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Mehmet Ali Yildiz – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
The aim of this study was to adapt the Positive and Negative Affect Scale for Children (PANAS-C) developed by Laurent et al. into Turkish and to examine its validity and reliability on high school adolescents. The data of the study were analyzed with four different study groups. The first study group consisted of 414 high school adolescents, 262…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Affective Measures, Test Validity, Test Reliability
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Kesik, Fatma; Aslan, Huseyin – Educational Administration: Theory & Practice, 2020
This study aims to reveal the views of students about the concept of happiness through metaphors. The study was designed in descriptive model and analysed with metaphor analysis, a qualitative research method. 188 students who were selected by snowball sampling technique and studying in secondary and high schools constituted the sample of the…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Psychological Patterns, Secondary School Students, Concept Formation
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Ulas-Kilic, Ozlem; Peila-Shuster, Jacqueline J.; Demirtas-Zorbaz, Selen; Kizildag, Seval – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2020
Multiple regression was used to investigate whether the perfectionism perceptions, automatic thoughts, and the grade point average (GPA) of young adolescent students predict their career decision-making self-efficacy levels. The final sample included 383 students in their eighth year of school. Results indicate that positive perfectionism,…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Career Development, Decision Making, Self Efficacy
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Eryilmaz, Ali – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2015
This study aims to investigate the relation between participation in religious activities and the subjective wellbeing of high school students. The study group involves 196 participants, 99 female and 97 male; all of the participants were adolescents attending high school in Eskisehir, Turkey, their ages varying from 14 to 16. The measurement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religion, Religious Factors, High School Students
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Kapikiran, Sahin – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2012
The main purpose of this study was to examine the mediator and moderator role of self-handicapping and achievement goal orientations variables on the relationship between negative automatic thoughts intrinsic achievement motivation in high school students. 586 high school students, ranging in age from 14 to 20 (M = 16.08), adolescence students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Need, Goal Orientation, Student Motivation
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Sahin Baltaci, Hülya – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2012
Problem Statement: Adolescence is a period during which emotional and behavioral problems are increased. Adolescents seek answers for the questions such as "what kind of person should I be?" Additionally, it is a period in which one undergoes and must adapt to physical changes. Some adolescents are not able to find their way during this…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Help Seeking, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Problems
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Ziebertz, Hans-Georg; Kay, William K. – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2009
Based on original empirical data collected from adolescents in Europe (N = 9003) this paper focuses the lifeworlds of young people. It analyses negative and positive patterns of attitude and combines them with further concepts: personal life perspectives, various key values and political attitudes. Technically, the attitude towards Europe acts as…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Global Approach