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Sofie Holmquist; Miguel Inzunza; Mehdi Ghazinour; Bert Jonsson – Education Inquiry, 2024
Need-satisfying experiences corresponding to students' psychological needs of autonomy, relatedness, and competence lead to increased academic engagement and well-being. A lack of education-specific basic needs instruments validated in Swedish may inhibit basic needs research in Swedish-speaking student populations. Thus, the present study aimed…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Competence, College Students, Student Needs
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Vaculíková, Jitka; Kalenda, Jan; Kocvarová, Ilona – Cogent Education, 2023
Non-formal adult education (NFE) provides adults of all ages with the opportunity to acquire skills, knowledge, and expertise. However, there is currently a lack of validated instruments that measure the factors of NFE non-participation in European countries, particularly their barriers. One exception is the Non-participation in Non-formal…
Descriptors: Validity, Cross Cultural Studies, Informal Education, Adult Education
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Olsson, Lars E.; Garling, Tommy; Ettema, Dick; Friman, Margareta; Fujii, Satoshi – Social Indicators Research, 2013
Research suggests that for many people happiness is being able to make the routines of everyday life work, such that positive feelings dominate over negative feelings resulting from daily hassles. In line with this, a survey of work commuters in the three largest urban areas of Sweden show that satisfaction with the work commute contributes to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Satisfaction, Urban Areas, Psychological Patterns