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Grace Moore; Rachael Conway – New England Board of Higher Education, 2024
Almost two-thirds (64%) of students who are considering dropping out of college cited emotional stress or personal mental health challenges as the reason--more than twice the percentage of those who cite the cost of attendance. The mental health crisis disproportionately impacts students of color, and there is also a critical lack of diversity in…
Descriptors: Mental Health, College Students, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Brady, Jacqueline A.; Underhill-Blazey, Meghan L.; Burke, Pamela J.; Lee, Christina S.; Howard, Elizabeth P.; Duffy, Lisa V. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2021
Newly arrived immigrant and refugee children are faced with significant physical and mental health issues and often rely on school nurses for care and connection to healthcare. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore urban public school nurses' experiences caring for newly arrived children. Data were collected through…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Role, Immigrants, Refugees
Benson, Paul R. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
Employing a cohort sequential design and multilevel modeling, the effects of child and family stressors and maternal depressed mood on the self-rated health of 110 mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder were assessed over a 12-year period when children in the study were 7-19 years old. Findings indicate a significant decline in…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Mothers, Children
Harney, John O. – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2016
How will higher education fare under a President Donald Trump? According to this author, the campaign's misogyny shouldn't sit well with a student body that is now majority female, its disavowal of climate changes won't impress research universities, and the xenophobia won't help economies and cultures bolstered by foreign enrollment. The number…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Higher Education, Presidents, Government (Administrative Body)
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Amaro, Hortensia; Reed, Elizabeth; Rowe, Erin; Picci, Jennifer; Mantella, Philomena; Prado, Guillermo – Journal of American College Health, 2010
Objective: Evaluation of the Brief Alcohol Screen and Intervention in College Students (BASICS) in a university primary care setting. Participants/Methods: Undergraduates (N = 449) participated in BASICS and electronic surveys assessing frequency/quantity of alcohol and drug use, psychosocial and mental health outcomes, and demographic…
Descriptors: Intervention, Drug Use, Primary Health Care, College Students
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West, Lindsey M.; Donovan, Roxanne A.; Roemer, Lizabeth – Journal of Black Psychology, 2010
Perceived racial discrimination (PRD) has deleterious effects on Black Americans. However, there is minimal empirical research on the influence of gender and coping on the relationship between PRD and mental health. This study posited that coping style (i.e., problem-focused coping and avoidant coping) would moderate the relationship between PRD…
Descriptors: Females, Racial Discrimination, Mental Health, Coping