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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices, and Personality Predictors of Risk Taking towards COVID-19 among University Students in Kenya
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Otanga, Habil – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2021
The purpose of this study was to examine the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of university students towards COVID-19, and further, some personality characteristics that exacerbate the risk of infection. Out of the 300 university students based in Mombasa, Kenya, targeted in the online study, 219 submitted their filled questionnaires.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, COVID-19, Pandemics
Tacit Knowledge as an Indicator of Academic Performance
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Matošková, Jana – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2020
Despite years of debate over the usefulness of tacit knowledge, limited empirical research has quantitatively studied the contribution that tacit knowledge makes to university students' performance. The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which tacit knowledge correlates with other predictors and indicators of academic performance.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Knowledge Level, Predictor Variables
The Influence of Personal Characteristics on Rumor Knowledge and Transmission among the Deaf.
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Anthony, Susan – American Annals of the Deaf, 1992
Eighty deaf college students listed the current rumors they knew and number of people to whom they typically transmit rumors. These two variables were then related to anxiety level, extraversion, gender, preferred mode of communication, and type of high school attended. More anxious students knew more rumors than did less anxious deaf students.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Cultural Influences, Deafness