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Graesser, Arthur C.; D'Mello, Sidney – Reading Teacher, 2012
Moment-to-moment emotions are affective states that dynamically change during reading and potentially influence comprehension. Researchers have recently identified these emotions and the emotion trajectories in reading, tutoring, and problem solving. The primary learning-centered emotions are boredom, frustration, confusion, flow (engagement),…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Research, Emotional Response, Affective Behavior
Ferrer, Rebecca A.; Bergman, Hannah E.; Klein, William M. P. – Health Education & Behavior, 2013
Worry has been shown to predict a variety of health behaviors, such as cancer screening, yet there are few studies linking worry and nutrition. This study used nationally representative data from National Cancer Institute's Food Attitudes and Behavior Survey ("n" = 3,397) to examine the association between health-related worry and a variety of…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Health Behavior, Anxiety, Behavioral Science Research
Stanley, Jennifer Tehan; Isaacowitz, Derek M. – Developmental Psychology, 2011
As a group, older adults report positive affective lives. The extent to which there are subgroups of older adults whose moods are less positive, however, is unclear. Our aim in the present study was to identify and characterize different subgroups of adults who exhibit distinct trajectories of mood change across a relatively short time period.…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Aging (Individuals), Time Perspective, Multivariate Analysis
Kirby, Larisa Shirotova – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Parent training programs have been consistently documented in the literature to have positive effects on a wide variety of targeted behaviors in children, such that parent education is now widely acknowledged as a "best practice" in the treatment of children with autism. Research has also begun to assess how to most effectively deliver…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Training, Autism, Delivery Systems
Chametzky, Barry – ProQuest LLC, 2013
With the Internet, foreign language learners can interact more easily with native speakers from other countries than in previous generations. For learners to develop the ability to function in foreign environments, it is vital to understand their experiences in postsecondary online foreign language classes. If educators and educational theorists…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Grounded Theory, Behavior Patterns, Adult Learning
Dirkx, John M. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2008
This article describes different ways of understanding emotions and their role in adult learning. The author suggests that people's understanding of emotions is shifting from one where they are viewed as an obstacle to reason and knowing to more holistic and integral ways of knowing one's self and the world. In this article, he provides a…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Psychological Patterns, Role Perception, Emotional Development
Kasworm, Carol E. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2008
Learning is an act of hope. Although adults enter learning experiences from many frames of emotion and cognitive beliefs, each views this experience as the purposeful choice for a new and different future, a future of hope and possibilities. For adult learners, the pursuit of higher education is a choice and a life-changing engagement. Given the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Affective Behavior
Zautra, Alex J.; Johnson, Lisa M.; Davis, Mary C. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2005
A sample of 124 women with osteoarthritis or fibromyalgia, or both, completed initial assessments for demographic data, health status, and personality traits and 10-12 weekly interviews regarding pain, stress, negative affect, and positive affect. Multilevel modeling analyses indicated that weekly elevations of pain and stress predicted increases…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Females, Pain, Health Conditions