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Peng Zheng; Ya You; Guozhong Luo – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2025
Studies have explored the correlation between students' math interest and their academic performance in grades 4 to 6, emphasizing the role of self-control and resilience as mediators in this relationship. Drawing on interest development and self-regulation theories, we hypothesized that interest directly predicts achievement and indirectly…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Mathematics Achievement, Student Interests, Self Control
Bishara, Saied; Kaplan, Shani – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2022
This study examines the link between inhibitory control skills (the ability to plan and suppress an inappropriate action in favour of a goal-oriented reaction) and the sense of self-efficacy (both social and emotional), and mathematics achievements in students with learning disabilities. In this study, 60 sixth-grade students with learning…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Self Control, Inhibition
Kokkinos, Constantinos M.; Voulgaridou, Ioanna – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2023
The present study investigated the indirect effects of personality (Big Five) on shyness through two emotion regulation strategies -- emotion suppression and cognitive reappraisal -- in a community sample of 256 Greek pre-adolescents. Results showed that shyness was positively predicted by both regulation strategies, with emotion suppression…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Urban Schools, Public Schools, Grade 5
Türkben, Tuncay – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2021
This study was conducted to investigate the effect of education based on Self-Regulation Strategy Development Model on the writing skills development of 6th grade (middle school) students. In this study, a pretest-post-test, quasi-experimental method with control group was used. The sample of the study consists of 60 students enrolled in two…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Self Control, Writing Skills, Middle School Students
Ismail Sarikaya; Mesut Ozturk; Mustafa Ozgol – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2023
This study was conducted to develop a valid and reliable measurement tool that can identify middle school students' self-regulation skills. Firstly, the literature was utilized in the development of the measurement tool. The form was finalized with the support of the opinions of different experts and a trial application. Then, the form was…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Self Control, Self Management, Student Development
Öznur Tokgöz, Elif; Dogan, Alev – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2022
The study focuses on the effects of four different affective variables, namely; well-being, perceived self-regulation, trust in the teacher, and alienation from school, on the academic achievement of middle school 6th grade students in the Science course. The participants of the study were composed of randomly selected 332 (156 girls, 176 boys)…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Psychological Patterns, Grade 6, Middle School Students
Marija Džida; Gordana Keresteš; Andreja Brajša-Žganec – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2024
Research has shown links between emotion regulation strategies and child mental health. However, it is not well known how the characteristics of children may moderate these links. The aim of this study was to explore whether environmental sensitivity--the ability to perceive and process information about the environment--moderates links between…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Self Control, Emotional Problems, Behavior Problems
Bal, Ayten Pinar; Or, Merve Buse – Pedagogical Research, 2023
This study examined the relationship between secondary school students' problem-solving success and perceptions using a relational survey model. This study investigated 378 students (212 girls and 166 boys) in the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades between 11 and 14 years old using the convenience sampling method. The problem-solving inventory for…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Problem Solving
Kouvava, Sofia; Antonopoulou, Katerina; Kokkinos, Constantinos M.; Ralli, Asimina M.; Maridaki-Kassotaki, Katerina – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2022
Understanding and regulating emotions influence children's friendships. Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Specific Learning Disorder (SLD) have difficulties in understanding emotions and in controlling themselves. ?he present study examines how children's friendships and their quality may be affected by emotion…
Descriptors: Friendship, Emotional Response, Self Control, Children
Turan, Olgun; Akfirat, O. Nejat – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2023
In this research, real experimental design with pre-test, post-test, and follow-up measurements were used. The research was carried out with 20 students attending the 5th and 6th grades of a secondary school in Istanbul. The program is found to cause an increase in the use of refocus on planning, positive reappraisal, and putting in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Grade 6
Guerrero, Edgar Guillermo Pulido; Sánchez, Ana Dolores Vargas – International Journal of Learning Technology, 2020
The present study analysed the contributions of a B-learning training experience to the reduction of school conflicts in classrooms by encouraging cognitive-behavioural anger management techniques. Using a mixed concurrent nested dominant approach, research took place from 2015 to 2017 with 43 Colombian children between the ages of 8 and 14. Data…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Emotional Response, Self Control, Foreign Countries
van der Ploeg, Rozemarijn; Stoltz, Sabine E. M. J.; van den Berg, Yvonne H. M.; Cillessen, Antonius H. N.; de Castro, Bram O. – Educational Psychology, 2022
This study aimed to shed light on the prevalence of chronic peer victimisation among Dutch elementary school children and factors associated with (non-)disclosure of such experiences by victims. 5,961 students from 73 schools participated (51.5% male; M[subscript age] = 9.96; 77.7% native Dutch). Results showed that 12.3% of all children were…
Descriptors: Self Disclosure (Individuals), Peer Relationship, Elementary School Students, Gender Differences
Kizkapan, Oktay; Bektas, Oktay; Saylan Kimizigu, Asli – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2018
The purpose of this study is to determine elementary school students' level of self-regulation skills-goal setting and to develop strategies to achieve these goals. Survey method is used in the study with the participants of 368 students. The study was conducted at two elementary schools in Incesu and Kocasinan provinces of Kayseri and students…
Descriptors: Self Control, Elementary School Students, Goal Orientation, Foreign Countries
Harding, Susan-Marie; English, Narelle; Nibali, Nives; Griffin, Patrick; Graham, Lorraine; Alom, Bm; Zhang, Zhonghua – Australian Journal of Education, 2019
Students who can regulate their own learning are proposed to gain the most out of education, yet research into the impact of self-regulated learning skills on performance shows mixed results. This study supports the link between self-regulated learning and performance, while providing evidence of grade- or age-related differences. Australian…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Self Control, Predictor Variables, Mathematics Achievement
Shih-Tseng Tina Huang; Vinh-Long Tran-Chi; Tung-En Hsiao – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2018
The purpose of the present research is to explore the development of self-control ability during childhood. A group of 360 children (185 boys and 175 girls from grades 2, 4, and 6) participated in the survey. They completed the Children's Perceived Self-Control Scale (CPSC) which included the interpersonal self-control (ISC), the personal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Control, Child Development, Grade 2

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