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Sunawan; Xiong, Junmei – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2017
The present study tested the influence of control belief, learning disorientation, and academic emotions on cognitive load in two types of concept-map structures within hypermedia learning environment. Four hundred and eighty-five students were randomly assigned to two groups: 245 students in the hierarchical group and 240 students in the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Beliefs, Psychological Patterns
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Gadassi, Reuma; Gati, Itamar; Dayan, Amira – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2012
The Career Decision-Making Profiles questionnaire (CDMP; Gati, Landman, Davidovitch, Asulin-Peretz, & Gadassi, 2010) uses a new model for characterizing the way individuals make decisions based on the simultaneous use of 11 dimensions. The present study investigated which pole of each dimension is more adaptive. Using the data of 383 young…
Descriptors: Profiles, Decision Making, Locus of Control, Personality Traits
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Castro-Villarreal, Felicia; Guerra, Norma; Sass, Daniel; Hseih, Pei-Hsuan – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2014
Theoretical models were tested using structural equation modeling to evaluate the interrelations among cognitive motivational variables and academic achievement using a sample of 128 predominately Hispanic pre-service teachers enrolled in two undergraduate educational psychology classes. Data were gathered using: (1) a quantitative questionnaire…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Hispanic Americans, Student Motivation, Cognitive Processes
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Barbuto, John E., Jr.; Story, Joana S. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2010
This study examined the relationships between emotional intelligence, locus of control, and mental boundaries. Three hundred and eighty-two county employees were sampled using a cross-sectional survey design. The results indicated internal locus of control and thin mental boundaries are positively related to emotional intelligence. A hierarchical…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Correlation, Locus of Control, Regression (Statistics)
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Deming, Annie M.; Lochman, John E. – Behavioral Disorders, 2008
This study attempted to discover how anger, locus of control, and impulsivity are related to aggression. Two pathways to aggression were examined: a cognitive/schema pathway and an emotion/impulsivity pathway. The sample included 242 fourth- and fifth-grade boys. Using data from several questionnaires, teachers reported on levels of reactive and…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Conceptual Tempo, Aggression, Grade 5
Overton, Sara R.; And Others – 1986
The study examined how the coping behaviors and achievement motivation of 181 athletes (aged 18-66) with cerebral palsy or other physical disabilities influence participation in the normalized activity of competitive sport. The project examined the following cognitive aspects of performance: (1) reasons for becoming involved in sports; (2) how the…
Descriptors: Adults, Athletes, Athletics, Attitudes