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Wawrzynski, Matthew R.; Lemon, Jacob D. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2021
This study explored trends in health and wellness peer educator training using five years of data from a multi-institutional study. Findings indicated training increased among 17 health and wellness topics over five years, and peer educators utilized the knowledge gained in their training to facilitate programs and engage in educational…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Student Leadership, Undergraduate Students, Health Promotion
Robiadek, Katherine M.; Strachan, J. Cherie; Bennion, Elizabeth A. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2019
The National Survey of Student Leaders (NSSL) is the first initiative extending scholarly insights about democratic benefits of participation in civil society associations to student organizations and their leaders on campus in order to assess democratic engagement as well as civic and political learning. This article describes NSSL and presents…
Descriptors: Democracy, Student Organizations, Student Leadership, Citizenship Education
Li, Xiaojie; Lee, Jenny – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2018
This study sought to examine international students' satisfaction with work availability while enrolled and the factors that influenced this satisfaction through the acquisitions and mergers framework. The findings indicated that a notable portion of international students might be treated as acquisitions, based on their self-reports of low work…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Attitudes, College Students, Guidelines
Harris, Jessica C.; BrckaLorenz, Allison; Nelson Laird, Thomas F. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2018
The research presented in this article utilizes data from four years of the National Survey of Student Engagement to shed light on the biracial student population and their engagement practices in postsecondary contexts. Specifically, this study explored the ways in which biracial students with different racial heritages engage differently from…
Descriptors: Multiracial Persons, Racial Identification, College Freshmen, College Seniors
McClure, Kevin; Ryder, Andrew J. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2018
This study sought to better understand the relationship between access to spending money and students' social relationships with peers through a survey and four follow-up focus groups at a public regional comprehensive university. Using sense of belonging as a conceptual lens, findings demonstrated that spending money was a significant influence…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Followup Studies, Focus Groups, College Students
Tompkins, Amanda; Cook, Trevor; Miller, Emily; LePeau, Lucy A. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2017
The purpose of this study was to better understand the impact of gender in study abroad participation rates and intercultural competence. The researchers aimed to identify the differences in intercultural competence between men and women and those who have and have not studied abroad. A mixed methods survey indicated there are significant…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Gender Differences, Student Participation, Intercultural Programs
Mackert, Michael; Champlin, Sara; Mabry-Flynn, Amanda – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2017
The purpose of this study was twofold: Assess health literacy among college students using an accepted assessment tool (the Newest Vital Sign, NVS) and utilize different methods of administration to explore strategies for practically increasing usage of health literacy measurement tools--which currently emphasize in-person, oral administration.…
Descriptors: Health, Literacy, Measurement Techniques, Testing
Lowinger, Robert; Song, Hyun-a – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2017
This study explored Asian American students' likelihood of selecting STEM over liberal arts or business college majors using the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002. Student-level variables were the strongest predictors of college major, followed by parent-level variables, and background variables. Academic achievement and interest were the…
Descriptors: Asian American Students, STEM Education, Majors (Students), College Choice
Lewis, Todd; Wahesh, Edward – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2017
Participants included 483 undergraduate drinkers who were assessed on drinking motives and alcohol behaviors. Results indicated differences in coping drinking motives and alcohol-related negative consequences between first-generation college students (FGCS) and continuing generation college students (CGCS) status depended on sex. Implications for…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Drinking, Undergraduate Students, Coping
Skipper, Tracy L.; Keup, Jennifer R. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2017
Open-ended data from the 2009 National Survey of Peer Leaders were analyzed to explore the impact of peer leadership on academic performance. While most participants suggested the experience had no effect on academics, perceptions varied by role. Peer leaders in academic and community service roles described increased skills and understanding of…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Peer Influence, Leadership, Academic Achievement
Fink, John E.; McShay, James C.; Hernandez, Pamela – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2016
Student affairs practitioners at a large, mid-Atlantic research university created a learning community directed by the student union to support community college transfer students. The authors examined qualitative data and pre/post surveys from 40 learning community participants in the program's pilot year. Results suggested favorable effects of…
Descriptors: Student Unions, Communities of Practice, Role Perception, Student Personnel Services
Pittman, Edward C.; Foubert, John D. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2016
This study examined whether professional involvement, supervision style, and mentoring predicted the professional identity of graduate students and new professionals in student affairs. Results of the study show that all three independent variables predicted the professional identity development of graduate students. Supervision style of a…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Student Personnel Services, Predictor Variables, Supervisory Methods
Palmer, Jane E.; Perrotti, Carmine – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2016
In light of calls for higher educational institutions to conduct surveys on sexual victimization, the purpose of this study was to compare the sexual victimization estimates for male and female college students from two types of surveys conducted by the same university in 2011 and 2013. Results indicate that question wording significantly affects…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harassment, Victims of Crime, Measurement Techniques
Johnson, Thomas C.; Frick, Melodie H. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2016
This study investigated millennial students' responses to an armed gunman threat and shelter-in-place warnings that occurred on a university campus. Using descriptive statistics and quantitative analysis, several significant differences were found for students' responses for sheltering-in-place and engaging in protective behaviors. Baxter Magolda'…
Descriptors: Investigations, Generational Differences, Statistical Analysis, School Safety
Benfield, Jacob A.; Bernstein, Michael J.; Shultz, Norah – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2016
Using social psychological theory, the authors demonstrate in two studies, one cross sectional and one experimental, commitment interventions for timely course scheduling can significantly hasten course-scheduling behavior. Using a simple intervention, the authors were able to alter a regularly occurring student behavior tied to both retention and…
Descriptors: Scheduling, Social Psychology, Intervention, Student Behavior