Research suggests that well-liked adolescents are less likely to be victimized by peers whereas disliked adolescents are at an increased risk for bullying victimization. Yet, bidirectional relations between likeability and bullying victimization remain understudied, particularly in non-Western countries. The main objective of this study was to…

Background: Parents play a central role in the treatment of childhood stuttering. Addressing parental attitudes toward stuttering is helpful therapeutically. The extent to which differences in attitudes toward stuttering exist on the basis of sex, geographical region and parental status (e.g., parent of a stuttering child, parent of a…

The last decades have seen a growing political and social recognition of the role of education as a key player in transforming today's society towards more sustainable lines. Particularly, STEM education is seen as critical for promoting the acquisition of skills, knowledge, and competencies that contribute to create climate change and…

Runco Ideational Behavior Scale (RIBS) is a key point in creativity research that focuses on assessing an individual's capacity for creative ideas. However, some literature shows that RIBS measurements in a gender context still do not show a clear picture. This research aims to understand how creativity based on students' gender influences…

Students' academic engagement in higher education, especially in Economics, is crucial for their success. However, the interaction effect of gender and academic level on the academic engagement of Economics students remains unexplored. This study used a descriptive cross-sectional survey design to examine the academic engagement of Economics…

This study aims to determine the life satisfaction of university students on the basis of gender. Using a quantitative perspective, the study aims to assess the effects of gender on life satisfaction and aims to provide a comprehensive understanding. SMD analysis method was used to evaluate the effect size of life satisfaction based on gender. In…

To investigate whether the use of positive, self-promotional language in grant proposals is associated with the gender of the applicant, we used a cross-sectional analysis on 8,150 grant proposals submitted to the Swiss National Science Foundation in life sciences disciplines across three different funding schemes, targeting applicants at…

The aim of this study is to estimate the role of gender differences in the teaching profession in a meta-analytic way, based on empirical findings analysing Turkish pre-service physical education teachers' attitudes towards the teaching profession. For this purpose, studies, that were published in Türkiye between 2015 and 2023 were searched by…

Autistic adults are often perceived as having an atypical speech. The acoustic characteristics of these impressions prove surprisingly difficult to delineate, but one feature that does robustly emerge across different studies is higher pitch (F0 values) in autistic versus neurotypical individuals. However, there is no clear explanation why…

"Contemporary Perspectives on Girls' Educational Achievement: What About the Girls?" offers fresh insights into girls' perceptions and experiences of educational achievement in the contemporary context. 'What about the boys?' is a common exclamation in debates which centre around young people's educational achievements. But what about…

Background/purpose: This study examines the correlation between social achievement goals orientation and friendship quality among Hashemite University (HU) students. It identifies the significant differences in the social achievement goals, orientation, and friendship quality according to gender and academic level. Materials/methods: The Social…

Being bullied constitutes a traumatic experience for children and exhibits a high prevalence among this population. Numerous studies have demonstrated a strong association between being bullied and experiencing depression, but limited research has examined the reciprocal relationship between these variables in Chinese children. To address this…

This study analysed 944 acknowledgements sections of information science students' master's final-year dissertations at Nigeria's premier university from 1992 to 2021. Quantitative analyses of the dissertation acknowledgements (DAs) involved descriptives, while qualitative analysis involved content analysis and extraction of useful excerpts from…

While research on the educational experiences of immigrant students typically focuses on their (responses to) educational challenges, there is a lack of research on understanding the academic risk-taking behaviors of immigrant students. This study addresses this gap by examining the mental risk-taking skills of Syrian immigrant students in Türkiye…

The relationship between individual personality types and academic performance during online learning remains poorly understood. This study analysed extensive sampling data from 4,340 first-year high school students during semesters of face-to-face and online learning, respectively, to investigate the influence of students' Myers-Briggs Type…