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Wiers-Jenssen, Jannecke – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2023
In this paper we consider the experiences of international students studying in Norway, analysing data from more than 5,000 survey respondents. Variations according to students' region of origin and whether they are full degree students or exchange students are the focus. Students report a high level of overall satisfaction, exchange students in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Geographic Regions, Student Satisfaction
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Haugan, Jan Arvid; Frostad, Per; Mjaavatn, Per-Egil – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2021
The present longitudinal study was designed to scrutinize how adolescents perceive their life in upper secondary schools in general, and how central aspects of their perceived classroom climate predicted their coping beliefs and experience of school stress in particular. The participants were 1215 students in upper secondary schools (grades 2 and…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, At Risk Students, High School Students, Student Attitudes
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Haugan, Jan Arvid; Frostad, Per; Mjaavatn, Per-Egil – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2019
This article illuminates factors predicting students' intention to leave upper secondary school. The research is anchored in an ecological theoretical perspective that considers dropout as a multifaceted phenomenon that culminates in the decision to leave school. Based on this, we have used a longitudinal research design to investigate to what…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Intention, Dropouts
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Skaalvik, Einar M. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2018
The purpose of this study was to explore relations between students' prior grades in mathematics, achievement goal orientations in math classes, math anxiety, and students coping strategies in math classes. Three achievement goal orientations (mastery goals, performance-approach goals, and performance-avoidance goals) and two coping strategies…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Coping, Middle School Students, Academic Achievement
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Seglem, Karoline B.; Oppedal, Brit; Roysamb, Espen – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2014
This study examined daily hassles and coping dispositions in relation to life satisfaction and depressive symptoms among resettled unaccompanied refugees and other youth in the resettlement country. A total of 223 unaccompanied refugees ("M" = 20 years) was compared with 609 ethnic minority and 427 majority youth in Norway. Unaccompanied…
Descriptors: Coping, Refugees, Predictor Variables, Life Satisfaction