Drunk driving -- Connecticut -- Prevention; College students -- Alcohol use -- Connecticut -- Prevention; College students -- Alcohol use -- Attitudes
Driving while under the influence of intoxicating beverages has been a pervasive problem both in the United States and Europe, resulting in thousands of deaths and injuries. Considerable research has identified college students as being at...
Pregnancy, Unwanted -- Social aspects; Pregnancy, Unwanted -- Psychological aspects
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between perceived stress, social support, and antepartum depression in women experiencing unplanned pregnancies. Following the tenets of attachment theory (Bowlby, 1980), participants in the...
Gambling -- Psychological aspects; College students -- Attitudes
A review of the literature on the gambling behavior of college and university undergraduates explores the prevalence of gambling and also the prevalence of what is variously referred to as problem, pathological, disordered, or compulsive gambling...
Anorexia nervosa -- Social aspects; Stress (Psychology)
This study examined the relationship of feminine gender role stress and anorexic symptoms. Participants included 90 Caucasian female college student volunteers enrolled in psychology courses at Central Connecticut State University. The Feminine...
Psychology and religion; Mental health -- Religious aspects
Throughout the evolution of psychology, scientific study and religion have been
separated into independent realms of knowledge; probably due in large part to the
exclusion of religious experience from secular life in Western culture. The area...
Pathological gambling is a severe, crippling, epidemic in our modern society. Pathological gambling has been linked with a host of personality disorders. The present study will examine the relationship between pathological gambling and the Big...
This study investigated psychological and personality factors related to the onset of cancer. Stressful life events and coping strategies were investigated in a retrospective study of 69 cancer patients from local support groups and their controls....
Time perception; Employees -- Workload; Job satisfaction; Organizational commitment
A number of studies have examined time perception (how people perceive time
to pass), but none have investigated time perception in the workplace. Studies
reviewed here indicate middle-aged people experience time to pass more quickly
than both...
College dropouts -- Prevention; College dropouts; College students -- Psychology
Over the years concerns have increased about retention and attrition in higher education. In order to develop and improve retention services it is important to understand the underlying dynamics associated with institutional departure. As opposed...
Although clinical competence comprises a combination of cognitive, psychomotor, and affective skills the changing healthcare environment now demands more efficient problem solving and decision-making skills. There exists a lack of research within...
Mental illness -- Public opinion; Mental illness -- Social aspects
Individuals with mental illness are often the victims of stigmatization and discrimination from others, which may have severe negative consequences on treatment outcomes, recovery success, and perceived quality of life for such individuals. Such...
Issues in psychological testing of minorities have become problematic over the past couple of years. With the population growth of minorities, there continues to be the need for cultural sensitivity in mental health services. Few studies have...
Rosenthal and colleagues coined the term Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), a mood disorder, which is seasonal and recurs annually in most cases during the fall and winter. The past two decades have witnessed a surge of interest in the disorder,...
Employee assistance programs; Consortia -- Small business -- Personnel management
This thesis describes the development and implementation of a consortium approach to providing small business (fifty employees or fewer) with Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services within seven towns in central Connecticut. The consortium was...
Child development; Child care workers -- Rating of
The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability and validity of a newly-developed questionnaire, The Child Development Index (CDI), designed to assess child care teachers’ knowledge of child development. The CDI was developed in...
Well-being -- Malaysia; Malaysians -- Psychology; Malaysians -- Religious life
While there is considerable literature indicating associations amongst and between religiosity, spirituality, and facets of well-being, it is still unclear as to which dimensions of religiosity and spirituality better predict well-being. The...
Internet users -- Psychology; Television -- Dependency (Psychology); Personality
The present study examined whether relationships between media dependency and personality traits exist. Concerns expressed in the past literature on addiction were found in the areas of personality predispositions, social relationship difficulties,...
Teacher stress and burnout have emerged over the past 20 years as a serious concern for teachers, students and parents. This study tested the hypothesis that teachers who participate in aerobic exercise and have increased parent involvement in...
The present study examined whether relationships between
personality characteristics and emotional reactions to mass
media exist. Specifically, the purpose of this study was
to find out if anxiety sensitivity, neuroticism and
depression, may make...
