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Sandra Ximena Jaramillo-Rincón; Fernando Vazquez-Peña; Lina Rodríguez; Elena María Trujillo-Maza – Cogent Education, 2024
Professional success depends on more than just academic achievements frequently defined and evaluated as grades, academic averages and approval of semesters. Other non-cognitive factors, such as 'grit', or academic persistence, have been related to a decrease in academic dropout and success prediction. But it has not been measured in medical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Medical Students, Academic Persistence
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Núñez, María Isabel Gómez; Muñoz, María Angeles Cano – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2020
Introduction: Anxiety is an emotion which is characterized by a set of cognitive, psychophysical and behavioral symptoms, showed by a subject before some situations which are perceived as threatening or dangerous. The aim of the present work was to know the relationship between anxiety, emotional intelligence and personality, as well as the…
Descriptors: Prediction, Emotional Intelligence, Anxiety, Personality Traits
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Vizoso, Carmen; Arias-Gundín, Olga; Rodríguez, Celestino – Educational Psychology, 2019
This study examined the relationship between coping strategies, dispositional optimism, academic burnout and academic performance using structural equation modelling. Data were collected from a sample of 532 Spanish undergraduate students. Participants completed a battery of questionnaires including the LOT-R to assess optimism, CSI for the…
Descriptors: Coping, Burnout, Positive Attitudes, Intervention
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Lee, Sunghee; McClain, Colleen; Behr, Dorothée; Meitinger, Katharina – Field Methods, 2020
Self-rated health (SRH) and subjective life expectancy (SLE) are widely used for understanding health and predicting mortality. However, what these items measure remains unclear, due to the lack of conceptual frameworks. We administered a web survey across the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Spain, and Mexico. The questionnaire included SRH…
Descriptors: Schemata (Cognition), Self Evaluation (Individuals), Prediction, Mortality Rate
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Malo-Cerrato, Sara; Martín-Perpiñá, Maria-de-las-Mercedes; Viñas-Poch, Ferran – Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal, 2018
Understanding the factors that predict excessive use of social networks in adolescence can help prevent problems such as addictive behaviours, loneliness or cyberbullying. The main aim was to ascertain the psychological and social profile of adolescents whose use of SNSS is excessive. Participants comprised 1,102 adolescents aged between 11 and 18…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Social Support Groups, Self Concept, Mothers
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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
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers