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Üner, Ayça; Mouratidis, Athanasios; Kalender, Ilker – Educational Psychology, 2020
Previous research has shown that utility value and expectancy for success, as well as the reasons for academic striving, could partly explain academic engagement. Yet, their joint role in predicting learning strategies and test anxiety has not been thoroughly understood, especially in contexts where pressure for success is high. We examined this…
Descriptors: Study Habits, Learning Strategies, Test Anxiety, Value Judgment
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Heng, Tang – Teachers College Record, 2018
Background/Context: One in three international students in the U.S. comes from China, propelled by a steep increase in undergraduate enrollment in U.S. colleges. This phenomenon has been accompanied by negative media discourse that portrays them as needy, passive, and unable to cope with their new educational demands. Purpose/Objective: Using a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Undergraduate Students, Student Adjustment
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Reed, Phil; Reay, Emma – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2015
This study explored the relationship between problematic levels of Internet use and motivation to study in a university sample. One hundred and sixty-two participants were recruited online and completed four questionnaires: Internet Addiction Test, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Emotional-Social Loneliness Scale, and the Motivated…
Descriptors: College Students, Internet, Student Motivation, Learning Strategies
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Bates, Julie K.; Accordino, Michael P.; Hewes, Robert L. – Journal of College Student Development, 2010
Hierarchical regression analysis was used to test the hypothesis that specific functional factors of marijuana use would predict past 30-day marijuana use in 425 college students more precisely than demographic variables alone. This hypothesis was confirmed. Functional factors of personal/physical enhancement as well as activity enhancement were…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Marijuana, Hypothesis Testing
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2019
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2019, organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Modern psychology offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology
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Otrel-Cass, Kathrin; Cowie, Bronwen; Campbell, Alison – Journal of Institutional Research, 2009
This article explores the issue of university student recruitment and retention beyond the first and second year of studying science. The research investigated the "image" students have of science, the demands they face in studying science and student self-efficacy, and the relative importance of these factors as perceived by 140…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Recruitment, Academic Persistence, Science Education