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Mental Health and Related Factors Among Undergraduate Students During SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study

Scientific article

31 May 2022

Background: Mental health problems among undergraduates are a significant public health concern. Most studies exploring mental health in this population during the pandemic have been conducted in high-income countries. Fewer studies come...

The Updated College Alcohol Intervention Matrix (CollegeAIM): What Colleges and Communities Need to Know Now

5 May 2021

Washington DC

United States

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Wednesday, May 5, 2021 01:00 PM ET (Washington, DC time)

College Students’ Perspectives on an Alcohol Prevention Programme and Student Drinking

Scientific article

There are a number of interventions designed to reduce harmful levels of alcohol consumption among college students. In order to design effective programmes, it is important to understand the attitude of students towards these kinds of...

Campus-Based Interventions

30 September 2019

Sherbrooke

Canada

Drinking in excess is a long-standing ritual that many students see as an integral part of the postsecondary experience. It is also a significant public health problem that affects students’ lives, including social, academic, legal and health issues.

A Novel Text Message-Based Motivational Interviewing Intervention for College Students Who Smoke Cigarettes

Scientific article

7 November 2017

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Tobacco use disorder is critical among people aged 16 to 25 years. College campuses are prime locations for smoking cessation interventions for young adults. The vast majority of the smoking research with college...

Cognitive Complexity of Clients and Counsellors during Motivation-Based Treatment for Smoking Cessation

Scientific article

1 October 2017

Abstract Objective: Motivational interviewing (MI) is a widely used and promising treatment approach for aiding in smoking cessation. The present observational study adds to other recent research on why and when MI works by investigating a...

Highs and Lows: Substance Use and Academic Performance

Scientific article

21 March 2017

According to a new study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, US college students who consume medium-to-high levels of alcohol and marijuana have a consistently lower grade point average (GPA). The investigation compared students...

What are the Second-Hand Effects of Alcohol Consumption?

Scientific article

22 October 2016

The ‘second hand effects’ of alcohol use can be defined as the negative consequences of drinking experienced by people other than the drinker. They can include, for example, serious acts of sexual and physical violence as well as more...

Low Self-Esteem Linked to Excessive Drinking Among Students

Scientific article

13 September 2016

Student life and excessive drinking often go hand-in-hand. New research has found that it is students with low self-esteem that are more likely to indulge in unhealthy drinking behaviours than those with higher confidence levels. The...

The Internet and Alcoholism

Scientific article

8 September 2016

The prevalence of binge drinking is highest amongst 18- to 24-year-olds. In the United States around 1,800 college students die from unintentional alcohol-related injuries each year. Given the growth of the Internet in the last twenty years...