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Xinjie Chen; Amado M. Padilla; Xitao Fan – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Using a positive psychological framework, Broaden-and-Build Theory, we investigated whether and how positive and negative emotions (affective factors) and cognitive flexibility are related to flourishing. Participants are 151 bilingual adults from diverse backgrounds enrolled in a local community college. Results showed that both positive and…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Psychological Patterns, Community College Students, Cognitive Ability
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McKenzie, K.; Russell, A.; Golm, D.; Fairchild, G. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
This study investigated whether young adults with ASD (n = 29) had impairments in Cognitive Empathy (CE), Affective Empathy (AE) or Empathic Accuracy (EA; the ability to track changes in others' thoughts and feelings) compared to typically-developing individuals (n = 31) using the Empathic Accuracy Task (EAT), which involves watching narrators…
Descriptors: Empathy, Affective Behavior, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Zhenyu Zhou; Oksana Mkrtichian – European Journal of Education, 2025
Academic stress, an endemic phenomenon in higher education, presents a multifaceted challenge, manifesting as cognitive overload, affective dysregulation and physiological destabilisation. It leads to recurrent feedback loops that reinforce anxiety and frustration, intensifying maladaptive stress responses. This study examines the extent to which…
Descriptors: Singing, Music, Anxiety, Rating Scales
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Zhu, Tingyu; Zhang, Lijin; Wang, Ping; Xiang, Meiqiu; Wu, Xiujuan – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2023
According to previous studies of theory of mind (ToM), social environment and cultural background affect individuals' cognitive ability to understand other people's minds. There are cross-group differences in ToM. The present study aimed to examine whether social environment and culture affect the ToM in Uygur and Han groups and whether the…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Theory of Mind, College Students, Cognitive Processes
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Phillips, Ashley N.; Maricle, Denise E. – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2021
Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory autoimmune disease that attacks the central nervous system through the destruction of myelin. Frequently cited symptoms include cognitive impairment as a hallmark repercussion, neuropsychological executive dysfunction, and psychosocial disturbances, such as affective disorders and fatigue. Other symptomatology…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Physical Disabilities, Cognitive Ability, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Errázuriz, Valentina; García-González, Macarena – Curriculum Inquiry, 2021
Reading is often regarded as a public good and an essential part of developing almost every aspect of human potential. In this article, we survey the "affective economies" of literary reading through a textual and visual analysis of documents issued by Chile's Ministry of Education. Through a critical and diffractive reading of these…
Descriptors: Reading Attitudes, Reading Habits, Affective Behavior, Power Structure
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Kell, Harrison J.; Robbins, Steven B.; Su, Rong; Brenneman, Meghan – ETS Research Report Series, 2018
The concept of human capital originated in economics over 200 years ago. The current paper takes a novel approach to human capital by interpreting it from a psychological perspective. We divide human capital into 2 domains: traditional and nontraditional. The traditional domain consists of the constructs that have been historically classified as…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Cognitive Ability, Personality Traits, Vocational Interests
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Münchow, Hannes; Bannert, Maria – Educational Psychology, 2019
Emotional designing describes the elicitation of positive affect during learning through specific design elements of the learning environment to enhance learning. This experimental study examined the effectivity of an emotional design procedure on learning performance. Moreover, the learner's affective states before learning were taken into…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Instructional Design, Affective Behavior, Student Motivation
Arnold, Megan – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This research examined the emotion recognition abilities of preschoolers with and without hyperactivity and aggression. Previous research identified that school age children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) have more difficulty understanding facial expressions associated with emotions, take longer than their age-matched peers…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Video Technology, Preschool Children, Psychological Patterns
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Johns, Michael; Inzlicht, Michael; Schmader, Toni – Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2008
Research shows that stereotype threat reduces performance by diminishing executive resources, but less is known about the psychological processes responsible for these impairments. The authors tested the idea that targets of stereotype threat try to regulate their emotions and that this regulation depletes executive resources, resulting in…
Descriptors: Stereotypes, Cognitive Processes, Anxiety, Cognitive Ability
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Au, Raymond C. P.; Watkins, David A.; Hattie, John A. C. – Educational Psychology, 2010
The aim of the present study is to explore a causal model of academic achievement and learning-related personal variables by testing the nature of relationships between learned hopelessness, its risk factors and hopelessness deficits as proposed in major theories in this area. The model investigates affective-motivational characteristics of…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Causal Models, Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement
Williams, Frank E. – Educ Technol, 1969
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Ability, Creativity, Curriculum Design
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Whall, Ann L.; Colling, Kathleen B.; Kolanowski, Ann; Kim, HyoJeong; Hong, Gwi-Ryung Son; DeCicco, Barry; Ronis, David L.; Richards, Kathy C.; Algase, Donna; Beck, Cornelia – Gerontologist, 2008
Purpose: In an attempt to more thoroughly describe aggressive behavior in nursing home residents with dementia, we examined background and proximal factors as guided by the Need-Driven Dementia-Compromised Behavior model. Design and Methods: We used a multivariate cross-sectional survey with repeated measures; participants resided in nine randomly…
Descriptors: Aggression, Dementia, Caregivers, Nursing Homes
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Kopp, Claire B. – Developmental Psychology, 1989
Focuses on: (1) principles that underlie regulation of distress and negative emotions among infants and young children; and (2) developmental trends that occur during the first years of life. Discusses the role of caregivers. Offers ideas that lend themselves to hypothesis testing and empirical validation. (RH)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Ability, Emotional Experience, Individual Development
Jorgensen, Michael – 1996
Leading scholars in the fields of neurology and psychology recently have published persuasive arguments linking cognition and the emotions as well as proclaiming the significance of emotional intelligence. This paper documents some of those assertions and connects them to the importance of formal education in the skills of critical feeling through…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Art Education, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes
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