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Chen, Hao; Zhang, Yan; Zhang, Song; Lyu, Tu – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
This study examines the effect of a gamified information security education system (ISES) on developing users' information security awareness and protection behavioral intention. We developed a research model based on affordance theory and means-end chain theory. Using a scenario-based experimental survey approach, we obtained 220 valid samples…
Descriptors: Intention, Information Security, Computer Security, Correlation
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Mantie, Roger – Research Studies in Music Education, 2022
In this Perspectives article, the author grapples with the personal challenges of attempting to do ethical and high-quality research in the post world of the maturing 21st century. Among the challenges addressed are matters of purported relevance of research, equity research conducted by nonmembers of equity-seeking groups, the impact of rankings…
Descriptors: Music Education, Ethics, Educational Research, Barriers
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Rebecchi Kevin; Lubart Todd; Hagège Hélène – Discover Education, 2024
Education today is evolving to foster essential psychosocial skills like creativity, critical thinking, and responsibility, equipping students for 21st-century challenges. However, it is crucial to examine the motivations driving these changes and their alignment with broader societal goals beyond merely economic interests. This article explores…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Creativity, Ethics, Social Responsibility
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Akamatsu, Daisuke; Gherghel, Claudia – International Journal of Emotional Education, 2021
In recent years, educational practitioners have become more aware of the importance of cultivating students' social and emotional skills, in order to facilitate adaptation beyond academic contexts. Emotional intelligence (EI), the ability to regulate one's own and others' emotions appropriately, has often been targeted in educational…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Empathy, Educational Practices, Aggression
Fernández Villà, Guillem; Musu, Lauren – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2021
Results from IEA's International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) 2016 show that a notable number of young students use social media to engage with political and social issues regularly. This brief examines how this type of social media use may translate to students' intended political behavior. We find that social media use for…
Descriptors: Social Media, Activism, Social Problems, Political Issues
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Otache, Innocent – Education & Training, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to conceptually explore the relationship between Entrepreneurship Education (EE) and undergraduate students' self- and paid-employment intentions. Specifically, the paper aims to examine the effect of paid-employment intention on the relationship between EE and self-employment intention.…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Undergraduate Students, Behavior Theories, Correlation
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Park, Crystal L.; Williams, Michelle K.; Hernandez, Paul R.; Agocha, V. Bede; Carney, Lauren M.; DePetris, Andrea E.; Lee, Sharon Y. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2019
Psychological factors have been implicated in STEM persistence but remain poorly understood. In particular, the role of self-regulation--the cognitive, behavioral, and emotional skills that allow individuals to work efficiently toward their desired goals, especially when under stress--has received minimal attention. Psychological factors may be…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Academic Persistence, Self Management, Student Behavior
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Stigler, Melissa Harrell; Perry, Cheryl L.; Smolenski, Derek; Arora, Monika; Reddy, K. Srinath – Health Education & Behavior, 2011
This article presents the results of a mediation analysis of Project MYTRI (Mobilizing Youth for Tobacco Related Initiatives in India), a randomized, controlled trial of a multiple-component, school-based tobacco prevention program for sixth- to ninth-graders (n = 14,085) in Delhi and Chennai, India. A mediation analysis identifies "how"…
Descriptors: Intervention, Student Attitudes, Smoking, Self Efficacy
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White, Katherine; Wood, Maria – Journal of Community Psychology, 2011
This study examined the psychosocial factors impacting upon the rule-following behaviour of residents of a hostel providing crisis accommodation to women who are homeless. After their arrival, residents of a women's hostel (N=83) completed questionnaires assessing the theory of planned behaviour constructs of attitude, subjective norm, perceived…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Females, Questionnaires, Statistical Data
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Scheier, Lawrence M.; Grenard, Jerry L.; Holtz, Kristen D. – Journal of Drug Education, 2011
This study evaluated the efficacy of "Above the Influence" (ATI), a national media-based health persuasion campaign to deter youth drug use. The campaign uses public service anti-drug prevention messages and targets youth between the ages of 14 and 16, a period of heightened susceptibility to peer influences. The evaluation utilized mall…
Descriptors: Evidence, Advertising, Structural Equation Models, Drug Use
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Kahn, Jeffrey H.; Hucke, Brandy E.; Bradley, Allyson M.; Glinski, Austin J.; Malak, Brittany L. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2012
The Distress Disclosure Index (DDI; J. H. Kahn & R. M. Hessling, 2001) is a brief self-report measure of one's tendency to disclose personally distressing information. The purpose of this article was to summarize what is known about the DDI, present new validity evidence, and make recommendations for use of the DDI. This article reviews research…
Descriptors: Multitrait Multimethod Techniques, Construct Validity, Validity, Psychotherapy
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Mora, Toni; Oreopoulos, Philip – Economics of Education Review, 2011
In this paper we investigate how schoolmates influence high school dropout intentions in Catalonia, Spain. Our analysis uses self-reported friends to identify possible peers by assuming that peer influence flows in one direction in cases where one student identifies another as a friend, but the other does not reciprocate. We first estimate the…
Descriptors: Evidence, Dropouts, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries
Hillman, Kylie – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2010
A number of research studies have linked poor school performance to declining motivation to learn, disengagement from school and early leaving (Astone & McLanahan, 1991; Kaplan et al, 1997). Research into student engagement distinguishes between behavioural engagement (participation in school-related and extracurricular activities), emotional…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Intervention, Academic Achievement, Motivation
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Wyker, Brett A.; Davison, Kirsten K. – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2010
Objective: Drawing on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and the Transtheoretical Model (TTM), this study (1) examines links between stages of change for following a plant-based diet (PBD) and consuming more fruits and vegetables (FV); (2) tests an integrated theoretical model predicting intention to follow a PBD; and (3) identifies associated…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Intention, Young Adults, Public Health
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Sun, Rachel C. F.; Shek, Daniel T. L. – Social Indicators Research, 2010
This paper examines the relationships among life satisfaction, positive youth development, and problem behaviour. A total of 7,975 Secondary One students (4,169 boys and 3,387 girls; with most aged 12) of Chinese ethnicity recruited from 48 schools responded to validated measures of life satisfaction, positive youth development and problem…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Life Satisfaction, Structural Equation Models, Adolescents
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