Purpose: The current study seeks first to examine the prediction of school functioning in crises during the COVID-19 pandemic by school principals' self-efficacy; second, to explore the differences in all dimensions of self-efficacy and school functioning during crises in Arab and Jewish schools in Israel and third, to determine which of school…

This study examined the stability and change in career aspirations throughout the college-to-work transition among ethnic minority Arab students in Israel and tested the contributions of contextual and personal factors to career aspirations before and after this transition. At Time 1, 957 Arab students in Israel participated at the end of their…

Objective: to examine factors associated with cigarette and hookah smoking among Middle Eastern (ME) Arab college women. Participants: 406 adult women of ME Arabic background, currently enrolled in or recently graduated from a US college. Methods: a cross-sectional design, using an anonymous online survey of demographic characteristics,…

Very little is known about mental health service utilization among Arab and Middle Eastern American (AMEA) college students. We aimed to document AMEA college students' mental health service utilization behaviors and how known predictors shape this utilization. Using data from the 2015-2020 Healthy Minds Study, we examined self-reported diagnosis…

The COVID-19 pandemic has provided second language (L2) learners with additional challenges regarding how to obtain an enjoyable experience while achieving a better learning attainment. Despite a growing body of studies that substantiated the predictive effect of grit, foreign language enjoyment (FLE), and foreign language classroom anxiety (FLA)…