Studies about the causes of research misconduct focus on a limited range, and negative emotions are an omitted but critical area. By utilizing theories from sociology and criminology of emotions, the current study adopts an emotional aspect to analyze researchers' academic integrity issues in Chinese universities. Particularly, it examines how…

On average, a U.S. teacher impacts about 3,000 students while in the classroom. Yet teaching is one of the most stressful occupations, and teachers leave the field at higher rates than many other professions. With a current estimated 3.8 million teachers in the U.S., the benefits of supporting teacher well-being are clear. In this brief, Dr. Leigh…

Emotion (or affective) artificial intelligence (AI) is a hot topic within the greater field of AI, in both, academic as well as practitioner circles. One of the industries with great potential for AI implementation is education. While emotion AI is commonly referred to as a field of growing interest, research in the specific context of education…

Although researchers have conducted multiple studies on social support among male undergraduates, a gap was identified in the lack of systematic reviews of literature synthesizing their findings. The purpose in this systematic review was to obtain an understanding of recent findings on social support among male undergraduates. To identify relevant…

The essential focus of this dissertation is the exploration of emotions in response to stressors that may emerge as preservice teachers interact in teaching and learning spaces. My experiences as a teacher and teacher-educator/researcher have influenced an interest in presenting autoethnographical studies. In each autoethnography I explicate my…

This paper demonstrates that the phenomenographic methodology -- the study of variations of lived experience -- has the capacity to manage cultural and paradigmatic differences between researchers and participants in cross-cultural research. The process of cross-cultural research presented herein makes a contribution to the existing body of…

This review aims to address the major sources of stress experienced by international students, the role of individual differences, the chronology of their stress levels and wellbeing over time, and gaps in the existing literature. Two electronic databases (PubMed and Psych Info) were searched for English peer-reviewed articles using eight search…

Determines through the analysis of data collected from students the primary causes of stress among high school seniors. Presents research findings based on 348 responses to open-ended questions regarding stress. Lists stresses in six categories: school, family, employment, intimate relationships, friends/peers, and worrying about college. (HB)