There has been a recent global increase in the number of young people experiencing mental health challenges in both child and adolescent mental health settings and acute paediatric settings. In many of these settings, restrictive practices are used to manage behaviours that challenge, such as aggression and violence. However, little is known about…

This study investigates how risk auditing, accounting standards, and corporate governance influence accounting reforms in China's Luckin Coffee. Data were collected through in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 30 audit professionals from nine accounting networks. The gray correlation coefficient technique was used to assess the risks…

The aim of this study was to explore the use of in-between spaces to create music environments in a preschool setting. The research method was a 1.5-year case study of a preschool in northern Taiwan, focusing on innovative music environment creation in the in-between space. The implementation process was divided into three stages: exploration,…

Shared reading sessions utilizing dialogic reading methods have shown promise in supporting children's language development and comprehension, though variability in implementation among practitioners remains a concern. This study analyzed 33 videotaped, one-on-one dialogic reading sessions implemented by 14 Chilean preservice early childhood…

This research examines the individual and societal factors influencing students' decisions to pursue careers in the media sector in Bangladesh. While media has evolved significantly since the 1990s, the nation faces a shortage of competent journalists, with traditional journalism increasingly replaced by social media. This study delves into…

Purpose: This study aims to assess the impact of peer pressure on the university choices of students in Vietnam. Design/methodology/approach: This study follows two stages, which included reviewing literature to identify the constituent factors of peer pressure influencing students' university choice decisions and validating these factors through…

Purpose: This study investigates the impact of health literacy and knowledge on undergraduates' mental health and attitude towards help-seeking in public universities in Ekiti State, Nigeria; with gender and age serving as moderating factors. Design/methodology/approach: The study adopted the correlational research design. The population of the…

The importance of goal clarity in college students' online self-directed learning cannot be overstated. Using micro-survey data from 1018 Chinese college students, this paper empirically investigates how goal clarity affects college students' perceived effectiveness of online self-directed learning using an ordered logit model. Subsequently, this…

Purpose: This study aimed at identifying the prevalence of statistic anxiety among students in social sciences programs and analyzing the relationship between statistics anxiety and four key variables: attitude toward statistics, statistics self-efficacy, achievement in statistics and academic procrastination. Design/methodology/approach: Method a…

The aim of the study is to examine the effect of polytomous item ratio on ability estimation in different conditions in multistage tests (MST) using mixed tests. The study is simulation-based research. In the PISA 2018 application, the ability parameters of the individuals and the item pool were created by using the item parameters estimated from…

Student communications has developed as a professional field in universities in recent decades, as universities seek to more strategically engage diverse student populations with ever-changing expectations and needs. Whilst most universities now have some form of function or resourcing dedicated to considering how to best communicate with current…

Developmental Education in Mathematics (DEM) according to Zankov's model, or "Russian mathematics", has been in use in Norway since 2009 in an increasing number of schools (about 100 elementary schools in 2024). There has been relatively little research into the implementation of this teaching method in a Norwegian context. In this…

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to undertake a bibliometric analysis of financial performance research in of higher education sector. The study examines papers over the last 2 decades and performed performance analysis, co-citation analysis, bibliographic coupling and scientific mapping. Design/methodology/approach: The study examines 616…

Unconscious consumption of resources by individuals leads to many economic, social and environmental problems. Therefore, conscious consumerism and consumer education are criticallly important to develop knowledge and skills to make informed and rational choices taking social values and goals into account. Based on that, the research was conducted…

Culturally responsive school culture is a type of school culture in which culturally responsive education is implemented. The purpose of the study was to define culturally responsive school culture, to identify its components, and to determine a roadmap for school administrators to transform school culture into a culturally responsive school…