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Hatano, Kai; Hihara, Shogo; Nakama, Reiko; Tsuzuki, Manabu; Mizokami, Shinichi; Sugimura, Kazumi – Developmental Psychology, 2022
Previous research on identity development among adolescents has focused on the processes involved. However, it is unclear how the sense of identity (synthesis and confusion) develops and how it relates to life satisfaction. This study aims to examine the relationship between sense of identity and life satisfaction among Japanese youth living in…
Descriptors: Identification (Psychology), Life Satisfaction, Adolescents, Young Adults
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Deno, Minako; Yamagata, Shinji; Silvers, Jennifer A.; Tonegawa, Akiko; Endo, Toshihiko – International Journal of Emotional Education, 2021
Differences in the frequency and differentiation of anger expression strategies, such as overt and constructive, and interpersonal contexts, such as parents and peers, were examined by sex and age in a community-based sample of 655 Japanese adolescents aged 9 to 16 years. The results revealed significant age-related differences in overt anger…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychological Patterns, Gender Differences, Age Differences
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Uchinokura, Shingo – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
The study examined students' perceptions related to emotional and cognitive engagement of linguistic and diagrammatic representational practices in science learning. Altogether, 251 Japanese sixth-grade (11-12 years old) and 187 ninth-grade students (14-15 years old) participated. The students' recognitions were measured by a self-report…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Science Education, Learner Engagement
Shakeel, M. Danish; Peterson, Paul E. – Program on Education Policy and Governance, 2021
Principals (policy makers) have debated the progress in U.S. student performance for a half century or more. Informing these conversations, survey agents have administered seven million psychometrically linked tests in math and reading in 160 waves to national probability samples of selected cohorts born between 1954 and 2007. This study is the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Socioeconomic Status, Race, Ethnicity
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Xiao, Jing Jian; Newman, Barbara M.; Chu, Bie-shuein – Youth & Society, 2018
The purpose of this study was to examine factors associated with career preparation of high school students in four countries: China, Japan, South Korea, and the United States. The human bioecological theory was used as a framework to examine personal, process, and context factors associated with career preparation of the adolescents. Data were…
Descriptors: High School Students, Career Readiness, Foreign Countries, Grade 10
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Shinno, Yusuke; Kinone, Chikara; Baba, Takuya – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2014
The present study is an ongoing survey targeting Japanese fifth and ninth grade elementary and junior high school students respectively using the framework of "The Third Wave" international comparative study. The purpose of this research report is to describe the questionnaire survey's results and analyze some similarities and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Junior High School Students
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Clark, Andrew E.; Kamesaka, Akiko; Tamura, Teruyuki – Education Economics, 2015
It is commonly believed that education is a good thing for individuals. Yet, its correlation with subjective well-being is most often only weakly positive, or even negative, despite the many associated better individual-level outcomes. We here square the circle using novel Japanese data on happiness aspirations. If reported happiness comes from a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Well Being, Psychological Patterns, Aspiration
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Kotsopoulou, Anastasia; Hallam, Susan – Educational Studies, 2010
Rating scale questionnaires were administered to 600 students in three age groups, 12-13, 15-16 and 20-21 from Japan, the UK, Greece and the USA. The questionnaires explored the extent of playing music while studying, the kinds of tasks when music was played, the perceived effects of music on studying, the characteristics and types of music played…
Descriptors: Music, Rating Scales, Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis
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Shimada, Kazunori; Moriyama, Jun; Matsuura, Masashi – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2007
The purpose of this study is to analyze the structure of industrial high school students' self-concepts. The survey was conducted on 1,040 industrial high school students in Japan. A factor analysis was carried out, and five factors were identified: F1, attitude toward self-discipline; F2, attitude toward career development; F3, attitude toward…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Social Values, Skill Development