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Direct linkCleveland, Michael J.; Turrisi, Rob; Reavy, Racheal; Ackerman, Sarah; Buxton, Orfeu M. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 2018
A total of 295 first-year students were recruited from multiple campuses of a state-wide university system. Multiple-group path analysis compared parental and peer influences between two student subgroups. First-year students attending 4-year institutions reported higher rates of alcohol use and were more likely to experience alcohol-related…
Descriptors: Parent Influence, Peer Influence, Community Colleges, College Freshmen
Download full textHamzah, Rohana; Baharuddin, Nurul Ain Fatehah; Fauzi, Wan Jumani; Aripin, Muhamad Afzamiman – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2019
The social issues involving off-campus students are quite serious as these students are more susceptible to negative influences such as friends and the surrounding environment. Results from the preliminary study showed that there were four major problems which are relationship with the Creator, self-management, social relationship with housemates,…
Descriptors: Self Management, Peer Influence, College Students, Interpersonal Relationship
Zhang, Liang; Pu, Shi – Education Economics, 2017
We used housing assignment data from a college in China to investigate peer effects on college grades. Study results provided some evidence for peer effects in college housing units. First, peer effects through means occurred during both fall and spring semester of the first year in college, with estimated effect much larger than that in previous…
Descriptors: College Housing, Grades (Scholastic), Grade Point Average, College Freshmen
Ha, Wei – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2016
This paper examines the effects of roommates on students' academic outcomes exploiting the randomized roommate assignment system at a selective Chinese university. Unlike earlier studies that could not measure students' academic quality precisely, this paper makes two important improvements in measuring their English proficiency and overall…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement
Hako, Anna Niitembu; Shikongo, Prisca Tautiko – Journal of the International Society for Teacher Education, 2019
The authors investigated factors that hinder completion of the Bachelor of Education degree program within the prescribed duration at the public University in Namibia. The study population was 88 B.Ed. students selected using a simple random sample from the class of 214. The study employed a mixed methods approach. A questionnaire was used to…
Descriptors: Barriers, Time to Degree, Public Colleges, Foreign Countries
Cicognani, Elvira; Zani, Bruna – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 2011
This study investigated the role of sensation seeking, peer group drinking and self-efficacy in refusing to drink alcohol in influencing alcohol consumption of a sample of 588 Italian university students. Results confirmed that heavy drinkers are typically males living in university residences. Alcohol use is more frequent among students with…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Drinking, Peer Groups, Behavior Standards
