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Sebastian Bergold; Ricarda Steinmayr – Child Development, 2024
Based on investment theories and guided by Mussel's (2013) intellect model, the present study investigated reciprocal relations over 1 year (2021-2022) between investment traits (need for cognition, achievement motives, epistemic curiosity) and fluid and crystallized cognitive abilities in 565 German elementary school children (298 girls;…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Cognitive Ability, Elementary School Students, Student Motivation
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Rossella Bottaro; Palmira Faraci – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: This study aimed to investigate the relationships between emotional experiences and study motivation in a group of nonworking and never-infected university students, during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants: Participants (N = 353; aged M = 21.5; SD = 2.8) were mostly female (76.2%) Italian university students.…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Experience, Emotional Response, COVID-19
Rahime-Malik Howard – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The current study examined hindering factors of 2-year community college students' vertical transfer to 4-year colleges. Rational choice theory guided the study and provided the scope of the problem, which is community college students' apprehension about vertically transferring to 4-year colleges. A quantitative Likert-scale survey, which…
Descriptors: Barriers, Community College Students, Undergraduate Students, College Transfer Students
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Christopher L. Thomas; Omer Ozer – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
The successful treatment of test anxiety treatment requires an understanding of the unique barriers and challenges faced by test-anxious students. Therefore, the current study utilized a combination of person-centered and qualitative methods to investigate the existence of unique subpopulations or subtypes of test-anxious students within Turkish…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Test Anxiety, Metacognition, Goal Orientation