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Direct linkAl Omari, Omar; Khalaf, Atika; Al Delaimy, Wael; Al Qadire, Mohammad; Khatatbeh, Moawiah M.; Thultheen, Imad – Journal of Academic Ethics, 2022
In recent years there has been an increase in research conducted in the Middle East, with a corresponding increase in the challenges faced by members of the Research Ethics Committees (RECs). This study compares the structures of Omani and Jordanian RECs and investigates the perceptions of the challenges affecting the work of the REC members in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Committees, Ethics, Barriers
Yahya Hayati Nassar; Siham Alharballeh; Hamzeh Mohd Dodeen – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: This study aimed to assess emotional intelligence (EI) among young adults across three Arab countries: Egypt, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates. Design/methodology/approach: A total of 1884 university students participated from the three countries and completed the Schutte Self Report Emotional Intelligence Test (SSEIT). Data were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Emotional Intelligence, Young Adults, Student Characteristics
Download full textFarah Abu Khadra; Aseel Aburub; Anwaar Amro; Zoltán Csapek; Bendegúz Kertai; Sára Jeges; Ákos Levente Tóth – Journal of International Students, 2025
This study explores the well-being and life satisfaction of university students in Hungary and Jordan and compares Hungarian students, Jordanian students in Hungary, and Jordanian students in Jordan. Data from 485 students using the Optimal Living Profile-Modified questionnaire revealed significant differences in life satisfaction, with Jordanian…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Life Satisfaction, Cultural Differences, College Students
Lansford, Jennifer E.; Zietz, Susannah; Bornstein, Marc H.; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Di Giunta, Laura; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Gurdal, Sevtap; Liu, Qin; Long, Qian; Malone, Patrick S.; Oburu, Paul; Pastorelli, Concetta; Skinner, Ann T.; Sorbring, Emma; Steinberg, Laurence; Tapanya, Sombat; Uribe Tirado, Liliana Maria; Yotanyamaneewong, Saengduean; Alampay, Liane Peña; Al-Hassan, Suha M.; Bacchini, Dario; Chang, Lei – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2020
This study tested culture-general and culture-specific aspects of adolescent developmental processes by focusing on opportunities and peer support for aggressive and delinquent behavior, which could help account for cultural similarities and differences in problem behavior during adolescence. Adolescents from 12 cultural groups in 9 countries…
Descriptors: Aggression, Cultural Influences, Cultural Differences, Adolescent Development
Abu-Shanab, Emad Ahmed – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2020
Information technology and the Internet has enabled faculty and educational institutions to implement new teaching methods to enrich the educational environment. The flipped classroom (FC) method changed the teaching practices and encouraged active learning. Using pre-class videos made the class time available for active discussions. This study…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, College Students, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Farah Abu Khadra; Wessam A. Debes; Lina Takruri; Zoltán Csapek; Bendegúz Kertai; Sára Jeges; Ákos Levente Tóth – Journal of International Students, 2025
In this paper, we aimed to define well-being challenges and how they relate to life satisfaction. A total of 112 Jordanian and 178 Hungarian students participated in the survey. Parametric, nonparametric statistical tests and confirmatory factor analysis were conducted to determine the optimal living profile. Group differences were analyzed to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Well Being, Barriers, Life Satisfaction
Matthew Bird; Stephen C. Yanchar; Jennifer Bown – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2024
This report describes the moral phenomena that students in an intensive Arabic study abroad program encountered as they tried to find speaking opportunities for themselves outside of institutional arrangements. The ways that participants went about speaking activities were accompanied by tensions that they had to deal with throughout the program.…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Arabic, Moral Values, Ethics
Reem Hashem; Karen Starr – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2024
In 2003, the 'education reform for knowledge economy' policy introduced the notion of distributed leadership into Jordanian public schools. Policy development, delivery and professional learning were funded and undertaken with assistance from international partners alongside the Jordanian Ministry of Education. The policy is now substantive.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Administration, Participative Decision Making
Putnick, Diane L.; Bornstein, Marc H.; Lansford, Jennifer E.; Chang, Lei; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Di Giunta, Laura; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Malone, Patrick S.; Oburu, Paul; Pastorelli, Concetta; Skinner, Ann T.; Sorbring, Emma; Tapanya, Sombat; Uribe Tirado, Liliana Maria; Zelli, Arnaldo; Alampay, Liane Peña; Al-Hassan, Suha M.; Bacchini, Dario; Bombi, Anna Silvia – Developmental Psychology, 2018
Promoting children's prosocial behavior is a goal for parents, healthcare professionals, and nations. Does positive parenting promote later child prosocial behavior, or do children who are more prosocial elicit more positive parenting later, or both? Relations between parenting and prosocial behavior have to date been studied only in a narrow band…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Prosocial Behavior, Child Behavior, Child Rearing
Rayyan, Mohammad; Zidouni, Siham; Abusalim, Nimer; Alghazo, Sharif – Cogent Education, 2023
This descriptive study aims to examine English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students' experiences in a study abroad context and the adaptation strategies they use to deal with academic and socio-cultural challenges. It also aims to show how the students' experiences and resilience affect their self-efficacy. The data are collected from nine…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Self Efficacy, Study Abroad, English (Second Language)
Ajlouni, Aseel; Rawadieh, Saleh – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2022
The rising growth of integrating technology into education affects the psychological structure of students, especially their technophobia and technophilia levels, playing a vital role in their adaptation to new technology, bridging the digital divide, and achieving sustainable development goals. Despite such influence, research lacks diagnostic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes
Duell, Natasha; Steinberg, Laurence; Chein, Jason; Al-Hassan, Suha M.; Bacchini, Dario; Lei, Chang; Chaudhary, Nandita; Di Giunta, Laura; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Fanti, Kostas A.; Lansford, Jennifer E.; Malone, Patrick S.; Oburu, Paul; Pastorelli, Concetta; Skinner, Ann T.; Sorbring, Emma; Tapanya, Sombat; Uribe Tirado, Liliana Maria; Alampay, Liane Peña – Developmental Psychology, 2016
In the present analysis, we test the dual systems model of adolescent risk taking in a cross-national sample of over 5,200 individuals aged 10 through 30 (M = 17.05 years, SD = 5.91) from 11 countries. We examine whether reward seeking and self-regulation make independent, additive, or interactive contributions to risk taking, and ask whether…
Descriptors: Rewards, Self Control, Risk, Adolescents
Fincham, Kathleen – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2020
Within the Middle East and North Africa region, more than 5,600,000 Syrian refugees are currently registered with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) as seen here https://www.unhcr.org/. Amongst university-aged refugees, only a small fraction (Jordan -- 8%, Lebanon -- 6%, Turkey -- 1%) are currently enrolled in higher education. This paper, based on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Access to Education, Higher Education
Donia Smaali Bouhlila; Imen Hentati – Journal of Education in Muslim Societies, 2024
The need for school belonging is crucial for adolescents and affects academic performance (Goodenow, 1993). School belonging refers to the extent to which students feel accepted, valued, and included in their school environment. It encompasses a sense of connectedness to peers, teachers, and the broader school community, contributing to students'…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Student School Relationship, Muslims, Educational Environment
Ilgun Dibek, Munevver – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2020
Purpose: Cross-cultural comparisons based on ordinal Likert-type rating scales have been threatened by response style which is systematic tendencies to respond to items regardless of the item content. So, this study aimed to investigate the effect of extreme response style and acquisance response style on TIMSS 2015 data. Method: The sample of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Mathematics Achievement
