scholarly journals An Educational Intervention to Improve the Sleep Behavior and Well-Being of High School Students

PRiMER ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Colt ◽  
Jo Marie Reilly
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Behavior Change ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Education Intervention ◽  
Sleep Behavior ◽  
Sleep Education ◽  
Sleep Physiology ◽  
Sleep Behaviors

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine whether a sleep education intervention improves knowledge of sleep, sleep behaviors, and depression in high school freshmen. Methods: We recruited student volunteers at a single magnet high school in Los Angeles, California through their health class. Twenty-four freshmen participated and 18 students (17 female, 1 male) completed pre- and postsurveys. Curriculum consisted of 4 hours of after-school interactive lectures emphasizing sleep physiology, benefits of sleep, what impacts sleep, and methods to improve sleep, followed by a 9-week sleep behavior change journal. Pre- and postsurveys measuring both sleep behaviors and knowledge, and a Patient Health Questionnaire-9 depression screening were administered to participants prior to and after the intervention. We used t tests and χ2 tests to analyze knowledge and behavior change. Results: Subjects improved in average sleep hours per night (preintervention 6.9 hours to postintervention 7.8 hours, P=.0134), and average weekend night bedtime (11:36 pm to 10:54 pm, P=.0307). Conclusions: This school sleep behavior intervention demonstrated students’ average sleep hours per night and weekend bedtime improved after the lecture and sleep journal intervention. This suggests a sleep education intervention may benefit this population. Further studies are needed to demonstrate effectiveness of this education over time, across sexes, and in high-risk students.

The Effects of Police Violence on Inner-City Students*

2020 ◽  
Vol 136 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-168
Author(s):  
Desmond Ang
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
High School Completion ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public High School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Police Violence ◽  
Public High School Students

Abstract Nearly 1,000 officer-involved killings occur each year in the United States. This article documents the large, racially disparate effects of these events on the educational and psychological well-being of Los Angeles public high school students. Exploiting hyperlocal variation in how close students live to a killing, I find that exposure to police violence leads to persistent decreases in GPA, increased incidence of emotional disturbance, and lower rates of high school completion and college enrollment. These effects are driven entirely by black and Hispanic students in response to police killings of other minorities and are largest for incidents involving unarmed individuals.

scholarly journals Multi-Cultural Expedition into Mindfulness among High School Students

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-86
Author(s):  
Jonathan Owen ◽  
Prathyusha Kalavala
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Well Being ◽  
State University ◽  
School Students ◽  
University Professors ◽  
International College ◽  
Average High School

Many international college students know first-hand that striving for academic success can be stressful, especially far apart from the support and comfort of home. In today’s fast paced world, hardly anyone is exempt from stress, and American high school students are no exception. A recent University of California at Los Angeles study discovered that, among 106 secondary school students, the percentage reporting good or above-average high school emotional well-being declined from 55.3 percent in 2009 to 51.9 percent in 2010 (Nauert, 2011). In an attempt to curb this trend, during the fall semester of 2011, a local high school psychology teacher invited the authors of this article to speak with her 4 psychology classes about stress and relaxation as part of a continuing collaboration with Arkansas State University professors of psychology.

Articulatory Intervention for the Visually Impaired

1979 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-144
Author(s):  
Cheri L. Florance ◽  
Judith O’Keefe
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Behavior Change ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
School Students ◽  
Handicapped Children ◽  
Paired Stimuli ◽  
Visually Handicapped ◽  
Parent Program

A modification of the Paired-Stimuli Parent Program (Florance, 1977) was adapted for the treatment of articulatory errors of visually handicapped children. Blind high school students served as clinical aides. A discussion of treatment methodology, and the results of administrating the program to 32 children, including a two-year follow-up evaluation to measure permanence of behavior change, is presented.

Examining the Career Construction Model of Adaptation Among Filipino Senior High School Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 089484532110370
Author(s):  
Marc Sherwin A. Ochoco ◽  
Welison Evenston G. Ty
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Career Adaptability ◽  
School Students ◽  
Career Construction ◽  
Construction Model ◽  
Senior High School Students

Career development literature that tested the career construction model of adaptation has, thus far, examined adaptability resource as a mediator in the relationship between adaptive readiness and adaptation results; however, there remains a need to elaborate the links between adaptive resources, adapting response, and adaptation results. This research tested a path model among 331 Filipino senior high school students using hope, career adaptability, career engagement, and life satisfaction as measures of adaptive readiness, adaptability resources, adaptive response, and adaptation results, respectively. Analyses revealed a significant serial relationship from hope to life satisfaction through career adaptability and career engagement. Findings suggest that having career-related abilities may not be enough to promote well-being; rather proactive career behaviors may be taken as a route to a satisfying life. Implications on theory, research, and practice are discussed.

scholarly journals COVID ‐19 Knowledge and Behavior Change among High School Students in Semi‐Rural Georgia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Campbell ◽  
Rachel Weingart ◽  
Jasleen Ashta ◽  
Thomas Cronin ◽  
Julie Gazmararian
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Behavior Change ◽  
School Students ◽  
And Behavior

Creativity and Intelligence: Research Implications for Equal Emphasis in High School

1970 ◽  
Vol 36 (8) ◽  
pp. 565-569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vernon J. Damm
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
School Students ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Self Actualization ◽  
Creative Abilities

The possible relationships among creativity, intelligence, and self actualization were examined in 208 high school students to determine whether or not consistent self actualization scores existed for subjects high in the first two variables. Students high in both creativity and intelligence had significantly higher scores in self actualization than those obtained by students high in either creativity or intelligence. No significant difference in self actualization was found between students high in creativity only and those high in intelligence only. The results were interpreted as indicating that educational systems should stress both intellectual and creative abilities to achieve the highest level of psychological well being in students.

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