Relationships between patterns of extradyadic involvement (EDI) and adult attachment were examined separately with undergraduates and community adults reporting prior EDI. Those with fearful or preoccupied styles reported more intimacy motivations for EDI, and undergraduates with these styles also reported more self-esteem motivations. Conversely, those with a dismissive style reported more aut...

The study surveyed the use of Internet among undergraduate students in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. 240 questionnaires were distributed using a stratified sampling method. A total of 190 questionnaires were returned and all were usable. The access point for using Internet among the undergraduates was mostly the computer center of Dhaka University. Findings reveale...

Healthy children and undergraduates were observed for hand preference and measured for hand skill in representative samples collected over some years. Writing and throwing were observed for 2844 participants drawn from primary, secondary and higher levels of education. The 12 actions of a standard questionnaire were observed for 2388 secondary school children and undergraduates. These findings ...

OBJECTIVE To describe the prevalence of daily cigarette use among Canadian undergraduates. Estimates are also compared to earlier Ontario surveys. METHODS Data are drawn from the Canadian Campus Survey, a national mail survey, conducted in the fall of 1998, with a random sample of 7,800 students from 16 universities. RESULTS Overall, 17.1% reported daily cigarette smoking and 10.4% reported...

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The tendency to believe that one's own risk is less than that of others may reduce interest in health-protective behaviors. This article describes 4 attempts to reduce such optimistic biases. In Study 1, New Jersey residents (N = 222) were provided with lists of risk factors for several health problems. This manipulation was strengthened in Study 2 by presenting risk factors in such a way that ...

The capacity of secondary school teachers to support general literacy and to teach discipline-specific literacy skills depends upon their personal literacy competence. Diagnostic testing of 203 secondary teaching undergraduates at one Australian university revealed deficiencies in personal literacy competence that could affect their future teaching effectiveness. The sample of undergraduates wa...

This study investigated the influence of demographic factors on undergraduates’ perception of courtship and its relationship with premarital sex using the University of Abuja, Abuja as case study. Demographic factors identified in the study were family background, university environment, peers and social media. These factors were examined to determine their influence on the perception of underg...

To understand the barriers to tuberculosis (TB) control and prevention in undergraduate students and to propose the strategies to improve this work, we conducted in-depth interviews with three groups of individuals in infirmaries of universities and colleges, TB departments of district Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCs), and undergraduates with TB. The study identified four major...

Context Recent national reports (National Academy of Engineering, 2003; National Academy of Engineering, 2004; National Academy of Engineering, 2005) highlight the importance of promoting the development of ethical behavior among undergraduates. Academic dishonesty (i.e., cheating) provides one measure of ethical behavior, and it is particularly problematic on college campuses, with upwards of ...