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Sperling, Rick; Kuhn, Caroline – Journal of Negro Education, 2016
Research supports the use of the Color-Blind Racism Attitudes Scale (CoBRAS) as a measure of color-blindness, but relatively little is known about whether it is predictive of policy attitudes. This study adds to that literature by investigating the extent to which CoBRAS predicts attitudes toward resource redistribution as a method of addressing…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Predictor Variables, Racial Bias, Resource Allocation
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Zhang, Li-fang – Learning and Individual Differences, 2008
The purpose of this study was to examine the roles of university students' cognitive distortions in their sense of autonomy. One hundred and three third-year university students from Shanghai, The People's Republic of China, responded to the Cognitive Distortion Scales [Briere, J. (2000). "Cognitive Distortion Scales: Professional…
Descriptors: Psychological Evaluation, Psychiatry, Foreign Countries, Psychology
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Hoffman, August John; Wallach, Julie – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2008
This article is a personal faculty perspective regarding academic accreditation. It describes the psychological process and consequences of losing accreditation. Compton Community College was one of the oldest community colleges in California and has served a diverse population of students for over 50 years. As a result of severe administrative…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Financial Problems, Financial Exigency, Accreditation (Institutions)
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Shepherd, Robin-Marie – College Quarterly, 2006
This study administered the Academic Volitional Strategy Inventory to investigate volitional strategies amongst socially anxious college students. Volitional strategies regulate motivation and emotion to aid in the achievement of academic tasks. It was important to examine this phenomenon based upon the premise that socially anxious students have…
Descriptors: College Students, Self Efficacy, Anxiety, Stress Management