The social tides of instability present in today's world often require teachers to cope with social change in their pedagogical practices. "Discomfort" may be viewed as the beginning of a continuous critical reflective practice rather than a momentary emotive state: a way to see music education founded on an acceptance that nothing will…

This study explores students' and their families' experiences during the pandemic response to COVID-19 by the higher education community. Using the hermeneutic phenomenological approach, we employed two open-ended surveys and semi-structured interviews of 16 parent-college student dyads (N = 34). The study draws on students' and parents'…

The study deals with the problems of emotional burnout, concerning the work of teachers in the field of education. In psychological studies, the phenomenon of emotional burnout was first mentioned at the end of the twentieth century. In 1974, Herbert J. Freudenberger first used this term. He used it to describe the negative psychological state of…

There is an increase of students placed on academic probation after their first year of college yet continue to their second year, with a larger percentage of this population identified as male. Men are also falling behind in graduation rates, and this gap is significantly wider for men of color. This study utilizes Bean & Eaton's (2000, 2001)…

The problem this study addressed is the disproportionate percentage of Latinx faculty in U.S. universities compared to the percentage of Latinx people in the U.S. population. The purpose of the study was to examine the strength of the relationships between the demographic characteristics and varying levels of demonstrated hope in a sample of…

Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought dramatic changes to the daily lives of U.S. adolescents, including isolation from friends and extended family, transition to remote learning, potential illness and death of loved ones, and economic distress. This study's purpose is to measure changes in adolescents' perceived stress and mood early in the…

The purpose of this research was to describe how specific students, impacted by the closure of Mount Ida College, made sense of the closure. Participants included 12 former students who were enrolled at Mount Ida when administrators announced its closure in April of 2018. Data collected consisted of individual interviews as well as written…

The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to investigate how highly engaged employees in a large staff group at a large public U.S. university describe how their experiences influenced their perceptions of meaningfulness, psychological safety, psychological availability, and employee engagement. In response to many calls to fully…

Despite playing an important role in students' educational achievement, approximately 65% of educators in the United States are not happy with their employment, and many have contemplated quitting the profession altogether. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how teachers in the United States describe factors that…

This study aimed to investigate the effects of Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACTr) before or after behavior skills training (BST). This study included four special education teachers from a Midwestern public school. Using a withdrawal design, the study explored the effects of ACTr+BST and BST+ACTr on stress levels, psychological flexibility,…

The impact of the role a secondary school leader plays in the daily lives of our students is one that must be acknowledged. It is important to study the decision-making process to ensure our leaders continue to grow and acquire the necessary skills to make their role one that has a positive impact. This is especially important since school leaders…

This study explored the experiences of former first-year students who had been institutionally dismissed from an undergraduate health program in a large Canadian university. Using a qualitative narrative inquiry, 20 individual interviews were conducted with 10 former students. Challenges connecting with faculty, large classes, and academic…

With the outbreak of COVID-19, more online learning has been adopted for distance learning. However, the effectiveness of online learning for those students engaged in it for the first time has not been discussed. This study aims to investigate perceived ineffectiveness of online learning and its antecedents related to cognitive and affective…

The goal of this study is to understand the relationship between retail therapy (RT) and college students' reasons for exercising, perceived physical fitness, and psychological distress. A total of 204 usable responses were collected from female college students, with an average age of 20.69 years old. The effect of RT is significantly more…

First introduced by Frances Raucher, The Mozart Effect is the idea that there is a transient impact of music listening on spatial-temporal processing. Researchers have found considerable merit to investigate the phenomena. The field has moved beyond the original claims of the Mozart Effect, with the arousal-mood hypothesis as one dominant…