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Janke, Stefan; Alsmeyer, Melanie; Neißner, Miriam; Rudert, Selma C. – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
The university years are an important life phase for academics that shapes their transition from adolescence to adulthood. Here, we aimed to contribute to a better understanding on how alumni construe both nostalgic memories and regrets about this period. In line with Self-Determination Theory, we assumed that we would find frequent references to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Alumni, College Graduates, Memory
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Schindler, Julia; Richter, Tobias; Eyßer, Carolin – Frontline Learning Research, 2017
Generating information, compared to reading, improves learning and enhances long-term retention of the learned content. This so-called generation effect has been demonstrated repeatedly for recall and recognition of single words. However, before adopting generating as a learning strategy in educational contexts, conditions moderating the effect…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables
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Proske, Matthias – European Education, 2012
Against the background of the pedagogization and internationalization of Holocaust memory discourse, this contribution focuses on the specific conditions of history classes on National Socialism and the Holocaust in Germany. Using a case study, this article shows both how the meanings of these subjects are communicatively negotiated in history…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Foreign Countries, Social Systems, Classroom Communication
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Neumann, Wolfgang – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2002
Examines how far traces of the Nazi past can still be found in the psychological family environment of college students attending a counseling center two generations after the end of World War II. Reveals that failure to discuss such topics within families was of decisive significance during counseling sessions, and that current problems often…
Descriptors: College Students, Counseling, Family Environment, Family Influence
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Timmer, Erika; Westerhof, Gerben J.; Dittmann-Kohli, Freya – Death Studies, 2005
The study investigated the frequency, themes, and attributions for significant regrets in a random probability sample of 3,917 German and Dutch nationals between the ages of 40 and 85 years. It was found that 14% did not have any regrets in spontaneous memory, and that this increased with the age of the respondents. With respect to mentioned…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Probability, Cultural Differences, Psychological Patterns
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Duschek, Stefan; Matthias, Ellen; Schandry, Rainer – Behavioral Medicine, 2005
In the present study, the authors investigated the relationship between low blood pressure (BP) and attentional performance through the application of a multidimensional diagnostic approach. The authors compared 40 subjects with essential hypotension (mean systolic BP = 97.6 mmHg) with 40 normotensive controls (mean systolic BP = 124.1 mmHg) using…
Descriptors: Physiology, Comparative Analysis, Attention, Psychomotor Skills
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology