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The Role of Emotion Regulation and Temperament in the Prediction of the Quality of Social Relationships in Early Childhood
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Séguin, Daniel G.; MacDonald, Beth – Early Child Development and Care, 2018
In the present study, the associations between emotion regulation, temperament, and the quality of social relationships in early childhood were investigated. Thirty-one grade-one students were the focus of the study. Teachers completed the "School Social Behavior Scale" [Merrell, K. W. (1993). Using behaviour-rating scales to assess…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Emotional Adjustment, Personality, Interpersonal Relationship
When Experience Meets Language Statistics: Individual Variability in Processing English Compound Words
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Falkauskas, Kaitlin; Kuperman, Victor – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2015
Statistical patterns of language use demonstrably affect language comprehension and language production. This study set out to determine whether the variable amount of exposure to such patterns leads to individual differences in reading behavior as measured via eye-movements. Previous studies have demonstrated that more proficient readers are less…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Comprehension, Eye Movements, Experimental Psychology
Begin at the Beginning: Reflections on the Career of Arthur Cropley
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Maslany, George – Creativity Research Journal, 2015
Arthur Cropley's academic career began in the early 1960s and, more than 50 years later, shows few signs of abating. Over this lengthy period, he has made important contributions not only to creativity research, but to a range of related areas of psychology. Arthur Cropley has also been an influential figure in the careers of several generations…
Descriptors: Careers, Creative Activities, Creative Development, Creative Teaching
UTAUT Model for Blended Learning: The Role of Gender and Age in the Intention to Use Webinars
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Khechine, Hager; Lakhal, Sawsen; Pascot, Daniel; Bytha, Alphonse – Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Learning and Learning Objects, 2014
The purpose of the paper was to determine the factors that explain the acceptance of a webinar system (Elluminate) in a blended learning course by students. The effects of gender and age as moderating variables were also studied. Our hypotheses were based on the unified theory of acceptance and use of the technology model, which was proven to be…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Gender Differences, Age Differences, Intention
Reaction Times and Speed of Processing: Their Relationship to Timed and Untimed Measures of Intelligence.
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Vernon, Philip A.; And Others – Intelligence, 1985
Eighty-one university students were given a battery of reaction time tests and a group test of intelligence which yielded timed and untimed scores. Multiple regression analyses indicated that speed of information-processing was an equally good predictor of timed and untimed intelligence test performance. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Conceptual Tempo, Correlation, Higher Education
Christian Leadership and Religiosity Reexamined: The Evidence from College Student Leaders
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Bird, Jamie V.; Ji, Chang-Ho C.; Boyatt, Ed – Journal of Research on Christian Education, 2004
This article assesses the impact of religiosity on Christian leadership orientations. The theoretical model is taken from the study of Shee, Ji, and Boyatt (2002), which presupposes that quest religiosity is inversely related to the structured, human resource, political, and symbolic leadership frames, while intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity are…
Descriptors: Christianity, College Students, Foreign Countries, Leadership