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Dante D. Dixson; Leah Jansen; Ersie-Anastasia Gentzis; Frank C. Worrell – High Ability Studies, 2024
In this study, the relationship between clusters of hope and a psychosocial profile of academic talent development is examined in a sample of 466 academically gifted adolescents. First, cluster analysis is leveraged to examine whether interpretable three- and four-cluster hope solutions can be found in the sample. Second, differences among a group…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adolescents, Predictor Variables, Student Characteristics
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Harry Gnanarajan, Ariyaratnam; Kengatharan, Navaneethakrishnan – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2022
Organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) of teachers has been found essential for the effective functioning of schools, and teachers' propensity to perform OCB is determined by various individual and organisational characteristics. The present study investigates the role of human values -- benevolence, achievement, self-direction and conformity…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Academic Achievement
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Micomonaco, Justin P.; Espinoza, Benjamin D. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2022
Improving student success outcomes such as persistence and graduation rates remains a priority for higher education institutions, scholars, and advocates. Recent scholarly work argues for more qualitative work in this area to develop a deeper understanding of the issue and to identify more effective ways to increase college completion rates across…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Overachievement
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Cassidy, Tony; McLaughlin, Marian; McDowell, Eimear – Journal of Education, 2022
Intergenerational transmission of disadvantage remains a problem despite political and educational initiatives. This study explored the role of personality and psychosocial factors in occupational status in a survey of 383 participants (174 males and 209 females) over 39 years from age 16 to 55. Mother's education, extraversion, and mastery…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Socioeconomic Status, Parent Education
Danielle Rossman – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation uses a cross sectional quantitative design to investigate the relationship between first-year college students' social class and their pre-college interest in engaging in co-curricular experiences during college, their motivations for engaging in co-curricular experiences, and their perceptions of whether co-curricular activities…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Class, Case Studies, Student Attitudes
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Mostafa Azari Noughabi; Behzad Ghonsooly; Safoura Jahedizadeh – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Due to the novelty of the concept of language teacher immunity, scant research attention has been dedicated to exploring its personality-based and psychological correlates in language teaching research. To expand the line of research investigating the contributing factors to language teachers' immunity, the present study, informed by positive…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Academic Persistence