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Examining Causal Attributions for Depression, Alcohol Use Disorder, and Schizophrenia in a Diverse Sample of International Students at U.S. Universities
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Knettel, Brandon A.; Cherenack, Emily M.; Friis, Elsa A. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objectives: International students face increased vulnerability for mental health challenges, but underutilize counseling compared to their domestic peers. We examined beliefs regarding the causes of mental illness, known as attributions, which may impact treatment-seeking and stigma. Participants: Surveys were collected from 680 international…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Drinking, Alcohol Abuse, Schizophrenia
Boosting Gender Equality in Science and Technology: A Challenge for TVET Programmes and Careers
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Tikly, Leon; Vogel, Epke; Kurvers, Carmen – UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, 2020
While technical and vocational education and training (TVET) has the potential to bolster the participation of women in the labour market, this potential is not always well understood and capitalized on. In general, female students are lowly represented in TVET compared to general programmes, and in particular girls and women tend to be…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Equal Education, Gender Bias, Females
Becoming a Reader: Significant Social Influences on Avid Book Readers
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Merga, Margaret K. – School Library Research, 2017
Understanding how social influences can foster avid book reader identification is a key research goal that warrants further investigation beyond a limited early-years lens. The author's 2015 International Study of Avid Book Readers (ISABR) explored, as one of its key research questions, the influence positive social agents can have on avid book…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Social Influences, Influences, Authors
Analysis of Public Policies for Sexuality Education in Germany and The Netherlands
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Aronowitz, Teri; Fawcett, Jacqueline – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2015
The purpose of this article is to present an analysis of the philosophical, historical, sociological, political, and economic perspectives reflected in the public policies about lifespan sexuality education of Germany and The Netherlands. A new conceptual framework for analysis and evaluation of sexuality education policies that integrates the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Semi Structured Interviews
Motives of Adolescents To Use the Internet as a Function of Personality Traits, Personal and Social Factors.
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Wolfradt, Uwe; Doll, Jorg – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2001
This study investigated the relation between personality traits (Five Factor Model), personal factors (innovativeness and self-efficacy), social factors (expectations or relevant reference groups), and motives (information, entertainment, and interpersonal communication) for going online among German high school Internet users. Demonstrated the…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, Individual Characteristics, Innovation
Learning Processes in the Field of Electricity: Results of a Cross Age Study.
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Aufshnaiter, Stefan V.; Welzel, Manuela – 1997
Over the past 10 years, numerous empirical investigations of learning in physics have been carried out at the Institute of Physics Education (IPE) at the University of Bremen in Germany. The objectives of these investigations were: (1) to describe in detail individual learning processes; (2) to construct theoretical principles of individual…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Discovery Processes