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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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Zeglin, Robert J.; Niemela, Danielle R. M.; Baynard, Christopher W. – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
Deaths of despair (DOD) is a new term appearing in public health literature to describe deaths attributable to suicide, liver disease, and drug overdose. In Florida, suicide and liver disease are the 8th and 10th leading causes of death, respectively. Additional mortality data show that the rate of drug overdose deaths in Florida is 12.5% higher…
Descriptors: Suicide, Diseases, Drug Abuse, Death
Kolomeyer, Ellen; Renk, Kimberly; Cunningham, Annelise; Lowell, Amanda; Khan, Maria – ZERO TO THREE, 2016
Previous studies have supported a connection between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and negative outcomes in adulthood. Fewer studies have examined the connection between ACEs and parenting behaviors, however. The study described in this article examined the relationships among ACEs, reflective functioning, and negative parenting behaviors…
Descriptors: Mothers, Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship, Psychological Patterns
McFarland, Renee L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The experience of discrimination is a complex phenomenon. At present, there are few studies that have captured the experience of discrimination on a predominately white university campus. This study was designed to investigate the association between perceived discrimination and self-reported health outcomes among university students in Southwest…
Descriptors: College Students, Correlation, Student Attitudes, Social Discrimination
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Robst, John; Rohrer, Lodi; Armstrong, Mary; Dollard, Norin; Sharrock, Patty; Batsche, Catherine; Reader, Steven – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2013
Background: Family involvement is viewed as an important component of the treatment process for children in residential treatment centers, but little is known about the impact of contact with family members on changes in youth functioning. Objective: The goal of this study was to use administrative data to examine the association between family…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Emotional Disturbances, Residential Programs, Family Involvement
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Ueno, Koji – Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2010
Previous research has documented that sexual minorities are more likely than heterosexual people to experience mental health problems, but little is known about how these disparities emerge. Analysis of data from Miami-Dade County, Florida, shows that young adults reporting same-sex contact have higher levels of depressive symptoms and drug use…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Mental Health, Drug Use, Young Adults
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Simon, Robin W.; Barrett, Anne E. – Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2010
Although social scientists have long assumed that intimate social relationships are more closely associated with women's than men's mental health, recent research indicates that there are no gender differences in the advantages of marriage and disadvantages of unmarried statuses when males' and females' distinct expressions of emotional distress…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Females, Mental Health, Intimacy