OBJECTIVE This study examined several questions about the diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a young adult college student population. The primary goal was to examine the clinical utility and predictive validity of college student and parent ratings for predicting a diagnostic status of ADHD. METHOD In the present study, 86 college students and their parents compl...

We draw on administrative data from the country of Colombia to assess differences in student learning online and traditional on-campus college programs. The Colombian context is uniquely suited study this topic, as students take a compulsory exit examination at end their studies. can therefore directly compare performance exam for programs both across within institutions, degrees, majors. Using...

1 RN. Ph.D. Master’s student, Graduate Program in Public Health Nursing, University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. [email protected] 2 RN. Ph.D. Master’s student, Graduate Program in Public Health Nursing, University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. [email protected] 3 RN, Ph.D., Professor, Maternal...

A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGICAL ANDROGYNY AND COLLEGE ADJUSTMENT AMONG KOREAN AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS by Daniel Donghyun Kim Chair: Frederick Kosinski R eproduced with perm ission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without perm ission. ABSTRACT OF GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH DissertationOF GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH Dissertation Andrews University Departmen...

Research has shown that college student-athletes are at increased risk for hazardous alcohol use. As such, this study examined social and cognitive influences on athletes’ alcohol consumption by exploring the association between injunctive norms (parental, teammate, and coach approval) and hazardous alcohol use among college athletes, and testing whether alcohol expectancy outcomes and valuatio...

Research shows that middle school is an important juncture for a student where he or she starts to be conscious about academic achievement and thinks about college attendance. It is already known that access to financial resources, family background, career aspirations and academic ability are indicative of a student’s choice to attend college; though these variables are interesting, they do no...

OBJECTIVE Gambling and alcohol use were compared for college and noncollege young adults in the US population. PARTICIPANTS Participants were 1,000 respondents aged 18 to 21. METHODS Data were analyzed from a representative household sample of US young people aged 14 to 21 years old. Telephone interviews were conducted between August 2005 and January 2007. RESULTS After taking into accoun...

FIGURE 1. Posteroanterior chest roentgenogram illtmstrating wellcircumscribed homogeneous right tmpper lobe cystic lesion. deferred while a second opinion was obtained. The patient felt well and specifically denied fever, chills, chest pain, sputum production, hemoptysis, o)r previous episodes of pneumonia. She had no known exposure to tuberculosis and no prior history of surgery. She was recei...