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Stover, Deborah Annette – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined the readiness for self-direct learning of parenting grandmothers. The researcher investigated whether parental self-efficacy beliefs and addiction beliefs were significantly correlated to parenting grandmothers' readiness for self-directed learning as measured by the Oddi Continuing Learning Instrument. Parental…
Descriptors: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, Adult Education, Role of Education, Self Efficacy
Adams, Stephen R. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
College students who do not successfully complete undergraduate studies by obtaining bachelor's degrees have much lower average lifetime earnings than college students who do obtain bachelor's degrees. Research suggests that one of the primary reasons for students dropping out or flunking out of undergraduate school is excessive substance use.…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Prediction, Substance Abuse, Addictive Behavior
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Ariyabuddhiphongs, Vanchai – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2013
This narrative review summarizes current knowledge on adolescent gambling for the period 1990-2010, assesses adolescent gambling behavior and person and environment predictors, and suggests directions for future research. The review includes 99 studies that identified their subjects as adolescents, children, youth, and students, and discusses…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Addictive Behavior, Predictor Variables, Males
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Ayaz, Mehmet Fatih; Karatas, Kasim – World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues, 2016
The aim of the research is to examine the internet addiction of adolescents according to their genders, the type of their high-schools and class level, the time interval that they use internet most widely, their internet usage duration and usage purpose. For that, it is studied with 335 high-school students in Elazig city of Turkey in 2015. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Adolescents, Internet
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Margraf, Hannah; Pinquart, Martin – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2016
Individuals with emotional and behavioral disturbances (EBD) and those attending special schools tend to have poorer adult outcomes than adolescents without EBD and peers from regular schools. Using a four-group comparison (students with or without EBD from special schools and students with or without EBD from regular schools), the present study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Addictive Behavior, Student Behavior
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Esgi, Necmi – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
The aim of this study was to develop a test for assessing individuals' social media addiction; and conducting a reliability and validity study of this scale. Sample for this study was composed of 285 college students between the ages of 18 and 25. Reliability coefficients Cronbach's alpha value was 0.94 and Spearman Brown value was 0.91 for our…
Descriptors: Social Media, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Addictive Behavior
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Oggins, Jean; Sammis, Jeffrey – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2012
In this study, 438 players of the online video game, World of Warcraft, completed a survey about video game addiction and answered an open-ended question about behaviors they considered characteristic of video game addiction. Responses were coded and correlated with players' self-reports of being addicted to games and scores on a modified video…
Descriptors: Video Games, Feedback (Response), Correlation, Surveys
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Binde, Per – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2012
Mutual support societies for problem gamblers have existed in Sweden for 20 years. They have helped more people with gambling problems than any other institution inside or outside the Swedish health care system. This paper outlines the background of these societies and describes the meetings of one of them. Data come from interviews with members…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personal Narratives, Games, Probability
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Hounslow, Vanessa; Smith, David; Battersby, Malcolm; Morefield, Kate – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2011
Problem gambling has become a widespread problem following the rapid expansion of electronic gaming machines into hotels and clubs over the last 10 years. Recent literature indicates that certain factors can influence problem gambling severity, such as psychiatric co-morbidity and personality traits, gambling related cognitions, substance use and…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Addictive Behavior, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety
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Celik, Vehbi; Yesilyurt, Etem; Korkmaz, Ozgen; Usta, Ertugrul – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2014
In this research internet addiction has been dealt with as predictor and predicted variable, this situation has been analyzed from the perspectives of loneliness and cognitive absorption and a tangible model has been put forth. Participant group has been constituted by 338 teacher candidates. Research data were collected using loneliness scale…
Descriptors: Internet, Addictive Behavior, Predictor Variables, Cognitive Processes
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Dvorak, Robert D.; Kuvaas, Nicholas J.; Lamis, Dorian A.; Pearson, Matthew R.; Stevenson, Brittany L. – Journal of Drug Education, 2015
Emotional and behavioral regulation has been linked to coping and enhancement motives and associated with different patterns of alcohol use and problems. The current studies examined emotional instability, urgency, and internal drinking motives as predictors of alcohol dependence symptoms as well as the likelihood and severity of "Diagnostic…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Drinking, College Students, Emotional Problems
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Mack Shelley Ed.; Omer Tayfur Ozturk Ed.; Mustafa Lutfi Ciddi Ed. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2023
"Proceedings of International Conference on Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology (ICEMST) which took place on May 18-21, 2023 in Cappadocia, Turkey. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Mathematics Education, Science Education, Technology Education
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Sherba, R. Thomas; Gersper, Beth E. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2017
The purpose of this study was to inform policymakers on current gambling beliefs, motives, and behaviors of both community college and university students in an effort to evaluate the extent of problem gambling in the overall college student population. To examine differences in gambling and problem gambling between community college and…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Two Year College Students, College Students, Institutional Characteristics
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Zontou, Zoe – Research in Drama Education, 2013
This paper examines the performance of the "Eumenides," as adapted and performed by 18 ANO theatre group. 18 ANO is the theatre group of the Drug dependence treatment unit 18 ANO of Attica's Psychiatric Hospital, which is based in Athens, Greece. Each year 18 ANO organises performances in the wider community with the aim of promoting…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Rehabilitation, Theater Arts, Drug Abuse
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Bordnick, Patrick S.; Yoon, Jin H.; Kaganoff, Eili; Carter, Brian – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
Objectives: The cue-reactivity paradigm has been widely used to assess craving among cigarette smokers. Seeking to replicate and expand on previous virtual reality (VR) nicotine cue-reactivity research on nontreatment-seeking smokers, the current study compared subjective reports of craving for cigarettes when exposed to smoking (proximal and…
Descriptors: Cues, Smoking, Comparative Analysis, Help Seeking
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