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Yamane, Takahiro – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
Assessing parenting stress in parents of children with autism has crucial clinical implications because increased parental stress is associated with psychological disorders and personal distress, which can result in worse child-parent relationships. We examined the psychometric properties of a new index for assessing parenting stressors--the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Child Rearing
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Naito, Yumi; Enomoto, Noriyuki; Kameno, Yosuke; Yamasue, Hidenori; Suda, Takafumi; Hotta, Yoshihiro – SAGE Open, 2021
Mental distress is highly prevalent in university students, and autistic traits can hinder academic education. The substantial lifestyle changes experienced by new university students can induce mood and anxiety dysfunctions and subsequent suicide-related behaviors. The aims of this study were to evaluate the detectability of suicidal ideation…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Predictor Variables, Questionnaires
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Katsantonis, Ioannis – Pedagogical Research, 2020
The goal of the present study is to examine mainly the associations of contextual variables with stress and teachers' psychological well-being across organizational cultures. The responses (N= 51,782) of a population of primary school teachers from 15 different educational cultures were analyzed. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was implemented…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Well Being, Stress Variables, Cross Cultural Studies
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Mochida, Seiko; Sanada, Mieko; Shao, Qinfeng; Lee, Jiwon; Takaoka, Junko; Ando, Satoko; Sakakihara, Yoichi – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2021
We explored the factors associated with the stress signs among children during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. Although children showed increased stress signs, they also showed increased development of good behavioral traits during this period. Parenting styles were significantly correlated with the psychological and physical stresses experienced…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Stress Variables
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Girmay, Mehrete; Singh, Gopal K.; Jones, Sosanya; Wallace, Juliane – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2019
The main purpose of this study was to gain an in depth understanding of the adjustment needs of international graduate students at the host university. There are, of course, a variety of factors that play a part in the adjustment needs that plague international graduate students and their adjustment to the host university. Consequently, in order…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Physical Health, Acculturation, Foreign Students
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Taylor, Aaron – Issues in Educational Research, 2020
This research investigates the extent to which emotional labour is experienced by non-Japanese teachers of English as a foreign language in Japan, what coping mechanisms are employed and how it impairs individual performance. Understanding these issues is pivotal in improving the competitive advantage of these organisations and the productivity of…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Pirskanen, Henna; Jokinen, Kimmo; Karhinen-Soppi, Anu; Notko, Marianne; Lämsä, Tiina; Otani, Midori; Meil, Gerardo; Romero-Balsas, Pedro; Rogero-García, Jesús – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2019
The transition to formal education is a critical transition in children's lives that has importance for socio-emotional and behavioral functioning. In the transition process, teachers are key players who work intensively with children and their families. This article focuses on teachers' perceptions of children´s socio-emotional behavior during…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Cross Cultural Studies, Emotional Response, Child Behavior
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Lyken-Segosebe, D. E. – International Journal of Higher Education, 2017
International graduate students meet TOEFL, GPA, and other admissions criteria to gain entry into US colleges and universities. During their stay in the USA, they provide educational and economic contributions for their host country. In contrast to their educational and economic potential, international students often demonstrate poor academic and…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Stress Variables, Student Adjustment
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Simonson, Michael, Ed.; Seepersaud, Deborah, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2021
For the forty-fourth time, the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented online and onsite during the annual AECT Convention. Volume 1 contains papers dealing primarily with research and development topics. Papers dealing with…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Video Technology
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Radford, Mark H. B.; And Others – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1993
Examines effects of culture on decisional self-esteem, decisional stress, and self-reported decision coping style for 743 Japanese and 309 Australian college students. Findings on coping styles in decision making are related to cross-cultural differences between the individualistic culture of Australia and the collectivistic culture of Japan. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Coping, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
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Schreiner, Andrea S.; Morimoto, Tomoko – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2003
The present study examined the relationship between caregiver mastery and depressive symptoms among family stroke caregivers in western Japan (N = 100). Family caregivers were identified from a sample of rehabilitation hospitals; participation rate was 100 percent for all eligible caregivers. Care-givers with high mastery were found to have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Caregivers, Depression (Psychology), Individual Characteristics
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology