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Substance Use Behaviors Of College Students: Differences By Living Arrangement, Marcus B. Long May 2016

Substance Use Behaviors Of College Students: Differences By Living Arrangement, Marcus B. Long

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Traditional-age college students are continuing to live with their parents at higher percentages than at any time during recent history. However, little research has been conducted during the last 15 years on multiple substance use behaviors of this population and how those behaviors compare to traditional-age students who live in residence halls on campuses.The purpose of this study is to better understand the differences in alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana usage behaviors of traditional-age students who live with their parents and those who live in residence halls, as well as how those behaviors change as students age in both environments. Using …


A Historical Analysis Of Career Choice Among Chinese College Students, Fengyu Wang, Cody Ding Apr 2014

A Historical Analysis Of Career Choice Among Chinese College Students, Fengyu Wang, Cody Ding

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This study provides a historical analysis and review of the contemporary development of career choice orientations among Chinese college students in light of recent economic reform policies. Specifically, it describes the changes in, and developing trends of, career choice orientations in the past, present, and future among college students. This analysis reveals that with the profound transition from a centralized planned economy to a market economy in recent China, students’ career orientation has experienced a transformation from a societal standard to an individualistic standard; personal goals have changed from idealism to realism; and ideologies have developed from a unilateral structure …