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Mofield, Emily L.; Parker Peters, Megan – Roeper Review, 2022
The study examined the relationship between implicit theories of intelligence and psychosocial competencies (measured as adaptability, general mood, intrapersonal skills, interpersonal skills, and stress management), the differences in these competencies between gifted students and nonidentified gifted students, and typologies of these variables…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adjustment (to Environment), Personality Traits, Psychological Patterns
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Berk, Rifat Ramazan; Ünal, Emre – International Journal of Instruction, 2017
The purpose of this study is to determine sixth, seventh and eighth grade students' writing anxiety and dispositions and to examine to what extent they predict each other. The basis of this study is to determine whether writing disposition is the significant predictor of writing anxiety or not and whether students' grade levels and genders are…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Anxiety, Grade 6, Grade 7
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Basol, Gülsah; Zabun, Engin – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2014
The purpose of the current study is to determine to what extent the following four variables explain K-8 students' SBS success levels; these variables being attendance to private SBS preperation courses, multidimensional perfectionism, parental attitude types, and test anxiety. SBS is a nationwide, high stake, high school placement test taken by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Success, High School Students, Student Placement
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D'Esposito, Susan E.; Blake, Jamilia; Riccio, Cynthia A. – Professional School Counseling, 2011
This study explored how certain personality traits, behaviors, and social status may be associated with who is targeted as a victim of peer aggression. The sample consisted of 233 students in sixth through eighth grades from rural communities. Results indicate that symptoms of anxiety, a high sense of inadequacy, and elevated social stress are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Bullying, Personality Traits, Behavior
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Stornelli, Deborah; Flett, Gordon L.; Hewitt, Paul L. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2009
The current study examined the association between dimensions of perfectionism and levels of academic achievement and affect in school-aged children. A sample of 223 students (90 boys, 133 girls) from regular, gifted, and arts programs completed measures of self-oriented and socially prescribed perfectionism, perceived academic competence, and…
Descriptors: Gifted, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement, Academic Achievement
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2017, taking place in Budapest, Hungary, from 29 of April to 1 of May, 2017. Modern psychology offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Anxiety, Cognitive Restructuring, Outcomes of Treatment
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Khodayarifard, Mohammad; Anshel, Mark H.; Brinthaupt, Thomas M. – Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology, 2006
This study examined relationships among components of attributional style and trait anxiety for 428 English-speaking boys and girls, grades 4-6, from primary public schools in New South Wales, Australia. Students completed general measures of attributional style and trait anxiety. Results showed a small but significant relationship between…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Anxiety
Pracana, Clara, Ed. – Online Submission, 2014
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends 2014, taking place in Porto, Portugal, from 4 to 6 of April. Psychology, in our time, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and behavioral…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Foreign Countries, Intervention, Prevention
Skaalvik, Einar M. – Online Submission, 2002
Educology is the fund of knowledge about the educational process, which obviously occurs within and outside of schools. Educology includes, at the least, the fund of knowledge about past education (historical educology), about current states of affairs in education (scientific educology), about effective practices within education (praxiological…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Self Concept, Elementary School Students, Self Efficacy