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Desan, Paul H.; Setton, Mark K.; Holzer, Allison A.; Young, Kevin C.; Sun, Yan; He, Fei; Li, Baosong; Weinstein, Andrea J.; Yu, Xiaoling – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
Background: Multiple interventions have been tested to promote well-being in high school students, often focusing on depression prevention. Aims: To test the impact of a one-semester active learning curriculum covering the modern science and philosophy of well-being and happiness on attitudinal measures related to the curriculum and standard…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, High School Students, Student Attitudes, Well Being
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Lawrence, Breanna C.; Harrison, Gina L.; Milford, Todd M. – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2019
There is a notable overlap and co-occurrence of mental health and learning challenges in adolescence. Existing research highlights associations between learning disabilities and mental health problems; however, limited research explores additional variables, such as familial influences. Using a developmental relational systems framework, this…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Adolescents, Learning Disabilities, Mental Health
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Gebregergis, Werede Tareke; Huang, Fei; Hong, Jiangzhong – Journal of International Students, 2019
Mental health problems commonly prevail among international students as a result of acculturative difficulties. In light of this, the study attempted to determine the role of cultural intelligence, age and prior travel experience on acculturative stress and depression and also whether acculturative stress mediated the cultural…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Foreign Students, Student Adjustment, Stress Variables
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Lee, Soon Min; Oh, Yunjin – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2017
Introduction: This study examined a mediator role of perceived stress on the prediction of the effects of academic stress on depressive symptoms among e-learning students with visual impairments. Methods: A convenience sample for this study was collected for three weeks from November to December in 2012 among students with visual impairments…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Depression (Psychology), Electronic Learning, Visual Impairments
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Jenkins, Andrew – Educational Gerontology, 2012
This paper reports the findings of research on relationships between depression and participation in learning using data from a large sample of older adults. The objective was to establish whether learning can reduce the risk of depression. Data were obtained from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, a nationally-representative sample of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Predictor Variables, Depression (Psychology)
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Norvilitis, Jill M.; Sun, Ling; Zhang, Jie – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
This study examined ADHD symptomatology and college adjustment in 420 participants--147 from the United States and 273 from China. It was hypothesized that higher levels of ADHD symptoms in general and the inattentive symptom group in particular would be related to decreased academic and social adjustment, career decision-making self-efficacy, and…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Social Adjustment, Foreign Countries, Study Skills