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It is beneficial for Chinese English-learners to improve their communicative competence through being taught in a communicative-based class (especially with the use of task-based language teaching, Nuevo, 2006). However, previous studies...
The Effects of Guided Imagery and HRV Biofeedback Training on Psychological Variables and Post-Operative Outcome Measures of Orthopaedic Surgical Patients
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is comprised of a range of therapeutic modalities and atypical practices which have been found to successfully accompany standard medical care. Interventions such as guided imagery and stress...
A Path Analysis of the Relationships among Mindsets, Academic Writing Anxiety, and Self-Satisfaction with Academic Writing of Chinese Graduate Students
Extant literature indicates that Chinese graduate students experience academic writing anxiety when writing with English as their second language (Cheng, 2014b; Ho, 2016; Huang, 2014; Liang & Turner, 2021). Writing anxiety exerts...
The Impact of English Language Proficiency, Social Connectedness and Perceived Discrimination on Academic Performance and Self Efficacy Amongst International Students
The number of international students attending colleges and universities in the United States (U.S.) has been increasing over the past several years and is projected to continue to expand. International students encounter unique...
This study focuses on exploring Chinese English-major students’ motivational reasons for studying English (e.g., because of interest/enjoyment, pressure from others, or future career goals). To discover students’ motivational reasons for...
Research has shown that the quality of preschool teacher-child relationships can forecast children's social-emotional development, academic achievement, and school attitude; these benefits are amplified for impoverished children. However...
As the American student population continues to diversify, preparing teachers to effectively educate these students is paramount. Scholars have conducted an array of culture and classroom management studies attempting to ameliorate this...
Elementary school children with academic challenges are often provided special education services. These services are meant to support children in their academic goals, through either academic intervention (e.g., reading or math) or...
A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis of Chinese Undergraduate English Language-Learners' Personal Factors and Contextual Factors Based on Self-Determination Theory
This study investigated the relationships among Chinese undergraduate English learners' motivation for learning English (i.e., students' internal choice, students' external pressure), integrative orientation (i.e., students' engagement...
Children's emergent literacy skills have been found to be predictive of concurrent and subsequent academic achievement. Proponents of a nurture-driven approach to learning posit that children's linguistic competencies are associated with...
SES related differences in children’s early language skills influence their later language development. Parent-child verbal interactions during the initial years of children’s life play an important role in children’s early language...
Response to intervention (RTI), an educational reform effort designed to meet the needs of struggling learners, has been adopted by an increasing number of states as a primary component of their educational service delivery model for low...
Over 200, 000 women were incarcerated in 2015, constituting approximately 9% of the U.S. prison population (Kaeble & Glaze, 2016). Best practices call for individualized services upon release in hopes of successful reentry into society ...
Research has shown that during this time of development, adolescents may encounter obstacles in navigating sexuality, identity, academics, and friendships that can exacerbate risk-taking behavior (WHO, 2018; WHO, 2011). Adolescents tend...
This study explored the relationship between dispositional mindfulness, posttraumatic outcomes (i.e., stress and growth) and cognitive coping strategies (i.e., intrusive rumination, deliberate rumination, and positive reappraisal) that...
Epistemic beliefs, epistemic cognitions, and self-regulation processes have a significant role in students' learning. Through this study, I investigated the role of mechanical engineering students' epistemic beliefs and epistemic...
NCAA Division I collegiate student-athletes in the US compete at the highest college level. These high-level academic and sport-related demands can create perfectionistic tendencies. Prior literature shows that perfectionistic concerns...
Eating Disorders in Athletes: The Role of Perfectionism, Body Dissatisfaction, Neuroticism, Emotion Regulation, and the Internalization of Thinness Norms
Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate among mental illnesses and therefore it is important to investigate what may impact an athlete’s risk of developing an eating disorder. Female cross-country runners are at a particularly...
The development of children's emergent literacy skills is important because these skills are strongly associated with later reading abilities and academic achievement. In the United States, students who are of Hispanic/Latinx descent...
Relationships among Behavioral Engagement, Self-Efficacy, Academic Achievement, and Career Choice among Middle School Mathematics Students: Race and Gender Differences
This study used data from the High School Longitudinal Study [2009-2013] to address racial/ethnic and gender similarities and differences in the relationships among behavioral engagement, self-efficacy beliefs, academic achievement in...
It has been well researched that college student alcohol use is a public health concern and that college students as a general population are at risk for excessive alcohol use and binge drinking. Within the wide population of college...
The purpose of this study was to explore student veterans' educational paths that guided them to maximize their military education assistance by saving their GI Bill for graduate education. The research questions for this study were: 1)...
This study examined the association between a parent’s socioeconomic status, stress, and emotion regulation abilities (i.e., cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression) and that parent’s emotion-related socialization behaviors ...
A Group of Individuals or a Singular Team?: Examining the Moderation Effect of Team Type on the Relationships between Previous Season Success, Team Tenure and Group Size and Cohesion over Time
A multitude of research has already been conducted on the concept of cohesion in sport with the majority of research looking at the relationship between cohesion and performance. It has been found that the correlation between cohesion...
The purpose of this secondary data analysis study was to investigate the possible association between the use of behavior management strategies by interventionists in kindergarten small-group interventions and the self-regulation of the...
The main objective of this study was to investigate the improvement of the accuracy of small sample equating, which typically occurs in teacher certification/licensure examinations due to a low volume of test takers per test...
Intelligence Mindset Across a Semester: Examining Engineering Students' Implicit Theories of Intelligence as Related Across Time and as a Function of Exam Grades
Despite evidence of smaller gaps in recent years, there is still major concern of high student attrition rates in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, particularly in engineering and computer science (Chen, ...
Firefighters in the United States are at risk for developing a range of concerns given the physical and psychological risks of their job duties (Farnsworth & Sewell, 2011; Lourel, Abdellaoui, Chevaleyre, Paltrier, & Gana, 2008; McFarlane...
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