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Roni Laslo-Roth; Sivan George-Levi; Rafal Iwanski; Malgorzata Walejko; Malka Margalit – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
Loneliness has recently been defined as a public health problem, and college students from various cultures are considered a vulnerable group. As college students must cope with new personal, social, and academic challenges, their perceptions regarding their entitlement from their environment, and their gratefulness for the assistance they…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Psychological Patterns, Expectation
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Icekson, Tamar; Kaplan, Oren; Slobodin, Ortal – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
Although optimistic expectations often enhance students' academic performance, they may also lead to academic failure if they are associated with unrealistic convictions of success. The present longitudinal study examined the moderating effects of personality factor conscientiousness and gender on the relationship between dispositional optimism…
Descriptors: Positive Attitudes, Psychological Patterns, Gender Differences, Academic Achievement
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Gindi, Shahar; Paul-Binyamin, Ilana – Research Papers in Education, 2021
The education system is drawn in opposite directions both in research and in practice: Outcome-based evaluation and achievements on the one hand and values-based education on the other. The research and theory on the topic is also divided. Values based education is supported almost exclusively by theoretical arguments and qualitative research…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Identification (Psychology), Student School Relationship, Middle School Students
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Gan, Dafna; Gal, Adiv – Environmental Education Research, 2018
Self-efficacy is a parameter capable of predicting change in teacher behavior. We designed a questionnaire to investigate self-efficacy for promoting Education for Sustainability (EfS), which includes pro-environmental behaviors and environmental attitudes, to answer the question: "What characteristics of self-efficacy for promoting EfS among…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Sustainability, Self Efficacy
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Hess, Itay; Zamir, Sara – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2016
The main goal of this study was to determine whether, in schools that practice inclusion, there is a correlation between the attitudes of school principals and teachers in their schools, towards inclusion of student with special needs. For this purpose, 38 schools were sampled in each of which the school principal and five teachers who work with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Principals, Administrator Attitudes
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Shapira, Yaron; Enosh, Guy; Havron, Naomi – Journal of Social Work Education, 2017
The purpose of the present study was to recognize the factors influencing social work students' evidence-based practice (EBP) behaviors. The authors sought to examine the roles of attitudes, EBP feasibility, and familiarity with EBP in implementing EBP behaviors. Social work students (161 in total) completed a self-report questionnaire measuring…
Descriptors: Social Work, Evidence Based Practice, Familiarity, Intention
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Sharabi, Adi; Margalit, Malka – International Journal for Research in Learning Disabilities, 2014
Positive and negative mood have often been considered indicators of wellbeing, affecting behavior and adjustment. This study evaluated the personal and familial predictors of positive and negative mood among 1,024 Israeli students (children with learning disabilities [LD]: 302 boys, 198 girls; children without LD: 308 boys, 216 girls). They were…
Descriptors: Positive Attitudes, Negative Attitudes, Well Being, Behavior Problems