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Longitudinal Associations between Adolescents' Narcissism and Friendship Features Depend on Gender and Friends' Narcissism
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Peets, Kätlin; Hodges, Ernest Van Every – Developmental Psychology, 2023
Youth with greater levels of narcissism face a wide array of difficulties in interactions with others. However, there exists a curious lack of research on their close relationships, such as friendships. In this study, we examined associations between narcissism and friendship features over time. Participants were 261 eighth and ninth graders (112…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Personality Problems, Interpersonal Relationship, Friendship
Students' Usage of Strengths and General Happiness Are Connected via School-Related Factors
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Vuorinen, Kaisa; Hietajärvi, Lauri; Uusitalo, Lotta – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2021
Previous research has shown that there is a link between usage of strengths and various positive outcomes, such as finding meaning and happiness in life. In our present study, we aimed to find out how usage of strengths is connected to general happiness with school-related factors as mediating variables. 418 Finnish students aged 10-16 filled a…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Psychological Patterns, Correlation, Models
Examining the Distinctiveness and the Socio-Emotional Correlates of Anxious-Withdrawal and Unsociability during Early Adolescence in Finland
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Ojanen, Tiina; Findley-Van Nostrand, Danielle; Bowker, Julie C.; Markovic, Andrea – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2017
This study examined the distinctiveness of and the correlates associated with anxious-withdrawal and unsociability during early adolescence in Finland (N = 384; 12-14 years; 53% girls). As expected, confirmatory factor analyses revealed that anxious-withdrawal and unsociability were distinct and moderately positively correlated constructs. Only…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Anxiety, Correlation, Withdrawal (Psychology)
Defining and Measuring Psychomotor Performance
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Autio, Ossi – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2007
Psychomotor performance is fundamental to human existence. It is important in many real world activities and nowadays psychomotor tests are used in several fields of industry, army, and medical sciences in employee selection. This article tries to define psychomotor activity by introducing some psychomotor theories. Furthermore the…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Measurement Techniques, Theories, Correlation
Trait and Test Anxiety in the FL Classroom.
Julkunen, Kyosti – 1992
A study conducted in Finland investigated the relationships between trait and test anxiety and low and high achievement in 552 sixth- and eighth-graders. Before the final English language test of the spring term, the students responded to a questionnaire concerning worry, tension, test-irrelevant thoughts, physical reactions (e.g., rapid…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
General and Situation-Specific Motivation in FL Learning.
Julkunen, Kyosti – 1992
A study in Finland investigated the relationship of two general aspects of student motivation for second language learning (preference for challenge and curiosity) and motivation specific to the learning situation. Subjects were 292 sixth-graders and 301 eighth-graders, who performed two open and two closed English vocabulary tasks in two…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries