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Andrea Ritoša; Lena Almqvist; Henrik Danielsson; Mats Granlund – Early Education and Development, 2024
"Research Findings:" This study examined the engagement of 494 preschool children in Sweden (M = 53.44 months, SD = 10.64) using both teacher questionnaires to measure global engagement (trait) and observations to measure momentary engagement (state). Using a person-oriented approach with cluster analysis, we identified five distinct…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Learner Engagement, Early Childhood Education, Personality Traits
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Gordon L. Flett; Taryn Nepon; Paul L. Hewitt; Chang Su; Christa Yacyshyn; Kimberley Moore; Atieh Lahijanian – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2024
In the current article, we describe the development and validation of the Social Comparison Rumination Scale. This measured was developed as a supplement to existing social comparison measures and to enable us to determine its potential relevance to perfectionism and other personality constructs. The Social Comparison Rumination Scale (SCRS) is a…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, College Students, Burnout, Personality Traits
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Emad Shdaifat; Amira Alshowkan; Ali Alnemer; Amani Aljaafari; Amjad Alsiddiq; Balqees Aljilwah; Faris Alasfour; Hussain AlYousuf; Wejdan Alhamdan; Zahrah alnassar – SAGE Open, 2024
This cross-sectional study explored the relationship between emotional regulation, the Big Five personality traits, and happiness among 411 nursing students in Saudi Arabia, with an average age of 19.6. The Oxford Happiness Inventory, Big Five Personality Test, and Emotional Regulation Inventory were used as research instruments through…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Psychological Patterns, Self Control, Correlation
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Jeffrey M. Greeson; Emma E. McBride; Gabrielle R. Chin; Hana H. Lee; Amanda P. Colangelo – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: Trait mindfulness is associated with well-being in college students, yet it is unclear whether these associations are consistent across demographics. Participants: Undergraduate students (n = 534; 33% nonwhite; Apr 2018-Sep 2019). Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was performed. Pearson correlations tested the relationship…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Gender Differences, Race, Ethnicity
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Abdullah Sürücü; Ali Fuat Yalçin – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2024
A cross-sectional research design was used to examine the relationship between personality, self-compassion and social interest levels of 351 psychological counsellor candidates. Data were collected with the Personality Test of Adjectives, the Self-Compassion Scale Short Form, and the Social Interest Index. Correlation and regression analyses were…
Descriptors: Correlation, Personality Traits, Altruism, Daily Living Skills
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Copková, Radka – Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science, 2021
The aim of the present study was to verify the relationship of three aversive personality traits -- Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy, nowadays known by experts as the Dark Triad and burnout syndrome on the sample of vocational technical subject teachers. The study was carried out on a sample of 241 participants (M[subscript age] =…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Personality Traits, Vocational Education Teachers, Measures (Individuals)
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Fakieh Alrabai – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This study utilises a holistic approach of positive psychology (PP) in the second language acquisition (SLA) domain to test a model of willingness to communicate in English language (L2WTC) among 328 Saudi learners. The model examines how potential connections among learners' negative emotions (anxiety and boredom), positive emotions (enjoyment…
Descriptors: Correlation, Student Attitudes, Student Participation, English (Second Language)
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Mostafa Azari Noughabi; Behzad Ghonsooly; Safoura Jahedizadeh – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Due to the novelty of the concept of language teacher immunity, scant research attention has been dedicated to exploring its personality-based and psychological correlates in language teaching research. To expand the line of research investigating the contributing factors to language teachers' immunity, the present study, informed by positive…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Academic Persistence
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Oxford, Rebecca; Khajavy, Gholam Hassan – Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning, 2021
"Grit" is described as a unitary construct comprised of two elements, perseverance of effort (PE, or ongoing hard work) and consistency of interest (CI, referred to as "passion"). PE and CI together equate to success or achievement, according to the creator of the construct, Angela Duckworth (2016). Grit, which has supporters…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement, Success, Student Interests
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Humphrey, Tamara; Vaillancourt, Tracy – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2021
Numerous studies consider competition and jealousy within an evolutionary framework, yet less is known about the relation between aggression vis-à-vis hypercompetitiveness (i.e., competing to win) and jealousy. We investigated the longitudinal relations between hypercompetitiveness, jealousy, and aggression and the moderating role of gender in a…
Descriptors: Competition, Aggression, Secondary School Students, Peer Relationship
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Merino, Amparo; Valor, Carmen; Redondo, Raquel – Environmental Education Research, 2020
Fostering interdependence with nature is a central goal of environmental education. Exposing students to nature has been a common practice in environmental education for nurturing this connection among students. However, this exposition is not always feasible, especially in the context of higher education, nor is it clear that exposure to nature…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Personality Traits, Teaching Methods, Environment
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Flett, Gordon L.; Hewitt, Paul L.; Nepon, Taryn – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2020
In the current article, we describe the development and validation of a self-report measure of self-generated stress and its associations with measures of perfectionism, self-criticism, and distress. The Self-Generated Stress Scale is a seven-item inventory that taps the tendency to see oneself as someone who generates and adds to existing…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Measures (Individuals), Personality Traits, Self Concept
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Desmarais, Eric E.; French, Brian F.; Ahmetoglu, Emine; Acar, Ibrahim; Gonzalez-Salinas, Carmen; Kozlova, Elena; Slobodskaya, Helena; Benga, Oana; Majdandžic, Mirjana; Beijers, Roseriet; de Weerth, Carolina; Huitron, Blanca; Lee, Eun Gyoung; Han, Sae-Young; Park, Seong-Yeon; Giusti, Lorenzo; Montirosso, Rosario; Tuovinen, Soile; Heinonen, Kati; Raikkonen, Katri; Wang, Zhengyan; Lecannelier, Felipe; Linhares, Maria Beatriz Martins; Casalin, Sara; Putnam, Samuel P.; Gartstein, Maria A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2021
This study advances the cross-cultural temperament literature by comparing temperament ratings of toddlers from 14 nations. Multilevel modeling (MLM) procedures were utilized to regress negative emotionality (NE) and component subscales on Hofstede's cultural value dimensions while controlling for age and gender. More individualistic values were…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Personality Traits, Comparative Analysis, Emotional Response
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Vizoso, Carmen; Arias-Gundín, Olga; Rodríguez, Celestino – Educational Psychology, 2019
This study examined the relationship between coping strategies, dispositional optimism, academic burnout and academic performance using structural equation modelling. Data were collected from a sample of 532 Spanish undergraduate students. Participants completed a battery of questionnaires including the LOT-R to assess optimism, CSI for the…
Descriptors: Coping, Burnout, Positive Attitudes, Intervention
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Goldstein, Brandon L.; Mumper, Emma E.; Behari, Kriti; Gooding, Diane C.; Klein, Daniel N. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2021
Social anhedonia, a tendency toward experiencing social stimuli as less positive or pleasurable, is associated with maladaptive personality traits, poor interpersonal functioning, and psychopathology, and is typically elevated in males compared with females. However, the correlates of social anhedonia in youth have not been well defined. In this…
Descriptors: Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Personality Problems, Correlation, Interpersonal Competence
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