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Robert Louis DeFranco – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Academic dishonesty poses a challenge for the online and campus-based learning environment where technology and assessment at a distance may encourage easy and innovative ways of cheating. The purpose of this quantitative study was to assess campus-based and online students' attitudes and perceptions toward academic dishonesty. Data were collected…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Ethics, Integrity
Anna Adamecz; Morag Henderson; Nikki Shure – Education Economics, 2024
While it has been shown that university attendance is strongly predicted by parental education, we know very little about why some potential first-generation students make it to university and others do not. This paper looks at the role of non-cognitive skills in the university participation of this disadvantaged group in England. We find that…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries, Locus of Control
Sara LaBelle; Tayah Wozniak – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: This study examined the relationship of students' academic beliefs to the theoretical predictors of prescription stimulant misuse outlined in the Theory of Planned Behavior. Participants: Participants included 147 college students (M[subscript age] = 19.65) from a mid-sized university in the Southwestern United States. Method: An online…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Student Attitudes, Drug Abuse, Locus of Control
Karaman, Mehmet A.; Lerma, Eunice; Vela, Javier Cavazos; Watson, Joshua C. – Journal of College Counseling, 2019
The purpose of this study was to examine factors predictive of college students' academic stress. Three hundred seven undergraduate students (179 men, 128 women) participated in the study. Results indicated that female college students had higher academic stress than did male college students. Bivariate correlations and multiple regression…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Predictor Variables, Stress Variables, Gender Differences
Yasin, Naveed; Khansari, Zeinab – Education & Training, 2021
Purpose: This study evaluates the effectiveness of an enterprise education (social innovation and enterprise) learning programme on the enterprising characteristics among interdisciplinary undergraduate enterprise education students from a general (without considering gender) and gender-specific perspective at a higher education institution in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Business Administration Education, Entrepreneurship
Kepoglu, Abdurrahman – Asian Journal of Education and Training, 2021
The study aims to determine the degree to which sports managers show behaviors related to management processes and to what extent the focus of control of sports managers affects these behaviors, to increase the performance of sports managers. The universe of the research consists of 1st , 2nd, 3rd, and 4th-year students studying at the Department…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Athletics, Administrators, Leadership Qualities
Hajmohammadi, Elmira; Aghayani, Behnam – MEXTESOL Journal, 2022
This study attempted to investigate the relationship between EFL learners' motivation and internal locus of control under the framework of self-determination theory. In addition, the study examined the relation between EFL learners' age and gender regarding their motivation and internal locus of control. To this end, a convenience sample of 115…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Student Motivation, Locus of Control, Self Determination
Ofole, Ndidi Mercy – Open Learning, 2022
A descriptive survey design was adopted to investigate the relationship that exists amongst locus of control, work engagement, organisational reward system, job satisfaction and social loafing among the staff of distance learning programme in South-western Nigeria. Four hundred and forty-seven (males = 184; females = 263) learners support staff…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Open Universities, Gender Differences
Bates, Morris L. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Locus of control is a psychological attribute not often discussed in the community college setting. The purpose of this study sought to investigate the impact Locus of control and co-variates age, gender, ethnicity, enrollment status, and employment status had on community college student persistence. Study participants were First-year community…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
Bekir, Seyhan; Celik, Eyüp – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2020
The aim of this study is to examine online game addiction level among university students in terms of emotional schemas, agentic personality, and various variables (i.e. gender, type of game played, and accommodation). The sample group consists of 380 university students studying in Izmir province and playing online games during the school year of…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Computer Games, College Students, Personality Traits
Manichander, T. – Online Submission, 2019
The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of gender, locality, and management on the locus of control of graduate students. About 200 graduate students participated in the study. Locus of Control Scale (LCS-NSBY) developed by Samayalangki Nongtdu & Dr. Yodida Bhutia (2018) was used to assess the locus of control of students. The…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Locus of Control, Gender Differences, Geographic Location
Günel, Ilker – African Educational Research Journal, 2021
The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between the locus of control and the sports manager behavior levels of the students studying in the department of sports management of the faculty of sport sciences. The study was conducted by the correlational survey method, one of the quantitative research designs. Population of the study…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Locus of Control, Correlation, Gender Differences
Can, Süleyman; Durukan, Erdil – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2019
Academic locus of control has an important place in explaining students' behaviors in educational settings. The purpose of the current study is to determine the level of the pedagogical formation students' academic locus of control and to investigate whether this level varies depending on some variables. The study employed the survey model, one of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Academic Achievement, Locus of Control, Foreign Countries
Dodourova, Mariana; Clarkin, John E.; Lenkei, Balint – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
Brexit, Britain's referendum to leave the European Union (EU), provided the backdrop for this study, although how or even if it will be implemented is uncertain. Most UK voters supported leaving the EU, yet an overwhelming majority of young people voted to remain. In an environment of economic and labor market ambiguity, we sampled 304 UK…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Career Choice, College Students, Student Attitudes
Crone, Travis S.; Babb, Stephanie; Torres, Francisca – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2020
The current study explores the intersection of two trends of interest in higher education: reported increases in academic entitlement (AE) and increases in the proportion of students considered nontraditional. AE has shown to have negative effects in the classroom and for students. Based on reports from educators, levels of AE may be lower for…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Nontraditional Students, Student Attitudes, Expectation