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The purpose of this study was to examine Latino/a student preferences for school counselor activities. The primary focus of research was to determine what school counseling activities Latino/a students perceived as important and which school counseling activities Latino/a high school students perceived as satisfying. The researcher pursued this purpose through administration of a survey instrument developed by the researcher. The instrument consisted of 14 demographic items and 42 5-point Likert scale items based on the domains described in the ASCA’s national model and current literature on experiences of Latino/a adolescents. The sample was comprised of 210 Latino/a high school students from five high schools in three school districts in the suburbs of a large Southwestern U.S. metroplex. The study population consisted of 94 female and 115 male participants ranging in age from 14 to 20 years old with the median age of 17.54 years. Overall, students preferred school counseling activities focusing on college and career readiness. According to the results of this study, students indicated that although they believed college and career activities to be important, they were not satisfied with how their school counselors provided those activities. Multiple regression analyses were utilized to determine which demographic variables were significant predictors of respondents’ perceptions of importance. Results indicated student perceptions of importance did not vary across grades, economic levels, genders, or cultural differences. The results, limitations, and suggestions for school counseling programs were provided within the report.

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Diet related chronic disease is a global problem related to millions of deaths worldwide. To encourage healthier diets, a greater understanding of the determinants of food choice is necessary. Food choice is a complex, multifaceted process, with a wide range of non-price determinants of food choice. Economic studies tend to focus on the importance of price factors and categorise non-price determinants as individual preferences. The aim of this thesis is to investigate the role of non-price determinants of food choice, specifically exploring how perceived barriers towards healthy eating, time preference, and signposting a food tax can influence food choices. Analysis of the Scottish Health Survey identified associations between perceived barriers to healthy eating and fruit and vegetable consumption. Results show perceiving healthy foods as too boring or not liking the taste of healthy foods were associated with lower fruit and vegetable consumption for men and women. A lack of willpower was reported as the most commonly reported perceived barrier to healthy eating. Time preference is a concept closely related to willpower and to investigate the impact of dietary choices further, primary data were collected to estimate the relationship between time preference and diet. No association between time preference and diet was observed in this study. The effect of signposting a food tax on food purchases was tested using two methods: a discrete choice experiment and field experiment. The discrete choice experiment found that the tax signpost was significantly associated with food choices whilst the field experiment showed no effect. These contradictory results may be explained by the majority of participants failing to notice the signpost in a real-world setting, compared to the discrete choice experiment which was completed online. To conclude, this thesis highlights that non-price determinants of food choice play an important role in the understanding of food choices.

Huang, Zhongqiang. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 40-43). / Abstracts in English and Chinese; appendix includes Chinese. / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.vi / INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / THEORETICAL BACKGROUND --- p.3 / Factors of Variety Judgment --- p.3 / Variety and Choice Difficulty --- p.6 / Metacognitive Experience and Variety Judgment --- p.9 / The Current Research --- p.12 / STUDY 1 --- p.16 / Method --- p.17 / Results --- p.19 / Discussion --- p.20 / STUDY 2 --- p.21 / Method --- p.22 / Results --- p.23 / Discussion --- p.25 / STUDY 3 --- p.27 / Method --- p.27 / Results --- p.28 / Discussion --- p.31 / GENERAL DISCUSSION --- p.32 / Summary of Results --- p.32 / Theoretical Implications --- p.34 / Practical Implications --- p.36 / Limitations and Future Directions --- p.37 / REFERENCES --- p.40 / Chapter APPENDIX A --- Sample Stimuli Used in Study 1 --- p.44 / Chapter APPENDIX B --- Sample Stimuli Used in Study 2 --- p.45 / Chapter APPENDIX C --- Sample Stimuli Used in Study 3 --- p.46

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 1983. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 258-266). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center.

Thesis (M.A. in Latin American Studies)--Vanderbilt University, May 2007. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (February 8, 2007) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.