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Direct linkPhipps, Alison; Smith, Geraldine – Gender and Education, 2012
Sexual and gendered violence in the education sector is a worldwide concern, but in the UK it has been marginalised in research and policy. In this paper we present findings from the National Union of Students' study "Hidden Marks", the first nationwide survey of women students' experiences of violence. This research established high…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Youth, Social Environment, Violence
Dienstbier, Richard A. – 1975
Cheating behavior has been found to relate to emotion-attribution explanations. Prior research with second-grade children has indicated that increased self-control occurs in a watching task when the child's emotional response is attributed to internal rather than external actions. In the present study, freshman women (N=221) took a reading…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Behavior Patterns, Cheating, College Students
Download full textFroelich, Rick L. – 1996
When faced with personal success, some persons appear to become anxious and will do something to avoid or sabotage their efforts. This fear of success among university students was investigated in this study. The sampling included 210 students, 83 males and 127 females. The independent variables under consideration were locus of control, gender,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Fear of Success, Females
Peer reviewedJohnson, Patrick B. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1988
Compared heavy and light-moderate drinking female college students along personality dimensions. Although no differences were found in social desirabiliy or locus of control, heavy drinkers possessed greater fear of failure and greater sensation seeking than did light-moderate drinkers. Results have implications for causes of problem drinking…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, College Students, Drinking, Failure
Peer reviewedRosenthal, Susan L.; And Others – Adolescence, 1995
Assessed adolescent females' perceptions of control over acquisition of a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and its emotional impact. No differences were found in coping strategies by age group or STD history. Subjects used numerous coping strategies--those viewing the future acquisition of a STD more negatively used more strategies. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Coping, Females
Gurin, Patricia; Morrison, Betty Mae – 1980
A study was conducted in thirty-four sixth grade classrooms in order to examine (1) the effect of teacher behavior on pupil achievement and feelings of control; (2) how pupil characteristics affect teachers' differential behaviors toward different pupils; (3) how the effect of teachers' behaviors on pupils varies according to pupil…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Females, Grade 6
