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Peer influence contexts of alcohol use among first-year college students: Investigating the roles of race, ethnicity, and gender through multigroup measured variable structural equation modeling
(2006-12-18)
The study purpose was to examine the contributions of peer context variables to the explanation of alcohol use of first-year college students by racial-ethnic group and by gender. Social norms theory and the theories of ...
Leadership Self Efficacy for College Students with a Learning Disability
(2008-05-05)
This thesis explored the pre-college and college factors that contribute to the outcome of leadership efficacy for college students with a learning disability, an area with little prior research. Data from 717 undergraduate ...
Engaging in Community Service and Citizenship: A Comparative Study of Undergraduate Students Based Upon Community Service Participation Prior to College
(2008-05-06)
This study addressed community service participation and citizenship among undergraduate students, based upon participation in community service prior to college. In particular, this study investigated three service groups: ...
Seeing the canvas through the eyes of the painter: The experience of secular Jewish college students
(2004-02-10)
This hermeneutic phenomenological study is concerned with understanding authentic Being and our experience of the Other within the context of higher education. By engaging phenomenologically with college students in the ...
Differences among Latinos in Anticipated College Experience and Use of College Services by college generational status and gender
(2007-12-10)
This study was to determine whether differences in Anticipated College Experience and Anticipated Use of College Services exist between first-generation and continuing generation college Latino students, and between male ...
An examination of the relationship between students' interaction with host nationals while on study abroad and their development of intercultural sensitivity
(2004-05-12)
This study examined the relationship between students' interactions with host nationals while on study abroad and their development of intercultural sensitivity. The theoretical base was drawn from Allport's (1954) contact ...
Cocurricular Involvement, Formal Leadership Roles, and Leadership Education: Experiences Predicting College Student Socially Responsible Leadership Outcomes
(2006-05-31)
This thesis explored gender differences in socially responsible leadership outcomes and the extent to which cocurricular involvement, holding formal leadership roles, and participating in leadership programs contributed ...
The Development and Technical Characteristics of the Measure of College Students' Organizational Skills
(2004-08-06)
This purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Measure of College Students' Organizational Skills (MCSOS), a self-report measure of organization skills of college students. The 60 item measure ...
"Putting My Man Face On": A Grounded Theory of College Men's Gender Identity Development
(2007-04-26)
The purpose of this grounded theory study was to explore the process of college men's gender identity development. Conducted from a social constructivist epistemological paradigm, through a social justice theoretical lens, ...
Integrative Learning as a Developmental Process: A Grounded Theory of College Students' Experiences in Integrative Studies
(2007-05-16)
The purpose of this grounded theory study was to learn how students in an explicitly integrative learning environment make meaning of and understand integrative learning. The research questions that guided this study ...