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Direct linkZhang, Qiannan; Lin, Sheng; Liu, Jinlan; Zhang, Jingyi – College Teaching, 2022
The development of undergraduate students' soft skills is crucial because their chances to satisfactorily deal with the demands of various environments and interlocutors increases with the development of their soft skills. Based on the achievement goal theory, this study aimed to examine the role of the school environment in fostering students'…
Descriptors: College Environment, Soft Skills, Goal Orientation, Undergraduate Students
Zhou, Jianhua; Huebner, E. Scott; Tian, Lili – School Mental Health, 2020
Based on the interplay between achievement goals theory and social comparison theory, our study focused on how achievement goals relate to subjective well-being in the school context in Chinese adolescents. Specifically, we addressed a theoretical model that specified that academic social comparisons and self-esteem would serve as mediators in the…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Well Being, Goal Orientation, Self Esteem
Shim, Sungok Serena; Wang, Cen; Makara, Kara A.; Xu, Xiao-Guang; Xie, Li-Na; Zhong, Ming – Journal of College Student Development, 2017
University life can be stressful and students may struggle to adjust socially. We examined students' social achievement goals--their orientations towards their relationships with their peers--as one important factor underlying students' social and psychological adjustment in college. When investigating the direct and indirect effects of social…
Descriptors: Emotional Adjustment, Student Adjustment, Goal Orientation, Social Adjustment
Liu, Shujie; Zhao, Decheng; Xie, Wei – International Journal of Educational Management, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate Chinese teachers' attitudes toward performance pay. Specifically, this study examined the extent to which Chinese teachers supported performance-pay programs. The study also examined the effects of these programs on teachers, particularly on their levels of collaboration, work motivation, and…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Salaries, Questionnaires, Performance Based Assessment
Zhang, Linlin; Eggum-Wilkens, Natalie D. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2018
The purpose of this study was to examine the differentiation and correlates of shyness and unsociability during early adolescence in urban and rural China. Participants were 93 urban and 229 rural Chinese sixth- to eighth-graders. Students rated their shyness, unsociability, fear of negative evaluation, self-efficacy for peer interactions, and…
Descriptors: Correlation, Shyness, Rural Areas, Cultural Context
Lam, Shui-fong; Jimerson, Shane; Kikas, Eve; Cefai, Carmel; Veiga, Feliciano H.; Nelson, Brett; Hatzichristou, Chryse; Polychroni, Fotini; Basnett, Julie; Duck, Robert; Farrell, Peter; Liu, Yi; Negovan, Valeria; Shin, Hyeonsook; Stanculescu, Elena; Wong, Bernard P. H.; Yang, Hongfei; Zollneritsch, Josef – Journal of School Psychology, 2012
This study examined gender differences in student engagement and academic performance in school. Participants included 3420 students (7th, 8th, and 9th graders) from Austria, Canada, China, Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Malta, Portugal, Romania, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The results indicated that, compared to boys, girls…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Structural Equation Models, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness
Lee, John Chi-Kin; Zhang, Zhonghua; Song, Huan – Educational Practice and Theory, 2011
This study proposed and tested in China a model of the direct effects of classroom learning environment on students' perceptions of quality of school life as well as on their sense of belonging in primary schools. The results of structural equation modeling analysis indicated that "class emphasis on learning and learning with peers" was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Classroom Environment, Student Attitudes, Elementary School Students
Xin, Ziqiang; Chi, Liping; Yu, Guoliang – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2009
This study examined the mediation effect of cognitive appraisals and the moderation role of peer status in the association between interparental conflict and adolescents' affective well-being based on a sample of 549 Chinese adolescents from 7th to 12th grades. Interparental conflict properties, adolescents' cognitive appraisals of conflict,…
Descriptors: Social Status, Conflict, Parent Child Relationship, Adolescents
Chow, Pizza Ka-Yee; Cheng, Sheung-Tak – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2010
The purpose of this study was to investigate coming out to family and friends and their relationships to shame, internalized heterosexism, lesbian identity, and perceived social support in Chinese lesbians from 2 different cultural settings--Mainland China (N = 244) and Hong Kong (N = 234). Results of structural equation modeling showed that, in…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Family Relationship, Foreign Countries, Homosexuality
Nelson, David A.; Hart, Craig H.; Yang, Chongming; Olsen, Joseph A.; Jin, Shenghua – Child Development, 2006
This study assessed the combined and differential contributions of Chinese mothers and fathers (in terms of spouse-reported physically coercive and psychologically controlling parenting) to the development of peer-reported physical and relational aggression in their preschool-age children (mean age of 5 years). Results of the two-group (boys and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Rearing, Aggression, Parenting Styles
Peer reviewedSchwartz, David; Chang, Lei; Farver, JoAnn M. – Developmental Psychology, 2001
Reports a cross-sectional investigation of the behavioral and academic correlates of victimization in Chinese children's peer groups. Structural equation models indicated that peer victimization was associated with poor academic functioning, submissive-withdrawn behavior, aggression, and low levels of assertive-prosocial behavior. Findings suggest…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aggression, Assertiveness, Children
Peer reviewedTao, Sha; Dong, Qi; Pratt, Michael W.; Hunsberger, Bruce; Pancer, S. Mark – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2000
Explored how perceptions of social support changed during first semester of university, and how social support, coping strategies, and adjustment were interrelated among freshmen in China. Found that overall social support did not change significantly. Support from different sources (parents, peers, teachers, siblings) showed distinctive change…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, College Freshmen, Coping, Foreign Countries
