Influence College Students Research Articles

大学生好奇心对学习激情影响的实证研究

大学生好奇心对学习激情影响的实证研究

Factors influencing the Pursuit of IT Certifications

This quantitative study attempted to understand the factors that influence students at the large university in south-eastern United States to pursue Information Technology (IT) certification. The study investigated the problem of determining the factors that influence college students to pursue IT certification along with their academic degree and thereby increase their chances of gaining employment and increasing completion rates for the college resulting in increased state funding. This influence may lead to higher job placement after graduation resulting in an increase in completion rates for each college. The results showed that 91.7% of the respondents were inclined to take the certification exam if it means job security. Of all the participants, 88.4% indicated that they would take the certification exam if their future job requires it. A statistically significant difference was found between students’ rank and their perception on the statement “Schools prepare me for the certification exam.” A statistically significant difference was also found between students’ GPA and their perception on the statement “I am inclined to take the certification exam if I get reimbursed for my testing fee after passing the test.” The goal of the study was to provide information that can be used to improve students’ perceptions of the importance of certifications as well as to identify and address weaknesses in curriculum and/or interaction with students that can be addressed to improve students’ perceptions related to the importance of certificates. It also created a foundation for administrators and instructors in IT programs throughout the educational system to influence students in pursuing IT certification.

Analysis of students’ online shopping behaviour using a partial least squares approach: Case study of Indonesian students

The emergence of the Internet has influenced business methods in the world, which made online shopping has become popular due to its practical strengths. Students are one of the potential markets of online shopping in Indonesia. This research investigates the factors influencing university students’ online shopping behaviour in Surabaya as one of the fastest-growing cities in Indonesia, an important issue that has never been explored. The survey dataset is analyzed by using Structural Equation Modeling-Partial Least Squares (SEM-PLS) as well as PLS Predictive-Oriented Segmentation (PLS-OLS) to group the students based on their online behaviour. Both methods are applied due to the fact that the sample size is relatively small. The analysis shows that the students’ online shopping behaviour is significantly influenced by enjoyment, perceived risk, and social influence. Clustering with PLS-POS leads to three segments of students based on behaviour: those mostly influenced by social influence and perceived risk, those influenced by enjoyment and website quality, and those influenced by website quality and trust and security. These results can be a meaningful knowledge and input for the online business owners in Indonesia in designing their marketing strategy.

The influence of college students’ characteristics on the effect of learning community : focused on self-regulation in collaborative context

The influence of college students’ characteristics on the effect of learning community : focused on self-regulation in collaborative context

Factors that Influence University Students’ Program Choices: The Case of IBSU, Tbilisi, Georgia

Certain decisions made by teenagers as they plan their careers can be hard to change or compensate for later. Wrong choices may lead to the waste of time and money as well. The aim of this piece of research is to find out the factors that influence the individual’s choice of major and university, which is an important step in the educational process by which they orient their future. It is essential for universities to know what students are influenced by because the information is useful in determining where the prospective students can be found and improving their overall standards. The sample population was 316 second-, third- and fourth-year students studying at the International Black Sea University (IBSU) in Georgia. The study employed a mixed methodology, which included qualitative and quantitative research methods. The data were collected through a survey and then analyzed with SPSS. In this research, Georgian teenagers prioritized their personal characteristics and ideas when they made decisions. It has also been found out that outgoing students are especially good at making the right decisions and thus do not consider changing their major or university. Teachers and the community have been found ineffective in the preference for the major, yet they ask for family advice.

Factors Influencing University Students’ Performance: A Comparison of Faculties’ Assumptions with Students’ Perceptions

In the previous research, it was proved that there were so many factors like students’ personal characteristics, family background, learning habits, previous academic background, college environment etc. which influence directly or indirectly the performance of college students in their university examination. The number of such factors has been identified by studying the previous work carried out by different researchers in different geographical areas and boundaries of the world. In many researches, when the opinions of the students and teaching faculties has been taken for similar factors to know the importance of these factors, the significant differences was found in their opinion for some factors. This paper investigates and compares the faculties’ assumptions with the students’ perceptions for various influencing factors. The comparison is done on the basis of their ranking of mean values of the factors allocated by students and faculties independently as per the importance of factors and one way ANOVA is used to check the significance of differences in their opinion. The result shows that there are similarities in the opinions of both, faculties and students, for most of the factors. But for some factors the significant differences in their opinion is also observed. The result of this research can be used for enhancing the performance of students by improving the influencing factors rank-wise. Top ranked factors may be given higher priority. Also this study will provide a platform for continuing the debate on the importance of various influencing factors for engineering students.

Relationships between Sport, Work and Leisure-Time Physical Activity among Lithuanian University Students

Research background and hypothesis. Other than sport physical activity which occurs in occupational, leisure and domestic sectors is often overlooked, meanwhile it also affects health. Previous research revealed that energy expenditure in occupational, domestic and leisure-time domains may infl uence energy expenditure in sports or exercising domain. University students are understudied population in this area. We expected that lower work and leisure-time activity among university students would be associated with their higher sports related activity. Research aim was to examine relationships between sport, work and leisure-time activities in a sample of university students. Research methods. The fi nal sample consisted of 867 students from four Lithuanian universities, 195 (22.5%) were males, their age ranged from 18 to 22 years. Baecke Questionnaire of Habitual Activity (Baecke et al., 1982) was used to assess work, leisure-time and sport physical activity. Research results. Male students scored signifi cantly higher than female in work and sport activity (p < 0.0001), but not in leisure-time activity (p = 0.61). Males and females who were more active in their occupational domain were also twice more active in sports-related activities (OR = 2.22 [95% CI 1.25–3.93] and OR = 2.14 [95% CI, 1.50–3.04] respectively). Females who were more active in leisure-time domain were almost twice more active in sports-related activities (OR = 1.65 [95% CI 1.22–2.21]) as well. Discussion and conclusions. Analysis of the relationships between sports, work and leisure-time physical activities did not confi rm our expectation. The results of the current study revealed that lower physical activity in occupational or leisure-time domains did not determine higher sports related physical activity. Sports-related activity and physical activity in other domains can coexist together in the population of students and possibly depends on variables which infl uence them all. In further research, the broader set of variables infl uencing university students’ habitual physical activity should be taken into account.Keywords: habitual physical activity, physical activity domains, occupation of university students.

Factors related to college students’ self-directed learning with technology

This study investigated factors influencing college students’ self-directed learning with technology. A questionnaire was employed to obtain data from 153 college students on their self-directed learning readiness, the use of Web 2.0 tools for learning, online communication self-efficacy, and computer self-efficacy to predict their self-directed learning with technology. The data were analysed using sequential multiple regression and mediation analyses. The results showed that the predictor variables explained 19% of the variation in self-directed learning with technology. Self-directed learning readiness and the use of Web 2.0 tools for learning were found to be significant predictors of students’ self-directed learning with technology. Moreover, the results indicate that the use of Web 2.0 tools for learning significantly mediated the influence of students’ online communication self-efficacy and computer self-efficacy on their self-directed learning with technology. This study suggests that students be provided with scaffolding or assistance, not only for self-directed learning skills and the use of Web 2.0 tools for learning, but also for computer use and online communication in order to enhance their self-directed learning with technology.

The Influence of College Students’ Social Withdrawal on Satisfaction with Life: With Emphasis on the Mediating Effect of Aggression

The Influence of College Students’ Social Withdrawal on Satisfaction with Life: With Emphasis on the Mediating Effect of Aggression

Who I Am Is Not Who I Was: Temporal Comparisons Mediate the Effect of Listening to Nostalgic Music on Well-Being

Although social comparison theory has long dominated communication research, no studies have applied its corollary premise, temporal comparison theory. An experiment examined how listening to nostalgic music influenced college students’ engagement in two types of temporal comparisons: downward (i.e., musings about how their lives have improved over time) and upward (i.e., musings about how their lives have worsened over time). Results indicated that listening to nostalgic music increased both types of comparisons, but the relative prevalence of each type varied by participants’ reported level of homesickness. Among participants low in homesickness, nostalgic music triggered more downward (relative to upward) temporal comparisons, which enhanced their subjective well-being. Conversely, participants high in homesickness reported equivalent levels of both types of comparisons, and they exhibited no changes in well-being. These findings highlight the value of integrating temporal comparison theory into communication research.

Understanding college students’ intention to consume fruits and vegetables: an application of the Model of Goal Directed Behavior

ABSTRACTThe Model of Goal-directed Behavior (MGB) was used to examine factors influencing college students’ intentions to consume fruit and vegetable (F&V). College students, ages 19 years or older pursuing any undergraduate major at The University of Alabama participated in this cross-sectional study. Participants completed validated survey instruments measuring attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control, intention, positive anticipated emotion, negative anticipated emotion, past behavior and desire. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to examine psychosocial determinants of intention to consume F&V among college students. Desire had a significant positive relationship with intention. Although desire was not significantly influenced by attitude, subjective norm, or perceived behavioral control, positive anticipated emotion had a significant positive relationship with desire. Past behavior had a significant relationship with both desire and intention. In addition, college students’ intention to consume F&V was significantly influenced by perceived behavioral control. Findings from this study suggest that desire is critical in prompting behavior change. Further, factors influencing desire and/or intention in this population include positive anticipated emotions, past behavior and perceived behavioral control.Abbreviations: Model of goal directed behavior – MGB, fruits and vegetable –F&V

Who Influences College Students’ Career Choices? An Empirical Study of Hospitality Management Students

ABSTRACTCareer development theory explains that although graduates can make their own career decisions, such decisions can also be determined by a variety of influences, such as family, school, community, and social factors (K. A. Jungen, 2008). The majority of hospitality management college students are from Generation Y and are influenced by social media. Therefore, the aim of this research was to explore the extent to which different influential career decision-making factors (i.e., advisors, industry mentors, parents, faculty members, and social media) impact hospitality management students. An online survey was used, and 558 completed surveys were collected. The results of this study show that traditional factors can be a greater influence on students’ career decisions than social media. Administrators of hospitality management programs should consider adopting and maximizing both traditional and online approaches to assist students in their career decision making.

‘Student Switch Off!’: how do university students respond to a corporate-sponsored pro-environmental social marketing campaign?

ABSTRACTSponsorship in pro-environmental social marketing campaigns has received limited academic attention within a higher education (HEI) context. This study examines how multi-level variables, i.e. individual (general environmental attitudes), organisational (scepticism toward the HEI’s environmental corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives; perceived HEI behaviour) and campaign-related (attitudes toward the advertisement; attitudes toward the corporate sponsor) factors, influence university students’ environmental intentions in response to a corporate-sponsored environmental initiative; using mixed methods (231 surveys and 40 interviews). Questionnaires revealed that scepticism toward the HEI’s CSR initiatives led to less positive perceptions of the HEI’s environmental behaviour, which decreased positive attitudes toward the advertisement and environmental intentions. Interviews revealed that the corporate sponsor seemed to motivate environmental behavioural intentions due to product discounts related to the sponsorship. Thus, a corporate sponsor may have confounding effects on pro-environmental behaviour campaigns. This has implications for the use of sponsorship in environmental social marketing campaigns.

Reframing Deficit Thinking on Social Class

AbstractThis chapter discusses how deficit thinking around issues of social class can influence college students’ social class identity development.

University Students’ Perceptions of Child Sexual Offenders: Impact of Classroom Instruction

ABSTRACTResearch with the public suggests that knowledge about sexual offenders, especially child sexual offenders, is limited and often inaccurate. In general, the public tends to believe that adults who commit sex crimes against children are pedophiles or monstrous strangers who cannot be rehabilitated. However, there is some evidence to suggest that these perceptions can be changed through curricular intervention. The current study was designed to determine whether a course on sex crimes against children could influence college students’ knowledge and attitudes toward child sexual offenders. In a pretest–post-test design, students enrolled in the sex crimes course endorsed fewer stereotypes had more positive attitudes toward treatment and offender rehabilitation, along with reduced support for punitive sentencing compared with students enrolled in a general psychology class. Implications for improving public attitudes and suggestions for informing public policies are offered.

The Influence of College Students’ perception of Opportunity Inequality on Career Resilience and Career-Preparation Behavior

The Influence of College Students’ perception of Opportunity Inequality on Career Resilience and Career-Preparation Behavior

Families’ Support and Influence on College Students’ Educational Performance

The purpose of this study was to explore families’ support and influence on the educational performance of students on a faith-based campus in northern Indiana, USA. The study answered the following research question: How does families’ support influence college students’ educational performance? This research question was developed after reviewing the literature and coming to the realization that there is little research on families’ influence role in college students’ academic performance. The data was collected through in-depth interviews with 12 students who resided at the college campus. Themes recognized within the study were used to discuss families’ role in students’ academic performance. Considering the families’ role in students’ everyday life and the background support is vital to their educational performance. Themes included: (1) Frequency of contact with family, especially mother; (2) Levels of parental financial involvement; (3) Independence from family; (4) Siblings’ influence on academics; (5) Parents’ spiritual involvement; and (6) Parents’ educational background.

Sustainability attitudes and behavioral motivations of college students

PurposeA planet that can no longer sustain life is a frightening thought – and one that is often present in mass media messages. Therefore, this study aims to test the components of a classic fear appeal theory, the extended parallel process model (EPPM) and to determine how well its constructs predict sustainability behavioral intentions. This study also strove to uncover students’ motivations and attitudes that are not present in the EPPM.Design/methodology/approachAn online survey of 779 college students was conducted.FindingsResults reveal that both threat and efficacy are significant predictors of behavioral intention, consistent with the EPPM. However, an analysis of open-ended comments reveals that subjective normative influence and incentives also play a key role in students performing future sustainable behaviors.Practical implicationsThese findings provide a framework to educators and message designers of sustainability groups on college campuses highlighting the importance of including multiple constructs in their messages to students. Threatening messages will not be enough to increase behavioral intentions. Fear inducing messages must be combined with messages to increase self- and response efficacy. Education is also not the only piece of the puzzle. Students state difficulty in performing some sustainable behaviors as a key barrier, indicating a need to incorporate infrastructure changes at campuses to facilitate greater ease among students to act sustainably.Originality valueThis study tests the EPPM’s utility in helping to find the most effective ways to influence college students’ future behavioral intentions toward acting sustainably.

TV, Social Media, and College Students’ Binge Drinking Intentions: Moderated Mediation Models

Many studies to date have examined how media influence health-related behavior through social norms. However, most studies focused on traditional media. In the era of traditional and social media integration, our study advances health and mass communication scholarship by examining the influence of both traditional and social media mediated through social norms. Also, we examined a boundary condition for the norms-mediated media influence process. Namely, in the context of college binge drinking, we predict that exposure to TV and social media prodrinking messages can influence college students’ binge drinking intentions through perceived peer descriptive and injunctive norms. We also predict that group identification will moderate this indirect effect. Our moderated mediation models were tested via structural equation modeling (N = 609). We found that college students’ exposure to social media prodrinking messages indirectly influenced their binge drinking intentions via perceived injunctive norms, and students’ identification with their peers moderated this indirect effect. However, neither descriptive nor injunctive norms mediated the influence of students’ exposure to TV prodrinking messages on their binge drinking intentions. Theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.

Participation in an intergenerational service learning course and implicit biases

ABSTRACTBiases against the elderly and people with disabilities can lead to discriminatory behaviors. One way to conceptualize attitudes toward the elderly and people with disabilities is through the differentiation of explicit (conscious) and implicit (unconscious) factors. Although both explicit and implicit attitudes and biases contribute to the full picture of peoples’ attitudes, explicit ideas alone may not accurately reflect people’s attitudes. This may be due to societal pressure to conceal explicit biases or the fact that often times, people are not aware they hold prejudiced views. The Implicit Association Test is a computer-based categorization task designed to assess implicit or unconscious attitudes. This test was used in in the current study to assess the impact of an intergenerational service-learning course. We designed this study to determine if greater exposure or contact with the elderly or people with disabilities might influence college students’ implicit attitudes. Pre- and post-assessment of participating students, using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test, found statistically significant decreased biases after participation. Results from this study that suggest participating in an intergenerational service-learning course can positively affect implicit attitudes. This is encouraging, especially because these attitudes are developed over a long period of repeated exposure, are consistently reinforced by cultural factors, and are notoriously difficult to change.