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Direct linkOlfa Tounsi; Omar Trabelsi; Mohamed Abdelkader Souissi; Abdessalem Koubaa; Adnene Gharbi; Swantje Scharenberg; Mourad Bahloul – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
The objective of this study was to investigate how the gender and school level factors relate to disruptive behaviors during physical education (PE) classes in Tunisian schools. The study sample consisted of 632 Tunisian students aged 12-19 years, with 43.2% of them being boys and 56.8% girls. Among the participants, 64.9% were middle school…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Physical Education, Foreign Countries, Student Characteristics
Elijah Takyi Mensah; Mingkun Chen; Seth Yeboah Ntim; Tingyu Shen; Arnold Amasiya Asanga; Michael Osei Aboagye; Antoinette Yaa Benewaa Gabrah – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
The quest to flourish academically and acquire skills needed for job opportunities has brought people from different cultures and countries to closely interact. Using Vygotsky's sociocultural theory, this study examines the relationship between international students' intercultural sensitivity and academic adaptation and the mediating role of…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Student Adjustment, Foreign Students, College Students
Clark, Kelly N.; Dorio, Nicole B.; Eldridge, Morgan A.; Malecki, Christine K.; Demaray, Michelle K. – Psychology in the Schools, 2020
Grit has been defined as passionate perseverance toward long-term challenging goals and it is associated with various positive outcomes for youth, including academic achievement. However, less is known about these associations for the two facets of grit (i.e., perseverance of effort, consistency of interest) and few studies have examined the link…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Academic Achievement, Social Support Groups, Academic Persistence
Cullinan, Douglas; Lambert, Matthew C.; Epstein, Michael H. – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
Provide data on the five characteristics of emotional disturbance (ED). For 503 students with ED and 2016 without disabilities, teachers rated the characteristics ("Inability to Learn;" "Relationship Problems;" "Inappropriate Behavior;" "Unhappiness or Depression;" "Physical Symptoms or Fears"),…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, High School Students, Males
Lam, Kelly Ka Lai; Zhou, Mingming – Psychology in the Schools, 2019
In recent years, grit has drawn increasing attention from both researchers and practitioners. As an important noncognitive indicator, grit has been used to understand individual success and performance in various fields. However, past empirical research has shown inconsistent findings on the relationship between grit and academic achievement. This…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Hossain, Saira; O'Neill, Sue C.; Strnadová, Iva – Psychology in the Schools, 2019
School satisfaction is the reflection of students' comprehensive evaluation of their school experience. This study reports the level of school satisfaction among students in Grades 6 and 8 in Bangladesh to perceive and the factors that might contribute to it using a cross-sectional research design. A 61-item survey questionnaire was utilized to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Satisfaction, Secondary School Students, Grade 6
Teacher-Student Relationships, Psychological Need Satisfaction, and Happiness among Diverse Students
Froiland, John Mark; Worrell, Frank C.; Oh, Hyejeong – Psychology in the Schools, 2019
Teacher-student relationships have been linked to autonomous motivation and achievement. However, relatively little is known about whether satisfying students' psychological needs mediates the association between teacher-student relationships and student happiness. Furthermore, this relationship needs to be examined in samples of students from…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Psychological Patterns, Correlation, Ethnic Groups
Zullig, Keith J.; Huebner, E. Scott; Patton, Jon M. – Psychology in the Schools, 2011
This study investigated the magnitude of the relationships between eight school climate domains and a measure of global school satisfaction among 2,049 middle and high school students. Tests of moderator effects were conducted to determine if the magnitude of the relationships between the school climate domains and school satisfaction differed as…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, High School Students, Middle School Students, Quality of Life
Peer reviewedLehman, Joanne; Breen, Michael J. – Psychology in the Schools, 1982
Regular education students (N=125) in grades K-3 were administered the Bender-Gestalt and Beery/Buktenica tests of visual-motor integration. Found significant differences between the mean Bender and Beery age equivalent scores at each grade level. Discusses implications for their utilization in assessing fine motor readiness development.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Comparative Analysis, Instructional Program Divisions, Measures (Individuals)
Self-Concept Differences in Student Teachers In Primary, Elementary, Secondary and Special Education
Peer reviewedMilgram, Roberta M.; Milgram, Norman A. – Psychology in the Schools, 1976
Self-concept, intelligence and academic achievement were examined in students preparing to teach in primary, elementary, secondary, and special education (N=267). Differences in self-concept, but not in intelligence and academic achievement, were found among groups of student teachers. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Differences
Peer reviewedPayne, Beverly D.; Payne, David A. – Psychology in the Schools, 1989
Investigated relationship between academic achievement and locus of control among 643 elementary school students. Found no main effects for gender or race. Observed significant main effect for condition (at-risk versus not-at-risk), with at-risk students being more externally oriented. Found significant effect for grade, trend being for grade…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedCahn, Lorynne, D. – Psychology in the Schools, 1988
Examined patterns of variance for sex and grade level using the Nelson Reading Test, the Gates-MacGintie Reading Test, and the Spache Diagnostic Reading Scales for first to eighth grade students referred for possible reading disabilities. Females outscored males significantly on all measures. Found differences among grades in regard to both…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Instructional Program Divisions, Learning
Peer reviewedMoore, W. L.; Cooper, Harris – Psychology in the Schools, 1984
Surveyed elementary school teachers (N=162) to examine the relations between teacher perceptions of discipline, teacher education, teacher experience, student social class, student ethnicity, and student grade level. In general, more experienced and educated teachers preferred confronting students about misbehavior, while less educated teachers…
Descriptors: Discipline, Discipline Problems, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
