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Female Undergraduate Students (female + undergraduate_student)
Selected AbstractsCore beliefs and eating disorder recoveryEUROPEAN EATING DISORDERS REVIEW, Issue 4 2005C. Jones Abstract Objective The study aimed to investigate cognitive factors in eating disorder recovery by examining the content and intensity of negative core beliefs in women who were currently suffering from an eating disorder and women who had recovered. Method Sixty-six women with a current eating disorder, 29 women who reported that they had recovered from an eating disorder and fifty female undergraduate students completed self-report questionnaires on core beliefs and eating psychopathology. Results Currently eating-disordered women had significantly higher levels of intensely held negative core beliefs than recovered or control women. In women with a current eating disorder, abandonment and vulnerability to harm beliefs differentiated between women who reported bulimic and restrictive attitudes and behaviours. Discussion The findings provide preliminary evidence that core beliefs are important factors in eating disorder recovery. Implications for future research are discussed. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association. [source] The effect of deprivation on food cravings and eating behavior in restrained and unrestrained eatersINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS, Issue 4 2005Janet Polivy PhD Abstract Objective The relation between being deprived of a food and intake and craving for that food was investigated in restrained and unrestrained eaters. Method For 1 week, 103 female undergraduate students were assigned to be chocolate deprived, vanilla deprived, or nondeprived. Only chocolate deprivation was expected to elicit cravings, as chocolate is not easily substituted, whereas vanilla is. Results The main effect of chocolate deprivation on consumption was qualified by an interaction with restraint. Chocolate-deprived restrained eaters consumed more chocolate food than did any other group. Restrained eaters experienced more food cravings than did unrestrained eaters and were more likely to eat the craved food. Moreover, restrained eaters deprived of chocolate spent the least time doing an anagram task before a "taste-rating task" in which they expected that chocolate foods might be available. Conclusion Converging measures of craving indicate that deprivation causes craving and overeating, but primarily in restrained eaters. © 2005 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. [source] The relationship between masculinity and the Type A behavior pattern: the moderating effects of femininityJAPANESE PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH, Issue 2 2001Itsuko Dohi The purpose of the study was to examine whether a high level of masculinity is associated with the Type A behavior pattern, and whether the level of femininity moderates any main effect for masculinity. The subjects were 743 male and 560 female undergraduate students. In the statistical analysis, we found evidence of the masculinity effect on every Type A score, and a moderating effect of femininity on the "speed-power" subscale score. We discuss the validity of four models of the functions of masculinity and femininity, and consider the moderating effect of femininity in the light of the interactive androgyny model. [source] Anxiety sensitivity and posttrauma stress symptoms in female undergraduates following a campus shooting,JOURNAL OF TRAUMATIC STRESS, Issue 6 2009Katherine L. Stephenson Participants were recruited from female undergraduate students participating in an ongoing longitudinal study at the time of a campus shooting. Eighty-five percent (N = 691) of the 812 students who were invited to participate in the current study completed questionnaires an average of 27 days following a campus shooting. In a mixed cross-sectional and longitudinal design, the cognitive and the physical concerns dimensions of postshooting anxiety sensitivity accounted for unique variance in posttrauma stress symptom severity (cross-sectional), after controlling for preshooting psychological symptoms (longitudinal). The cognitive concerns dimension showed the strongest relationship. Anxiety sensitivity also appeared to moderate the relationships of hyperarousal symptoms with reexperiencing and numbing symptoms. [source] Sexual and gender-related harassment in medical education and research training: results from a Swedish surveyMEDICAL EDUCATION, Issue 1 2003Charlotte Larsson Objective, The aims of this study were to establish the level of perceived sexual and gender-related harassment in undergraduate and doctoral studies, in which environment the events occurred, which categories of persons had committed the harassment, and other aspects of sexual harassment at the Faculty of Medicine, Gothenburg University. Methods, A questionnaire was distributed to all registered male and female undergraduate students (n= 605) and doctoral students (n=743) by mail to their home addresses. Results, The response rate was 62% (840/1348). Of the total study population, 59% (495/840) of respondents reported at least one experience of derogatory jokes and comments, 54% (454/840) of respondents reported at least one experience of gender-related discrimination, and 22% (187/840) of respondents reported at least one incident of sexual harassment. More severe types of sexual harassment were reported by 9% (79/840) of respondents. Women, and especially undergraduate women, were more often exposed to all kinds of harassment than were men. Lecturers/professors, doctors and co-students were the categories most often identified as the harassers. The harassment mostly occurred during lectures, clinical work and coffee breaks. The most common types of self-perceived mistreatment were derogatory jokes and comments. Conclusion, This survey shows that sexual harassment happens to both men and women, although it is more commonly experienced by female undergraduate and doctoral students, and that it occurs in both the university and hospital environments. Universities should develop action plans to prevent such events. Students and teachers should be well informed about appropriate measures to take in situations where harassment is known or suspected to occur. [source] Season of birth contributes to variation in university examination outcomesAMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY, Issue 5 2006Martin Fieder Epidemiological studies show that birth season influences a wide range of biological parameters such as growth, reproduction, mental illnesses, dyslexia, personality, and success in school. The present study is aimed at examining birth season's relationship to examination marks achieved at a university in a very large contemporary sample of male and female undergraduate students. We find that female university students born in spring and summer achieve better marks than those born in autumn and winter. Male students born in spring receive worse marks than those born in other seasons of the year. Furthermore, we find a birth-week periodicity in examination results of female students, with highest examination results for those born in May. We suppose that biological mechanisms might explain part of the observed effects. Am. J. Hum. Biol. 18:714,717, 2006. © 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc. [source] | ||||||||||