College Students Research Articles

Links Between Racial Discrimination and College Student Mental and Physical Health: Examination of Parent-Youth Relationships as Protective Factors

Links Between Racial Discrimination and College Student Mental and Physical Health: Examination of Parent-Youth Relationships as Protective Factors

Hurricane Katrina survivor uses her experience to step up for college students facing challenges

Rhonda Mouton, Ed.D., understands what it's like to face housing uncertainty. In 2005, she and her family fled New Orleans just prior to Hurricane Katrina. She lost her home and her daycare business and had to begin anew.

General Self-efficacy and Other Predictors of Grade Point Average (GPA) in College Students of Kathmandu, Nepal

General self-efficacy refers to individuals' belief in their ability to manage their functioning and influence life events. It can be influenced by various factors such as personal achievements, observed experiences, encouragement, and emotional states. We aimed this study to examine the relationship between general self-efficacy and other demographic factors in predicting Grade Point Average (GPA) among college students. The power analysis indicated minimum of 385 data points for unknown population, however we followed the rules of thumb that more data equals better results. This cross-sectional survey involved 527 college students from the Kathmandu Valley, representing various age groups, genders, ethnicities, religious affiliations, marital statuses, residential locations, education levels, faculties, and years of study. We targeted only two colleges to collect the data; however, the online portal of data collection allowed students to provide the data from other institutions as well. Students were selected through opportunity sampling, and data were collected using the General Self-Efficacy Scale between September 8 and November 2, 2022. Our findings indicate no significant relationship between general self-efficacy and GPA. Ethnicity (Janajati), religion (Buddhists), education level (high school), faculty (management), and institution type (private) were identified as significant predictors of GPA, while gender, age, marital status, and residential location did not predict GPA. The study provides valuable insights into how demographic factors, rather than self-efficacy, influence academic performance, offering useful information for educational strategies aimed at improving student outcomes.

Peer support, psychological capital and employment anxiety among Chinese senior college students

Peer support, psychological capital and employment anxiety among Chinese senior college students

Factors Affecting Impulsive Product and Service Buying Behavior: A Study of College Students in the Kathmandu Valley

Impulsive buying is the tendency of a customer to buy goods and services without planning. The study's objective is to determine the factors affecting the impulsive buying behavior of the students in Kathmandu Valley. The study was based on the cross-sectional research design which followed the quantitative design. The study targeted college-level students studying at Bachelor's and Master's level in Kathmandu Valley. 200 students were selected from different colleges through a simple random sampling technique. A well-structured closed-ended survey questionnaire was developed and disseminated in a well-organized manner to respondents to collect the primary data from the field and analyzed systematically in 2023. The study analyzed the data using statistical tools like frequency distribution, mean, standard deviation, and correlation to derive the findings. The study finds that social influence is considered the first important cause influencing impulsive buying behavior. Similarly, it is followed by emotional triggers, lack of control, and financial resources influencing respectively. The study also shows that there was a strong relationship between social influence and impulse buying behavior. Business organizations should strategically leverage social factors in marketing campaigns to tap into this influential aspect of consumer behavior. Future researchers need to survey another variable with a large sample size by applying different methods.

Empathy, emotional expression and peer relationship among Chinese college students

Empathy, emotional expression and peer relationship among Chinese college students

‘But you’re Asian! How can you not do well in higher education?’

ABSTRACT Asian American college students have increased significantly in the United States, yet little is known about Asian male immigrant doctoral students’ experiences on college campuses. The author links tenets of AsianCrit with counterstories of his encounters with and resistance against whiteness in research preparation and work settings as a Chinese immigrant doctoral student at a predominantly white institution in the Pacific Northwest. Implications include how scholars can historicise research on Asian immigrant doctoral students, combine critical theories to interpret the racialisation and strategic (anti)essentialism of Asian immigrant doctoral students, and use Asian immigrant doctoral students’ counterstories to advocate for just systemic changes. The article concludes by discussing the importance of caring for the well-being of Asian immigrant doctoral students, and empowering them to share their racialised counterstories for justice and healing.

The role of anxiety in the association between nutrition literacy and health-related quality of life among college students.

The health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of college students is not promising and needs to be improved through effective interventions. This study aimed to investigate the associations of nutrition literacy (NL) with HRQOL and anxiety among college students, and to identify the role of anxiety in the relationship between NL and HRQOL. The cross-sectional survey was conducted via the "Wenjuanxing" platform from September to November 2023. The Food and Nutrition Literacy Questionnaire (FNLQ), the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) diagnostic tool and the SF-12 scale were used to assess NL, anxiety, and HRQOL, respectively. Logistic regression models, mediation analysis, additive and multiplicative interaction analyses were used. 2066 college students participated in the analysis. After adjusting for potential confounders, we found that college students with higher NL had higher HRQOL (OR = 2.52, 95% CI: 2.09-3.03, p < 0.001) and a lower risk of anxiety (OR = 0.53, 95% CI: 0.39-0.73, p < 0.001). Additionally, anxious college students had lower HRQOL (OR = 0.16, 95% CI: 0.11-0.24, p < 0.001). Furthermore, mediation analysis confirmed that anxiety was a partial mediator of the relationship between NL and HRQOL (β = 0.600, 95% CI: 0.406-0.779/0.430-0.818). Significant additive interactions were found between NL and Anxiety (RERI = 6.96, 95% CI: 2.74-11.17; AP = 0.51, 95% CI: 0.37-0.64; SI = 2.21, 95% CI: 1.58-3.07). Higher levels of NL are associated with better HRQOL and lower anxiety among college students. Additionally, anxiety partially mediated the relationship between NL and HRQOL. Furthermore, there is a synergy between NL and anxiety.

Error management culture and college students’ self-development: The serial mediating roles of grit and learning from failure

ABSTRACT Fostering college students’ appropriate attitudes and behaviours towards errors and failures holds significant benefits for their future-oriented career development, such as self-development. Based on Conservation of Resources theory (COR), this study aims to set a linkage between error management culture (EMC) and college students’ self-development via grit and learning from failure. The sample for this study comprised 192 respondents from three universities located in the central, northern, and southwestern regions of China. The results indicate that: (1) EMC predicts college students’ self-development; (2) grit and learning from failure mediate the relationship between EMC and self-development serially. The findings contribute to the literature by shedding light on the significance of EMC as a predictor of self-development, elucidating the underlying mechanism, and recognising the long-term benefits of learning from failure.

Examining the Association between Social Media Use and Dietary Habits among College Students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Food culture plays a vital role in societal dynamics, with various factors influencing dietary choices beyond hunger. Among these factors are external eating, triggered by environmental cues, and emotional eating, which are common stress-coping mechanisms among college students. Social media has a significant impact on nutrition by providing access to food-related content, which can lead to restrictive diets or unhealthy eating habits. High social media engagement is associated with an increased risk of chronic diet-related conditions such as metabolic syndrome. This study investigated the association between social media use and dietary habits among college students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The cross-sectional study surveyed 401 participants online. The findings revealed that 74.6% of participants were women, with a mean age of 20.75 years. A significant portion (51.9%) reported spending over four hours daily on social media, with TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube being the primary sources of nutritional information. Statistical analysis indicated significant differences in dietary scores related to having children, medical conditions, and social media usage time. This study highlights the negative impact of extensive social media use on dietary habits and suggests the need for targeted public health interventions. Recommendations include promoting reliable nutrition-related content on social media, offering affordable healthy food options on campuses, and conducting further research to establish causality between social media use and dietary habits.

The Usage of Paylater Among College Students: The Role of Self-Control, Hedonistic Conformity, and Family Financial Education

Research aims: The increasing phenomenon of the unwise use of Paylater in society, even among college students, is interesting to review further. This study aims to test the role of self-control and hedonistic conformity with the moderation of family financial education on the use of Paylater by university students.Design/Methodology/Approach: Primary data was obtained through a survey involving 117 respondents who have or are currently using the Paylater service. Furthermore, the data was processed using the Partial Least Squares (PLS) method.Research findings: This study produced the following findings: hedonistic conformity was proven to have a positive effect on the use of Paylater in the full sample and in two sub-samples. This finding is in line with the TPB modification used in this research, hedonic conformity as a proxy for subjective norms has been shown to contribute positively to the use of Paylater among colleege students. Meanwhile, the role of family financial education has not been proven to moderate the regression path of self-control and hedonic conformity on the use of Paylater.Theoretical Contribution/Originality: This study contributes to enriching the literature on personal financial management, especially regarding the use of Paylater based on internal and external factors of students.Practitioners/Policy Implications: These results offer recommendations for personal financial management, especially for university students, to avoid the risk of being trapped by Paylater by paying attention to their social community and prioritizing family financial education.Research Limitations/Implications: Respondents were mostly undergraduate students, so this study cannot explain the dynamics of financial behavior among undergraduate and postgraduate students who have different demographic characteristics. Therefore, future research needs to analyze different sample groups to enrich the scientific perspective. Furthermore, to provide depth of analysis, this study proposes to add other internal aspects of the individual to the TPB theoretical framework (e.g.: perception of usury and financial risk tolerance). Last but not least, regarding the development of indicators from the family financial education variable that does not yet include personal debt management education items, hence this indicator can be added as a proxy for this variable to obtain in-depth measurements.

Materialism in Chinese college students during 2007-2020: The influence of social change on the inclining trend.

Materialism is fundamental to the human value or goal system; therefore, an understanding of its level among Chinese college students and its changes over time is of great value. In the present study, a cross-temporal meta-analysis was performed by reviewing studies that conducted Material Values Scale-based assessment of the materialism level among Chinese university students from 2007 to 2020. Moreover, a time lag analysis was performed to clarify whether variations in materialism level are interpretable with macro-social indicators. Finally, 82 articles on studies enrolling a total of 45,966 Chinese university students were reviewed. The materialism score significantly increased on a yearly basis. Furthermore, macro-social changes in diverse areas, including economic condition (gross domestic product per capita, consumption level of all residents and national disposable income per capita), social connectedness (urbanisation degree and divorce ratio) and overall threat (rate of university enrollment), were the major factors influencing the degree of materialism among the students. By identifying the inclining trend of materialism among these college students across time and using relevant macro-social indicators, a theoretical three-dimensional framework was established to elucidate the degree of materialism among Chinese college students as a group.

CAMPUS CONNECT

The project named “Campus Connect” is aimed to create a centralized web-based platform that is intended to fill the gap between fresh graduates and target employers. The system will be an online web application that can be accessed by the college student , the company and the college itself with proper login provided. The system can be used as an application for student or the fresher’s to apply for the job. This application is built using modern web development technologies, ensuring the scalability and ease of use. It also aims to reduce efforts with campus placement. The entire recruitment process gets easy for both the students and the recruiters. This campus connect platform enhances the experience of seeking a job for fresher’s. It also postthe opportunities of job and also help for hiringprocess. This system is designed with three user roles: students, college as a mediators, recruiterseach are provided with special login access and functionalities.

First-Generation College Students’ Intergenerational Narratives of Redemption and Upward Mobility

SYNOPSIS Objective. This study explored the role of intergenerational narratives in the motivations and goals of first-generation college students. Design. Reflexive thematic analysis examined narrative responses to open-ended questions regarding their motivations and goals for college enrollment. Results. Analyses generated a central theme: breaking the family cycle of poverty to achieve upward mobility. This theme included three subthemes: attaining financial stability, obtaining a higher level of education than their family, and challenging oppressive university and societal systems for a better future. The participants often approached their intergenerational narratives in two distinct ways: “self-initiated” and “parent-initiated.” In parent-initiated narratives, participants centered their parents in their intergenerational stories. They stated that their parents’ stories inspired them to attend college, break the cycle of poverty, and avoid the hardships their parents experienced. Conversely, in self-initiated narratives, participants centered themselves in the intergenerational stories. They expressed their aspirations to break the family cycle of poverty and avoid the challenges they and their families faced while growing up. Conclusions. These findings underscore how first-generation college students’ intergenerational redemption narratives shape their motivations for pursuing higher education and life goals.

Attachment and problematic smartphone use among Indonesian college students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a serial mediation model

Attachment and problematic smartphone use among Indonesian college students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a serial mediation model

Perceived stress and life satisfaction: the mediating roles of sport commitment and mobile phone addiction

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between perceived stress and life satisfaction under the influence of mobile phone addiction and sport commitment. Participants were recruited from eight universities located in six Chinese cities, naming Chongqing, Maoming, Nanjing, Suzhou, Shijiazhuang, and Zhengzhou. The sample consisted of 575 participants enrolled in Chinese universities, with 309 (53.7%) being female students. The mediation model was tested under the structural equation modeling framework using Mplus. Results showed that (1) perceived stress had a direct and negative impact on life satisfaction, and it also had indirect effects through the two mediators; (2) perceived stress positively predicted mobile phone addiction, which, in turn, negatively impacted life satisfaction; (3) perceived stress negatively predicted sport commitment, which, in turn, positively impacted life satisfaction. By emphasizing the mediating roles of mobile phone addiction and sport commitment, our findings highlight the importance of addressing these factors in interventions aimed at encouraging college students’ well-being. Implications for intervention design to promoter health among university students should take into account the mediating roles of mobile phone addiction and sport commitment.

How to boost college students’ pro-environmental behavior: the implicit theory perspective

Purpose This study aims to examine how higher education can overcome some of the psychological barriers to pro-environmental behavior among college students by cultivating growth mindset of nature and to investigate whether, how and when growth mindset of nature can enhance pro-environmental behavior. Design/methodology/approach A three-wave survey was conducted to collect quantitative data on growth mindset of nature, connectedness with nature, pro-environment behavior and pro-environmental school climate among 283 undergraduate college students at two universities in China. This study used the Process Macro for SPSS (models 4 and 14) to reveal the effects of direct, mediating and moderated mediation. Findings The findings showed that growth mindset of nature positively affected students’ pro-environment behavior. Moreover, growth mindset of nature contributed to pro-environment behavior through the beneficial effects of connectedness with nature. In particular, positive pro-environmental school climate strengthens the mediating effects of connectedness with nature on the relationship between growth mindset of nature and pro-environment behavior. Practical implications Growth mindset of nature provides a vital impetus for facilitating college students’ pro-environmental behavior so that universities can incorporate sustainable development, climate change and environmental sustainability into curricula to cultivate students’ growth mindset of nature. Furthermore, educators could develop students’ connectedness with nature through environmental education by directly exposing them to nature. Finally, the pro-environmental school climate is the essential social-environmental nourishment for college students’ pro-environmental behavior. Originality/value This study advances implicit theory by introducing implicit beliefs to the environmental realm. Meanwhile, this study solves the puzzle concerning why people are aware of increasingly serious environmental issues, yet few are really engaged in pro-environmental behavior. A second contribution lies in extending the application of the pro-environmental climates into educational contexts to uncover the “black box” of how growth mindset of nature promotes college students’ pro-environmental behavior. Finally, this study enriches the literature on connectedness with nature by exploring the mediating mechanism of connectedness with nature between growth mindset of nature and pro-environmental behavior.

The association between dietary knowledge based on the Chinese Dietary Guidelines and adherence to healthy dietary habits: a large-scale cross-sectional study

IntroductionPrevious systematic review has shown that individuals with more comprehensive dietary knowledge tend to engage in healthier eating patterns among American or European population. However, research on the association between dietary knowledge based on the Chinese Dietary Guidelines and healthy dietary behaviors, particularly among adolescents and college students in China, is lacking. This study aimed to examine the association between dietary knowledge based on the Chinese Dietary Guidelines and adherence to healthy dietary behaviors among adolescents and college students in China.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted in China in August and October 2023. The study involved 527 adolescents and 11,856 college students. A convenience and cluster sampling methodology was employed to select one or two grades from 33 different university majors. The dietary behaviors of college students were evaluated by assessing their consumption of nine food groups: water, eggs, milk and milk products, vegetables, fruit, red meat, soy and soy products, seafood, and sugar-sweetened beverages. The dietary behaviors of adolescents were evaluated by assessing their consumption of five food groups: fast food, salty snack foods, fruits, vegetables, and soft drinks and sugared fruit beverages. The participants’ dietary knowledge was assessed using the Chinese Dietary Guidelines. The relationship between dietary knowledge and behaviors was examined using a multivariate logistic regression analysis.ResultsThe questionnaire response rate was 100.0%. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed a significant positive association between dietary knowledge and the likelihood of exhibiting diverse dietary behaviors among college students. After adjusting for gender, age, family income, place of residence, and parents’ education levels, the results demonstrated a positive association between dietary knowledge and adherence to 4–8 eating habits among college students. In contrast, similar association was not observed among adolescent.ConclusionThis study revealed a significant association between dietary knowledge based on the Guidelines and adherence to healthy dietary behaviors among college students in China. That is to say, the higher the level of dietary knowledge based on the Guidelines among college students, the healthier the dietary behaviors they tend to adopt in their daily lives. These findings indicate the necessity of developing educational interventions based on the Guidelines to enhance dietary knowledge among individuals with limited dietary knowledge. Such interventions could facilitate the acquisition of essential health-related knowledge and strengthen motivation to engage in healthy dietary behaviors. Future studies should employ longitudinal prospective designs or randomized controlled trials in order to establish a causal association between dietary knowledge based on the Guidelines and healthy dietary behaviors.

Text "HEALER": Using Text Mentorship to Engage American Indians and Alaska Natives Interested in the Health Professions.

ProblemThe persistent underrepresentation of American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIANs) in the health professions and the decline of AIAN matriculants into health-related programs suggest interventions are needed. The authors developed Healers, a text message mentoring service, to engage and support AIANs interested in the health professions.ApproachHealers, launched in 2018, seeks to reach urban and rural high school/college-aged AIANs and other AIANs. Individuals subscribe by texting "HEALER" to a numeric code using their mobile device. Two concurrent intervention strategies include: (1) a 17-week schedule of scripted texts and (2) live weekly office hours with 2 health pathway coaches. During the pilot year (June 2018-June 2019), participants were recruited via national conferences, health fairs, social media, and word of mouth. Intake and exit surveys were conducted. Content analysis of text messages received during office hours was conducted.OutcomesDuring the pilot, 304 subscribers opted into Healers and generated 2,933 text messages. Intake survey respondents included high school students (n = 18/77, 23.4%), college students (n = 29/77, 37.7%), and others (n = 29/77, 37.7%). They represented 60 Tribes from 28 U.S. states. Among exit survey respondents, 26/28 (92.9%) reported Healers was useful, 25/27 (92.6%) reported it exposed them to new health professions, 26/27 (96.3%) expressed stories from AIAN health professionals were valuable, and 25/26 (96.2%) reported pursuing a health professions career seemed possible. Five themes emerged from the analysis of the 346 participant texts received during office hours: cultural support, mentorship, opportunities, wellness, and community building.

Exploring Nomophobia: A Cross-Sectional Study on the Prevalence Among College Students in the Chengalpattu District, India

Exploring Nomophobia: A Cross-Sectional Study on the Prevalence Among College Students in the Chengalpattu District, India