Correlational Research Study Research Articles

The Breakfast-Eating Habits of Inner City High School Students

This cross-sectional, descriptive correlational research study describes the breakfast-eating habits of 846 inner-city high school students. Fifty-seven percent of students reported skipping breakfast on the day of the survey, despite the free hot-breakfast program at their high school. Significantly more girls than boys skipped breakfast, and 10th grade students had the highest rate of skipping breakfast. Sixty-four percent of breakfast-skippers cited a lack of time, and 28% stated they could not eat early in the morning. More breakfast eaters reported eating at home (48%); only 14% reported eating at school, with 3% reportedly eating both at home and school. Milk, orange juice, cereal, and foods in the bread group were the most frequently eaten foods. Patterns of eating by gender and by grade level are discussed in this article, as are implications for school nursing, including assessment, teaching, and research. It is important to educate students and parents about the importance of eating breakfast, because it provides an important part of a student's daily intake of nutrients needed for energy, growth, and learning.

Predictors of Organizational Commitment Among Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants

The purpose of this correlational research study was to provide insights into specific extrinsic organizational rewards, extrinsic social rewards, and intrinsic rewards that lead to certified occupational therapy assistants' (COTA) organizational commitment, and how managers and recruiters can utilize this knowledge in developing more effective COTA recruitment and retention strategies. The target population for this investigation included COTAs who worked full-time in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia and were members of the American Occupational Therapy Association. Findings from this study indicated that predictors of COTAs' organizational commitment were determined by intrinsically rewarding job tasks that were supported by their work environment, salary, and promotional opportunities.

Assessment of Self-Motivation and Selected Physiological Characteristics as Predictors of Adherence to Exercise in a Corporate Setting

Abstract The intent of this investigatian was to determine if self-motivation and selected physiological characteristics could be used to predict whether persons would complete a structured exercise/fitness program in a corporate setting. The investigation was a correlational design research study involving one group of subjects being measured on individual difference variables. Regression analysis was the statistical technique applied in the behavioral research study. This analysis utilized the relation between two or more quantitative variables so that one variable could be predicted from the other. Ninety-four volunteer subjects who enrolled in a major corporate health/fitness program in New Jersey were participants in the study. Data collected from each subject included: (1) 13 physiological health variables; (2) a score on the Self-Motivation Inventory; and (3) adherence to the structured exercise program based upon attendance records in the corporate health/fitness center. Based upon the statistical...