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Mynard, Jo; Burke, Michael; Hooper, Daniel; Kushida, Bethan; Lyon, Phoebe; Sampson, Ross; Taw, Phillip – Multilingual Matters, 2020
This book provides an in-depth exploration of psychological phenomena affecting language learning within a social learning space. Drawing on the literature from identity in second language learning, communities of practice and learner beliefs, in conjunction with other individual difference factors, it uncovers perceptions and assumptions that…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Psychological Patterns, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Peled, Einat; Sacks, Ilana – Family Relations, 2008
The purpose of the present study was to learn about the self-perception of women who live with alcohol-addicted partners. It was hoped that avoiding to label the women in advance as codependent would facilitate a better understanding of their lives and self-perceptions. The qualitative naturalist methodology used was based on a feminist framework.…
Descriptors: Females, Self Concept, Alcoholism, Interpersonal Relationship
Mundy, Jean – Parks and Recreation, 1984
The leisure service delivery professional must be aware of problems people have with participating in leisure activities and making choices about what to do with their free time. Problem areas include lack of awareness of leisure, low self-esteem, inertia, and boredom. (DF)
Descriptors: Individual Needs, Leisure Time, Psychological Patterns, Recreational Activities
Pak, Jenny H. – 2001
Current models of acculturation and cultural identity are primarily devoted to identifying the course or the levels at which it takes place, but they are severely limited in describing how a sense of self is fashioned out of multiple social and cultural contexts. The acculturative process is impacted, for example, by the reasons for immigration,…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cultural Context, Ethnicity, Females
Dyson, Lily; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1989
Psychological predictors of self-concept, behavior problems, and social competence of 55 siblings of developmentally disabled children were compared with those in 55 siblings of nondisabled children. Distinct psychological predictors for children with developmentally disabled siblings included parental stress and resources, perceived family social…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Problems, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Disabilities

Balk, David – Journal of School Health, 1983
The author reviews literature on childrens' reactions to perceived failure and offers "learned helplessness" as a model to explain why a child who makes a mistake gives up. Suggestions for preventing these reactions are given. (Author/JMK)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Failure, Helplessness, Psychological Patterns
Gleason, Joni J. – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1988
Gifted students sometimes camouflage themselves behind a facade of underachievement. Causes of underachievement include: (1) social and emotional conflict due to societal misconceptions, expectations, and stereotypes; low self-concept; and family instability; (2) a stifling or inhibiting academic environment; and (3) physiological and neurological…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Disabilities, Educational Diagnosis
Padwal, Ram S. – 1984
This study examined the relationship of self-concept to intelligence, anxiety, and academic persistence and achievement among young adolescents in a rural school division in Saskatchewan. Eighty-five students in grades 7 and 8 were administered the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale, Sarason's Test Anxiety Scale, Sarason's General Anxiety…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Anxiety, Attitude Measures
Rogers, George W., Jr. – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1981
Rational Self-Counseling, a variation of rational-emotive therapy, is a self-help therapeutic technique in which students are encouraged to be responsible for their own behavior and emotions. The primary function of self-counseling is to evaluate whether thoughts are rational. A list of questions which students might ask themselves is presented.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), College Students, Coping, Higher Education
Kalsner, Lydia – Higher Education Extension Service Review, 1992
This review examines the psychological variables that influence academic performance, by exploring the psychosocial development of students and the individual differences that emerge in childhood and impact upon a student's later self-concept. Areas discussed include identity and achievement issues, gender differences in identity achievement, the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adjustment (to Environment), Higher Education
Merron, Keith; Torbert, William R. – 1983
Since 1980, Loevinger's Sentence Completion Test has been used to explore the relationship between ego development and managerial effectiveness in the context of Boston College's Masters of Business Administration (MBA) program. According to the theory of ego development developed by Loevinger and others, most adults either inhabit one of four…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Behavior, Beliefs
Bauer, Barbara G. – 1983
Bulimia, an eating disorder characterized by binge eating followed by purging and intense feelings of guilt and failure, is increasing among young women. The eating behavior is only a symptom of more complex underlying problems such as feelings of inadequacy, social isolation, depression, rigid thinking, self-defeating thoughts, and perfectionism.…
Descriptors: Body Image, College Students, Counseling Effectiveness, Depression (Psychology)
Yates, Alayne; Brodkin, Adele M. – Instructor, 1994
When early adolescents equate body image with self-image, they risk eating and exercise disorders, with dangerous results. Interviews with two experts present information to help middle school teachers understand the problem and intervene with students whose preoccupation with appearance or prowess can, taken to the extreme, be fatal. (SM)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Body Image, Eating Disorders
Smyth, Elizabeth – 1992
Because gifted girls so often fail to achieve their potential, they require specialized programming and counseling. Three factors in this longstanding pattern of underachievement and associated issues are: (1) biological (girls lack the innate ability to achieve); (2) environmental (aspects of the environment do not encourage female achievement);…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Career Exploration, Classroom Techniques, Counseling Techniques

Flynn, Timothy M. – Early Child Development and Care, 1984
Reports a study of 208 migrant children, three to four years of age and mostly Black, assessing school achievement and seven affective characteristics, i.e., delay of gratification, relationship with achievement model, dependency, motor inhibition, self-control, self-concept, and risk-taking. Suggests that findings of sex differences for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Measures, Black Youth, Compensatory Education
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