Factors which impact bilingual language development can often interact with different language features. The current study teases apart the impact of internal and external factors (chronological age, length of exposure, L2 richness, L2 use at home, maternal education and maternal L2 proficiency) across linguistic domains and features (vocabulary,…

Recent research on language teacher factors has focused on the construct of teacher immunity. This construct was introduced into the field of language teaching to delineate language teachers' psychological state. Productive teacher immunity is defined as language teachers' psychological shield that safeguards them against diverse stress-inducing…

Social scientists know little about the experiences of transgender and nonbinary (TGNB) parents and their children's development. In this study of 138 transgender parents (age M = 35.28 years; 86.2% White/European American) with binary (52.9%) and nonbinary (47.1%) gender identities, we explore the links between family processes and young…

Background: Preparing preservice teachers for teaching placements and future careers is crucial. However, their motivation often fluctuates as they gain experience and receive feedback from influential sources. While previous studies have examined changes in preservice teachers' motivation over time, there has been little research on how this…

The study aims to explore the connection between diverse homework help sources, children's well-being, and gratitude levels. We recruited 295 children in India (ages 7 to below 18) via snowball sampling for an online survey assessing homework help, gratitude and wellbeing. We found a positive association between using multiple sources for homework…

Health behavior, mental health, and school satisfaction are associated in school-aged youth. However, most previous research examining such associations does not account for unique groupings of these variables based on person-centered analyses. This study examined student mental health profiles and their association with health behaviors and…

Background/purpose: Middle school is a critical stage for shaping students' academic paths, but traditional orientation methods often fail to predict suitable trajectories, leading to mismatches that impede success. This study aims to develop a proactive, data-driven framework to forecast academic orientation for middle school students, enhancing…

This study aimed to investigate the effect of helicopter father attitude on the psychological resilience of adolescents. The study employed the relational screening method, a quantitative research approach. The study group consisted of 717 high school students. The researcher prepared a "Personal Information Form" to collect information…

This study examines how college majors are related to marital outcomes through homogamy based on college attainment and fields of study. Grounded in theories of educational assortative mating, opportunity structure, and personal preferences, we investigate how college majors predict marriage probability, spouse selection, and economic inequality…

This study examines the growing issue of academic dishonesty in online assessments, a challenge intensified by the expansion of digital learning platforms. Specifically, it investigates the relationship between students' online engagement and their performance in online versus traditional paper-and-pencil tests. Employing a cross-sectional…

The COVID-19 outbreak necessitated a rapid transition to eLearning in higher education institutions worldwide, including Uganda, where infrastructural and digital literacy challenges compounded this shift. Predicting student satisfaction with eLearning systems helps institutions evaluate how well these platforms are working, assess their future…

An essential component of healthy sexual exploration is the understanding of sexual consent. Unfortunately, sexual consent is not consistently taught in sex education programs developed for adolescents. Furthermore, although early adolescence is a critical developmental period for the formation of sexual identity, norms, attitudes, and…

Despite a large earnings premium for bachelor's degree completion in general, graduates from low-income families earn substantially less than graduates from high-income families. While prior research has documented the role of college quality and major choice in explaining these gaps, we examine undermatching on a different margin: the first…

This research aimed to determine the factor that had the most significant contribution to students' motivation to learn English and the predictors of each element in the L2 Motivational Self System (L2MSS) model in the Vietnamese context. Quantitative results were collected from 231s to year English major students via the survey questionnaire…

We examined how generalized and mathematics-specific language skills predicted the word-problem performance of students with mathematics difficulty. Participants were 325 third-grade students in the southwestern United States who performed at or below the 25th percentile on a word-problem measure. We assessed generalized language skills in word…