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The Mediating Roles of Coping and Adjustment in the Relationship between Personality and Academic Achievement
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Perera, Harsha N.; McIlveen, Peter; Oliver, Mark E. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
Background: Existing literature has documented relationships between personality traits and academic achievement as well as some of the mechanisms underlying these links. However, the pathways by which personality traits are associated with achievement during stressful educational circumstances require further investigation. Aims: This study…
Descriptors: Coping, Personality Traits, Academic Achievement, Psychological Patterns
Student Learning Theory Goes (Back) to (High) School
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Ginns, Paul; Martin, Andrew J.; Papworth, Brad – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2014
Biggs' 3P (Presage-Process-Product) model, a key framework in Student Learning Theory, provides a powerful means of understanding relations between students' perceptions of the teaching and learning environment, learning strategies, and learning outcomes. While influential in higher education, fewer tests of the model in secondary education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Theories, Models, High School Students
Comparing Multiple Discrepancies Theory to Affective Models of Subjective Wellbeing
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Blore, Jed D.; Stokes, Mark A.; Mellor, David; Firth, Lucy; Cummins, Robert A. – Social Indicators Research, 2011
The Subjective Wellbeing (SWB) literature is replete with competing theories detailing the mechanisms underlying the construction and maintenance of SWB. The current study aimed to compare and contrast two of these approaches: multiple discrepancies theory (MDT) and an affective-cognitive theory of SWB. MDT posits SWB to be the result of perceived…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Structural Equation Models, Personality Traits, Goodness of Fit
Boarding School, Academic Motivation and Engagement, and Psychological Well-Being: A Large-Scale Investigation
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Martin, Andrew J.; Papworth, Brad; Ginns, Paul; Liem, Gregory Arief D. – American Educational Research Journal, 2014
Boarding school has been a feature of education systems for centuries. Minimal large-scale quantitative data have been collected to examine its association with important educational and other outcomes. The present study represents one of the largest studies into boarding school conducted to date. It investigates boarding school and students'…
Descriptors: Boarding Schools, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Well Being
Differentiating Three Conceptualisations of the Relationship between Positive Development and Psychopathology during the Transition to Adulthood
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O'Connor, Meredith; Sanson, Ann; Hawkins, Mary T.; Toumbourou, John W.; Letcher, Primrose; Frydenberg, Erica – Journal of Adolescence, 2011
The transition to adulthood is characterised by both great potential for positive change and a relatively high incidence of problem outcomes. A multidimensional model of positive development during the transition to adulthood (at 19-20 years) has recently been proposed. However, an unresolved question regarding the nature of positive development…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Psychopathology, Young Adults, Child Development
Factors Predicting Life Satisfaction: A Process Model of Personality, Multidimensional Self-Concept, and Life Satisfaction
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Parker, Philip D.; Martin, Andrew J.; Marsh, Herbert W. – Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 2008
Life satisfaction is an important component of psychological health and wellbeing. Although personality is consistently linked to life satisfaction, its "innate" and stable nature can make it a difficult target for intervention by practitioners. More malleable and context-specific factors such as multidimensional self-concept may prove…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Life Satisfaction, Self Concept, Self Concept Measures