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Direct linkRining Wei; Barry Lee Reynolds; Mengxia Kong; Zhixin Liu – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Psychological variables remain a much under-investigated sub-category of individual differences (IDs) compared with cognitive ones. The present paper aims to gain a better understanding of the psychological effects of bilingualism by investigating national identity (NI), a socio-psychological construct, based on big data, that has rarely been…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Nationalism, Self Concept, Psychological Patterns
Elina Kuusisto; Isolde de Groot; Doret de Ruyter; Ingrid Schutte; Inkeri Rissanen – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2025
This study investigates the life purposes and values of higher education students in the Netherlands and Finland (n[subscript Dutch] = 663, n[subscript Fin] = 846). The theoretical framework is built on the conceptualisation of life purpose by Damon et al. as well as Schwartz's values model. The study adopted a convergent mixed methods design…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies, Moral Values, Social Values
Seth J. Schwartz; Beyhan Ertanir; Audrey Harkness; Byron L. Zamboanga; Melissa L. Bessaha; John B. Bartholomew; Alan Meca; Minas Michikyan; Maria Duque; Pablo Montero-Zamora; Claudia López-Madrigal; Linda G. Castillo; Miguel Ángel Cano; Kaveri Subrahmanyam; Brandy Piña-Watson; Pamela Regan; Lindsay S. Ham; Marissa K. Hanson; Charles R. Martinez Jr. – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: We examined the role of personal identity vis-à-vis COVID-related outcomes among college students from seven U.S. campuses during spring/summer 2021. Participants: The present sample consisted of 1,688 students (74.5% female, age range 18-29). The sample was ethnically diverse, and 57.3% were first-generation students. Procedures:…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, College Students, Self Concept
Patrizia Barroero – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study investigates the impact of mindfulness meditation practices on the mental health and well-being of a specific community college population. Inspired by studies on Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), the focus of this research is on participants who attended the free "Just…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Community College Students, College Faculty, Workshops
Richa Bhatia – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The need for mental health resources in universities has seen a rise after the pandemic. Students have encountered various issues related to the transition and adjustment from online to in-person classes. Additionally, students in general have been known to have issues related to stressors of transitioning into adulthood and navigating their new…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Student Adjustment, Stress Management
Download full textShelley Fairbairn; Catherine Wilson Gillespie – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2022
This international comparative qualitative study builds on prior research into the lived experiences of teacher educators in the United States and India. This study focuses on the ways in which faculty in both contexts engage in Feed My Soul activities. Ten participants from each country were interviewed to better understand what kinds of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators, Teaching Experience, Job Satisfaction
Turk-Kurtca, Tugba; Bakiler, Esra; Yavuz-Birben, Fazilet – Online Submission, 2020
Increasing life satisfaction has become a quite topical subject today with the effect of positive psychology trend. Psychological studies try to determine the factors which are related to life satisfaction. This study aims to examine the effect of self-construal, hopeful thinking and problem solving on life satisfaction. To that end, multiple…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Positive Attitudes, Problem Solving, Life Satisfaction
Cañas, Elizabeth; Estévez, Estefanía; Martínez-Monteagudo, M. Carmen; Delgado, Beatriz – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2020
Given the rise in cyberbullying among secondary education students and the importance of certain psychological adjustment variables for the comprehension of this type of violent behavior, both in bullies and in victims, the purpose of the present study was to analyse the emotional adjustment of those involved in cyber- and traditional bullying.…
Descriptors: Emotional Adjustment, Victims, Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication
Gyberg, Fanny; Svensson, Ylva; Wängqvist, Maria; Syed, Moin – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2021
Experiences of discrimination and links to well-being have been examined extensively, but several gaps remain. The current study addresses four of those gaps by (1) examining both aggregated and source-specific forms of discrimination, (2) comparing the experiences of minority and majority group members, (3) expanding the range of outcomes to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Discrimination, Psychological Patterns, Well Being
Webster, Deborah; Dunne, Laura; Hunter, Ruth – Youth & Society, 2021
Social networks are ubiquitous in the lives of adolescents. This work systematically reviewed all studies which investigated the relationship between subjective well-being and the social networks of adolescents. Twenty-nine articles (out of 1,204 hits) were included within the review. Offline social networks have a positive association between the…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Adolescents, Psychological Patterns, Emotional Response
Kara, Feyza Meryem; Sarol, Halil; Güngörmüs, Hamdi Alper – International Education Studies, 2019
The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of leisure attitude in determining passion in university students and to examine gender differences in leisure attitude and passion. 154 female (M[subscript age]= 20.51[plus or minus]1.44) and 95 male (M[subscript age]= 22.26[plus or minus]1.93) a totally 249 (M[subscript age]= 21.18[plus or…
Descriptors: Leisure Time, Student Attitudes, Gender Differences, College Students
Hartas, Dimitra – Research Papers in Education, 2021
Concerns about mental health difficulties in young people, mid-adolescent girls in particular, are on the rise. Many explanations ranging from peer pressure and bullying, to social media and gender inequality, have been offered for the rise in mental health problems. This study utilised data from the Millennium Cohort Study (Wave 6) to examine…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Well Being, Early Adolescents, Family Relationship
Rathi, Neerpal; Lee, Kidong – International Journal of Learning and Change, 2018
The concept of core self-evaluations has been extensively investigated in Western and European countries, nonetheless its implications in Asian countries remains relatively unexplored. To void this gap, the current study investigated the association of core self-evaluations with worry, life satisfaction, and psychological well-being among South…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Life Satisfaction, Well Being
Akram, Muhammad – Journal of Education and Educational Development, 2019
The purpose of this study was to compare the psychological wellbeing of public and private university teachers in Pakistan. Psychological wellbeing is generally conceptualized as an interaction of positive effects such as happiness and optimal functioning of people in social and individual areas of life. Using multistage sampling technique, 437…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Well Being, Psychological Patterns
Guse, Tharina; Vescovelli, Francesca; Croxford, Sarah-Ann – Youth & Society, 2019
Findings on contextual variables related to subjective well-being (SWB) and gratitude among adolescents are inconsistent. This study examined the association between SWB and gratitude among a group of South African adolescents (n = 840) as well as gender and cultural differences in the mean scores on measures of SWB and gratitude. Correlations…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Cultural Differences, Well Being
