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Yasuda, Yuto; Goegan, Lauren D. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2023
The current study investigated the relationship between regulatory focus, perfectionism, and school burnout. Regulatory focus theory posits two self-regulatory styles: promotion focus and prevention focus. Similarly, perfectionism also consists of two components: perfectionistic strivings and perfectionistic concerns. Taken together, promotion…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Personality Traits, Burnout, Fear of Success
Yarali, Dilek – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2021
The study was aimed to investigate not only the relationship between prospective teachers' study approaches and critical thinking dispositions, but also their study approaches and critical thinking dispositions in terms of various variables. In this research survey model was utilized. The participants were 242 prospective teachers at Alanya…
Descriptors: Correlation, Preservice Teachers, Undergraduate Students, Critical Thinking
Wang, Ling; Xu, Huihui; Yang, Dan; Tian, Heng; Xi, Rongrong; Du, Kaiye; Shi, Baoguo; Luo, Zheng – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2021
The present study aimed to investigate the relationship among self-construal, achievement goals, and creativity. A total of 464 junior high school students (mean age = 12.81 years; 44.2% male; 51.8% in seventh grade; and 48.2% in eighth grade) completed the Self-Construal Scale, Goal Orientation Scales, Divergent Feeling Scale, and Kirton's…
Descriptors: Junior High School Students, Academic Achievement, Goal Orientation, Creativity
Agnieszka Ewa Krautz – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Feeling like a different person when speaking different languages has been investigated before and attributed to several linguistic as well as psychological factors. Language proficiency, the context of language acquisition, personality traits, emotional intelligence, and the topic of conversation as well as the interlocutor have been found to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Second Language Learning, Personality Traits, Language Proficiency
Seemiller, Corey; Grace, Meghan; Campagnolo, Paula Dal Bo; Da Rosa Alves, Isa Mara; De Borba, Gustavo Severo – Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2019
The purpose of this study was to engage in a comparative analysis of Generation Z college students in the United States and Brazil regarding characteristics, motivations, interpersonal styles, learning styles, and learning methods. Quantitative data in both countries were collected and analyzed to formulate comparative findings. Themes that…
Descriptors: Generational Differences, College Students, Young Adults, Preferences
Deakin Crick, Ruth; Goldspink, Chris – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2014
This paper examines the concept of learner dispositions empirically and theoretically based on two related studies: one undertaken in the United Kingdom exploring students learning power, identity and their engagement in learning; and one undertaken in Australia, which explored the relationship between learning power and Dweckian self-theories.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learner Engagement, Personality Traits, Behavioral Objectives
Lawrence, William K. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study focuses on the classroom experiences of students who identify themselves as learning best as reflective-observers (Assimilators) in contrast to those who learn best as active- experimenters (Accommodators), with additional consideration for their self-identified personality type (introvert vs. extrovert) as well as one of the VARK…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Personality Traits, English Instruction, Community Colleges
Figg, Stephanie – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2012
This article presents the author's response to commentaries on "Differentiating Low Performance of the Gifted Leaner: Achieving, Underachieving, and Selective Consuming Students." The commentaries have focused on two issues: (1) the merits of distinguishing selective consumers from other students; and (2) the quality of the study's methodology.…
Descriptors: Gifted, Underachievement, Classification, Self Concept
Yurdugül, Halil; Menzi Çetin, Nihal – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2015
Problem Statement: Learners can access and participate in online learning environments regardless of time and geographical barriers. This brings up the umbrella concept of learner autonomy that contains self-directed learning, self-regulated learning and the studying process. Motivation and learning strategies are also part of this umbrella…
Descriptors: Correlation, Learning Processes, Outcomes of Education, Self Concept
Imhof, Margarete; Spaeth-Hilbert, Tatjana – International Journal of Higher Education, 2013
Based on a cognitive motivational process model of learning, the impact of studying behavior on learning outcome is investigated. First-year students (N = 488) participated in the study. Two research questions were addressed: (1) Can cognitive-motivational variables and objective study behavior predict individual learning? (2) Which factors drive…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Role, Self Concept, At Risk Students
Ee, Jessie; Seng, Tan Oon; Kwang, Ng Aik – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2007
Kirton (1976) described two creative styles, namely adaptors and innovators. Adaptors prefer to "do things better" whilst, innovators prefer to "do things differently". This study explored the relationship between two creative styles (adaptor and innovator) and the Big Five personality traits (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness,…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Creativity, Self Concept, Risk

Teglasi, Hedwig; Hoffman, Mary Ann – Journal of Research in Personality, 1982
Causal attributions of shy students (N=36) were compared with those of a comparison group of students (N=36) in ten situations. Significant differences between the two groups emerged when explaining outcomes of situations considered to be problematic for shy individuals. Causal attributions may reflect realistic and situation-specific…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attribution Theory, Cognitive Style, College Students

Williams, David; Jaremko, Matt E. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1982
Hypothesized that high self-preoccupation (SP) subjects would perceive negative feedback as more negative and positive feedback as more positive than low SP persons. Results indicated high SP persons distorted all feedback; subjects who received negative feedback first showed higher evaluation to both positive and negative feedback. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Students, Egocentrism, Feedback
Tobacyk, Jerome; And Others – 1983
Four major formulations of the relationship between sex role orientation and successful adaptation have found support in the literature: a traditional sex role, androgyny, masculinity, and androgyny for females. The adaptive implications of sex role orientation were examined on constructs reflecting intrapersonal functioning, i.e., ego identity…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Androgyny, Cognitive Style, Congruence (Psychology)
Carsrud, Robert Steven – 1988
Since the identification of self-handicapping strategies in 1978, considerable attention has been paid to this phenomenon. Self-handicapping is a strategy for discounting ability attributions for probable failure while augmenting ability attributions for possible success. Behavioral self-handicaps are conceptually distinct from self-reported…
Descriptors: Ability, Attribution Theory, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories
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