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Keatley, David A.; Ferguson, Eamonn; Lonsdale, Adam; Hagger, Martin S. – Health Education Research, 2017
Binge drinking is associated with deleterious health, social and economic outcomes. This study explored the lay understanding of the causes of binge drinking in members of the general public in the United Kingdom and Australia. Participants in the United Kingdom (N = 133) and Australia (N = 102) completed a network diagram exercise requiring them…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Opinion, Etiology, Drinking
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Su, Sophia; Baird, Kevin – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
This study provides an insight into the collegiality of Australian accounting academics and the association of collegiality with their work-related attitudes and academic performance. Data were collected by a survey questionnaire from a random sample of 267 accounting academics within Australian universities. The results suggest a moderate level…
Descriptors: Accounting, Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Collegiality
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Pick, David; Teo, Stephen; Yeung, Melissa – Higher Education Quarterly, 2012
The aim of this paper is to assess and conceptualise the effects of new managerialism-related organisational reforms in three Australian public universities on technical, administrative and clerical support staff job stressors and job satisfaction. Using a mixed method approach consisting of a quantitative core component and qualitative…
Descriptors: Universities, Job Satisfaction, Path Analysis, Work Environment
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Murray-Harvey, Rosalind; Slee, Phillip T. – School Psychology International, 2010
Previous school-related bullying research focused largely on inter-relationships among perpetrators and victims and more recently has included influences on, and by, peers. Still, less attention is given to wider school relationships that consider families and teachers. Students across grades 5-9 in 22 South Australian schools reported on how well…
Descriptors: Bullying, School Safety, Path Analysis, Peer Relationship
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Kyrios, Michael; Prior, Margot – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1990
Temperamental characteristics, especially low reactivity-high manageability, appeared to curtail the influence of adverse family factors on children's adjustment. Strength of relationships between temperament and children's behavioral adjustment differed as a function of time, temperamental characteristics, and the source of behavioral ratings.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Family Influence, Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies
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Sonderegger, Robi; Barrett, Paula M.; Creed, Peter A. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2004
Building on previous cultural adjustment profile work by Sonderegger and Barrett (2004), the aim of this study was to propose an organised structure for a number of single risk factors that have been linked to acculturative-stress in young migrants. In recognising that divergent situational characteristics (e.g., school level, gender, residential…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Risk, Foreign Countries, Refugees