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Kayis, Ahmet Rifat; Ceyhan, Aydogan Aykut – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2015
It is the aim of this research to investigate the achievement goals of university students. Firstly, university students' adoption levels of achievement goals are described. Next, how their level of academic self-efficacy, irrational beliefs, perfectionism, self-determination, locus of control and gender predict each achievement goal is depicted.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Goal Orientation, Predictor Variables
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Yazici, Hikmet; Altun, Fatma – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2013
There has been some research which investigates the relationship between gender, different personality traits, and job satisfaction in the field of behavioral sciences. The aim of this study is to examine the difference between male and female instructors' job satisfaction and to investigate the predict level of job satisfaction by Type-A…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Personality Traits, Gender Differences, Job Satisfaction
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Karatas, Zeynep; Arslan, Derya; Karatas, Mustafa Erdal – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2014
This study examines whether the trait and state anxiety and cursive handwriting anxiety of teachers differs according to assorted variables. The study group for this research project is composed of 381 teachers from the city of Burdur and the district centre of Bucak, Turkey. Of these participants, 44% were female and 56% were male. As for the…
Descriptors: Handwriting, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Behavior, Anxiety
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Onat Kocabiyik, Oya; Kulaksizoglu, Adnan – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2014
Moral identity can orient one's behaviors when exhibiting any kind of moral behavior. In this study, the moral identities of young adults are analyzed to a certain extent. For this purpose, the "interpretative phenomenological pattern" and "grounded theory" models are used as qualitative survey models. The study group for…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Young Adults, Moral Values, Phenomenology
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Deniz, M. Engin – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2011
The aim of this research is to investigate if the attachment styles significantly predict the decision self-esteem, decision making styles and five-factor personality traits. Subjects of the study were 567 students in total from different faculties of Selcuk University. The results of the study showed that the attachment styles of the students…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Attachment Behavior, Decision Making, Self Esteem
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Hamarta, Erdal; Deniz, M. Engin; Saltali, Neslihan – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2009
The purpose of this study is to examine if attachment styles predict emotional intelligence (intrapersonal, interpersonal, adaptability, stress management, and general mood). Participants of the study consisted of 463 (272 females, 191 males) undergraduate students selected randomly from different faculties of Selcuk University. Regression and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Attachment Behavior, Predictor Variables, Emotional Intelligence
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Karakaya, Ismail; Ulper, Hakan – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2011
There are two main aims of this research. The primary aim is to develop a reliable and valid anxiety scale to determine writing anxiety levels of prospective teachers. The secondary aim is to determine what variables explain anxiety levels of students to what extent, by determining whether writing anxiety levels of prospective teachers…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Factor Analysis, Writing Apprehension, Anxiety