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Cheah, Charissa S. L.; Li, Jin; Zhou, Nan; Yamamoto, Yoko; Leung, Christy Y. Y. – Developmental Psychology, 2015
Maternal warmth, the quality of the affectional bond between mothers and their children, has been found to be consistently associated with children's positive developmental outcomes in Western cultures. However, researchers debate the potential differences in the cultural meanings of maternal warmth, particularly between Chinese and European…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Whites, Immigrants
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Zhang, Yi – NACADA Journal, 2015
Academic advising has long been considered a critical factor to student success. With a qualitative, phenomenological research design, this study was undertaken to better understand the lived experiences of academic advisors in communicating with international students in a community college context. Intercultural communication competence was used…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Phenomenology, Qualitative Research, Foreign Students
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Chan, Letty – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2013
Since the inception of the L2 motivational self system (Dörnyei, 2005), which operationalises motivation as a function of learners' future identities, the field of L2 motivation has seen a growing interest in mental imagery. Numerous studies have examined the role of a future self-guide, that is, the ideal L2 self, and have confirmed it to be…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Graduate Students, Doctoral Programs, Second Language Learning
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Garces-Bacsal, Rhoda Myra – Roeper Review, 2011
There is a dearth of information regarding the socioemotional realities of gifted children from ethnically diverse backgrounds, which this research attempts to address. Multiple semistructured narrative interviews were conducted with 22 intellectually superior children aged 4-9 years and with their parents. Manifestations of perfectionism,…
Descriptors: Gifted, Foreign Countries, Cultural Differences, Interviews
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Novin, Sheida; Banerjee, Robin; Dadkhah, Asghar; Rieffe, Carolien – Social Development, 2009
Sociocultural differences in children's use and understanding of emotional display rules have been under-researched. In the present study, 56 Dutch and 56 Iranian children aged 10-11 years took part in a structured interview about their experiences of using emotional display rules. In comparison with the Dutch children, the Iranian sample was more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Affective Behavior, Behavior Standards, Children
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Knight-Diop, Michelle; Oesterreich, Heather A. – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background/Context: Teaching, leading, and learning are inextricably connected to emotions. Yet, the significance of emotions is rarely addressed in educational settings, and when it is, the relationship between emotions and curricula is most often framed by of an overly individualistic behavior model that focuses on the management and regulation…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Focus Groups, Teacher Role, Interviews