Abstract
College student risk-taking among 18 to 21 years olds includes smoking cigarettes, binge drinking, casual sex with multiple partners, automobile accidents due to risky driving or driving under the influence, and substance use. Among 10 to 24 year olds, 72% of all fatalities result from automobile accidents, unintended injuries, homicide, and suicide. Since not all college students participate in risk behaviors, protective factors such as religiosity may be a protective social or psychological buffer that supports positive relationships and moral order. Impulsivity, an inability to squelch inappropriate thoughts or actions, is associated with the later development (in the mid-twenties) of the prefrontal cortex. The purpose of the cross-sectional correlational study is to determine the strength of associations between public and private religiosity, impulsivity, age, gender, fraternity/sorority membership (Greek affiliation), and risk-taking propensity among college students, 18 to 20 years old, who live away from home.
Sigma Membership
Delta Theta
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Quasi-Experimental Study, Other
Research Approach
Quantitative Research
Keywords:
College Students, Safety Behavior, Spirituality
Advisor
Diane Snow
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
The University of Texas at Arlington
Degree Year
2009
Recommended Citation
Cazzell, Mary A., "College student risk behavior: The implications of religiosity and impulsivity" (2019). Dissertations. 1063.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/1063
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2019-03-22
Full Text of Presentation
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Description
This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3391108; ProQuest document ID: 305177175. The author still retains copyright.