively. Drinking motives are considered the most proximal indicator student drinking behavior. current study examined mediating role in relationship that symptoms have with problematic (alcohol consumption, harmful drinking, and consequences) safe (protective behavioral strategies) behaviors. Participants were 532 undergraduates who completed measures anxiety, motives, alcohol use,...

Using structural equation modeling, the present study investigated relationships between neuroticism, coping strategies, and negative career thoughts within context of attaining a positive decision state. Results from initial model, based on sample college students (119 women, 113 men; M = 20.3 years) enrolled in development course, revealed that strategies were not significant contribution to model. The final without showed neuroticism had indirect effect state through thinking relationship...

Alcohol protective behavioral strategies (PBS) limit overall negative consequences; however, less is known about the relationship between PBS and sex-related consequences. The purpose of current study was to examine moderating effects 2 distinct types PBS-controlled consumption serious harm reduction strategies-on alcohol alcohol-related risky sexual behavior victimization. Participants were 459 undergraduate women (ages 18-25) who had consumed within past 30 days. Both significantly...

Using a military sample comprised largely of National Guard personnel, zero‐inflation negative binomial regression was applied to estimate the effects indirect, nonface valid indicators suicide ideation [Thwarted Belongingness ( TB ), Perceived Burdensomeness PB and Hopelessness], in predicting ideation. Data from 497 personnel (82.1% male; m age = 27.24; range 18–59) were analyzed. interaction with Hopelessness significant predictors logistic regression, main hopelessness, interactions...

The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) is the gold standard screening measure. Recently, there has been increasing call to update measure reflect harmful drinking standards in United States. purpose of this study was use receiver operating characteristic curve analysis evaluate AUDIT and States version (AUDIT-US). Participants were 382 traditional age ( M = 20.2, SD 1.5) college students (68.7% female, 64.9% White) who had consumed alcohol at least once 30 days prior...

The contemporary media has often portrayed marijuana as a "slacker drug"; however, this portrayal is somewhat novel. Several scholars have argued in the early 1900s, especially 1930s, associated with violence and mental illness. Another common argument was that Mexican immigrants. Conversely, other researchers these reports were overblown accounts of not very until recent years. current study utilizes recently available on-line archives to conduct more comprehensive test how exactly depicted...

The Client Evaluation of Motivational Interviewing was used to assess MI experiences in a predominantly female, African American sample from the Southeastern U.S. who received MI-based feedback during multi-component lifestyle intervention. experienced differently than primarily White, male, Northeastern mental health sample.

Online distance education creates increased opportunities for continuing and advanced training allied health professionals living in underserved geographically isolated areas. The purpose of this article was to explore attitudes on barriers benefits technology among underrepresented minority students. It also addressed potential issues geographic isolation that may contribute the shortage adequately trained Mississippi Delta. Community college students, faculty, staff Delta programs were...

Using the variables self‐efficacy, self‐estimates, and self‐competencies in a hierarchical multiple regression confirmatory factor analysis, present study provided strong support for 3 of 6 RIASEC (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional) interest domains regarding Holland's (1997) assertion that it is unnecessary to administer separate measure self‐efficacy when using Self‐Directed Search (SDS; Holland, Powell, & Fritzsche, 1994) interests career...

Background The negative consequences associated with alcohol misuse remain a concern on college campuses nationwide. Alcohol protective behavioral strategies are important factors in mitigating students' experiences of alcohol-related consequences. Overparenting, or "helicopter parenting," is form over-involved parenting which has been range substance use concerns students. mechanism by overparenting and/or unclear; however, it may be partially explained failure to engage the strategies....

African American college women are experiencing sex-related negative consequences at alarming rates. Alcohol use and alcohol-related sex expectancies predictors of risky sexual behavior among women; however, often underrepresented in empirical studies. The purpose the present study was to examine link between (i.e., enhancement, risk taking, disinhibition expectancies), alcohol use, a sample 222 sexually active female drinkers. Participants completed measures assessing expectancies, typical...

Purpose: Students with social anxiety are vulnerable to hazardous drinking patterns due their evaluative fears and tendency perceive alcohol use as a socially-approved, normative behavior. These students do not drink often peers, yet they experience more alcohol-related consequences. Thus, it is important identify specific anxiety-provoking contexts that trigger these engage in episodic drinking. also less likely seek treatment for mental health or substance issues, pointing the importance...

Due to demand for high performance inside and outside of the classroom, student-athletes are a unique subsection college students. Researchers have focused on investigating protective factors, which may enhance student-athlete well-being academic success in higher education reduce athlete burnout. The current study examined grit as mediator between parenting behaviors success, mental health outcomes, burnout among National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I II ( N =202)....

Heavy episodic drinking (HED) is related to an increase in negative consequences (Wechsler, Lee, Kuo, & 2000) including approximately 599,000 unintentional injuries and 1,825 deaths annually among college students (Hingson, Edwards, Heeren, Rosenbloom, 2009). College athletes participate greater alcohol consumption experience more than their nonathlete peers (Hildebrand, Johnson, Bogle, 2001). Protective behavioral strategies (PBS) have played a significant role reducing alcohol-related...