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Taking a Stance on the Role of Nuclear Energy to Combat the Climate Crisis: How Communication Task and Expert's Personal Stance Impact Individuals' Intellectual Humility and Strategies for Dealing with a Complex Topic
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Vaupotic, Nina; Kienhues, Dorothe; Jucks, Regina – Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 2022
Objective: We investigated how individuals deal with the limits of their own knowledge and productively cope with their dependence on experts as they engage with the socio-scientific topic of nuclear energy. We scrutinized the effects of content features of an interview text and of individuals' communicative engagement with the information read.…
Descriptors: Nuclear Energy, Opinions, Beliefs, Adults
Self-Reported Homesickness in Australian Adolescent Males during Their First Year at Boarding School: An Exploratory Study of Symptomatic Features, Its Dimensionality, Coping Strategies, and the Relationship with Academic, Resilience, Emotional and Mental Wellbeing Factors
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Mander, David J.; Lester, Leanne – Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 2023
Objective: To explore the symptomatic features of homesickness in Australian adolescent males during their first year at boarding school, as well as its dimensionality, coping strategies, and the relationship with academic, resilience, emotional and mental health factors. Method: Drawing on a larger, longitudinal study (n = 174 students), survey…
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Student Adjustment, Psychological Patterns, Foreign Countries