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Jason Valley – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Objective: The rapid advancement in screen-based technology enables teenagers today to devote significant amounts of time to occupational engagement in the virtual context. Societal concerns regarding adolescent screen time have been well-substantiated by numerous studies that have revealed an inverse relationship between adolescent screen time…
Descriptors: High School Students, Suburban Schools, Well Being, World Views
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Mollet, Amanda L.; Lackman, Brian R. – Journal of College Student Development, 2018
Asexuality was absent from the sexual orientation lexicon as recently as a decade ago (Bigio, Davenport, Pinder, Chevigny, & Tucker, 2011). However visibility of asexual people has been growing. For example, Asexuality Visibility and Education Network's (AVEN, n.d.b) first Community Census in 2011 received 3,430 responses while responses to…
Descriptors: Sexual Orientation, Homosexuality, Minority Groups, Sexual Identity
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Pinquart, Martin; Behle, Anika – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2021
The objective of the study was to analyse whether young people with physical disabilities have lower global self-esteem and less positive domain-specific self-concepts than peers without physical disabilities, as well as which processes protect their self-esteem. Data were collected from 179 German adolescents with physical disabilities and 296…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Physical Disabilities, Self Esteem, Self Concept
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Wilson, Oliver W. A.; Jones, Hannah; Mama, Scherezade K.; Guthrie, Hannah; Papalia, Zack; Duffey, Michele; Bopp, Melissa – Journal of American College Health, 2021
Objectives: Examine the prevalence of body weight perception discordance, and its relationship with physical activity and mental health among college women. Participants and methods: Data were collected from a convenience sample of female undergraduates enrolled in general education health and wellness courses at a large, northeastern United…
Descriptors: Females, Body Weight, Mental Health, Correlation
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Jang, Yongseok; Hadley, Brandy; Son, Joon; Song, Chanho – Journal of Education for Business, 2019
Despite the heightened popularity of entrepreneurship education, there remain open questions regarding best practices in co-curricular programs. Using the theory of planned behavior, the authors examine how students' intention is shaped to increase the likelihood of participation in entrepreneurship co-curricular programs. To the best of the…
Descriptors: Intention, Competition, Entrepreneurship, Extracurricular Activities
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Cantell, Hannele; Tolppanen, Sakari; Aarnio-Linnanvuori, Essi; Lehtonen, Anna – Environmental Education Research, 2019
This article presents and evaluates a model made for climate change education -- the bicycle model. The model was created based on an extensive literature review, from which, essential aspects of climate change education were drawn out. The bicycle model is a representation of holistic climate change education and emphasizes the importance of the…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Climate, Holistic Approach, Models
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Diaconu-Gherasim, Loredana R.; Tepordei, Ana-Maria; Mairean, Cornelia; Rusu, Andrei – Educational Studies, 2019
This study evaluated how gender is related to children's intelligence beliefs, goal orientations and academic achievement and whether there are gender differences in how intelligence beliefs and goal orientations are related to academic achievement. The participants, 362 seventh grade students (55.8% girls; M[subscript age] = 13.20,…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Goal Orientation, Academic Achievement, Intelligence
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Rudolph, Christiane E. S.; Lundin, Andreas; Åhs, Jill W.; Dalman, Christina; Kosidou, Kyriaki – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
We examined the association between autistic traits and sexual orientation in a general adult population (N = 47,356). Autistic traits were measured with the ten items Autistic Quotient questionnaire using a cut-off score of = 6. Sexual orientation was assessed by self-report. Multinomial logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios (ORs)…
Descriptors: Sexual Orientation, Autism, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Adults
Papaioannou, Nicole – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This dissertation study reports on an IRB-approved qualitative study of ten students who took class-assigned writing and moved it beyond the curriculum, I examine the curricular and extracurricular contexts that drove students to voluntarily develop projects that involve writing. The findings I share in this dissertation are based on interviews…
Descriptors: Writing Across the Curriculum, Writing Assignments, Self Concept, Goal Orientation
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Connell, Kathleen – Music Education Research, 2020
Investigations pertaining to career trajectories and vocational identities of professional classical Australian singers are uncharted and lack specific empirical evidence. Rarely do studies explain the professional singers' experiences and the processes they undertook to reach goals, to comprehend their deep identification with the craft, and…
Descriptors: Singing, Music, Career Development, Foreign Countries
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Zheng, Jiali; Jiang, Ning; Dou, Jingtong – New Waves-Educational Research and Development Journal, 2020
This study examines the relationship between autonomy support from instructors, self-regulated learning, mastery goal orientation and academic stress. College and graduate students in China (N=366) participated in this study. Mediation analysis was used to examine the relationships between the constructs. The results indicate that academic stress…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Stress Variables, Self Management, Mastery Learning
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Glas, Katharina; Dittmar, Patricia; Allendes, Paz – ELT Journal, 2021
Mental imagery of 'future selves' is considered a powerful means for motivating learners, and also teachers, whose own motivation is an important basis for the creation of engaging teaching-learning environments. This multiple case study accompanied Chilean novice teachers of English over 18 months and explores the use of visualizations of teacher…
Descriptors: Imagery, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Veldman-de Jonge, Ingeborg; Jen, Enyi – Gifted and Talented International, 2022
From a developmental perspective, gifted girls could benefit from the life experience shared by gifted women about what influenced them to make life choices. This study focuses on Dutch gifted women to explore what were facilitating or hindering factors in making those decisions in education, personal life, and career. Interviews with 10…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Gifted, Barriers
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James, Morgan Branch; Williams, Sarah Carver; Hock, Michael F.; Inlow, Jamie S.; Moore, Dominic A.; Jones, J. Tanner – International Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
In this article, we explore a program designed to engage high school and college students with learning disabilities (LD) in conversations about their hopes, expectations, and fears for the future. We explore the mindset of students by focusing on their self-identified passions for life and sense of strengths and limitations. We found that males…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Students, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities
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Jaeger, Audrey J.; Haley, Karen J.; Hudson, Tara D. – Journal of Global Education and Research, 2019
Postdoctoral scholars constitute a sizeable population within the academic workforce. Given the intended role of a postdoc position as a time of advanced training and professional development for a future academic career, particularly in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, it is important to understand whether and how well…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Postdoctoral Education, Career Development, STEM Education
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