Effect of Telephone and Face-to-Face Communication on Rated Extent of Self-Disclosure by Female College Students

1989 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 259-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine Bermack
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Communication Medium ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Female College ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Communication Situations

70 female college students volunteered to be interviewed by a female interviewer on a highly intimate topic, sexual behavior. Half of the subjects were randomly assigned to a group interviewed over the telephone and half to a group interviewed in a face-to-face situation. Responses were rated on the basis of two scales, a 5-point Extent of Self-disclosure Scale and a 5-point Impression Scale. Oneway analysis of variance suggested that the measures of self-disclosure were reliable and showed convergent validity. Self-disclosure was not influenced by the communication medium. Suggestions for research using different communication situations, different measures of self-disclosure and different intimate topics are given.

scholarly journals Effects of a dietary modification intervention on menstrual pain and urinary BPA levels: a single group clinical trial

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
SoMi Park ◽  
ChaeWeon Chung
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Dietary Modification ◽  
Single Group ◽  
Menstrual Pain ◽  
Adherence Level ◽  
Female College ◽  
Menstrual Cycles ◽  
Modification Intervention

Abstract Background Exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) occurs mainly through dietary intake. Due to current lifestyle trends, young people tend to consume fast food, to use disposable products, and to utilize convenient household items, all of which are major sources of EDCs. This study aimed to investigate the effects of a dietary modification intervention on menstrual pain and urinary bisphenol A (BPA) levels throughout three menstrual cycles in female college students who experienced severe menstrual pain. We also analyzed participants’ adherence to the intervention and examined whether their level of adherence was associated with differences in the effects of the intervention. Methods A single-group pretest and repeated posttest experimental design was employed. Thirty female college students with a score of 5 or higher on a menstrual pain scale were recruited through convenience sampling. During three menstrual cycles, menstrual pain was scored on a 10-point scale after each cycle, and urinary BPA levels were measured from the first morning urine collected after each cycle. The intervention involved three components: small-group education, follow-up monitoring, and peer support via social network communication. Statistical analyses were conducted using Friedman one-way repeated-measure analysis of variance by ranks, non-parametric two-way analysis of variance, and the Wilcoxon signed-rank test as a post-hoc test. Results The dietary modification intervention had significant effects on menstrual pain at all three time points of menstrual cycles (χ2 = 119.64, p = 0.000) and on urinary BPA levels until the 2nd menstrual cycle (χ2 = 205.42, p = 0.000). Slightly fewer than half (43.3%) of the participants were highly adherent. Menstrual pain differed according to adherence level (F = 4.67, p = 0.032) and decreased over time through the third cycle post-intervention (F = 18.30, p = 0.000). Urinary BPA levels also decreased significantly (F = 7.94, p = 0.000), but did not differ according to adherence level. Conclusions The dietary modification intervention was effective and sustainable for reducing menstrual pain and urinary BPA levels. Detailed information about EDCs and dietary experiences seemed to encourage the young women to become more concerned about EDCs and to perform self-protective actions. Further experimental research is suggested to examine the relationships of EDCs with various health indicators in women. Trial registration: KCT0005472 at 2020-9-24 retrospectively registered.

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Emergency Contraceptive among Undergraduate Female College Students: A Cross-Sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Deressa JT ◽  
◽  
Yang L ◽  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Knowledge Level ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Female College ◽  
Emergency Contraceptive

Background: Emergency contraceptive is a unique type of family planning methods, which has been available since 1970s and can prevent pregnancy, when used after unprotected sex around the time of ovulation. Objectives: The main purpose of the study was to investigate the knowledge level, attitude towards and practice of emergency contraceptive among female college students. Methods: A cross-sectional study design was used and data were collected by structured pre-tested questionnaire that 456 students were randomly selected. Logistic regression analysis was used and p <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: About 53.3% of the study participant’s knowledge level were good and 56.1% of them showed a positive attitude towards emergency contraceptive. Field of study, year of study and awareness were associated with the knowledge level. Age, year of study and sexual behavior were associated with attitudes towards emergency contraceptive. Attitude towards emergency contraceptive and sexual behavior were associated with the utilization of emergency contraceptive. Conclusions: The knowledge level, attitude towards and practice of emergency contraceptives were affected by age, field of study, level of study, awareness and sexual behavior.

Inter- vs Intramodal Performance of College Men and Women: A Replication

1978 ◽  
Vol 46 (3_suppl2) ◽  
pp. 1305-1306
Author(s):  
Jonathan Gould
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Visual Stimuli ◽  
College Men ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Matching Task ◽  
Temporal Dimension ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Female College

Intermodal and intramodal functioning in the auditory and visual sensory modes along a temporal dimension were investigated for 52 male and 52 female college students, ranging in age from 17 to 33 yr. Auditory and visual stimuli were presented electronically in a same-different matching task. Four separate conditions were investigated, auditory-auditory, visual-visual, auditory-visual, and visual-auditory. An analysis of variance showed women made significantly more correct responses than men. No significant differences were found between the groups' performance on intramodal and intermodal tasks. Results are consistent with an earlier report by Gould (1977).

Inter- vs Intra-Modal Performance of College Men and Women

1977 ◽  
Vol 45 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1219-1225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Gould
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
College Men ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Matching Task ◽  
Temporal Dimension ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Female College ◽  
Sensory Mode ◽  
Main Effects

Intermodal and intramodal functioning in the auditory and visual sensory modes within the temporal dimension was investigated with 19 male and 18 female college students, ranging in age from 17 to 32 yr. Auditory and visual stimuli were presented by electronic means in a same-different matching task. Four separate conditions were investigated: Auditory-auditory, visual-visual, auditory-visual, and visual-auditory. An analysis of variance was conducted for three main effects: sex, modality, and sensory mode. Women made significantly more correct responses than men. No significant differences were found between the groups' performances on intramodal and intermodal functioning tasks. These results are consistent with the hypotheses that modal functioning reaches asymptote prior to adulthood. Results indicating a difference in modal functioning between the sexes were unexpected.

Family and Peer Influences on Sexual Behavior Among Female College Students in Wuhan, China

2010 ◽  
Vol 50 (8) ◽  
pp. 767-782 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Yan ◽  
Li Li ◽  
Yongyi Bi ◽  
Xunyu Xu ◽  
Shiyue Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Peer Influences ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Female College

Body Image and Females’ Sexual Behavior

1980 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 425-426
Author(s):  
Michael Young
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Sexual Activity ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Female College ◽  
Body Image Scale

82 female college students completed a body-image scale and an inventory on sexual behavior. These female students differing in sexual activity can be distinguished on the basis of body image.

Self-Disclosure Correlates of Physical Attractiveness: An Exploratory Study

1975 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 579-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas F. Cash ◽  
Deborah Soloway
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Interpersonal Processes ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Female College ◽  
Self Perceptions

24 male and 24 female college students were paired randomly to form stranger dyads and were asked to prepare and exchange topic-guided self-descriptions. Self-descriptive protocols were scored for breadth and content of self-disclosures, and relationships were assessed between subjects' disclosure indices and their self-rated and partner-rated levels of physical attractiveness. As expected, the two attractiveness ratings were weakly though significantly related. The more attractive their self-perceptions, the more men disclosed and the more favorable their disclosures were apt to be. In contrast, the more attractive the women regarded themselves, the less self-information they revealed. Disclosure was positively associated with partner-rated attractiveness, particularly for the men. Results were discussed in the context of possible developmental consequences of physical attractiveness on intra- and interpersonal processes.

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