Parental Consent Procedures: Impact on Response Rates and Nonresponse Bias

This study examined the impact of passive versus active parental consent procedures on response rates and nonresponse bias when recruiting 9th grade students for a school-based alcohol intervention. Results indicated a significant difference in response rates when using passive parental consent procedures (91.8%) compared to active parental consent procedures (30.4%). Additionally, students recruited with active parental consent procedures reported lower rates of alcohol use and lower levels of alcohol-related consequences than those recruited with passive parental consent procedures. There were no differences in demographic variables between the two groups. Findings indicate active parental consent procedures may result in an underrepresentation of students reporting alcohol use and alcohol-related consequences, compromising the generalizability of findings in school-based alcohol intervention research. We suggest researchers incorporate strategies shown to increase response rates when using active parental consent procedures to minimize nonresponse bias

What kind of changes are there in the entrepreneurial spirit of the university students in the south of the State of Mexico?

Ramírez Hernández, Javier Jesús and Tena Luis, Erandi and Avitia Rodríguez, Jessica Alejandra, What Kind of Changes are There in the Entrepreneurial Spirit of the University Students in the South of the State of Mexico? (March 1, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2740203 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2740203Economies worldwide, Mexican included, have the need to face unemployment and offer new jobs, due to this fact, it is fomented the creation of employment through diverse routes, one of them is pathway entrepreneur. The purpose of this working paper is to determine the entrepreneur features among students of Bachelor of the UAEM Tenancingo University Center, in a municipality in the south of State of Mexico, Mexico. Method used is the given by Ramírez (2010), as it allows to establish the presence of inherent elements of entrepreneur and its environment. They responds to a series of different elements such as values, abilities, attitudes, ideals, familiar environment, among others. The compilation of information is done by a survey applied to a student’s sample so in that way remark the most relevant qualities. According to results, nowadays, the most relevant features are kindness and tenacity, minor quantity of features in contrast to the past. Thus, it requires a set of proposals to encourage entrepreneurship among students

Supporting Behavioral Health in Rural Idaho

Multiple factors affect the health of individuals and communities. Current determinants of health addressed by the World Health Organization’s 2020 goals include social factors, physical environments, policymaking, and individual behaviors. Behavioral health, defined here as including both substance use disorders (including alcohol) and mental health disorders, is an additional determinant of physical health that is often disregarded or minimized by current health determinant models. According to L.G. Gamm, S. Stone, and S. Pittman, behavioral health disorders affect approximately half of the population in the United States over a lifetime and are among the most impairing of chronic diseases

Ledere og sosiale medier

Bakgrunnen for denne oppgaven er interesse og nysgjerrighet rundt hvordan ledere bruker sosiale medier, hvorfor noen lykkes og andre ikke. Vi ønsker å avdekke hva ledere mener skal til for og lykkes i sin bruk av sosiale medier, og hvilken effekt denne bruken eventuelt har på kjøp og omdømme. For å undersøke dette har vi tatt utgangspunkt i problemstillingen: Hvordan oppfatter ledere sin bruk av sosiale medier, og hvordan har de lykkes? For å belyse dette har vi gjennomført 12 kvalitative dybdeintervjuer. Disse ble gjennomført med ledere som er kjente for sin bruk av sosiale medier, og andre som har god kunnskap om emnet. Intervjuguiden baserer seg på begrunnelse for, suksesskriterier, tabber og effekter ved bruk av sosiale medier. Analysen av intervjuene indikerer at lederne vi har snakket med vurderer bruken sin av sosiale medier som god. De mener sosiale medier er gode plattformer hvor de når ut til mange – men at det kan bli en tidstyv dersom en ikke prioriterer tiden sin riktig. Vi har også undersøkt en teori som sier at når en ikke har oversikt over publikum, skaper dette kontekstkollapser og skillet mellom privat og offentlig brytes ned. Funnene viser at lederne mener dette stemmer, de opplever ikke et skille mellom privat og offentlig bruk – men heller et skille mellom privat og personlig bruk. Videre i oppgaven har vi testet hypoteser om hvordan lederes bruk av sosiale medier påvirker kjennskap til virksomheten, kjøp og omdømme. For å se på sammenhengen mellom disse variablene rettet vi en spørreundersøkelse mot det vi anser som en del av Stormberg sin målgruppe. Resultatene antyder at lederes bruk av sosiale medier har en negativ effekt på kjøp og omdømme. Og at det heller ikke har noen effekt i form av økt kjennskap til virksomheten. Funnene fra undersøkelsene er analysert opp mot teorien, og dermed har vi kunnet trekke konklusjoner om hvordan ledere vurderer sin bruk av sosiale medier, og hvordan de mener de har lykkes med dette. Vi har også gjennom den kvantitative undersøkelsen kunne avkrefte og forkaste hypotesene i den kvantitative delen, og gjennom dette trukket konklusjoner om effekten lederes bruk av sosiale medier potensielt kan ha. Dette kan riktignok ikke generaliseres

A Test of the Efficacy of a Brief, Web-Based Personalized Feedback Intervention to Reduce Drinking Among 9th Grade Students

Alcohol use increases substantially during the transition from middle school to high school. This study tested a brief, web-based personalized feedback program aimed at reducing risk factors for drinking, alcohol use, and alcohol-related consequences among 9th grade students. At a 3-month follow-up, students in the intervention group showed positive results relative to those in the control group on variables associated with reduced risk, including positive alcohol expectancies and positive beliefs about alcohol. Students in the intervention group also reported a reduction in drinking frequency and alcohol-related consequences relative to those in the control group. There were, however, no differences in normative beliefs regarding peer drinking or quantity of weekly drinking between the two groups. Results indicate that a brief, web-based personalized normative feedback program delivered in the school setting is a promising approach to reducing alcohol use and the associated consequences among 9th grade students

A Randomized Trial Evaluating a Parent Based Intervention to Reduce College Drinking

This study evaluated the effectiveness of a parent based intervention (PBI) in reducing drinking among first year college students (N = 443). Students were assigned to one of three conditions: PBI, PBI plus booster brochures (PBI-B), and an assessment only control group (CNT). At a 4-month post-intervention follow-up, results indicated students in the PBI-B group reported significantly less drinking to intoxication and peak drinking relative to the PBI group and CNT group. No significant differences were found between the PBI group and CNT group. Results provide further support for PBIs to reduce college student drinking and suggest that a booster brochure increases the effectiveness of PBIs

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