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Ebenezer Bamfo Aidoo; Ronald Osei Mensah – Cogent Education, 2024
The study of important concepts like academic accomplishment, locus of control, and self-esteem has long been a focus of intensive research in the discipline of educational psychology. The study looked into the connections between students' academic achievement, locus of control, and self-esteem at selected colleges in Greater Ada and Accra in…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Locus of Control, Academic Achievement, Colleges
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Julianne Origlio; Cathleen Odar Stough – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: The current study examines the relationships between change in depressive symptoms and locus of control orientations among college students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants: A sample of 341 undergraduate students were recruited from a large Midwestern United States university. Methods: Participants completed an online…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Undergraduate Students, Depression (Psychology)
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Ágnes Szabó-Morvai; Hubert János Kiss – Education Economics, 2024
We study the relationship between locus of control and both educational attainment and college aspirations in adolescence, focusing on the potential channels through which locus of control may influence these outcomes. Even after controlling for a comprehensive set of socio-demographic factors and cognitive skills, there remains a strong…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Educational Attainment, Academic Aspiration, Expectation
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Cynthia Gangi; Danusia Mryczko – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Stress is a health-compromising issue for undergraduate students that has only seemed to worsen during the COVID-19 pandemic. While most universities offer traditional medicinal treatments, prior research has suggested that some students prefer to utilize complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to cope with stress and illness. Given the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, COVID-19, Pandemics, Medicine
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Sarra, Sharon R.; Abar, Caitlin C. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objectives: Disordered eating behaviors are prevalent among college-age individuals. Issues of control (e.g., perceptions of control; desire for control) are often salient for these individuals. Concerns regarding control can be exacerbated during transitions. The current study examined the extent to which disordered eating behaviors in college…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Locus of Control, Predictor Variables, Student Attitudes
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Zappala-Piemme, Kerri E.; Sturman, Edward D.; Brannigan, Gary G.; Brannigan, Michael J. – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
We evaluated a curriculum that focused on bolstering grit and locus of control in seventh grade students at a school in upstate New York. The intervention included lessons aimed at building a growth mindset and determination, along with writing projects and collaborative work. A pre-post design was utilized such that surveys measuring grit and…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Resilience (Psychology), Persistence, Student Characteristics
Christina Gramatikova – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study was to estimate the effects of a theoretical model encompassing psychological theories underlying student retention in postsecondary education. New conceptual operationalizations were applied to elaborate Bean and Eaton's theoretical model of student retention. The influences of student entry characteristics,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Decision Making, Coping, Self Efficacy
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Fahad Neda Alenezi; Shahabuddin Bin Hashim; Mashail Alanezy; Bader Falah Alharbi – Open Education Studies, 2024
There is growing interested in the role of psychological resilience in shaping adolescent students' delinquent behaviours in secondary schools. In this article, using locus of control theory, we examine the role of psychological resilience in terms of hardiness, resourcefulness, and optimism in minimizing the occurrence of cyber delinquent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Resilience (Psychology), Delinquency, Secondary School Students
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Tracy Trevorrow; Spencer Scanlan; Katherine Aumer; Vincent Tsushima; Bryan S. K. Kim; Steven Harris – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objectives: This study assessed undergraduates' sleep in Hawai?i during the COVID-19 pandemic and whether demographic characteristics, health locus of control, substance use and campus features related to sleep outcomes. Implications are considered for programs to support students' sleep and health during pandemic conditions. Participants: About…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Sleep, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Stefania Sette; Matilde Brunetti; Giulia Pecora; Fiorenzo Laghi; Emiddia Longobardi; Robert J. Coplan – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2025
This study investigated links between motivations for social withdrawal, time spent alone, and indices of internalizing difficulties. Participants were 169 (n = 96 girls) children and early adolescents aged 8-14 years (M[subscript age] = 10.82, SD = 1.78). Children completed self-report measures of motivations for social withdrawal (shyness,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Social Isolation
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Sholikah, Mar'atus; Muhyadi – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2021
This study aimed to analyze students' readiness for careers out of their professions by considering the effect of locus of control and socioeconomic status. Career maturity acted as the variable intervening. The quantitative method was chosen to test the hypothesis. A total of 80 students were selected to be respondents based on purposive…
Descriptors: Vocational Maturity, Career Readiness, Locus of Control, Socioeconomic Status
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Toker, Sacip; Baturay, Meltem Huri – International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 2021
This correlational study investigated the factors affecting cyberloafing behavior in an educational environment, specifically that of a computer laboratory teaching setting. A total of 272 students selected using convenience sampling responded to a questionnaire that collected data about cyberloafing behavior and student demographics, personality…
Descriptors: Internet, Student Behavior, Laboratories, Student Characteristics
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Demirbatir, Rasim Erol – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2021
The aim of this study was to examine the entrepreneurship levels of Pre-Service Music Teachers (Bursa Uludag University Faculty of Education Music Teaching Undergraduate Program students) in terms of gender, grade level and career goals. For this purpose, data were collected from all 1st and 4th year students studying at Bursa Uludag University…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Preservice Teachers, College Freshmen, College Seniors
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Madison, Erin M.; Fulton, Erika Kathleen; Huber, Becca N. – Reading Psychology, 2021
Perceptions of reading comprehension and knowledge of strategy, called generalized metacomprehension (GM), can influence study habits and metacognition accuracy, ultimately influencing academic success. One factor that may influence GM is personality. Personality likely relates to GM, as it is correlated with other types of cognitive and…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Personality Traits, Correlation, Self Concept
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Waseem, Javeria; Asim, Muhammad – Journal of Education and Educational Development, 2020
This research computed the combined effects of self-esteem, self-efficacy, and locus of control as predictors of academic performance of students in different universities of Karachi by using the Regression model. Previous researches were correlational studies in nature and reported the moderate positive correlations between the variables…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Locus of Control, Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement
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