College students appear to have statistics anxiety, and even negative attitudes, strongly related to learning, knowledge, and further interest in statistics. This study investigated social work students' attitudes toward statistics and correlated academic factors. The pseudo mixed-methods survey of 196 social work students revealed mixed feelings…

In this article, we report on an oral history study documenting the lives of autistic adults in Australia. This qualitative study, co-produced with autistic researchers, offers insight into the lived experiences of autistic adults diagnosed in mid-to-late adulthood. Oral history methodology was utilised to understand the experiences of autistic…

In acute hospital settings, medical trainees are often confronted with moral challenges and negative emotions when caring for complex and structurally vulnerable patients. These challenges may influence the long term moral development of medical trainees and have significant implications for future clinical practice. Despite the importance of…

The purpose of this study is to analyze the mathematics identity of a primary school teacher who has negative mathematics experiences. His mathematics identity was separated into five periods (primary school, secondary school, high school, university, and math teaching) and examined afterwards. Narrative research was used because his mathematics…

Comprehension of stories requires readers to take the perspective of the story characters and imagine or feel their cognitive and affective states. The study investigated how variations in emotional valence within a literary text affected readers' global text processing, as reflected in their eye movements during the first and second-pass reading,…

This study aims to examine the concept of self-criticism in the context of Western and Eastern cultures and to examine graduate students' perceptions regarding this concept. When reviewing the Western literature, researchers have generally associated the idea of self-criticism with psychopathology, while researchers in Eastern cultures typically…

Background: Weight stigma and bias are present in education, employment, and health care institutions, and have increased in recent years. College students in pre-health majors have been documented to hold weight biases, and interventions to mitigate these beliefs have had varying results. Objectives: This study's purpose was to assess the impact…

International migration in general and the recent refugee crisis in particular are complex and much debated topics in European politics. Concurrently, education systems must operate under uncertain and unpredictable conditions. In this situation, migrant children become a group at particular educational risk of exclusion and marginalisation. This…

The impostor phenomenon (IP) is characterised by a belief that one is not actually intelligent or accomplished, despite objective evidence of success, but rather has fooled others and is therefore vulnerable to discovery as a fraud. Impostor feelings are widespread in the post-secondary population and may be disproportionately experienced by…

Research shows that mental health of children is becoming a major consideration in schools across the country. The purpose of this study is to identify principals who are supportive of those with mental illness and advocate for greater access to services. Responses from 139 principals of Nebraska schools addressed mental health stigma of…

The study evaluated the psychometrics of a newly developed scale that measures the perceived familial stigma of LGBQ-sexuality. Exploratory, confirmatory, bifactor, and omega reliability analyses were conducted on a set of items and suggest these scores reliably measure the intended construct, with specific factors of homonegativity, discretion,…

Background and aims: Children and young people on the autism spectrum frequently report a range of negative educational experiences and face disproportionally high rates of school non-attendance, including school avoidance and permanent exclusion, which can have a significant impact on their well-being as well as educational and broader life…

This research aimed to determine the relationship between teachers' mobbing experiences, organizational cynicism, and organizational silence. The research population consisted of 33,286 teachers working in public primary education institutions in the central districts of Ankara. The sample was determined using a multistage sampling method. A total…

This study aims to examine the effect of the level of awareness about BDSM on the attitudes towards BDSM practitioners in a conservative country such as Malaysia. A total of 124 Malaysian participants were recruited. Over 5 weeks, the experimental group underwent educational interventions, whereas the control group received neutral, unrelated…

This article identifies the importance of art therapy integrating a sex-positive approach to support healthy sexuality and sexual well-being. It outlines the harmful impact of the sex-negative culture in the United States and defines a sex-positive social justice approach. Based on a review of relevant art therapy literature and the author's…