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Download full textEngstrom, Cathy McHugh; Sedlacek, William E. – 1989
The study was conducted to assess residence hall student attitudes toward student-athletes at a predominantly white, eastern public institution. A total of 180 students living in traditional residence halls, suites, and apartments were sent the Situational Attitude Scale--Student-Athlete of whom 115 returned usable responses. Results showed that…
Descriptors: Athletes, Dormitories, Emotional Response, Group Experience
Sedlacek, William E.; Masters, Michael D. – 1980
A sample of University of Maryland, College Park, undergraduates from 1969 was compared to one from 1979 on the "type" of student they considered themselves to be, based on the Clark-Trow model. Compared to 1969, in 1979 there were fewer Collegiate types (8 percent vs. 26 percent), more Academic types (34 percent vs. 20 percent), and…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Females, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMason-Sowell, Marsha; Sedlacek, William E. – College and University, 1984
A study of subcultures among random samples of University of Maryland, College Park, students from 1969-70 to 1982-83 examined changes in distribution of four subculture types (vocational, academic, collegiate, and nonconformist) and possible differences between males and females. Although changes occurred, the differences between men and women…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Students, Educational Change, Higher Education
Johnson, Deborah H.; Sedlacek, William E. – 1979
An anonymous questionnaire on demographic characteristics, alcohol usage and drinking attitudes, and college-related attitudes was administered to 466 incoming freshmen (236 males, 230 females) at the University of Maryland, College Park. Fifty-five percent of all freshmen reported having taken their first drink with friends by age 15; 10 percent…
Descriptors: Alcoholic Beverages, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Drinking
Rodgers, R. Scott; Sedlacek, William E. – 1979
At the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP), 352 white freshmen completed the Situational Attitude Scale (SAS) in a study of racial attitudes. The SAS (1972) was developed to minimize the degree of subject withdrawal from the measurement of racial attitudes and to eliminate the "social set" problem that keeps subjects' real…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Blacks, College Environment, College Freshmen
Minatoya, Lydia Y.; Sedlacek, William E. – 1980
A 79-item questionnaire was administered to a sample or 1,179 entering freshmen at the University of Maryland, College Park, in a survey of interracial differences. The sample was 86 percent white, 9 percent black, and 5 percent other minority groups (largely Hispanic and Asian American). White students were found to differ from minority students…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Asian Americans, Black Students, College Freshmen
