Browsing Master's Theses by Subject "College students--Attitudes"
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21st Century Skills: Student Readiness, Opportunities, and Development
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)The current study examines the broad spectrum of abilities comprising skills needed for success in the workplace by future employees. Considering the skills gap that is identified among literature on future employees ... -
AFTER SIX YEARS... : AN EXAMINATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ABOVETHEINFLUENCE CAMPAIGN ON ITS INITIAL TARGET AUDIENCE
(East Carolina University, 2011)In November 2005, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) implemented a new form of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign (NYAMC). The AboveTheInfluence campaign targets 12-17 year olds, with a specific ... -
An Exploratory Study of the Awareness and Perceptions that Child Life Students Have Regarding Global Service Learning in International Settings
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-17)Global service learning (GSL) opportunities in international settings promote potential benefits for students in health-related disciplines. Child life specialists primarily work in pediatric healthcare settings to provide ... -
COLLEGE STUDENTS ATTITUDES ABOUT DEATH: AN 85-YEAR COMPARISON
(East Carolina University, 2021-05-06)Participants were 216 college students who attended a large university in the South Eastern United States. The present study replicated a survey first administered by Middleton (1936). Snowball sampling was used to increase ... -
Examining the Relationship between Intramural Sports Participation and Sense of Community among College Students
(East Carolina University, 2012)The purpose of this study was to determine if there were statistically significant relationships between intramural sports participation and sense of community among college students. A convenience sample was used, comprised ... -
The Financial Behavior of Emerging Adults : A Family Financial Socialization Approach
(East Carolina University, 2013)The present study examined the role of attachment insecurity, locus of control, and parental financial communication in the financial behavior of emerging adults from a family financial socialization theory perspective. ... -
A New Measure of Counterproductive Student Behavior
(East Carolina University, 2012)Although counterproductive work behaviors have been studied excessively in the realm of organizational psychology, comparatively little research has been conducted on similar behaviors in student populations. Moreover, ... -
Social Support, Health Behaviors, and Academic Success in College Students
(East Carolina University, 2011)The purpose of this study was to examine whether perceived social support was associated with self-efficacy for health promoting behaviors, and whether self-efficacy for health promoting behaviors predicts academic success ... -
The Relationship between Racial Microaggressions and Academic Self-Efficacy Among College Students of Color
(East Carolina University, 2022-10-21)Research suggests that people of color are at-risk of facing racial microaggressions. In the context of schools, students who are recipients of microaggressions have reported either significantly improved or impaired levels ... -
University Students' Perceptions of Stalking : A Mock Law Enforcement Study
(East Carolina University, 2011)This study examined how students from a large southeastern university in the U.S. (N = 177) placed in the position of a law enforcement officer judged hypothetical stalking scenarios. Utilizing a 2 x 2 independent groups ...