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Gergana Sakarski – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2024
Homeschooling, as a controversial educational practice, raises many questions about its outcomes, which still remain unanswered. The homeschooling population has been growing over the past years, as has interest in this educational paradigm. The increased accessibility and use of emerging information technologies also hold significance in…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Experience, Educational Experience, Attitudes
Atilgan, Davut – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2021
This study aims to determine the relationship between the life satisfaction and risk-taking levels of teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic, their views on some demographic variables, and whether there is a difference in these views. The research is a quantitative study carried out in a relational survey model. The sample consists of 293…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Risk, COVID-19, Pandemics
Somoglu, Mustafa Baris; Yazici, Ömer Faruk – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2021
The present study is aimed at determining coach athlete relationships, perceived school experiences and sports life satisfaction levels of athlete high school students and to examine the levels based on certain variables. The sample of the research consisted of a total of 306 students, 117 (38.2%) male and 189 (61.8%) female, who continued their…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Athletes, High School Students, Interpersonal Relationship
Gungor, Abdi; Young, Mark E.; Sivo, Stephen A. – Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2021
Negative life events are unpleasant, stressful, and uncontrollable experiences found to be risk factors for increased psychological distress and decreased life satisfaction in college students. In addition, distress and life satisfaction are closely related to college students' quality of life and academic performance. Conversely, positive…
Descriptors: Trauma, Experience, Psychological Patterns, Stress Variables
Yalcin, Ilimdar – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2020
In this study, it was aimed to determine the effect of the freedom perceived by individuals participating in sportive recreational activities on the level of happiness and mental well-being. The research was conducted by a total of 461 volunteer individuals participating in sporting recreation events in The Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. In…
Descriptors: Freedom, Leisure Time, Psychological Patterns, Life Satisfaction
Bayraktar, Hatice Vatansever; Girgin, Sinan – Journal of Education and Learning, 2020
This study aims to investigate the levels of organizational happiness of teachers working in primary, secondary, and high schools and to determine whether there is a significant difference in terms of some demographic characteristics. The screening model was employed in the study. The study population consists of teachers working in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Tukel, Yalcin – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2020
The aim of the present study is to examine the relationships among university students' participation in recreation activities, life satisfaction and happiness. The study was conducted with 460 university students based on the causal comparison pattern. The Survey of Participation in Recreation Activity, Life Satisfaction and Happiness scales were…
Descriptors: Recreational Activities, Life Satisfaction, Cultural Activities, Psychological Patterns
Ecarius, Jutta – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2018
In late modernity, discourses of optimization and acceleration dominate. The current debate on wellbeing is directly linked to this, as a good wellbeing in late modernism with an open ethical horizon can be seen as a positive point of reference for education. A good wellbeing is a prerequisite for being convinced with self-efficacy that life is to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Well Being, Age Differences, Gender Differences
Temel, Abdullah Sencer – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2020
The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between the sport-health belief and life satisfaction of the employees participating in recreational sports activities according to few demographic variables. The research is a quantitative study and was conducted in a relational screening model. The sample of the study consists of 118…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Correlation, Recreational Activities, Team Sports
Telef, Bülent Baki – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2016
This study investigates the relationships between Internet addiction and the areas of life satisfaction and positive or negative affects in Turkish adolescents. The research sample comprised 358 students studying in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades at four different middle schools in Canakkale city centre during the 2012-2013 academic year, of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Correlation, Internet, Addictive Behavior
Peter Ji; David L. DuBois; Brian R. Flay – Journal of Research in Character Education, 2013
The Social-Emotional and Character Development Scale (SECDS) is intended as a measure of social-emotional skills and character for elementary school-age children. This study investigated the measure's psychometric properties using data collected over 5 waves for a cohort of students followed from Grades 3 to 5 in 14 urban elementary schools (N…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Ethics, Validity
Buri, John R.; Gunty, Amy L. – Online Submission, 2008
Authoritarian parenting is often shown to be associated with negative outcomes for children, including the development of maladaptive schemas. However, this is not the case for all children who experience Authoritarian parenting. Optimism is examined as a moderator in the relationship between Authoritarian parenting and maladaptive schemas that…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Authoritarianism, Child Rearing, Family Environment
An Investigation of Students' Life Satisfaction and Loneliness Level in a Sample of Turkish Students
Tümkaya, Songül; Aybek, Birsel; Çelik, Metehan – Online Submission, 2008
This study investigated the correlation between the life satisfaction and loneliness levels of students of Faculty of Education with respected to age and gender variables. The participants are students at the Educational Faculty of Çukurova University in Adana/Turkey. The sample consists of 422 students, 223 female and 199 male. Their life…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Schools of Education, Life Satisfaction
Rose, Jonathon M.; And Others – 1990
This study explored personality characteristics of female help-seeking caregivers. Female caregivers (N=45) of elderly demented relatives were actively recruited through mass media and special interest groups to participate in a psychoeducational class to alleviate the frustrations of caregiving and increase life satisfaction. The Weinberger…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Females, Life Satisfaction, Personality Traits
Greil, Arthur; And Others – 1987
Infertility is a widespread health problem in the United States, affecting anywhere from 10 to 15 percent and perhaps even a greater percentage of U.S. couples. Infertility can have far-reaching effects on life satisfaction, well-being, and psychological adjustment. This paper presents an analysis of sex and intimacy among infertile couples based…
Descriptors: Family Problems, Health, Life Satisfaction, Marital Satisfaction