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Wong, Shyh Shin – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
This study examines the relationships of positive thinking versus negative thinking with psychological well-being and psychological maladjustment. Three hundred and ninety-eight undergraduate students from Singapore participated in this study. First, positive thinking were positively correlated with indicators psychological well-being--life…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Life Satisfaction, Psychopathology, Adjustment (to Environment)
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Ho, Irene T.; Hau, Kit-Tai – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
In "Unforgiving Confucian culture: A breeding ground for high academic achievement, test anxiety and self-doubt?" Stankov (in press) provides three reasons for caution against over-glorifying the academic excellence of Confucian Asian learners, namely that it may lead to a reluctance to change their rote learning approach which is not conducive to…
Descriptors: High Achievement, Academic Achievement, Rote Learning, Psychological Patterns