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Friend Influence and Susceptibility to Influence on Emotions towards Math: The Role of Adolescent Temperament
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Noona Kiuru; Dawn DeLay; Katja Tervahartiala; Juho Polet; Riikka Hirvonen – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2024
Background and Aims: Peer relationships during adolescence play an important role in shaping academic outcomes. The present study examined friend influences on emotions towards math, as well as the role of temperament in these influences. Sample: The sample consisted of 350 Finnish students (mean age 13.29 years; 64% girls) who were involved in…
Descriptors: Friendship, Peer Influence, Psychological Patterns, Student Attitudes
The Roles of Teacher-Student Relationship Quality and Self-Concept of Ability in Adolescents' Achievement Emotions: Temperament as a Moderator
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Clem, Anna-Leena; Rudasill, Kathleen M.; Hirvonen, Riikka; Aunola, Kaisa; Kiuru, Noona – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2021
This study examined to what extent teacher-student conflict and closeness, on the one hand, and students' self-concepts of ability in literacy and mathematics, on the other, are related to students' achievement emotions (enjoyment, anxiety and boredom) in mathematics and literacy among Finnish early adolescents (N = 854). We also investigated the…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Conflict, Self Efficacy, Mathematics Achievement
Multi-Informant Ratings of Irritability and Disruptiveness in School-Aged Children with ADHD
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Vuori, Miika; Autti-Rämö, Ilona; Junttila, Niina; Tuulio-Henriksson, Annamari – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2022
Emotion dysregulation is a common social functioning deficit in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Little is known about how teachers rate irritability in school-aged children with ADHD. We examined irritability and disruptive behaviour in clinic-referred school-aged children (n = 145) with ADHD. Children in this…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Teacher Attitudes, Behavior Problems, Student Behavior
Students' Usage of Strengths and General Happiness Are Connected via School-Related Factors
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Vuorinen, Kaisa; Hietajärvi, Lauri; Uusitalo, Lotta – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2021
Previous research has shown that there is a link between usage of strengths and various positive outcomes, such as finding meaning and happiness in life. In our present study, we aimed to find out how usage of strengths is connected to general happiness with school-related factors as mediating variables. 418 Finnish students aged 10-16 filled a…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Psychological Patterns, Correlation, Models
Study Orientations as Indicators of Ideologies. A Study of Five Student Teacher Groups. Research Report 41.
Puurula, Arja – 1986
The official recommendations of teacher education in Finland stress the personality growth of student teachers towards an active, highly educated, socially oriented, and humanistic personality. This is a study of three kinds of prospective teachers: nursery school teachers, elementary teachers, and subject teachers. The student teachers of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Personality Assessment, Personality Traits
Teachers' Perception of Mental Health, Its Relationship to Their Mental Health and to Changes Thereof. Research Report 27.
Nieminen, Seija – 1984
A study was made of comprehensive school teachers' perceptions of mental health when it was defined as a "dynamic integration process of the physical, psychical, social, and spiritual existence of a human being." Two groups participated: 76 middle-aged teachers and 87 advanced teacher trainees. Perceptions of health and mental health…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Education Majors, Foreign Countries, Job Satisfaction