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Freer, John; Kaefer, Tanya – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2021
This study investigated 128 post-secondary educators' attitudes toward disability at a college and a university in southwestern Ontario, Canada. The participants completed the Educators' Attitudes toward Disability Scale (EADS) and a demographic questionnaire that included questions about their experiences with disability. There were three…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Attitudes toward Disabilities, College Faculty, Foreign Countries
Bang, Peter; Igelström, Kajsa – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Sensory processing differences measured by self- or parent-report co-segregate with quantitative autistic traits and have potential endophenotypic properties. It is not known to what extent this reflects generalized sensory dysfunction versus more specific associations involving individual senses or autistic trait domains. We combined Bayesian…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Perceptual Impairments, Adults
Nalipay, Ma. Jenina N.; King, Ronnel B.; Yeung, Susanna S. S.; Chai, Ching Sing; Jong, Morris Siu-Yung – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
Background: Individuals pursue teaching careers for numerous reasons, such as for instrumental or prosocial purposes. Aims: This study examined the personal (instrumental motivation) and social (prosocial motivation) utility of teaching as predictors of teaching quality in terms of clarity of instruction, classroom management, and cognitive…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Teaching (Occupation), Motivation, Predictor Variables
Taylor, Kirstie; Coulombe, Simon; Coleman, Todd A.; Cameron, Ruth; Davis, Charlie; Wilson, Ciann L.; Woodford, Michael R.; Travers, Robb – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2022
LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, plus) people, compared to their heterosexual and/or cisgender (non-transgender) counterparts, are more likely to be discriminated against based on their gender or sexual identities. Drawing on data from The OutLook Study in Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada this paper examines discrimination and…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Social Discrimination, Self Esteem, LGBTQ People
Manoni-Millar, Stéphanie; Distasio, Jino; Latimer, Eric; Somers, Julian; Stergiopoulos, Vicky; Kerman, Nick; Roy, Laurence; Aubry, Tim – Youth & Society, 2023
High level of mental health problems are a critical concern among youth experiencing or at-risk of homelessness. Using data from a randomized controlled trial on Housing First in Canada, this study examined the risk factors and protective resources associated with mental health recovery among 215 homeless youth with mental illness at baseline and…
Descriptors: Youth, Mental Disorders, Homeless People, Risk
Schwartz, Kelly Dean; Exner-Cortens, Deinera; McMorris, Carly A.; Makarenko, Erica; Arnold, Paul; Van Bavel, Marisa; Williams, Sarah; Canfield, Rachel – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2021
Students have been multiply impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic: threats to their own and their family's health, the closure of schools, and pivoting to online learning in March 2020, a long summer of physical distancing, and then the challenge of returning to school in fall 2020. As damaging as the physical health effects of a global pandemic are,…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Well Being, Stress Variables
Schulz, Samantha E.; Stevenson, Ryan A. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
Recent studies have suggested that individuals who exhibit heightened sensitivity also exhibit higher rates and severity of restricted interests and repetitive behaviours. This line of research has been conducted almost exclusively through caregiver reports of sensitivity. Here, a more rigorous psychophysics paradigm was applied to assess sensory…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Repetition, Sensory Experience, Visual Perception
Alivernini, Fabio; Bianchi, Dora; Cavicchiolo, Elisa; Manganelli, Sara; Cozzolino, Mauro; Lucidi, Fabio; Park, Nansook – Youth & Society, 2023
Positive developmental outcomes among youth living in poverty have rarely been studied. Despite numerous risk factors, it is important to understand the factors that contribute to positive developmental outcomes among youth in poverty. Using the Self-Determination Theory framework, this two-wave longitudinal study investigated the contribution of…
Descriptors: Youth, Homeless People, Foreign Countries, Mental Disorders
Counsell, Alyssa; Cribbie, Robert A. – Psychology Teaching Review, 2020
Statistics play an important role in psychology, but statistics modules are notoriously unpopular amongst psychology students. We examined attitudes toward statistics and attitudes toward the statistical software package R in both undergraduate and postgraduate students across the duration of a statistics module. Participants' responses were…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Statistics, Psychology
Cruz, Edward Venzon; Quicho, Rosario F.; Ibañez, Edwin D. – Journal of Teaching and Learning, 2022
The purpose of this study is to explore a practical nursing bridging program's education environment and the role transition of internationally educated nurses (IENs) who were enrolled full-time at a community college in Toronto, Canada, during the winter semester of school year 2018-2019. A survey questionnaire consisting of three parts was used…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Program Descriptions, Correlation, Predictor Variables
Obedzinski, Kaitlyn; Edgerton, Jason D.; Roberts, Lance W. – College Student Journal, 2019
This study investigates some of the motivational and behavioral correlates of problem gambling behaviours in a Canadian university sample of emerging adults. This transitional developmental stage presents many new opportunities and challenges that may strain emerging adults' coping capacities, and is typically characterized by heightened tolerance…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Games, Probability, Risk
Roohr, Katrina C.; Burkander, Kri – Community College Review, 2020
Objective: Using data from "HEIghten"® Critical Thinking, a student learning outcomes assessment, the purpose of this study was to evaluate what variables are associated with higher critical thinking performance for students enrolled in various community college programs and to evaluate performance differences across demographic and…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Outcomes of Education
Who Is Succeeding in the Canadian Labour Market? Predictors of Career Success for Skilled Immigrants
World Education Services, 2019
WES [World Education Services] conducted a survey-based study to examine predictors of skilled immigrants' career success. The authors examined the demographic characteristics of skilled immigrants as well as their experience and education, and studied how these factors affect their labour market outcomes. This report looked at: (1) Demographic…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Immigrants, Skilled Workers, Careers
Talapatra, Devadrita; Wilcox, Gabrielle; Roof, Holly; Hutchinson, Courtney – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2020
Postsecondary transition plans and services include domains such as independent living, postsecondary employment, and postsecondary education and have positive lifelong benefits for students with intellectual disabilities (ID). School psychologists have much to contribute to the transition process, but previous studies have indicated they often…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Counselor Role, Knowledge Level, Self Efficacy
Archambault, Isabelle; Janosz, Michel; Dupéré, Véronique; Brault, Marie-Christine; Andrew, Marie Mc – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2017
Background: In most Western countries, the individual, social, and family characteristics associated with students' dropout in the general population are well documented. Yet, there is a lack of large-scale studies to establish whether these characteristics have the same influence for students with an immigrant background. Aims: The first aim of…
Descriptors: Social Influences, Socioeconomic Status, Dropouts, Immigrants