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Sang, Biao; Pan, Tingting; Deng, Xinmei; Zhao, Xu – Educational Psychology, 2018
Numerous studies have suggested that academic stress has negative impact on adolescents' psychological function, few of those studies, however, considered whether and how the impact of stress on adolescents' emotional states is moderated by corresponding regulation. This study aimed to examine the fluctuation of emotional states before and after…
Descriptors: Sampling, Stress Variables, Self Control, Emotional Response
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Ma, Colleen; Harris, Peter; Cole, Andrew; Jones, Phil; Shulruf, Boaz – Issues in Educational Research, 2016
The objectives of this study were to identify the effectiveness of the panel admission interview as a selection tool for the medical program and identify improvements in the selection tools battery. Data from 1024 students, representing four cohorts of students were used in this study. Exploratory factor analysis using principal component analysis…
Descriptors: Interviews, Medical Education, College Admission, Admission Criteria
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Lowinger, Robert; Song, Hyun-a – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2017
This study explored Asian American students' likelihood of selecting STEM over liberal arts or business college majors using the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002. Student-level variables were the strongest predictors of college major, followed by parent-level variables, and background variables. Academic achievement and interest were the…
Descriptors: Asian American Students, STEM Education, Majors (Students), College Choice
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Valeeva, Rania F. – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2016
In this paper, I examine whether generalized trust and education, as well as social security policies of welfare state institutions matter for cross-national differences in subjective well-being (SWB), because knowledge on this issue is still lacking. For this purpose I integrated the insights of two sociological theories: Social Function…
Descriptors: Well Being, Federal Programs, Public Policy, Welfare Services
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Pierucci, Jillian M.; O'Brien, Christopher T.; McInnis, Melissa A.; Gilpin, Ansley Tullos; Barber, Angela B. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2014
This study explored unique constructs of fantasy orientation and whether there are developmental benefits for fantasy-oriented children. By age 3, children begin developing executive functions, with some children exhibiting high fantasy orientation in their cognitions and behaviors. Preschoolers ("n" = 106) completed fantasy orientation…
Descriptors: Fantasy, Executive Function, Regression (Statistics), Child Development
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Laursen, Sandra L.; Weston, Timothy J. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2014
The education of doctoral chemists contributes to the chemical research enterprise and thus to innovation as an engine of the economy. This quantitative analysis describes trends in the production and diversity of chemistry Ph.D. degrees in the top-50 U.S. Ph.D.-granting departments in the past two decades. Time series data for individual…
Descriptors: Productivity, Chemistry, Institutional Research, Doctoral Programs