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Characteristics Expected in Fields of Higher Education and Gender Stereotypical Traits Related to Academic Success: A Mirror Effect
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Verniers, Catherine; Martinot, Delphine – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2015
The aim of the present study was to test whether the content of a gender stereotype concerning general academic achievement matched the characteristics deemed to predict success in the fields of higher education dominated by women and men respectively. A sample of 207 undergraduate students rated the extent to which characteristics ascribed to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Academic Achievement, Higher Education, Gender Differences
From River to River: Examining the Relationship between Racial Environments and Educational Outcomes for Asian American Students at Selective Institutions
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Chiang, Warren Yi-Jeng – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study explored the relationship between pre-college and college racial environments and post-secondary outcomes for Asian American students at selective institutions. This research utilized a sample of API students (n = 940) from the National Longitudinal Survey of Freshman (1998-2003) which examined the pre-college and college experiences of…
Descriptors: Asian American Students, Undergraduate Students, Outcomes of Education, Social Environment
Effects of Assertiveness Training and Expressive Writing on Acculturative Stress in International Students: A Randomized Trial
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Tavakoli, Shedeh; Lumley, Mark A.; Hijazi, Alaa M.; Slavin-Spenny, Olga M.; Parris, George P. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2009
International university students often experience acculturative stress, and culturally appropriate techniques to manage stress are needed. This randomized trial tested the effects of group assertiveness training, private expressive writing, their combination, and a wait-list control on the acculturative stress, affect, and health of 118…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Acculturation, Anxiety, Assertiveness