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Differences between white Americans and Asian Americans for social responsibility, individual right and intentions regarding organ donation.

29 Jun 2009 This study examined factors affecting intention to enroll in an organ donor registry and intention to talk to family about organ donation. Participants indicated their views about maintaining body integrity as an individual right and donating organs ...
rec_pub_19515686-differences-white-americans-asian-americans-social-responsibility.htm

Attrition bias in a U.S. Internet survey of alcohol use among college freshmen.

29 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVE: Attrition bias is an important issue in survey research on alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use. The issue is even more salient for Internet studies, because these studies often have higher rates of attrition than face-to-face or ...
rec_pub_19515302-attrition-bias-u-s-internet-survey-alcohol-use-college-freshmen.htm

College students' responses to a 5/4 drinking question and maximum blood alcohol concentration calculated from a timeline followback questionnaire.

29 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVE: Many surveys employed to study college drinking ask whether students have had a five-drink (for men) or four-drink (for women) episode in one sitting at least once during the previous 2 weeks to indicate risky or heavy episodic drinking. ...
rec_pub_19515301-college-students-responses-5-4-drinking-question-maximum-blood.htm

Effect of precollege drinking intentions on women's college drinking as mediated via peer social influences.

29 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVE: The study examined the impact of precollege drinking intentions on college heavy episodic drinking (HED) in a sample of women making the transition from high school to college. We hypothesized that the effects of drinking intentions on ...
rec_pub_19515298-effect-precollege-drinking-intentions-women-s-college-drinking.htm

Differences in the drinking behaviors of Chinese, Filipino, Korean, and Vietnamese college students.

29 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVE: This study examined alcohol drinking behaviors across ethnic subgroups of Asian college students by gender, foreign-born status, and college-related living arrangements. METHOD: Univariate and ordinal logistic regression analyses were ...
rec_pub_19515297-differences-drinking-behaviors-chinese-filipino-korean-vietnamese.htm

A randomized clinical trial evaluating a combined alcohol intervention for high-risk college students.

29 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVE: The current study is a multisite randomized alcohol prevention trial to evaluate the efficacy of both a parenting handbook intervention and the Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS) intervention, alone and ...
rec_pub_19515296-a-randomized-clinical-trial-evaluating-combined-alcohol-intervention.htm

Harmful effects of preexisting inappropriate highlighting on reading comprehension and metacognitive accuracy.

29 Jun 2009 Previous research has shown that preexisting inappropriate highlighting of text could impair reading comprehension. In addition to replicating this effect, the authors investigated the impact of preexisting highlighting on measures of metacognition. ...
rec_pub_19650523-harmful-effects-preexisting-inappropriate-highlighting-reading.htm

Reliability and validity of single-item self-reports: with special relevance to college students' alcohol use, religiosity, study, and social life.

29 Jun 2009 The authors tested the assumption that single-item measures have unacceptably low reliability and validity. On 2 occasions 11 weeks apart, college students reported on the frequency and quantity of alcohol consumption, 2 religious behaviors, time of ...
rec_pub_19650519-reliability-validity-single-item-self-reports-special-relevance.htm

Relating indices of knowledge structure coherence and accuracy to skill-based performance: Is there utility in using a combination of indices?

29 Jun 2009 The authors examined the relative criterion-related validity of knowledge structure coherence and two accuracy-based indices (closeness and correlation) as well as the utility of using a combination of knowledge structure indices in the prediction ...
rec_pub_19594246-relating-indices-knowledge-structure-coherence-accuracy-skill-based.htm

Power to the people: using learner control to improve trainee reactions and learning in web-based instructional environments.

29 Jun 2009 This experimental study investigated the mechanisms by which learner control influences learning in an e-learning environment. The authors hypothesized that learner control would enhance learning indirectly through its effect on trainee reactions ...
rec_pub_19594237-power-people-using-learner-control-improve-trainee-reactions-learning.htm

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