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Achievement gap: The impact of increased engagement
(2012-05)
Reportedly, minority children consistently lag behind their Asian-American and Caucasian counterparts in all academic areas. Extensive studies have explored the root of this problem and three main models have emerged from ...
Time with college graduates, family member academic level, and time spent in federal TRIO programs as predictive factors of higher GPA in post-secondary education among ethnic minority college students
(2015-07)
The purpose of this study was to explore academic success as measured by Cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) among ethnic minority college students across the United States. The three predictor variables used for this ...
Psychometric study of work engagement in an American sample
(2009-12)
Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of the present study was to examine the psychometric properties of the 17-item UWES scores in an American sample. Specifically, the structure was examined by means of confirmatory ...
Relationship between attendance at Muscular Dystrophy Association summer camp, attitude towards illness and level of anxiety
(2009-12)
Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of children and adolescents attending a one-week Muscular Dystrophy Association summer camp to their attitude toward illness and their ...
Measurement invariance of inventory of school motivation between the United States and Chinese college students
(2009-12)
Scope and Method of Study: The study was to test measurement equivalence of the Inventory of School Motivation (ISM) between American and Chinese college students. To achieve this, an eight-factor model was tested for ...
Impact of individual difference variables on women's perceptions of sexual objectification
(2016-07)
Sexually objectifying experiences, such as a man staring at a woman's breasts or making inappropriate sexual comments to a woman, are common occurrences in Western society (Hill & Fischer, 2008) and have been related to a ...
Attachment, negative self-schemas, and coping with separation-individuation during the transition to college
(2012-07)
Scope and Method of Study: This study examined the relationships between and among parental attachment, negative self-schemas, feelings of separation and individuation, and coping strategies among 149 freshmen college students.