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Yelenna Rondon – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Human capital theory suggests that lifetime income and socioeconomic status is a function of investments in human capital (Becker, 1962 & 1994; Becker & Tomes, 1986; Tomes, 1981). More recent developments show that human capital accumulation depends on mental health (Fletcher, 2008), in addition to ability, and access to resources to…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Mental Health, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Poteat, V. P.; Heck, N. C.; Yoshikawa, H.; Calzo, J. P. – Health Education Research, 2017
Sexual minority (e.g. lesbian, gay, bisexual, questioning; LGBQ) and gender minority (e.g. transgender) youth experience myriad health risks. Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) are school-based settings where they may have opportunities to discuss substance use, mental health, and sexual health issues in ways that are safe and tailored to their…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Social Support Groups, High School Students, Student Attitudes
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Kirsch, Daniel J.; Doerfler, Leonard A.; Truong, Debbie – Journal of American College Health, 2015
Objective: To describe diagnostic and psychotropic medication prescription characteristics among college students referred by college counseling centers for psychopharmacologic evaluation. Participants: Participants were 540 college students referred by 6 college counseling centers in Massachusetts between November 2005 and May 2011. Methods:…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Mental Disorders, Drug Therapy, Psychiatry
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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Green, Jennifer Greif; Dunn, Erin C.; Johnson, Renee M.; Molnar, Beth E. – Journal of School Violence, 2011
Although researchers have identified individual-level predictors of nonphysical bullying among children and youth, school-level predictors (i.e., characteristics of the school environment that influence bullying exposure) remain largely unstudied. Using data from a survey of 1,838 students in 21 Boston public high schools, we used multilevel…
Descriptors: Intervention, Bullying, School Safety, Mental Health
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Rothman, Davis K. – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2004
Examinations profoundly affect students' psychological and emotional well-being. Not surprisingly, in today's test-centered climate test anxiety has become a widespread problem. A new, multi-dimensional treatment approach to test anxiety reduction is presented with both the mental health clinician and educator in mind. Suited to high school,…
Descriptors: Psychotherapy, Group Therapy, Test Anxiety, Well Being