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Crystal D. Tucker – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this quantitative study was to compare mental health and stress in K-5 teachers at a Southeast Texas elementary school based on gender, years of experience, and race. It was guided by the following research questions: How does the relationship between gender among male and female elementary teachers relate to stress assessment…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Stress Variables, Elementary School Teachers, Gender Differences
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Seth J. Schwartz; Beyhan Ertanir; Audrey Harkness; Byron L. Zamboanga; Melissa L. Bessaha; John B. Bartholomew; Alan Meca; Minas Michikyan; Maria Duque; Pablo Montero-Zamora; Claudia López-Madrigal; Linda G. Castillo; Miguel Ángel Cano; Kaveri Subrahmanyam; Brandy Piña-Watson; Pamela Regan; Lindsay S. Ham; Marissa K. Hanson; Charles R. Martinez Jr. – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: We examined the role of personal identity vis-à-vis COVID-related outcomes among college students from seven U.S. campuses during spring/summer 2021. Participants: The present sample consisted of 1,688 students (74.5% female, age range 18-29). The sample was ethnically diverse, and 57.3% were first-generation students. Procedures:…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, College Students, Self Concept
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Hsu, Tze-Li; Deng, Furjen; Cheng, Sharon – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2023
Asian immigrant parents raising children with developmental disabilities experience frustration, stress, social isolation, and poor health outcomes. Based on data collected from 55 Chinese American parents of children with developmental disabilities, this study examined the relationships between individual characteristics, parents' perceptions of…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Developmental Disabilities, Individual Characteristics, Chinese Americans
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Karaman, Mehmet A.; Vela, Javier Cavazos; Garcia, Christian – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2020
In this study, we present the inter-relationships among humanistic and positive psychology factors in explaining Latinx college students' life satisfaction. A modified path model revealed that hope mediated two relationships: that between resilience and life satisfaction, as well as meaning in life and life satisfaction. However, contrary to what…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Life Satisfaction, Positive Attitudes, Correlation
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Masataka Umeda; Youngdeok Kim; Se-Woong Park; Eunhee Chung; Sarah L. Ullevig – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To examine food insecurity (FI) prevalence among college students during the COVID-19 pandemic (April 2021) using cross-sectional design, and the moderating role of the first-generation student status in the relationship between FI and grade point average (GPA). Participants: Three-hundred sixty students recruited mostly from…
Descriptors: Hunger, Food, Security (Psychology), Pandemics
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Campbell, Robyn; Riggs, Shelley A. – Journal of American College Health, 2015
Context: Research has indicated that returning Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) veterans are experiencing mental health concerns following deployment. Increasing numbers of veterans are enrolling in higher education institutions; there is a scarcity of empirical research investigating student veterans' experiences as…
Descriptors: Veterans, College Students, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Mental Health
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Conradi, Lisa; Wherry, Jeffrey; Kisiel, Cassandra – Child Welfare, 2011
An abundance of research suggests that children in the child welfare system (CWS) have experienced numerous traumatic events and are exhibiting traumatic stress symptoms. Therefore, it is critical that the CWS work closely with the mental health system to ensure that these children receive the appropriate trauma screening, trauma-focused…
Descriptors: Health Services, Psychological Evaluation, Mental Health Programs, Child Welfare
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McDade-Montez, Elizabeth; Wallander, Jan; Elliott, Marc; Grunbaum, Jo Anne; Tortolero, Susan; Cuccaro, Paula; Schuster, Mark A. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2015
Research among adults has demonstrated concurrent and prospective negative associations between TV viewing and mental health, yet little research has examined these associations among African American and Latino youth or examined the role of children's involvement with TV and parental mediation of TV viewing via coviewing. The purpose of the…
Descriptors: Television Viewing, Well Being, Mental Health, African Americans
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Rubin, Allen; Parrish, Danielle E. – Social Work, 2012
This article reports on a review of the literature comparing the outcomes of social workers with those of non-social workers. The review was commissioned by NASW's Texas Chapter to examine empirical evidence regarding the comparative effectiveness of social work to possibly support efforts to educate employers and the public about the value of…
Descriptors: Evidence, Mental Health, Child Welfare, Older Adults
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Coley, Rebekah Levine; Lombardi, Caitlin McPherran – Child Development, 2013
This study assessed whether previous findings linking early maternal employment to lower cognitive and behavioral skills among middle-class and White children generalized to other groups. Using a representative sample of urban, low-income, predominantly African American and Hispanic families ("n" = 444), ordinary least squares regression…
Descriptors: Mothers, Employed Parents, Child Development, Low Income Groups
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Schiele, Bryn E.; Weist, Mark D.; Youngstrom, Eric A.; Stephan, Sharon H.; Lever, Nancy A. – Professional Counselor, 2014
Counseling self-efficacy (CSE), defined as one's beliefs about his or her ability to effectively counsel a client, is an important precursor of effective clinical practice. While research has explored the association of CSE with variables such as counselor training, aptitude and level of experience, little attention has been paid to CSE among…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Services, School Counseling
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Coley, Rebekah Levine; Leventhal, Tama; Lynch, Alicia Doyle; Kull, Melissa – Developmental Psychology, 2013
Extant research has highlighted the importance of multiple characteristics of housing but has not comprehensively assessed a broad range of housing characteristics and their relative contributions to children's well-being. Using a representative, longitudinal sample of low-income children and adolescents from low-income urban neighborhoods (N =…
Descriptors: Correlation, Housing, Well Being, Low Income Groups
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Nair, Rejitha; Harman, Marsha J.; Kordinak, S. Thomas; Bruce, A. Jerry – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2007
Help seeking attitudes and acculturation of Asian Indian Americans were examined in a sample consisted of 69 Asian Indian American students. Participants completed a demographic questionnaire, the Suinn-Lew Asian Self-Identity Acculturation Scale and the Attitudes toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale. There were no significant…
Descriptors: Indians, Asian Americans, Questionnaires, Self Concept