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Jorgie Ann Contreras – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The aim of this study was to assess whether a music intervention, compared to no music intervention, influences stress and anxiety levels and academic performance of undergraduate nursing students enrolled in their first semester of nursing coursework. Nursing students experience higher levels of stress than students in any other health science…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Undergraduate Students, Intervention, Music
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Rebeka F. Greenall; Jose Gaspar de Alba; Samara Nichols; G. E. Kawika Allen; Elizabeth G. Bailey – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2023
Understanding the experiences of Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (NHPI) students in science courses can help us foster inclusivity and belonging for these often excluded and unacknowledged students. Using social influence theory as a framework, we investigated the intersection between ethnic-racial identity and science identity in NHPI…
Descriptors: Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, Undergraduate Students, Science Education
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Rosman, Tom; Mayer, Anne-Kathrin – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2018
Background: The "cognitive incongruity model of epistemic beliefs and emotions" states that if students' beliefs about the nature of knowledge (e.g., knowledge as simple and absolute) are incompatible with the epistemic nature of learning materials (e.g., complex and contradictory), cognitive incongruity arises. This, in turn, entails…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Beliefs, Predictor Variables, Psychological Patterns
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Jeong, Jin Su; González-Gómez, David; Cañada-Cañada, Florentina; Gallego-Picó, Alejandrina; Bravo, Juan Carlos – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2019
Distance education programs in higher education are gaining popularity mostly due to the flexibility of the formative programs to fit all the requirements that brick-and-mortar educational institutions are not able to provide to students. However, quite often these distance programs report feelings of isolation, lack of self-direction and…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Psychological Patterns, Self Efficacy, Student Attitudes
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Gündogdu, Rezzan – International Education Studies, 2018
This research is a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest-fallow up test and experiment-control group to investigate the influence of Choice Theory-based Anger Management Psychoeducation Program (CTAMP) on the ability of students of Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance (PCG) for anger management. The Trait Anger-Anger Style…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Counselor Training, Psychology
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Tidikis, Viktoria; Ash, Ivan K.; Collier, Ann Futterman – Creativity Research Journal, 2017
Within the literature, there are two opposing views regarding the influencing role of emotions on the creative process. The most commonly held view contends that positive emotions enhance creativity and negative emotions stifle it; yet, some studies show an opposite trend. These contradictory findings can be explained by examining two aspects of…
Descriptors: Interaction, Psychological Patterns, Creativity, Arousal Patterns
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Sunawan; Xiong, Junmei – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2017
The present study tested the influence of control belief, learning disorientation, and academic emotions on cognitive load in two types of concept-map structures within hypermedia learning environment. Four hundred and eighty-five students were randomly assigned to two groups: 245 students in the hierarchical group and 240 students in the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Beliefs, Psychological Patterns
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Jones, Lani V.; Ahn, Suran; Chan, Keith T. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Objectives: This study investigated the effectiveness of a culturally congruent group intervention program entitled ''Claiming Your Connections (CYC)'' aimed at reducing stress and enhancing psychosocial competence (i.e., locus of control and active coping) among Black college women. Method: Using an experimental design, a total of 96…
Descriptors: African American Students, Females, Black Colleges, Stress Management
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Garriott, Patton O.; Reiter, Stephanie; Brownfield, Jenna – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2016
This pilot study tested the overall and relative efficacy of 3 common approaches to multicultural education in a sample (N = 52) of White undergraduate students using a randomized controlled trial. Brief multicultural education interventions were delivered in the form of educational, social norming, and entertainment conditions. Affective (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Intervention, Undergraduate Students, Control Groups, Pretests Posttests
Reichert, Collin; Cervato, Cinzia; Niederhauser, Dale; Larsen, Michael D. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2015
In this paper we describe student use of a series of connected online problem-solving activities to remediate atmospheric carbon budget misconceptions held by undergraduate university students. In particular, activities were designed to address a common misconception about conservation of mass when students assume a simplistic, direct relationship…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Conservation (Concept), Science Education, Introductory Courses
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Streicher, Bernhard; Graupmann, Verena; Weisweiler, Silke – International Journal of Training Research, 2014
Fairness training was examined in its effect on resulting third party perceptions of communicating a negative outcome. Twenty-nine students were videotaped communicating an unfavourable decision twice within a one-week interval: before and after having participated in fairness training, or--in the control group--remaining untrained. Results showed…
Descriptors: Justice, Video Technology, Interpersonal Communication, Training
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Draganich, Christina; Erdal, Kristi – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2014
The placebo effect is any outcome that is not attributed to a specific treatment but rather to an individual's mindset (Benson & Friedman, 1996). This phenomenon can extend beyond its typical use in pharmaceutical drugs to involve aspects of everyday life, such as the effect of sleep on cognitive functioning. In 2 studies examining whether…
Descriptors: Experimental Psychology, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Ability, Sleep
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Phusopha, Janphen; Sathapornwong, Patananusorn; Saenubon, Khanchit – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
To investigate inner wisdom development programs with Buddhist doctrines of 508 educational students and 104 lecturers, a wisdom test, diary short note, interview, and observation were used. The principle of Specific Conditionality; the 5-Aggregates, Rule of 3-Characteristics, and practice of 4- Foundations of Insight Meditation were needed. Inner…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Buddhism, Undergraduate Students, Bachelors Degrees
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Soble, Jason R.; Spanierman, Lisa B.; Liao, Hsin-Ya – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2011
The authors investigated the effects of a brief video intervention on the racial attitudes of White university students. One hundred thirty-eight self-identified White students were randomly assigned to either an experimental condition in which they viewed a video documenting the pervasiveness of institutional racism and White privilege in the…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Intervention, Racial Attitudes, Cultural Pluralism