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Yen, Alex Chien Po; Deng, Huixin; Jin, Liyin – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Frequent social comparisons can not only influence parents' well-being but also spill over to their children's development through intergenerational influences within the family. Using data from children and their parents, the current study shows that the higher parents' social comparison orientation is, the less their children are willing to…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Games, Parent Child Relationship, Comparative Analysis
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Nooshin Shakiba; Karyn Stapleton – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Swearing uses language forms that are taboo and potentially offensive. These are often used for emotional expression. Multilingual research shows that because the first language retains most emotional force (Dewaele [2004]. "The Emotional Force of Swearwords and Taboo Words in the Speech of Multilinguals." "Journal of Multilingual…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Indo European Languages, Native Language, Language Usage
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Kim, Tae-Young; Kim, Yoon-Kyoung – Educational Studies, 2017
This exploratory study focused on the factors that constitute second language (L2) learners' resilience, and how these factors are related to L2 learning by investigating what relation resilience may have to motivated behaviour and proficiency in English learning. A total of 1620 secondary school learners of English participated in a questionnaire…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Processes
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Hubbard, Glenn T.; Kang, Jin-Ae; Crawford, Elizabeth Crisp – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2016
National survey of college mass communication students (N = 247) analyzed attitudes on the teaching of print and electronic media skills, using journalism students as comparison group. Previous research had not explored strategic communication student responses to convergence. Found identity variables within public relations (PR) field related to…
Descriptors: Preferences, Skill Analysis, Communication Strategies, News Reporting
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Yoon, Cheolho; Hwang, Jae-Won; Kim, Rosemary – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2012
Due to the ever-increasing use of the Internet, information security has become a critical issue in society. This is especially the case for young adults who have different attitudes towards information security practices. In this research, we examine factors that motivate college students' information security behaviors. Based on the concept of…
Descriptors: Internet, Privacy, Computer Security, Information Security
Fu, Victoria R.
The purposes of this study were to: (1) develop a valid and reliable instrument for direct recording of leadership behavioral characteristics of nursery school children; (2) develop a valid and reliable scale for teachers' rating of leadership behavioral characteristics of nursery school children; and (3) determine the degree of correlation…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Behavior Rating Scales, Classroom Observation Techniques, Correlation