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Anne Lakkavaara; Katja Upadyaya; Xin Tang; Katariina Salmela-Aro – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2024
School burnout, defined as prolonged feelings of exhaustion, cynical attitude and inadequacy feelings towards schoolwork, can lead to mental problems during adolescence. To find effective ways to prevent burnout, this study examined the synergistic role of two positive personal resources, a stress-is-enhancing mindset and academic buoyancy in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Grade 9, Burnout
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Elizabeth Valenti; Magen Branham – Journal of Instructional Research, 2024
This study aimed to explore the relationship between social support and perceived stress, and identify barriers to accessing support among undergraduate freshman students (N = 203). Quantitative assessment was conducted using the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10), supplemented by…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Social Support Groups, Barriers, Stress Variables
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Junsang Park; Heejae Lee; Joonsuk Kim; Anne Q. Zhou – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2024
Background: The development of learning attitudes during middle school transition and adaptation is critical, as shown by Self-Determination Theory (SDT). However, the development of adolescents' learning attitudes throughout middle school and the impact of parenting styles on this development remains largely unexplored. Objective: This research…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Middle School Students, Foreign Countries, Self Determination
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Parker, Patti C.; Perry, Raymond P.; Chipperfield, Judith G.; Hamm, Jeremy M.; Daniels, Lia M.; Dryden, Robert P. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2022
Research suggests that when dealing with personal setbacks, secondary control (SC) adjustment and acceptance beliefs can foster psychological wellbeing. However, little research has examined these beliefs, in combination, and how they impact students in their academic development. We conducted secondary analysis using an eight-month longitudinal…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Well Being, Academic Achievement, Longitudinal Studies
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Filippello, Pina; Buzzai, Caterina; Costa, Sebastiano; Orecchio, Susanna; Sorrenti, Luana – Psychology in the Schools, 2020
Although several studies have investigated the roles of teaching practices during the learning process on students, the role of school learned helplessness (LH) and mastery orientation (MO) has not been deeply examined. The present study aimed to verify the dynamics between academic achievement and the perception of the students of their teacher's…
Descriptors: Teaching Styles, Academic Achievement, Helplessness, Mastery Learning
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Yigit, Ecenaz; Keser, Ömer Faruk; Uzun, Levent – International Dialogues on Education: Past and Present, 2020
Foreign language learning is one of the most significant endeavours for people in all countries in the world. Turkey has given importance to foreign language learning for years. Nevertheless, it has been an unresolved problem for Turkish people. The purpose of the present study is to determine why people fail to learn foreign languages in Turkey…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Attitudes
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Ghasemi, Farshad; Karimi, Mohammad Nabi – Middle School Journal, 2021
In all educational settings, teachers are likely to encounter learners with different emotional and cognitive characteristics, particularly learners who are demotivated or disengaged and as a result misbehave in the classroom. Learned helplessness (LH) is associated with such emotional and motivational deficits in academic performance. This study…
Descriptors: Helplessness, Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Intervention
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Krafchek, Jennifer; Kronborg, Leonie – Gifted and Talented International, 2020
This qualitative study examined the social coping behaviors and strategies used by fourteen academically high-achieving females before the onset of disordered eating in high school. Ineffective social coping strategies could contribute to a feeling of helplessness, which is a risk factor for eating disorders. All participants were interviewed…
Descriptors: Coping, Females, Eating Disorders, Social Behavior
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Wu, Shaowei; Tu, Chia-Ching – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2019
This study explored the moderating role of social support between learning self-efficacy and learned helplessness in higher vocational students in Henan Province, People's Republic of China. The Learning Self-Efficacy Scale, Social Support Scale, and Learned Helplessness Scale were adopted to conduct questionnaire surveys, which involved 1,067…
Descriptors: Role, Social Support Groups, Self Efficacy, Helplessness
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Tezcan, Gamze – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2019
The aim of this study is to explore the metaphorical perceptions of pre-service teachers about Syrian asylum seekers' children. A metaphor analysis method was conducted with 160 pre-service teachers during the spring semester of the 2017-2018 academic year. Data was collected by a metaphor analysis form. Qualitative and quantitative data analysis…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Refugees, Land Settlement
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Raufelder, Diana; Regner, Nicola; Wood, Megan A. – Educational Psychology, 2018
The aim of the present study was to examine the interplay between test anxiety (i.e. worry and emotionality) and learned helplessness in a sample of adolescents (N = 845, aged 13-17 years) in secondary schools in Germany. In accordance with the buffering hypothesis, it was hypothesised that the detrimental association between both components of…
Descriptors: Test Anxiety, Helplessness, Student Attitudes, Adolescents
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Bohannon, Larry; Clapsaddle, Shannon; McCollum, Dixie – FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 2019
Depression, anxiety disorders, and students who have experienced trauma have increased across the globe in the past decade. Teachers and students are not immune. Our schools and communities have increased violence and unrest that has resulted in a growing concern among educational leaders. Although most of the educational focus regarding stress…
Descriptors: Trauma, College Students, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Depression (Psychology)
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Camfield, Eileen Kogl – Journal of Developmental Education, 2016
Building on previous studies of college students' writing self-efficacy beliefs, this article presents the empirical foundation for a reconceptualized understanding of this identity process. The study assessed 131 college freshmen enrolled in a developmental writing course who were evaluated holistically using grounded theory methodology. The…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Self Efficacy, Student Attitudes, College Freshmen
Turchan, Joshua Edward – ProQuest LLC, 2016
On average fewer lower-SES students graduate from college compared to their higher-SES peers. SES-stereotype threat researchers have found evidence that when faced with a stereotype regarding SES, lower-SES students' academic/intellectual performance is negatively affected. Some research has shown that learned helplessness attributional styles may…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Helplessness, Stereotypes, Academic Achievement
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De Castella, Krista; Byrne, Donald – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2015
The belief that intelligence is malleable has important consequences for achievement and motivation (Blackwell et al. "Child Development," v78, p246-263. 2007; Dweck, 1999; Robins & Pals, "Self and Identity," v1, p313-336, 2002). However, believing that it is possible to improve intelligence does not necessarily mean…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intelligence, Self Esteem, Intelligence Tests
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