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Direct linkZogmaister, Cristina; Maricutoiu, Laurentiu P. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2022
Students face frequent formal and informal tests, both in the academic context and social life. On each of these occasions, they risk falling short of their own or others' expectations. Facing failure is a psychological challenge, and people can react with defensive strategies, which may have negative consequences. Here we investigated the role of…
Descriptors: College Students, Self Esteem, Defense Mechanisms, Failure
Download full textEryilmaz, Ali; Basal, Ahmet – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2021
This study aims to investigate coping strategies that activate pessimism in the context of COVID 19. To this end, two sub-studies were conducted. In the first study, an exploratory factor analysis of coping with pessimistic events scale was conducted on 209 university students. It was found that students use strategies such as self-control, coping…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, College Students, College Faculty
Nail, Paul R.; Simon, Joan B.; Bihm, Elson M.; Beasley, William Howard – Journal of School Violence, 2016
According to the compensation model of aggression (Staub, 1989), some people bully to defend against their own feelings of weakness and vulnerability. Classmates and teachers rated a sample of American sixth graders in terms of trait: defensiveness (i.e., defensive egotism), self-esteem, bullying, and related behaviors. Consistent with the model,…
Descriptors: Bullying, Gender Differences, Aggression, Grade 6
