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Collie, Rebecca J.; Holliman, Andrew J.; Martin, Andrew J. – Educational Psychology, 2017
University entry is a time of great change for students. The extent to which students are able to effectively navigate such change likely has an impact on their success in university. In the current study, we examined this by way of adaptability, the extent to which students' adaptability is associated with their behavioural engagement at…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Personality Traits, Learner Engagement, Academic Achievement
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Martin, Andrew J. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2014
Students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) experience significant academic difficulties that can lead to numerous negative academic consequences. With a focus on adverse academic outcomes, this study seeks to disentangle variance attributable to ADHD from variance attributable to salient personal and contextual covariates.…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, School Size, Socioeconomic Status, Academic Achievement
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Martin, Andrew J.; Papworth, Brad; Ginns, Paul; Liem, Gregory Arief D. – American Educational Research Journal, 2014
Boarding school has been a feature of education systems for centuries. Minimal large-scale quantitative data have been collected to examine its association with important educational and other outcomes. The present study represents one of the largest studies into boarding school conducted to date. It investigates boarding school and students'…
Descriptors: Boarding Schools, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Well Being
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Martin, Andrew J.; Marsh, Herbert W. – Oxford Review of Education, 2009
"Academic resilience" refers to a student's capacity to overcome acute or chronic adversities that are seen as major assaults on educational processes. Although intersecting with highly vulnerable and important populations, academic resilience does not map onto the many students who are faced with setbacks, challenges and pressures that are part…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Learning Processes, Academic Achievement, Guidelines