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Costas N. Tsouloupas; Constantinos M. Kokkinos – SAGE Open, 2023
In response to the need for further research on factors influencing university students' well-being during challenging circumstances, this study tests a potential mechanism to unravel the complex relationships between perceived impacts of COVID-19 on psychological health, academic performance, and financial status, subjective well-being, and…
Descriptors: Well Being, College Students, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Salehi, Mohammad; Gholampour, Samaneh – SAGE Open, 2021
Cheating is an academically dishonest behavior about which there has been a thrust of research. However, it has not been extensively researched in an Iranian context. Therefore, the current study was conducted with 310 Iranian students. A cheating questionnaire was devised and administered to the participants. Certain demographic variables were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cheating, Ethics, Student Behavior
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Santokhie, Stefan; Lipps, Garth E. – SAGE Open, 2020
This study developed and validated a measure of Locus of Control in university students. Tertiary academic locus of control is the general expectancy that university students have regarding their ability to change their academic outcomes. Students who have an internal academic locus of control expect that their own efforts, skill, or luck will…
Descriptors: College Students, Locus of Control, Outcomes of Education, Measures (Individuals)
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Zhou, Shuhuan – SAGE Open, 2021
The debate over teenagers' exposure to cyberbullying has aroused broad public concern, but there are few nationwide empirical studies on teen cyberbullying in China. Based on social cognitive theory, this study analyzes the current state of cyberbullying among Chinese teenagers using a questionnaire survey (N = 1,538) distributed to teenagers in…
Descriptors: Risk, Computer Mediated Communication, Bullying, Foreign Countries
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Nyarko, Kingsley; Kugbey, Nuworza; Kofi, Collins Courage; Cole, Yaa Adubea; Adentwi, Kobina Impraim – SAGE Open, 2018
There have been several issues about the reading skills and abilities of children in Ghana, and how reading proficiency might influence the academic performance of children. In view of the above, this study examined the influence of reading proficiency on the academic performance of lower primary school children in Accra. Using a cross-sectional…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Tests, Standardized Tests