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Deng, Tao; Guo, Yuanfang; Hu, Bi Ying; Wang, Shuang; Dieker, Lisa – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2023
Based on self-reported questionnaires from 2040 pre-service early childhood education (ECE) teachers from three provinces in China, the researcher explored a structural model of the link between adult anxious attachment and mental health through negative coping style and social support. Moreover, the moderating role of social support was tested in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Attachment Behavior, Anxiety
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Stern, Jessica A.; Fraley, R. Chris; Jones, Jason D.; Gross, Jacquelyn T.; Shaver, Phillip R.; Cassidy, Jude – Developmental Psychology, 2018
The first months after becoming a new parent are a unique and important period in human development. Despite substantial research on the many social and biological changes that occur during the first months of parenthood, little is known about changes in mothers' attachment. The present study examines developmental stability and change in…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Mothers, Adult Development, Economically Disadvantaged
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Shafaei, Azadeh; Razak, Nordin Abd – Research in Higher Education, 2016
This study develops and empirically tests a conceptual model capturing the factors impacting students' cross-cultural adaptation and the outcomes resulting from such adaption. Data were obtained from a sample of international postgraduate students from six Malaysian public universities using a structured questionnaire. Structural equation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Acculturation, Student Adjustment
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Braunstein-Bercovitz, Hedva; Benjamin, Benny A.; Asor, Shiri; Lev, Maya – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine a theoretically-based model in which insecure attachment is related to career indecision through the mediation of negative emotions. Two hundred college students completed questionnaires measuring anxious and avoidant dimensions of insecure attachment, negative emotions (trait and career-choice anxiety,…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Psychological Patterns, Security (Psychology), Attachment Behavior
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Levesque, Christine; Lafontaine, Marie-France; Bureau, Jean-Francois; Cloutier, Paula; Dandurand, Cathy – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2010
Several theoretical models for non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) have been proposed. Despite an abundance of theoretical speculation, few empirical studies have examined the impact of intimate relationship functioning on NSSI. The present study examines the influence of romantic attachment and received intimate partner violence (physical,…
Descriptors: Investigations, Family Violence, Females, Models
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Speirs Neumeister, Kristie L.; Finch, Holmes – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2006
The purpose of the present study was to create and test a model that (a) illustrated variables influencing the development of perfectionism, and (b) demonstrated how different types of perfectionism may influence the achievement goals of high-ability students. Using a multiple groups path analysis, the researchers found that parenting style was…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Models
Hood, Camille A.; Kubal, Anne E.; Pfaller, Joan; Rice, Kenneth G. – 2002
Mediational models predicting college students' adjustment were tested using regression analyses. Contemporary adult attachment theory was employed to explore the cognitive/affective mechanisms by which adult attachment and perfectionism affect various aspects of psychological functioning. Consistent with theoretical expectations, results…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Higher Education