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Learning Environments at Higher Education Institutions: Relationships with Academic Aspirations and Satisfaction
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Huang, Shwu-yong Liou – Learning Environments Research, 2012
This study investigated university students' perceptions of their institutions' learning environments, and related those perceptions to students' academic aspirations and satisfaction with their universities. A sample of 12,423 juniors at 42 universities in Taiwan was used to confirm the validity and reliability of the instrument: CUEI-S. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Emotional Development, College Faculty
Occupational Dream, Relation to Parents and Depression in the Early Adult Transition.
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Gooden, Winston; Toye, Richard – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1984
Assessed the impact of difficulty forming an occupational dream and relating to parents on depression among college students (N=64). Results suggested that having to give up a valued dream, viewing one's relation to mother as authority-obeyer, and doing little exploring of occupational choices are related significantly to depression. (LLL)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, College Students, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Development
Emotional Intelligence Skills: Significant Factors in Freshmen Achievement and Retention.
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Nelson, Darwin B.; Nelson, Kaye W. – 2003
This study investigated the role of emotional skills in the academic achievement and retention of university freshmen. The research group was a randomly selected sample of first semester freshmen students (N=165), and cumulative grade point average was used as the criterion for academic success. The study was designed to investigate: (a) the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Communication Skills, Cultural Differences