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What Factors Predict Perceived Nativelikeness in Long-Term L2 Users?
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Forsberg Lundell, Fanny; Arvidsson, Klara; Jemstedt, Andreas – Second Language Research, 2023
This study investigated what psychological and social factors predict 'perceived nativelikeness' in late second language (L2) learners of French (L1 Swedish) (N = 62) with a minimum length of residence (LOR) of 5 years in France. The included factors were: language aptitude (LLAMA), acculturation (VIA), personality (MPQ), target language…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Native Speakers, Prediction, Language Aptitude
The Social Pipeline: How Friend Influence and Peer Exposure Widen the STEM Gender Gap
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Raabe, Isabel J.; Boda, Zsófia; Stadtfeld, Christoph – Sociology of Education, 2019
Individuals' favorite subjects in school can predetermine their educational and occupational careers. If girls develop weaker preferences for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), it can contribute to macrolevel gender inequalities in income and status. Relying on large-scale panel data on adolescents from Sweden (218 classrooms,…
Descriptors: Peer Influence, Social Influences, Career Choice, STEM Education
Principals' Emotional Identity -- The Swedish Case
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Nordholm, Daniel; Arnqvist, Anders; Nihlfors, Elisabet – School Leadership & Management, 2020
This article explores Swedish principals' emotional identity by employing an analysis instrument built up of three dimensions identified in the study by Crow, Day, and Møller (2017): "the professional," "the situated or socially located," and "the personal dimension." The article builds on data obtained from a survey…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Professional Identity, Emotional Response
Homophily in Delinquent Behavior: The Rise and Fall of Friend Similarity across Adolescence
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Richmond, Ashley D.; Laursen, Brett; Stattin, Håkan – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2019
This study examined age-related changes in friend similarity on delinquency to determine whether deviant behavior homophily peaks during mid-adolescence. A community sample of 1,663 male and 1,826 female Swedish youth from Grade 5 (M = 11.21 years) to Grade 10 (M = 16.25 years) provided self-reports of delinquency. Friendships were identified from…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Adolescents, Grade 5, Grade 6
Dimensions of Childhood Play and Toys
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Sandberg, Anette; Vuorinen, Tuula – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2008
The purpose of this article is to describe and analyse play through a contemporary historical perspective, based upon pre-school teachers', students majoring in education, and teacher education students' descriptions of memories from their childhood regarding play and toys. The overall method is retrospective. The data consists of 111 interviews…
Descriptors: Play, Toys, Recall (Psychology), Child Development
The Competent Drinker, the Authentic Person and the Strong Person: Lines of Reasoning in Swedish Young People's Discussions about Alcohol
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Bogren, Alexandra – Journal of Youth Studies, 2006
This study examines young people's discussions about alcohol in an Internet chat room. I study how alcohol is meaningful to the young people through specifically focusing their understandings of the concepts control/loss of control, conscientiousness and maturity. I also study what relations of power are constructed among them. The results point…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Drinking, Young Adults, Internet