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On Students' Metamotivational Knowledge of Self-Determination
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Yu, Shi; Zhang, Fengjiao; Nunes, Ludmila D. – Metacognition and Learning, 2023
Metamotivational knowledge is a burgeoning area of study. It refers to people's knowledge about motivation, and it has been shown to contribute to motivation and behavioral outcomes. The current study bridges metamotivational knowledge with self-determination theory (SDT), one of the most prominent theories of academic motivation. SDT proposes…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Self Determination, Academic Achievement, Student Motivation
Supervisors' Leadership Styles' Influence on Foreign Teachers' Self-Efficacy in a Cross-Cultural Work Setting: A Moderated Mediation Analysis
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Gumah, Bernard; Wenbin, Liu; Aziabah, Maxwell Akansina – SAGE Open, 2021
Leadership style impacts on the manner and frequency of feedback transmission. However, communication challenges between superiors and subordinates originate from cultural differences, which undermine the usefulness of feedback. The study tested leadership style's effect on self-efficacy through a moderated mediation approach, examined through the…
Descriptors: Supervisors, Self Efficacy, Leadership Styles, Transformational Leadership
Storytelling, Values and Perceived Resilience among Chinese, Vietnamese, American and German Prospective Teachers
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Stanley, Nile; Nguyen, Kate; Wilson, Hope; Stanley, Laurel; Rank, Astrid; Wang, Yonghui – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2015
Numerous qualitative studies, mostly with English speaking Westerners, have shown the important role of storytelling and values in promoting resilience. However, this quantitative study helps fill the gaps in the research, by investigating the mediator effects of storytelling on values and resilience of American, German, Chinese, and Vietnamese…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Vietnamese People, Literacy Education, Individual Differences
Influence of Efficacy and Resilience on Problem Solving in the United States, Taiwan, and China
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Li, Ming-hui; Eschenauer, Robert; Yang, Yan – Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 2013
This study explores factors that influence problem-solving coping style across cultures. There was no significant difference in applying problem solving across U.S., Taiwanese, and Chinese samples. The effective predictors of problem solving in the U.S. and Chinese samples were self-efficacy and trait resilience, respectively. In the Taiwanese…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Solving, Resilience (Psychology), Predictor Variables
Seeking Professional Help: Etiology Beliefs about Mental Illness across Cultures
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Chen, Sylvia Xiaohua; Mak, Winnie W. S. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2008
In the present study, the authors examined the contributions of cultural beliefs about the etiology of mental illness to the seeking of help from mental health professionals among college students in 4 cultural groups, European Americans, Chinese Americans, Hong Kong Chinese, and Mainland Chinese. Group differences were found in help-seeking…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Mental Disorders, Undergraduate Students, Path Analysis
Models of Cultural Adjustment for Child and Adolescent Migrants to Australia: Internal Process and Situational Factors
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Sonderegger, Robi; Barrett, Paula M.; Creed, Peter A. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2004
Building on previous cultural adjustment profile work by Sonderegger and Barrett (2004), the aim of this study was to propose an organised structure for a number of single risk factors that have been linked to acculturative-stress in young migrants. In recognising that divergent situational characteristics (e.g., school level, gender, residential…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Risk, Foreign Countries, Refugees