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Blondal, Kristjana S.; Adalbjarnardottir, Sigrun – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2012
Students' different educational pathways were examined in relation to their disengagement during adolescence. The participants were Icelandic youth (N = 832) who were followed from age 14 to 22. Based on their academic achievement at age 15 and educational attainment at age 22 they were classified into groups that took expected versus unexpected…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Adolescents, Student Characteristics, Academic Achievement
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Rohsenow, Damaris J. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1983
Administered a questionnaire on expected effects of alcohol to 150 college students. Results showed that subjects expected alcohol to affect other people more than themselves for both positive and negative effects. Moderate and heavy drinkers expected as much pleasure from alcohol as they expected others to receive. (Author/LLL)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Drinking
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Southwick, Lillian; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1981
College students (N=253) rated the effects they expected from drinking alcohol along various dimensions. Results showed that subjects expected moderate drinking to result in relatively greater stimulation/perceived dominance and pleasurable disinhibition, whereas for heavy drinking they expected a greater degree of behavioral impairment. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Drinking
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Sherer, Mark; Adams, Carol – 1983
Self-efficacy is defined as the belief that one can successfully perform a behavior. Self-efficacy theory asserts that self-efficacy expectancies exert powerful influence on behavior and behavior change. The Self-efficacy Scale, which was developed to assess generalized self-efficacy expectations, consists of two subscales: general self-efficacy…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Expectation
Morine-Dershimer, Greta – 1979
This paper focuses on an analysis of relationships among interactive behavior, interactive decision making, and interactive processing of information about pupils as perceived by teachers in the course of a lesson. Three teachers participated in the study. In response to a general request to state their plans for the lesson, the teachers…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
Barrett, Gill – 1986
A study was made of children beginning school, to learn more about their response to school and how to help them adapt to it. Participants in the study's year-long first phase were 36 teachers from two very different local education authorities (LEA) and 92 children who started school in 1985-86. Teachers identified activities and organization in…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Case Studies