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Iustina Alexandra Groza; Marius Ciprian Ceobanu; Cristina Maria Tofan – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2024
Academic procrastination has been a subject of particular interest in research due to its frequent association with heightened levels of anxiety, stress, and the long-term risk of emotional and behavioural vulnerability (Hoge et al., 2013). Our study tests the correlation between motivational persistence as a trait and academic procrastination, as…
Descriptors: Study Habits, Females, Foreign Countries, Student Motivation
Emma Armstrong-Carter; Benjamin W. Nelson; Eva H. Telzer – Grantee Submission, 2021
We investigated whether daily experiences of conflict with family and peers were associated with fluctuations in diurnal cortisol, and whether sleep buffers the associations between conflict and diurnal cortisol. A racially diverse sample of 370 adolescents (ages 11-18; 57.3% female) provided daily diaries for 5 days and saliva samples for 4 days.…
Descriptors: Sleep, Physiology, Conflict, Family Relationship
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Davies, Patrick T.; Parry, Lucia Q.; Bascoe, Sonnette M.; Cicchetti, Dante; Cummings, E. Mark – Developmental Psychology, 2020
This study examined interparental conflict as a linear and curvilinear predictor of subsequent changes in adolescents' negative emotional reactivity and cortisol functioning during family conflict and, in turn, their psychological difficulties. In addition, adolescents' negative emotional reactivity and cortisol functioning during family conflict…
Descriptors: Parents, Interpersonal Relationship, Conflict, Predictor Variables
Oksana Huk; Brian Cesario – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2020
The purpose of this initial exploratory research was to examine the extent to which burnout and turnover among special education teachers working within specialized schools were related to student maladaptive behavior (aggressive behaviors, self-injurious behaviors, and stereotypic behaviors), workplace support (from administration and…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Special Schools, Behavior Problems, Stress Variables
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Laura Brandt; Nishanthi J. Anthonipillai; Teresa López-Castro; Robert Melara; Adriana Espinosa – Journal of American College Health, 2024
This study explored substance use trajectories and associations with mental health among an ethnically/racially diverse college student sample before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. We combined repeated cross-sections and panel data from a total of 3,247 college students assessed with an online survey in 2018, 2019, and in three waves in 2020.…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology), Correlation
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Cunningham, Tony J.; Leal, Stephanie L.; Yassa, Michael A.; Payne, Jessica D. – Learning & Memory, 2018
Stress influences how we remember emotional events and how these events shape future behaviors. However, the impact of stress on memory specificity for emotional events has yet to be examined. To this end, the present study utilized a mnemonic discrimination task that taxes hippocampal pattern separation, the process of distinguishing between…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Memory, Behavior Patterns
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Uzun Ozer, Bilge; O'Callaghan, Jean; Bokszczanin, Anna; Ederer, Elfriede; Essau, Cecilia – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2014
This study aimed at investigating the intercorrelation among affective, cognitive and behavioural components on procrastination. A total of 402 undergraduate students (115 males, 286 females, 1 not indicated) participated in the study. Students completed the General Procrastination Scale, Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale, Frost…
Descriptors: Correlation, Affective Behavior, Personality Traits, Undergraduate Students
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Barnett, Linda R.; Nietzel, Michael T. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1979
Examined the relationship of instrumental and affectional behavioral events to short- and long-term marital satisfaction. Results showed a significant negative relationship between frequency of displeasurable instrumental events and ratings of marital satisfaction. The most important finding was the degree to which wives' self-esteem correlated…
Descriptors: Affection, Behavior Patterns, Correlation, Interpersonal Relationship
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Gamble, Wendy C. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1994
One hundred forty-six young adolescents and 166 young adults completed questionnaires assessing the appraisal of efforts to cope with 3 common stressful events--conflicts with mother and friend and failure. Significant correlations were found between appraisal and coping, and results suggest that coping is multiply determined. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Conflict, Coping
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Graham, Stephanie; Furr, Susan; Flowers, Claudia; Burke, Mary Thomas – Counseling and Values, 2001
Relations among and between religion, spirituality, and the ability to cope with stress were examined using a sample of 115 graduate students in counseling. Religion and spirituality positively correlated with coping with stress. The results have implications for preparing counseling students to work with clients with religious/spiritual issues.…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Beliefs, Coping, Correlation