More than 4000 Indigenous Australian students enrol and take up a placement at boarding school each year. While reasons for attending boarding school vary, the impetus for many remote and very remote-dwelling students is restricted secondary educational opportunities in their home communities. A large multi-site study is being undertaken across…

This study aimed to conduct an in-depth analysis of post-traumatic growth experiences based on the perception of mothers with children with special needs in primary school. As a qualitative research method, the phenomenological design was used because the study focused on how the participants made sense of this growth process. Eight volunteer…

As mental health concerns have increased among school-aged students in the United States, student support personnel have assumed greater responsibility in providing mental health services in schools. In the United States, it is estimated that 7.7 million children need mental health support annually. Of those children who receive care, 70% to 80%…

The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine student perception of mental well-being and coping strategies and the influence on student persistence. Participant views and experiences revealed perceptions regarding challenges at the University, resilience techniques utilized, and overall student satisfaction.Seven freshmen students…

Nonconsensual pornography (NCP), the distribution of sexually graphic images or videos without consent, is a prevalent form of cyber sexual abuse (Eaton et al., 2017; Ruvalcaba & Eaton, 2019). In recent years, incidents of NCP have received increased attention as a growing number of celebrities and public figures have been at the center of…

This dissertation research chronicles my experiences with emotions and learning as a student conduct administrator throughout the arduous process of investigating, becoming, and transforming by engaging sociocultural theory. Grounded in Authentic Inquiry (Tobin, 2006), this research centers my lived-experience and nuances the role of emotions in…

People in Indigenous communities tell stories to share knowledge. As a member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, I understand the significance of stories for our knowledge system. The purpose of this research was to understand how eight Lumbee students at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke transitioned to college and the role of…

This study examined how first-year, gay, male undergraduate students attending Jesuit Catholic institutions make sense of their transition to college experience. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews. The participants included seven gay, cisgender, male individuals who were current undergraduate students at a Jesuit university and…

Despite a growing focus on positive psychology in recent years, negative emotions have not ceased to play a crucial role in learning additional languages in the classroom. This paper reports a study that investigated one such negative emotion -- boredom -- as experienced by 115 advanced learners of English. They were asked to write a descriptive…

In this study, it has been tried to develop a different perspective in the literature by determining the reflection of couple burnout of mothers, which is examined as a problem between couples or a personal problem, on the social development of children. The study was designed in the relational survey model, one of the general survey models. In…

The COVID-19 pandemic has jolted educational organizations and their stakeholders. Mobility between countries is a requisite feature at international schools, with students and educators shifting between home, host, and intermediary countries. Stakeholders are diverse in international schools, representing transcultural interests, giving rise to…

The purpose of this phenomenology was to examine the lived experience of being a first-year music teacher during the COVID-19 pandemic. Across two data waves, the first in winter 2020 and the second in late spring 2021, we collected written reflections and conducted online interviews with 10 music teachers who began their careers in 2020 to 2021.…

Background: People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) from low income diverse communities are experiencing the health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic most acutely. Method: To better understand the impacts of the pandemic on the wellbeing of adults with IDD from an urban US region and how they are managing the associated…

Purpose: We aimed to evaluate the levels of Burnout Syndrome (BS) in Agricultural Sciences students, both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic period. Design/methodology/approach: We accessed 77 students for Burnout Syndrome using the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey (MBI-SS) on two occasions, the first in February and the second in…

Background: Following disasters, children and adolescents can use coping strategies to feel better. A growing body of studies investigated the relation between them and maladjustment/adjustment, i.e., negative symptomatology/positive indicators of development. Yet, these constructs are studied separately. Objective: We conducted two meta-analyses…