As technology has become an ever-present part of life, examining the impact of negative experiences online becomes increasingly important. Bullying has been a concern among adolescents for decades, and beyond that, the negative impact that being bullied has on adolescents in reg…
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Thousands of parents make the decision to foster and/or adopt children who have suffered various forms of abuse and neglect. There are hundreds of thousands of children who are waiting to be adopted or to be placed in foster care (Child Welfare Information Gateway, 2016). Many o…
Organisms exhibit suites of life history traits which enable them to respond to environmental stimuli and increase fitness. However, the relationship between organism traits and the environment is not unidirectional, rather they are in a state of constant interaction. To further…
Teachers’ continuous improvement and its impact on student academic achievement has been the focus of initiatives and efforts toward reform and research throughout the history of education, particularly in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. The purpose of this st…
Purpose: Sport-related concussions have shown to have effects on self-efficacy, oculomotor performance, reaction time and an increased risk of lower extremity injury. Most studies have been conducted to test the effects of acute concussions in athletes and not on long-term effec…
This qualitative case study examined how six educators utilized professional development training designed to foster equity in the classroom through culturally sustaining pedagogy, critical reflection, and the development of student self-efficacy. Research participants engaged i…
This study examined factors that influence counselor supervisor development in Malaysia. The factors include counselor supervisor training, self-efficacy, and role conflict and role ambiguity. Data were collected from 290 participants who were providing clinical supervision in v…
This study investigated differences in students' motivation and its correlation to student's self-efficacy and achievement. The study examined the relationship between students' self-efficacy and their motivation to learn English as foreign language. The participants in this stu…
Within the school setting, it’s critical to understand the social and emotional constructs that may affect youth and their ability to achieve academically. During the adolescent developmental phase, youth experience periods of exploration wherein they actively examine values, be…
After many years of substantial investments by the Saudi Arabian government in the education of its citizens, the results, especially in the area of employment, are felt by many to be less than satisfactory. While various factors may be contributing to the rising problem of unem…
The theoretical framework for the study was based on social cognitive theories of motivation (Bandura, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1998; Zimmerman, 1989, 1995, 1996, 1998) and state and trait anxiety theory (Spielberger, 1975, 1980; Spielberger & Vagg, 1995). Using two separate questionna…
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of reading strategies and self-efficacy with the reading comprehension of high school students in Indonesia. A convenience sample of 138 high school students from a state high school participated in this study. To mea…
Diabetes Mellitus (DM), is a chronic disease characterized by chronic hyperglycemia. In Lebanon, the prevalence rate of type 2 DM was 5.9% (N= 1982). The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between diabetes self care, psychological adjustment and social support …
Why are there low levels of condom use in a population that lives in an area with high HIV prevalence and that has knowledge about protective nature of condoms? This incongruity between knowledge of the effectiveness of condoms as a measure to protect from HIV infection and lack…
Homeless Women are a vulnerable population and often have a history of higher victimization rates for childhood abuse, sexual assault, and intimate partner violence. There is limited research on therapeutic interventions for homeless women. Building Empowerment and Resilience (B…
The Nigerian-American Systemic Scales (NASAS), an acculturation scale, was standardized on first-generation Nigerian immigrants in America. The NASAS was specifically constructed to assess accultuartion patterns among Nigerians in the Diaspora. Two additional measures were reval…
With the aging process, elderly living at home need the support of their entourage and specifically a family caregiver whose role is not without consequences on his own health. Empirical studies have shown that some caregivers are resilient; they adapt to this situation and purs…
The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to determine the impact of unlimited individual access to a laptop computer (one-to-one computing) on student participation and performance in online dual enrollment courses and determine to what degree this technology access impacts s…
This study, which was conducted with a mixed methods approach, identified specific teacher behaviors that enhance student engagement as perceived by the students. Students were asked to rate the behaviors they found as boosting their engagement in class as exhibited by their bes…