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Kakinuma, Kyosuke; Nakai, Mai; Hada, Yuki; Kizawa, Mari; Tanaka, Ayumi – Journal of Experimental Education, 2022
Considerable research has shown that receiving effort-focused praise affects motivation positively, while ability-focused praise affects motivation negatively. However, these studies have investigated only the effects on the one receiving praise (the praisee). Therefore, we examined the effects of praise on the one offering praise (the praiser),…
Descriptors: Positive Reinforcement, Student Motivation, Ability, Student Participation
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Hajimu Hayashi; Ayumi Matsumoto; Minehiro Akagawa – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2025
This study examined the development of the evaluation of praise that differs in congruence between what the praiser is praising (i.e. effort or ability) and what led the recipient to succeed. Children aged 7 and 8 years (second graders) and 10 and 11 years (fifth graders), as well as adults, made emotional and motivational evaluations about…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Grade 5
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Aoki, Naoko – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2022
This study aimed to investigate teachers' intentions when praising students, and to compare these intentions between teachers in pre-primary educational facilities and in elementary schools. It is important to understand intentions of teachers for praising students because it will help them reflect on and improve their behaviors. A total of 166…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Intention, Positive Reinforcement
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Niwayama, Kazuki; Maeda, Yosuke; Kaneyama, Yumi; Sato, Hiroshi – Preventing School Failure, 2020
This study examined the effects of teacher self-monitoring combined with peer teacher feedback on their use of behavior-specific praise (BSP). We also examined its effect on children's academic engagement. The study was conducted in general education classrooms at a Japanese elementary school using a multiple-probe design across participants.…
Descriptors: Positive Reinforcement, Feedback (Response), Peer Evaluation, Peer Teaching
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Ohtake, Yoshihisa; Hatano, Mika – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2018
The present study examined the effectiveness of video hero modelling and praising (VHMP), which has been proved as effective in behaviour change for students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), in improving the transition-related behaviours of two elementary-aged students with Down Syndrome (DS). Each participant watched a video in which she…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Modeling (Psychology), Positive Reinforcement, Down Syndrome
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Fujiwara, Takeo; Okuyama, Makiko; Izumi, Mayuko – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
The authors test the hypothesis that separation from a violent husband or partner improves maternal parenting in Japan and examine how childhood abuse history (CAH), experience of domestic violence (DV), mental health problems, husband or partner's child maltreatment, and other demographic factors affect maternal parenting after such separation. A…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Marital Status, Child Abuse, Mothers
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Heine, Steven J.; Kitayama, Shinobu; Lehman, Darrin R. – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2001
Investigated compensatory self-enhancement in Japanese and Canadian college students who completed and graded the Remote Associations Test under success of failure conditions, then completed a questionnaire containing a compensatory self-enhancement measure. Canadian students discounted negative feedback, though they did not exhibit compensatory…
Descriptors: College Students, Creativity, Cultural Differences, Feedback
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology