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Vishwalingam Murugan Sujetha; Saranraj Loganathan; Gangalakshmi Chermakani; Anandhan Hariharasudan – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2025
This paper aims to analyze the impact of body dissatisfaction on communication competencies among engineering college students and to put forth remedial strategies. As body dissatisfaction is still a grey area in research-related communication competencies, the researchers have focused on this arena. Sixty-one heterogeneous participants (male = 30…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Engineering Education, Self Concept
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Jambunathan, Saigeetha; Jayaraman, J. D. – Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 2019
Street children are defined as, "those for whom the street more than their real family has become their real home, a situation in which there is no protection, supervision or direction from responsible adults" (Ennew, 1994, p. 15). The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the perception of self-competence and social acceptance of…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Competence, Peer Acceptance, Homeless People
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Maheshwari, Saurabh; Mukherjee, Tuheena – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2021
The debate on the positive and negative impact of Facebook on youth particularly on their academic performance has become prevalent in academic discourses. The previous studies show mixed findings of the effect of Facebook on academic performance as well as on other education-related variables. Though the role of Facebook in academics is well…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Peer Acceptance, Social Media, Computer Mediated Communication
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Venkateswara, U.; Divya, John – MEXTESOL Journal, 2021
This investigation focused on the speaking-skills component of the syllabi of Technical English I and II (Regulation 2013) at Anna University in Chennai, India. It was meant to formulate strategies for effective schemes to develop the English-speaking skills of engineering students in the colleges affiliated to the University. The major research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Speech Skills, Communication Skills, Second Language Learning
Areekkuzhyil, Santhosh – Online Submission, 2017
Education is an instrument to replicate the social system. The social practices are reflected in the classrooms and it is the classrooms that create tomorrow's society. People are excluded by institutions and behavior that reflect, enforce and reproduce prevailing social attitudes and values, particularly those of powerful groups in society.…
Descriptors: Social Isolation, Peer Acceptance, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries
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Pronk, Jeroen; Lee, Nikki C.; Sandhu, Damanjit; Kaur, Kirandeep; Kaur, Shubhdip; Olthof, Tjeert; Goossens, Frits A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2017
Contemporary research adopts an evolutionary theoretical perspective in which bullying is strategic behavior that is conducive to peer-group status enhancement. Within this view, a high social status (i.e., popularity) has been associated with bullying others, while a high affiliative status (i.e., preference) has been associated with defending…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Bullying, Social Status, Peer Acceptance