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Download full textMann, Michael J.; Kristjansson, Alfgeir L.; Sigfusdottir, Inga Dora; Smith, Megan L. – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2014
Early adolescence represents a particularly vulnerable period of development during which young people are susceptible to establishing lifelong behavior patterns associated with poor life, health, and educational outcomes. Previous research demonstrates older adolescents and young adults often experience negative life events (NLEs) prior to…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Middle School Students, High School Students, College Students
Direct linkGoldberg, Abbie E.; Smith, JuliAnna Z. – Family Relations, 2008
This study examines predictors of social support and mental health among 36 lesbian and 39 heterosexual couples who were waiting to adopt. Lesbian preadoptive partners perceived less support from family than heterosexual partners but similar levels of support from friends. Lesbian and heterosexual partners reported similar levels of well-being.…
Descriptors: Adoption, Depression (Psychology), Social Support Groups, Homosexuality
Peer reviewedSweeney, Gladys Acevedo; Horan, John J. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1982
Music students with reactive and adaptive anxieties participated in a musical performance anxiety reduction program. Cue-controlled relaxation (CCR) and cognitive restructuring (CR) were examined separately and in combination in comparison with a standard treatment control condition. The CCR and CR treatments were each effective in reducing state…
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Counseling Effectiveness
Peer reviewedCameron, L. A.; Heywood, J. – College Teaching, 1985
A study of the comparability of results of two techniques of testing, the traditional approach and that of giving the students the questions before the examination, revealed little difference in the two approaches' results, and supports the use of "prior notice" to reduce test anxiety. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
Peer reviewedTodman, John; Lawrenson, Helen – British Educational Research Journal, 1992
Presents the results of a United Kingdom study comparing computer anxiety, mathematics anxiety, and computer experience among college students and elementary students. Includes discussion of age, sex, and the relationship between anxiety and experience. Reports that the younger children had higher computer experience and less computer anxiety.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computers, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Julkunen, Kyosti – 1992
A study conducted in Finland investigated the relationships between trait and test anxiety and low and high achievement in 552 sixth- and eighth-graders. Before the final English language test of the spring term, the students responded to a questionnaire concerning worry, tension, test-irrelevant thoughts, physical reactions (e.g., rapid…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedSmith, Earl; Witt, Stephanie L. – Research in Higher Education, 1993
Analysis of data from a national survey of about 1,000 college faculty found African-American faculty reported higher levels of occupational stress than white counterpart, especially in areas of research and service activities. Possible effects of extra-academic assignments given to African-American faculty are considered. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Black Teachers, College Administration, College Faculty
