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Jungert, Tomas; Hubbard, Kyle; Dedic, Helena; Rosenfield, Steven – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2019
For years, a popular explanation for women choosing to abandon studies in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) has been their lack of aptitude. This study challenged that notion by integrating theories of cognitive style, academic emotion, self-efficacy, and motivation to explain students' academic achievement and perseverance…
Descriptors: Females, STEM Education, Cognitive Style, Predictor Variables
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Grobler, Adelene A.; Knight, Mirriam R.; Lens, Willy; Lacante, Marlies – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2014
A relatively large number of South African learners drop out of school during the last 2 years of high school. This has important negative consequences for the individual learners, as well as for the country as a whole since it contributes greatly to the high number of unskilled and unemployed people. This study was carried out to explore whether,…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, High School Students, Self Determination, Learning Motivation
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Gustems-Carnicer, Josep; Calderón, Caterina – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2013
The coping strategies used by students play a key role in their psychological well-being. This study examines the relationship between coping strategies and psychological well-being in a sample of 98 undergraduates aged between 19 and 42 years. Coping strategies were evaluated by means of the CRI-A (Moos, 1993), while psychological well-being was…
Descriptors: Coping, Well Being, Psychological Patterns, Undergraduate Students
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Salguero, Jose M.; Palomera, Raquel; Fernandez-Berrocal, Pablo – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2012
In recent years, emotional intelligence has appeared as a predictor of adults' mental health, but little research has examined its involvement in adolescents' psychological adjustment. In this paper, we analyzed the predictive validity of perceived emotional intelligence (attention to feelings, emotional clarity, and emotional repair) over…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Maintenance, Mental Health, Predictive Validity
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Macher, Daniel; Paechter, Manuela; Papousek, Ilona; Ruggeri, Kai – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2012
The present study investigated the relationship between statistics anxiety, individual characteristics (e.g., trait anxiety and learning strategies), and academic performance. Students enrolled in a statistics course in psychology (N = 147) filled in a questionnaire on statistics anxiety, trait anxiety, interest in statistics, mathematical…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Individual Characteristics, Learning Strategies, Anxiety
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Meijer, Joost; Fossen, Miriam W. E. B.; van Putten, Cornelis M.; van der Leij, Aryan – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2006
The aim of the research described in this article was the development of an instrument to measure social emotional characteristics and special educational and pedagogical needs of students in the last grade of primary education. Questionnaires were developed for teachers as well as for students. Exploratory factor analyses showed that the factors…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Correlation, Intelligence Quotient, Predictor Variables