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Ellis, Wendy E.; Dumas, Tara M.; Hutchinson, Lynda R.; Talebi, Sarah – Youth & Society, 2023
Adherence to COVID-19 social distancing restrictions may be challenging for adolescents, especially those concerned about social status. This study examined self-perceived popularity and reputation concerns as predictors of adherence to health guidelines and the effects of self-perceived popularity on adjustment. Adolescents (n = 1,068, 14-18…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Social Isolation, Social Status
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Audyatis, Todd – College and University, 2021
The literature on college choice is extensive and navigating it for purposes of review is complicated by the dual meaning given to the word choice. To clarify, in this article, the phrase "college choice" refers to the concept defined by Don Hossler and Karen Gallagher in their seminal 1987 article entitled "Studying Student College…
Descriptors: African American Students, College Choice, Student Recruitment, Racial Bias
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Lu, Jinjin; Jiang, Han – International Education Studies, 2016
A considerable number of studies have investigated students' learning in class and outside of class across subjects such as English, mathematics, and physical education in China and other countries. Scholars have found that students' activities in class and outside of class are closely related to their learning outcomes, self-regulated learning…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Foreign Countries, Learning Processes, Correlation
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Fine, Leigh E. – Journal of College Student Development, 2012
LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) resource centers are campus spaces dedicated to the success of sexual minority students. However, only a small handful of American colleges and universities have such spaces. Political opportunity and resource mobilization theory can provide a useful framework for understanding what contextual factors…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Colleges, Homosexuality, Resource Centers
Smith, Jonathan; Pender, Matea; Howell, Jessica; Hurwitz, Michael – College Board, 2012
This research quantifies the extent of student-college academic undermatch among the 1992 and 2004 cohorts of graduating high school seniors and documents changes in the extent of academic undermatch over time. Tables are appended.
Descriptors: High School Seniors, High School Graduates, Graduation, College Graduates
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Aebischer, Verena; Oberle, Dominique – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2004
The present study tests the assumption that the stable vs. unstable character of the structural relationship between groups influences the type of bias to which differentiation may lead, and affects the likelihood of identification with one's ingroup. Study I was conducted in Canada with university students and Study 2 in two French high schools;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High Schools, College Students, Status