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Download full textAL-Dossary, Saeed Abdullah – International Education Studies, 2017
Cheating on tests is a serious problem in education. The purpose of this study was to test the efficacy of a modified form of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to predict cheating behavior among a sample of Saudi university students. This study also sought to test the influence of cheating in high school on cheating in college within the…
Descriptors: Cheating, Student Behavior, Structural Equation Models, Behavior Theories
Direct linkCheung, Nicole W. T. – Youth & Society, 2016
Despite recent concerns over youthful problem gambling, few gambling studies have looked into Asian adolescent populations. This study of a stratified, random sample of high school students in Hong Kong is designed to estimate the prevalence of gambling pathology among Chinese adolescents and to examine the relationships between social strain,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Games, Probability, Addictive Behavior
Spangler, Gottfried; Zimmermann, Peter – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2014
The aim of the present study was to examine differences in emotion expression and emotion regulation in emotion-eliciting situations in early adolescence from a bio-psycho-social perspective, specifically investigating the influence of early mother-infant attachment and attachment disorganization on behavioural and adrenocortical responses. The…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Emotional Response, Metabolism, Attachment Behavior
Rockinson-Szapkiw, Amanda J.; Wendt, Jillian; Lunde, Rebecca – American Journal of Distance Education, 2013
Because a majority of university students do not regularly read course textbooks, a study was conducted to determine if portable electronic textbooks (e-textbooks) would increase university student motivation to read by enhancing cognitive learning strategies and self-regulation of learning. The participants included 538 university students who…
Descriptors: Textbooks, College Students, Printed Materials, Electronic Publishing
Valiente, Carlos; Eisenberg, Nancy; Spinrad, Tracy L.; Haugen, Rg; Thompson, Marilyn S.; Kupfer, Anne – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2013
The goal of this study was to test if both effortful control (EC) and impulsivity, a reactive index of temperament, uniquely predict adolescents' academic achievement, concurrently and longitudinally (Time 1: "N" = 168, X-bar[subscript age] = 12 years). At Time 1, parents and teachers reported on students' EC and impulsivity.…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement, Regression (Statistics), Conceptual Tempo
Finigan-Carr, Nadine M.; Cheng, Tina L.; Gielen, Andrea; Haynie, Denise L.; Simons-Morton, Bruce – Health Education & Behavior, 2015
Aggressive and weapons carrying behaviors are indicative of youth violence. The theory of planned behavior is used in the current analysis to improve our understanding of violence-related behaviors. We examine the influence of perceived behavioral control (self-control and decision making) as a part of the overall framework for understanding the…
Descriptors: Aggression, Weapons, African American Students, Preadolescents
Peer reviewedDigiusto, Erol; Bird, Kevin D. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1995
Studied 137 smokers who were assessed on 12 predictor variables and then randomly assigned to social support or self-control treatment. Social support treatment was more effective than self-control treatment for participants with high baseline self-control orientation scores and participants with high self-efficacy scores. Implications are…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Multivariate Analysis, Outcomes of Treatment, Participant Characteristics
Barnes, Tiffany, Ed.; Desmarais, Michel, Ed.; Romero, Cristobal, Ed.; Ventura, Sebastian, Ed. – International Working Group on Educational Data Mining, 2009
The Second International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM2009) was held at the University of Cordoba, Spain, on July 1-3, 2009. EDM brings together researchers from computer science, education, psychology, psychometrics, and statistics to analyze large data sets to answer educational research questions. The increase in instrumented…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Research, Conferences (Gatherings), Foreign Countries
