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Max Supke; Kurt Hahlweg; Krenare Kelani; Beate Muschalla; Wolfgang Schulz – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: This study examined the state of mental health, partnerships, and sexual activity of German university students after the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants and methods: In June and July 2021, 928 students (23.6 years; 63.5% female) from four universities in Germany participated in an online survey that assessed…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Sexuality, College Students, Depression (Psychology)
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Alexandra Wake; Alexander W. O'Donnell – Youth & Society, 2024
The current study examined financial stress, career-related optimism, and psychological distress from the age of 19 (2013; n = 5,787), until the age of 25 (2019; n = 2,933) using the Longitudinal Surveys of Australia Youth (2009 cohort). Longitudinal mediation using latent growth curve modeling observed trajectories of change across young…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Stress Variables, Financial Problems, Careers
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Ching-Hui Lin; Szu-Yin Lin; Bo-Hsien Hu; C. Owen Lo – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: This study is an exploration of the major stressors associated with the COVID-19 for students in higher education in Taiwan. Participants: The sample comprised 838 higher education students studying at various Taiwanese universities. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was administered at different postsecondary institutions during…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Stress Variables, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Qiongyao Zhong; Guanghui Lei; Huifen Wu; Zheng Wang; Yan Zhang; Jinyuan Zhang; Fang Xu; Zheyu Zhang; Qiang Xiao; Xiaonan Li; Hui Shi – Journal of American College Health, 2024
This study seeks to understand the reality and psychological difficulties faced by university graduates in Wuhan after the COVID-19 epidemic was controlled. Methods: A total of 6,417 graduate students were surveyed through an online questionnaire from late May to early June 2020. The questionnaire asked questions on depression, anxiety, insomnia,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Jacob Oppong Nkansah; Tual Sawn Khai; Elizabeth S. Rose; Muhammad Asaduzzaman – European Journal of Education, 2025
This study offers critical insights into the experiences of First-Generation College Students (FGCS) in Ghana. This phenomenological study included 18 undergraduate FGCS at a large public university in Ghana. By examining the challenges and coping mechanisms of FGCS, the research provides a holistic view of FGCS experiences in West Africa using…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Phenomenology, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students
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Antonello Callimaci; Anne Fortin; Gulliver Lux; Marie-Andrée Caron; Nadia Smaili – Accounting Education, 2024
Studies have demonstrated the presence of anxiety among undergraduate students. Some causal factors are academic, but many are non-academic. The pandemic changed the way education is delivered, requiring remote learning for all. This situation disrupted students' academic routines and presented significant learning challenges, causing anxiety. The…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Accounting, Undergraduate Students, COVID-19
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Lee, Kerry – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
Working memory (WM) is highly predictive of academic performance, and individual differences in WM can already be observed in early childhood. However, obtaining accurate measures of WM in kindergarten-aged children is labour intensive. From an intervention perspective, identifying correlates of WM that are more readily measured can help identify…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Young Children, Socioeconomic Status
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Neto, Félix – Journal of International Students, 2021
International students constitute an important sojourner group. This study examined the levels and predictors of loneliness among international students. The sample included 188 Angolan, 210 Cape Verdean, and 221 domestic college students who attended Portuguese institutions of higher education. The relative strengths of background and…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Foreign Students, Study Abroad, Undergraduate Students
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Woodhouse, Joan; Guihen, Laura; Scalise, Maria – Teacher Education Advancement Network Journal, 2022
This paper reports on a study in which we interviewed eleven student teachers who were mothers. We wanted to understand the challenges the women faced in combining Initial Teacher Education (ITE) and motherhood, and about the factors that sustained them through the course. Participants faced practical and emotional challenges, including financial…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Mothers, Barriers, Emotional Problems
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Pinto, Susana – Journal of International Students, 2021
In the scope of higher education internationalization, Portuguese universities have been receiving an increasing number of students from Portuguese-speaking countries, namely African countries, at the level of PhD studies. As highlighted in research, pursuing a PhD in an overseas context entails critical challenges for students, supervisors, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Doctoral Students, Psychological Patterns, Doctoral Programs
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Boddy, Clive – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2020
Purpose: This paper outlines a variety of the research on student attrition and recognises some of the sensitivities that may be involved for some students in dealing with dropping out of university. This paper claims that because of these sensibilities, some student's responses to direct questions about the reasons for attrition may be biased by…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Undergraduate Study, Psychological Patterns, Emotional Response
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Kilinç, Ali Çagatay; Arslan, Kürsat; Polat, Mustafa – Journal of International Students, 2020
Internationalization trends in higher education have become a significantly accentuated issue, and student mobility is considered one of the core components. This study focuses on investigating the lived experiences of international students at a state university in Turkey using a qualitative research method and phenomenological design. The…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Foreign Students, International Education, Educational Experience
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Bradley, Donna; Bourke, Lisa; Cosgrave, Catherine – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2020
Introduction: Australia's rural health services commonly face serious and protracted workforce shortages. To help address such shortages in rural and remote areas, a range of programs exist to support university students to undertake placements in a rural setting. In particular, University Departments of Rural Health (UDRH's) are funded to support…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Allied Health Occupations Education, Rural Areas, Student Placement
Nordin, Noradilah Md – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Well-being is essential to promote students' development. The present research investigated the association between life events, perceived stress, smartphone dependency, coping behaviors, and psychological well-being. This cross-sectional study employed convenience sampling, and the sample consisted of 303 undergraduates at one public university…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
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Chang, Lei; Lu, Hui Jing; Lansford, Jennifer E.; Skinner, Ann T.; Bornstein, Marc H.; Steinberg, Laurence; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Chen, Bin Bin; Tian, Qian; Bacchini, Dario; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Pastorelli, Concetta; Alampay, Liane Peña; Sorbring, Emma; Al-Hassan, Suha M.; Oburu, Paul; Malone, Patrick S.; Di Giunta, Laura; Tirado, Liliana Maria Uribe; Tapanya, Sombat – Developmental Psychology, 2019
Safety is essential for life. To survive, humans and other animals have developed sets of psychological and physiological adaptations known as life history (LH) tradeoff strategies in response to various safety constraints. Evolutionarily selected LH strategies in turn regulate development and behavior to optimize survival under prevailing safety…
Descriptors: Safety, Physiology, Psychological Patterns, Longitudinal Studies
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