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Siyez, Digdem M. – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2018
The study aimed to examine the effects of perceived social support from teachers, expectation of academic achievement, school control, and gender on anger dimensions in high school students in Izmir, Turkey. In total, 446 high school students (234 girls, 212 boys) participated in the study. Pearson's correlation and multiple regression analyses…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, High School Students, Multiple Regression Analysis, Academic Achievement
Lorenz-Reaves, Amanda R. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Insects are the most abundant and diverse group of animals on Earth. Though as a group they do far more ecological good than harm, previous studies have shown that human attitudes toward insects are mainly negative. Attitudes have affective (emotions) and cognitive (beliefs, mental representations) components that interact to influence behavior.…
Descriptors: Entomology, Animals, Attitudes, Affective Behavior
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Bai, Sunhye; Repetti, Rena L.; Sperling, Jacqueline B. – Developmental Psychology, 2016
Research on family socialization of positive emotion has primarily focused on the infant and toddler stages of development, and relied on observations of parent-child interactions in highly structured laboratory environments. Little is known about how children's spontaneous expressions of positive emotion are maintained in the uncontrolled…
Descriptors: Children, Emotional Response, Affective Behavior, Child Behavior
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Coyle, Laura D.; Vera, Elizabeth M. – Journal of Youth Studies, 2013
The purpose of this study was to determine whether uncontrollable stress related to levels of subjective well-being (SWB) in a group of ethnically diverse urban adolescents. Additionally, the researchers examined what types of coping skills were utilized in the face of high levels of uncontrollable stress. Finally, a moderation model was proposed,…
Descriptors: Well Being, Urban Areas, Adolescents, Stress Variables
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Trentacosta, Christopher J.; Izard, Carroll E.; Mostow, Allison J.; Fine, Sarah E. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2006
The current study examined the relations between two aspects of emotional competence--emotion knowledge and emotion expression, and children's attentional competence during one school year. Participants were 263 first- and second-grade students at two rural elementary schools. A multiple regression analysis showed that emotion knowledge predicted…
Descriptors: Competence, Affective Behavior, Psychological Patterns, Rural Schools
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Michael, Keren; Ben-Zur, Hasida – Journal of Adolescence, 2007
The research investigated the associations of social and affective factors with risk-taking in male and female adolescents. A sample of 269 Israeli adolescents completed questionnaires measuring frequency of involvement in risk-taking behaviours, relationships with parents, orientation towards peer group, depressive mood, and aggressive behaviour.…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Affective Behavior, At Risk Persons, Foreign Countries