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Mahmut Sami Ozturk, Editor; Abdullatif Kaban, Editor; Mevlut Unal, Editor – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2024
"Proceedings of International Conference on Studies in Education and Social Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Studies in Education and Social Sciences (ICSES) which took place on November 7-10, 2024, in Istanbul, Turkey. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, discuss…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Foreign Countries
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Kyllonen, Patrick C.; Lipnevich, Anastasiya A.; Burrus, Jeremy; Roberts, Richard D. – ETS Research Report Series, 2014
This article concerns how noncognitive constructs--personality and motivation--can be assessed and developed to increase students' readiness for college. We propose a general framework to account for personality and motivational differences between students. We review numerous studies showing that personality and motivational factors are related…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Student Motivation, College Readiness, Literature Reviews
Gomez-Cerrillo, Lino – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The problem of middle adolescent substance use and abuse among high school age males was examined. Financial and socio-emotional costs and rates of incidence for substance use and abuse among high school males are addressed followed by a discussion of social, environmental, and intra-psychic factors, which influence substance use and abuse. To…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, High School Students, Males, Models
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Rønholt, Stine; Karsberg, Sidsel; Elklit, Ask – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2013
Background: In 2004, a firework factory in a residential area of a large Danish city exploded. The children at the local school were screened for symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 16 months and 3½ years after the incident. A large proportion of the children still suffered from a substantial number of symptoms 3½ years after the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Feindler, Eva L.; Engel, Emily C. – Psychology in the Schools, 2011
The development, implementation, and evaluation of anger management programs have proliferated over the past decade. The programs aim to moderate the intensity, frequency, and severity of anger expression, and facilitate alternative nonaggressive responses to conflict and frustration. Cognitive-behavioral theory highlights cognitive processes such…
Descriptors: Intervention, Aggression, Program Effectiveness, Conflict Resolution
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Gonzalez, Jorge; De Boeck, Paul; Tuerlinckx, Francis – Psychological Methods, 2008
Structural equation models are commonly used to analyze 2-mode data sets, in which a set of objects is measured on a set of variables. The underlying structure within the object mode is evaluated using latent variables, which are measured by indicators coming from the variable mode. Additionally, when the objects are measured under different…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Models
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Marsh, Herbert W.; Nagengast, Benjamin; Morin, Alexandre J. S.; Parada, Roberto H.; Craven, Rhonda G.; Hamilton, Linda R. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2011
Existing research posits multiple dimensions of bullying and victimization but has not identified well-differentiated facets of these constructs that meet standards of good measurement: goodness of fit, measurement invariance, lack of differential item functioning, and well-differentiated factors that are not so highly correlated as to detract…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Test Bias, Bullying, Structural Equation Models
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Jacques, Heather A. K.; Mash, Eric J. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2004
The applicability of the tripartite model of emotion, which distinguishes the shared aspect of depression and anxiety, negative affect (NA), from their respective specific components of low positive affect (PA) and physiological hyperarousal (PH), was examined in 472 elementary and high school students. The relations among depression, anxiety, and…
Descriptors: High School Students, Elementary School Students, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety