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50 Years of ERIC
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Russette, Helen C.; Harris, Kari Jo; Schuldberg, David; Green, Linda – Journal of American College Health, 2014
Objectives: To explore factors influencing compliance with campus tobacco policies and strategies to increase compliance. Participants: Sixty tobacco smokers (April 2012). Methods: A 22-item intercept-interview with closed-and open-ended questions was conducted with smokers in adjacent compliant and noncompliant areas at 1 university with a 100%…
Descriptors: Campuses, Smoking, Compliance (Legal), Discipline Policy
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Schleicher, Holly E.; Harris, Kari Jo; Campbell, Duncan G.; Harrar, Solomon W. – Journal of American College Health, 2012
Objective: This pilot study examined smoking reduction and cessation among college smokers with elevated depressive symptomatology participating in a group-based behavioral counseling, mood management, and motivational enhancement combined intervention (CBT). Participants and Methods: Fifty-eight smokers (smoked 6 days in the past 30) were…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Intervention, Smoking, Behavior Modification
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Schleicher, Holly E.; Harris, Kari Jo; Catley, Delwyn; Nazir, Niaman – Journal of American College Health, 2009
Objective: Expectancies about nicotine's ability to alleviate negative mood states may play a role in the relationship between smoking and depression. The authors examined the role of negative affect regulation expectancies as a potential mediator of depression (history of depression and depressive symptoms) and smoking among college students.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Smoking, Depression (Psychology), Affective Behavior
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Harris, Kari Jo; Stearns, Julee N.; Kovach, Rachel G.; Harrar, Solomon W. – Journal of American College Health, 2009
Objectives: Data on effective strategies to enforce policies banning outdoor smoking are sparse. This study tested the effects of an enforcement package implemented on a college campus. Participants: Thirty-nine observers recorded compliance of 709 outside smokers. Methods: Smoking within 25 feet of buildings was noncompliant. The intervention…
Descriptors: Intervention, Comprehensive School Health Education, Smoking, School Policy
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Koontz, Jennifer Scott; Harris, Kari Jo; Okuyemi, Kolawole S.; Mosier, Michael C.; Grobe, James; Nazir, Niaman; Ahluwalia, Jasjit S. – Journal of American College Health, 2004
About 28% of college students smoke tobacco, and many will continue smoking into adulthood. Although little is known about how to help college students quit smoking. I promising strategy is healthcare providers' advice. To estimate their lifetime receipt of brief advice and to identify characteristics that predict who may receive that advice, 348…
Descriptors: Physicians, College Students, Public Health, Smoking
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Huang, Terry T.-K.; Harris, Kari Jo; Lee, Rebecca E.; Nazir, Niaman; Born, Wendi; Kaur, Harsohena – Journal of American College Health, 2003
The authors surveyed 738 college students aged 18 to 27 years to assess over weight, obesity, dietary habits, and physical activity. They used BMI (body mass index) [greater than or equal to] 25 kg/m[squared] or BMI [greater than or equal to] 85th percentile and BMI [greater than or equal to] 30 kg/m[squared] or BMI [greater than or equal to] 95th…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, College Students, Physical Activities, Obesity