In this study, we considered teachers' emotion regulation and teaching-related anger as a combined construct with multiple manifestations on classroom management practices. Four hundred and five Greek in-service teachers (M[subscript age] = 44.55, SD = 10.13; age range = 21.0, 68.0 years) participated in a cross-sectional online survey who…

Characterised by its nomadic traditions and multiethnic composition, Inner Mongolia exhibits unique linguistic diversity and intercultural exchange. Within such multilingual contexts, learners' willingness to communicate (WTC) may be influenced by emotional factors such as foreign language enjoyment (FLE) and foreign language learning burnout…

This study, grounded in expectancy-value theory, examined the relationships between self-efficacy, effort, and value beliefs within the context of social studies. For this purpose, the study tested the mediating and moderating roles of the value attributed to the social studies course in the relationship between self-efficacy and effort in the…

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) literature has provided an examination of demographic variables for understanding career interest. However, in addition to these variables, there is a research gap on the impact of experiences within STEM, which are related to self-efficacy, stereotypes, and sense of belonging as it pertains…

Although cognitive and environmental factors are both vital in shaping young children's math abilities, a comprehensive integration of these domains is necessary to understand fully how these interconnected influences related children's math abilities. Especially the executive function (EF), home and school environment are the most primary factors…

Academic and emotional outcomes play equally vital roles in students' development. Many studies revealed that teachers' emotional exhaustion impaired students' academic outcomes, yet few studies have empirically investigated its relations with students' emotional outcomes. In this study, we investigated the relationships between teachers'…

Background/purpose: This study aimed to investigate the extent to which the family environment predicts neuroticism and extraversion among students at Jadara University. A total of 425 university students were recruited. Materials/methods: Two scales, the Family Environment Scale and the Neuroticism and Extraversion Scale, derived from the Big…

The present study complemented the extant second language (L2) Age of Acquisition (AoA) normative database by providing over 3500 English L2 words on objective AoA and over 2600 English L2 words on subjective AoA. The correlation between the objective and subjective L2 AoA confirmed the validity of the present database. The objective L2 AoA was…

Transition from primary to secondary school is an important life event for young people that may have impacts on mental health. Objective and subjective measures of the school environment may be associated with mental health outcomes post-transition. Pre-transition (year 6, aged 10-11) survey data from young people in Wales, UK, were linked to…

This paper aims to analyze the structure of academic performance by investigating the influence of ascribed and achieved factors on student outcomes. Specifically, it explores the impact of gender, socioeconomic status of parents, parental education, type of high school attended, and level of study on academic success. Utilizing a longitudinal…

This study explored the use of sophisticated vocabulary, complex syntax, and decontextualized language (including book information, conceptual information, past/future experiences, and vocabulary information) in teachers' instructional interactions with children during the literacy block in prekindergarten and kindergarten classrooms. The sample…

While research on how classroom climate impacts students' bullying behavior has increased over past decades, studies on how a well-functioning class climate may impact the classroom prevalence of victims of bullying are scarce. Class climate refers to the quality of collective interpersonal relationships among students in a school class. Thus, in…

This study explored factors influencing ChatGPT adoption among higher education students in five Nordic countries (Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland) and the USA. The unified theory of acceptance and use of technology 2 (UTAUT2) framework was employed and extended to incorporate personal innovativeness. Data was collected from 586…

Background: In their recent paper, Del Giudice and Haltigan argue that attachment in childhood and attachment representations in adulthood are influenced by the cognitive capabilities of children and parents, that would causally link parents' attachment states of mind to children's attachment. In the current pre-registered study, we empirically…

This study explores pre-service teachers' perceptions of university culture, their beliefs regarding academic self-efficacy, and their engagement in self-handicapping behaviors, as well as the interrelationships among these variables. A questionnaire was administered to a sample of 251 pre-service teachers selected through an appropriate sampling…