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Piehler, Timothy F.; Ausherbauer, Kadie; Gewirtz, Abigail; Gliske, Kate – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2018
The present study investigated the mechanisms through which a parenting intervention for military families fosters positive peer adjustment in children. A sample of 336 families with a history of parental deployment enrolled in a randomized controlled trial of the After Deployment Adaptive Parenting Tools (ADAPT) preventive intervention. ADAPT is…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Peer Relationship, Locus of Control, Parent Role
Almy, Gary – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This quantitative, correlational study examined if there was a statistically significant relationship between the variables of self-efficacy and academic locus of control and the variable of academic success in the introductory course of a masters nursing program. Bandura's social cognitive theory and Rotter's social learning theory provided the…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Correlation, Self Efficacy, Locus of Control
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Fishman, Evan J.; Husman, Jenefer – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2017
Research in attribution theory has shown that students' causal thinking profoundly affects their learning and motivational outcomes. Very few studies, however, have explored how students' attribution-related beliefs influence the causal thought process. The present study used the perceived control of the attribution process (PCAP) model to examine…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Motivation, Student Attitudes, Beliefs
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Turner, Arielle – Cogent Education, 2017
The performance culture of an organization is impacted by the motivation of an organization's employee. Determining whether or not an employee's motivation is intrinsic or extrinsic is helpful for organizations to see what is more of a drive in their performance. The following article reviews literature on the subject of employee motivation to…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Organizational Effectiveness, Literature Reviews, Employee Attitudes
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Perez, Rosemary J. – Journal of College Student Development, 2017
In this longitudinal qualitative study I explored the development of self-authorship among 21 student affairs master's candidates at 2 institutions. The findings suggest that growth, regression, and stasis in newcomers' developmental capacities for self-authorship occurred as they matriculated, and that these developmental trajectories reflected…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Longitudinal Studies, Qualitative Research, Constructivism (Learning)
Avant, Antonio – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This research analyzes the variables that may impact Internet addiction and information disclosure among college students in two Midwestern universities of both public and private status. The correlation between the locus of control, emotional intelligence (EI), and narcissism to Internet addiction and information disclosure was examined. The…
Descriptors: College Students, Internet, Addictive Behavior, Correlation
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Sage, Kara; Krebs, Briana; Grove, Rachel – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2019
The present study compared the effectiveness of paper and digital flashcards. College students learned vocabulary from paper, computer, or tablet flashcards that were self-created or ready-made. Students then completed a memory recall test and answered questions on cognitive load, perceived control, satisfaction, and several individual difference…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction, Printed Materials
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Lehmann, Curtis – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2019
Service engagement is critical to many higher education institutions. Past research has looked at spiritual change as a result of service engagement, but few studies have looked at how spirituality might contribute to engagement in service projects, particularly from a reasoned action approach. This quantitative study looked at God concept and…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Religious Factors, Undergraduate Students, Tutoring
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Doyle, Lesley; Egetenmeyer, Regina; Singai, Chetan; Devi, Uma – International Review of Education, 2016
In this paper, the authors seek to disentangle what they see as contradictory uses of the term "professionalisation" with reference to adult educator development and training (AEDT). They set out to distinguish "professionalisation" from "professionalism," and to identify the locus of control of AEDT in Germany, the…
Descriptors: Professionalism, Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Locus of Control
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Vang, Melissa; Wood, J. Luke – Community College Enterprise, 2018
There is currently a dearth of literature on Asia Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) in post-secondary education. Given this, there is a need for research to counter the stereotypes that cast an invisible barrier to the experiences of this population in higher education. This is particularly true for AAPI men in community college. The purpose…
Descriptors: Racial Identification, Ethnicity, Stereotypes, Asian American Students
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Camacho, Daniel A.; Vera, Elizabeth; Scardamalia, Kristin; Phalen, Peter Lee – Psychology in the Schools, 2018
Teachers in urban schools experience significant stressors that can impact their effectiveness, well-being, retention, and ability to meet the needs of their students. The current mixed methods study explored 160 urban teachers' thoughts and feelings in response to challenging classroom situations, factors that predicted the prevalence of these…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Stress Variables, Teacher Persistence, Urban Teaching
Dziewanowska, Katarzyna – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2018
Effective education at the tertiary level is one of the key conditions for the development of modern economies; it also has a substantial impact on social development. Nowadays, higher education institutions all over the world are facing numerous challenges, some of them global (e.g. funding), others local (e.g. demographic trends). Universities…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Colleges, Marketing, Student Attitudes
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Muller, Rachel D.; Skues, Jason L.; Wise, Lisa Z. – Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, 2017
This study explored cyberbullying, coping resources and coping styles in a sample of 107 10- to 12-year-old Australian primary school students. Approximately 13% of participants reported experiencing single episodes of cyberbullying victimisation, while almost half of the participants (48.6%) reported being repeatedly cyberbullied. Technological…
Descriptors: Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
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Pannone, Sarah Jeanne – Education & Training, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate how a homeschool education influences entrepreneurial characteristics and activity. Design/methodology/approach: A collective case study design was used to investigate how a homeschool education influences entrepreneurial characteristics and activity. Findings: From the participant interviews,…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Home Schooling, Case Studies, Interviews
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Demir, Yusuf – International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2017
This study aims to investigate Turkish EFL learners' attributions for success and failure in speaking English, and to find out whether gender and department variables exert any impact on their attributions. The attributions were analyzed and compared in terms of the four dimensions: locus of causality, external control, stability and personal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Attribution Theory
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