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Sahranç, Ümit – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
The purpose of this study is to examine the predictive role of self-compassion on psychological entitlement. Participants were 331 university students (205 women, 126 men, M age = 20.5 years.). In this study, the Self-compassion Scale and the Psychological Entitlement Scale were used to assess self-compassion and psychological entitlement. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Predictor Variables, Psychological Patterns
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Marshall, Seth – College Student Journal, 2016
More research is needed that investigates how positive psychology-associated traits are predicted by neurocognitive processes. Correspondingly, the purpose of this study was to ascertain how, and to what extent, four traits, namely, grit, optimism, positive affect, and life satisfaction were predicted by the executive functioning (EF) dimensions…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, College Students, Psychology, Personality Traits
Mallozzi, Floria N. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to determine whether the consistent use of metacognitive strategies embedded in an Interactive Student Notebook (ISN) would impact the science process skills of 7th-grade students. In addition, this study explored whether specific teacher written feedback, provided to students in the ISN, further enhanced the use of…
Descriptors: Student Journals, Feedback (Response), Middle School Students, Grade 7
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Jacob, Jeffrey; Jovic, Emily; Brinkerhoff, Merlin B. – Social Indicators Research, 2009
Employing data from a mailed survey of a sample of ecologically and spiritually aware respondents (N = 829), the study tests the hypothesized relationship between ecologically sustainable behavior (ESB) and subjective well-being (SWB). The proposed link between ESB and SWB is the spiritual practice of mindfulness meditation (MM). In multiple…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Quality of Life, Questionnaires, Metacognition
Yen, Ng Lee; Bakar, Kamariah Abu; Roslan, Samsilah; Luan, Wong Su; Abd Rahman, Petri Zabariah Mega – International Education Journal, 2005
This study sought to uncover the predictors of self-regulated learning in Malaysian smart schools. The sample consisted of 409 students, from six randomly chosen smart schools. A quantitative correlational research design was employed and the data were collected through survey method. Six factors were examined in relation to the predictors of…
Descriptors: Surveys, Student Motivation, Multiple Regression Analysis, Information Literacy