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Impact of parental education on children's development
(2010)
Parents' education, and in particular, mother's education is shown to have a positive effect on their children's outcomes. However, questions on its causality, channels by which the effect transmits and the relative ...
The relationship between nonverbal immediacy and cognitive learning is partially mediated by affective learning
(2010)
Significant research has been dedicated to instructor nonverbal immediacy (NVI) and its relationship to student learning. This study establishes clarity among relative constructs to nonverbal immediacy and provides a more ...
Syntactic representations of English in second language learners: An investigation of the process of English sentence production by bilingual speakers using a within-language (L2) structural priming paradigm
(2010)
This dissertation reports the results of within-English structural priming experiments in language production which investigated the syntactic representations of English syntactic structures in three different bilingual ...
A preliminary examination of the associations among worksite environment, worksite health culture, and modifiable employee health risk
(2010)
In recent years, the focus of worksite health promotion has begun to shift from the individual employee to the worksite environment and health culture. The purpose of this study was to examine the cross-sectional associations ...
Undergraduates' nonmedical use of psychostimulants and academic motivation
(2010)
Undergraduate college students' nonmedical use of prescription stimulants (NMPS) is a well-documented problem in American colleges and universities. The purpose of the present study was to specify sources of academic ...
Outcome and therapeutic alliance in solution -focused brief therapy
(2010)
There has not been a great deal of research on the application of solution-focused brief therapy to difficult children and their families in a clinical therapy type setting. The purposes of the study were: (1) to provide ...
An examination of the relationship between academic achievement, peer tutoring, academic self-concept, and personal self-concept
(2010)
The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between academic achievement, as measured by high school GPA and cumulative undergraduate GPA, peer tutoring, academic self-concept, and personal self-concept. ...
The role of school-based support and coping skills in the development of anxiety in LGBTQ young adults
(2010)
This study examined the relationships between lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) young adults' experiences of disclosure-related acceptance and rejection, perceived helpfulness of LGBTQ-specific ...
Psychometric characteristics of the Teacher Efficacy Scale: Factor structure, reliability, and concurrent validity
(2007)
Teacher self-efficacy has been identified as an important contributor to the educational achievement of students. Grounded in social learning theory, several self-report questionnaires have been developed to assess the ...
The impact of trait emotional intelligence and cognitive style on the academic achievement and life satisfaction of college students
(2007)
The purpose of this study was to elucidate the empirical and practical nature of emotional intelligence, cognitive style, and personality in relationship to college students' academic achievement and life satisfaction. ...