The purpose of this quantitative correlational-predictive study was to determine if, and to what extent, self-talk (self-reinforcing, self-managing, combined and individually) predicts academic burnout for undergraduate students in the Southwest region of the United States. The triadic model of self-regulated learning and job demands-resource…

The purpose of this quantitative correlational-predictive study was to assess if and to what extent the Big Five Personality Traits (Openness, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism), individually and combined, predict Perceived Job Stress among K-12 special education teachers in US. The study was guided by the theoretical…

The turnover rate for secondary school educators has increased to the highest in almost 30 years. Public teachers who leave teaching reported that general working conditions, increased job demands, and the inability to manage their workloads (organizational climate) contributed to their decision. The problem addressed in this study is that teacher…

College students experience a lot of stress during their academic career. Chronic stress can lead to an elevated risk of depression. Untreated depression in college students can lead to negative impacts on the student's academic performance and reduce the student's quality of life (Deng et al., 2022). Positive social support has been shown to…

Measures of job satisfaction and preparedness from an initial survey with music teachers (n=40) were used to predict flow states using Csikszentmihalyi's theory of flow. Flow state and corresponding professional action data were collected through experience sampling. Multiple linear regression was used to show relationships between demographic…

The profession of school counseling is seeing an increase in job demands and expectations, such as high student caseloads, role uncertainty, and multiple job responsibilities. With the responsibility increase of the profession, school counselors are at risk for experiencing higher levels of stress, compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, and…

The initial transition to college is a pivotal moment for emerging adults, often influencing whether a student will remain successful. Students face a significant challenge adapting to the new environment that has been compounded by their experiences through the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite these challenges, a sense of belonging for students has…

This quantitative correlational study was conducted to determine if and to what extent Stress mediated the relationship between Harmonious Passion, Obsessive Passion, and Burnout among college students at a university in the South-Central United States. Harmonious Passion and Obsessive Passion were the predictor variables; Stress was the mediator…

This quantitative correlational-predictive study aimed to determine if and to what extent Secondary Traumatic Stress predicted Intent to Leave when mediated by Resilience in PreK-12 public school teachers certified to teach special education and have been teaching for 1 to 3 years. How the three study variables were correlated has yet to be…

Although suicide is now being the second leading cause of death in college and university students, there continues to be a lack of research examining the three types of suicide attempts (i.e., aborted, interrupted, and actual). Interrupted suicide attempts have been found to be predictive of death by suicide, and aborted suicide attempts have…

Hurricanes disrupt teachers' lives, causing teacher attrition, burnout, and emotional exhaustion to heighten post-disaster. Hurricanes are realistic factors associated with teachers leaving the educational profession, and concern for teachers' well-being continues to increase after a disaster. As teacher retention continues to decline among school…

This study examined sleep quality and academic performance in regarding to the quality of sleep and grade point average; however, there was still a lack of understanding despite much research as to the role of academic stress. The specific research problem was a lack of understanding about the role of academic stress in the relationship between…

The present study aimed to examine the parenting hassle experienced by a group of low-resourced families with children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The study was a follow-up to a randomized controlled trial (Kasari et al., 2014), which investigated the efficacy of two treatment interventions. The focus of the current study was to…

Researchers have been looking into the stressful nature of teaching for quite some time. Kyriacou (2001) maintains that teaching is one of the top five most stressful careers, while Stoeber and Rennert (2018) indicate that teachers exhibit a higher level of stress than any other profession (Bowen, 2016, p. 1205). Much educational and psychological…

This study examined the roles of academic stress, maternal support, and their interactive effect as predictors of both in-group and out-group prosocial behaviors as well as civic engagement in order better to understand young adults' adjustment to the college environment. The final sample consisted of 142 young adults (M age = 20.82 years; range =…