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Early Work-Environmental Indicators of Bullying in an Academic Setting: A Longitudinal Study of Staff in a Medical University
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Björklund, Christina; Vaez, Marjan; Jensen, Irene – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
The purpose of this study was to use a longitudinal approach to investigate the association between work-related psychosocial factors and workplace bullying in an academic setting. A questionnaire was sent out three times to about 4500 academic- and non-academic staff in a medical university. Those two group were analyzed together and separately.…
Descriptors: Work Environment, Bullying, Medical Schools, College Faculty
Work Transitions as Told: A Narrative Approach to Biographical Learning
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Hallqvist, Anders; Hyden, Lars-Christer – Studies in Continuing Education, 2013
In this article, we introduce a narrative approach to biographical learning; that is, an approach that considers autobiographical storytelling as a practice through which claims about life history are performed and negotiated. Using insights from narrative theory, we highlight evaluations in those narratives and suggest their crucial role in…
Descriptors: Biographies, Personal Narratives, Story Telling, Role
"It is Your Decision!"--Behavioural Effects of a Student-Centered Health Education Model at School for Adolescents.
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Arborelius, Elisabeth; Bremberg, Sven – Journal of Adolescence, 1988
Developed student-centered method of health education in which health issues and activities were determined by students themselves. Compared to control group (N=47), experimental group students (N=51) scored more favorably on clarification of individual health issues, reported health-enhancing activities, and self-esteem. Intervention appeared to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Health Education, Health Promotion
Ability of Stress, Sense of Control, and Self-Theories to Predict Swedish High School Students' Final Grades
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Ollfors, Marianne; Andersson, Sven Ingmar – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2007
The aim of this study was to investigate self-theories (theories of intelligence, confidence in one's intelligence, internal attribution of failure, academic self-efficacy), specific control, and experiencing of stress by means of a questionnaire for 915 Swedish high school students. Factor analysis yielded 6 stress domains (Workload, Psychosocial…
Descriptors: High School Students, Physical Environment, Self Efficacy, Intelligence
Paradoxes in Teaching.
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Larsson, Staffan – Instructional Science, 1983
Presents findings from an inquiry into teachers' conceptions of teaching, including their descriptions of their conceptions, meaning of teaching, and reasoning about acting according to their views. Three qualitatively different kinds of relations between students and teachers which may affect a teacher's style are described and interpreted (15…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Communication, Foreign Countries, Locus of Control
Locus of Control in Relation to Sex and Nationality: A Cross-Cultural Study.
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Lee, Victoria K.; Dengerink, Harold A. – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1992
Compares locus of control in 65 male and 77 female U.S. college students and 35 male and 78 female Swedish gymnasium students. Swedes are not necessarily more external than are U.S. students, although Swedish women described themselves as having more external locus of control than Swedish men and U.S. students. (SLD)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, College Students, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences