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Shaylon M. Walker – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This dissertation examines the relationship between healthy adolescent development associated with school success in an alternative high school. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine the influence of educators who implement youth development strategies to equip students with the internal locus of control to take responsibility…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Nontraditional Education, High School Students, Success
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Prihadi, Kususanto; Tan, Christine Y. H.; Tan, Reimy T. S.; Yong, Poh Ling; Yong, Jonathan H. E.; Tinagaran, Sharvini; Yeow, James L. H. – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2018
Introduction: Previous studies indicated that more than 70% university students committed academic procrastination, and one of the most prominent factors is learned helplessness, the perception that one is incapable of finishing tasks well. It was also hypothesized that when students believe that they are in control of their own events, their…
Descriptors: Helplessness, Time Management, Locus of Control, Mediation Theory
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Hwang, Jihyun – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2019
The purpose of this research is to gather empirical evidence for attribution theory (Weiner in J Educ Psychol 71(1):3-25. https://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2102/10.1037/0022-0663.71.1.3, 1979) to explain students' feelings of helplessness when learning mathematics. The relationships between mathematics literacy in PISA 2012 and learned helplessness were also observed.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students, International Assessment
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Prihadi, Kususanto; Tan, Christine Y. H.; Tan, Reimy T. S.; Yong, P. L.; Yong, Jonathan H. E.; Tinagaran, Sharvini; Goh, Chee Leong; Tee, Yu Jin – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2018
This study aims to study the mediation role of locus of control on the impact of learned helplessness on students' academic procrastination. Studies reported that more than 70% university students procrastinate, and one of the causes is the perception that one is vulnerable or helpless in finishing the procrastinate tasks. It was hypothesized that…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Time Management, Helplessness, Undergraduate Students