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Direct linkDe Bondt, Niki; De Maeyer, Sven; Donche, Vincent; Van Petegem, Peter – High Ability Studies, 2021
The aim of this study is to provide -- first theoretically and, subsequently, through an empirical analysis -- a rationale for including the concept of overexcitability in talent research, beyond the five-factor model personality traits. Moreover, the empirical part of this study makes use of an innovative statistical method to address the problem…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Talent, Research, Gifted
Cvetkovski, Stefan; Jorm, Anthony F.; Mackinnon, Andrew J. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2018
Studies of psychological distress (PD) in university students have shown that they have high prevalence rates. These findings have raised concerns that PD may be leading to poorer student outcomes, such as elevated dropout rates. The aim of this study was to examine the association of PD in undergraduate university students with the competing…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, National Surveys
De Bondt, Niki; Van Petegem, Peter – High Ability Studies, 2017
The aim of this study is to investigate interrelationships between overexcitability and learning patterns from the perspective of personality development according to Dabrowski's theory of positive disintegration. To this end, Bayesian structural equation modeling (BSEM) is applied which allows for the simultaneous inclusion in the measurement…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Structural Equation Models, Bayesian Statistics, College Students
Mammadov, Sakhavat; Ward, Thomas J.; Cross, Jennifer Riedl; Cross, Tracy L. – Roeper Review, 2016
To date, in gifted education and related fields various conventional factor analytic and clustering techniques have been used extensively for investigation of the underlying structure of data. Latent profile analysis is a relatively new method in the field. In this article, we provide an introduction to latent profile analysis for gifted education…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Academically Gifted, Factor Analysis, Multivariate Analysis
Najafabadi, Maryam Omidi; Zamani, Maryam; Mirdamadi, Mehdi – Journal of Education for Business, 2016
The authors used Ajzen's theory of planned behavior and Shapero's entrepreneurial event model as well as entrepreneurial cognition theory to identify the relationship among entrepreneurial skills, self-efficacy, attitudes toward entrepreneurship, psychological traits, social norms, perceived desirability, social support, and entrepreneurial…
Descriptors: Models, Entrepreneurship, Agricultural Education, Intention
Payandeh Najafabadi, Amir T.; Najafabadi, Maryam Omidi; Farid-Rohani, Mohammad Reza – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2013
In Iran, high school graduates enter university after taking a very difficult entrance exam called the Konkoor. Therefore, only the top-performing students are admitted by universities to continue their bachelor's education in statistics. Surprisingly, statistically, most of such students fall into the following categories: (1) do not succeed in…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Academic Achievement, Bayesian Statistics, Performance Factors
