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Affective Factors Explaining the Association Between Depressive Functioning and Alcohol Outcomes
<p>Depressive symptoms and alcohol use frequently coexist. In college students, the rates of depression and alcohol use are higher than in the general population, making this population at particular risk for co-occurrence of depressive symptoms and drinking. Though research has shown that …
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Cognitive Versus Affective Factors in the Learning and Retention of Controversial Materials
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The Role of Bicultural Self-Efficacy and Cognitive-Affective Factors on Psychological Well-Being
… immigrant and international students, examining factors that contribute to this population’s well-being is of outmost importance. The purpose of this study is to examine the role of bicultural self-efficacy in the relationship between cognitive-affective factors of emotional intelligence (EI) and …
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Foreign Language Learning in a Non-school Environment: Effects of Simulated Immersion Training on Affective Factors in Learners' Experience
… effects of immersion training on the learner's affective behaviors such as motivation and attitude, anxiety, and self-confidence in foreign language acquisition at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. Much research has been conducted on the effectiveness of immersion programs, …
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Resource control and social dominance in early childhood – behavioural, cognitive and affective factors in the first year at school
… dominance, along with associated cognitive and affective factors – theory of mind, empathy, emotion comprehension and contextual moral application. Ninety-two children aged between 4 and 5 years old were recruited, along with their class teachers from 3 schools in the south east of England. At …
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La influencia positiva o negativa de la motivación, autoestima y ansiedad en el proceso de aprendizaje de los estudiantes de la materia Inglés Intermedio Intensivo I del Departamento de Idiomas Extranjeros de la Facultad de Ciencias y Humanidades de la Universidad de El Salvador
… to study. Then it was found out there are some factors are present throughout the process, for example: social factors, learning styles, native language, affective factors, and so on. Giving the importance to affective factors, for instance: personality, motivation, empathy, self-esteem, and …
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MOTIVATION AND ATTITUDE OF SAUDI UNIVERSITY'S LEARNERS OF ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES
This study examined the affective factors that intervene in learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL), either for Specific Purposes (ESP) or General Purposes (EGP), for Saudi university students, and how these affective factors might relate to achievements of the learners of English as a foreign …
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A sensitive period for second language acquismon: A reaction-time study of grammaticality juooments of English by Korean-English bilinguals
… period be explained by age or by confounding affective factors? (4) What grammatical categories are most affected by age? For this purpose, 60 Korean speakers of English were tested for their ability to judge the grammaticality of 96 English sentences in 12 grammatical categories, employing a …
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What Influences Girls' Mathematics Achievement? The Stories of Six High Achieving Middle School Females
… of this study was to explore the effects of affective factors on female achievement in mathematics in a rural South Georgia middle school. This particular study evolved from a quantitative pilot study that caused me to begin thinking about the attitudes and beliefs of my students. The …
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The relationship between individual differences, training in second language aural comprehension strategies and performance in year 9 Indonesian language students
… LLS use and their language learning background, affective factors, learning styles and aptitude. A second was to determine changes to strategy use following training in certain LLS. The third was to find what changes occurred to strategy use following the training.
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Elementary Principals' and PTA Parent Representatives' Perceptions about the Effects of Parental Involvement on Student Achievement in Georgia Title I Schools
… students in a Title I school setting. The affective factors include but are not limited to the perceptions of the elementary principals and parent representatives. Based upon findings in the review of literature, the researcher gained an understanding about how to structure interview …
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Factors that Affect the Reading Comprehension of Secondary Students with Disabilities
<p>Factors that Affect the Reading Comprehension of Secondary Students with Disabilities</p> <p>Thirty-million Americans are considered functionally illiterate and are unable to complete job applications or understand health care forms. Fifty-seven percent of adults with disabilities believe that …
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Investigating computer-supported collaborative learning from an affective perspective
… learning has an emphasis on cognitive factors and experimental studies. However there are contradictory findings and disagreements about the mechanisms underpinning collaborative learning. In this thesis, computer-supported collaborative learning situations are assessed with an emphasis …
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The Effects of a Dual Reading Program on First Grade Students’ Attitudes Toward and Perceptions of Reading
… the need for further research dealing with affective factors and reading.
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Re-imagining pedagogy in higher education: facilitating epistemic access and student success
… institutions. Recent scholarship indicates that affective factors, such as emotion and the awareness and stimulation of engagement, assist students in establishing a sense of connection with each other and the higher education institution and are important factors in their success. Situated …
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Academic procrastination among graduate vs. undergraduate students and differences in the experience of affective and cognitive factors
… research is limited in the area of cognitive and affective factors in relation to procrastination. To investigate these areas, 74 participants (25 males and 49 females) enrolled at Rowan University participated in the study. Participants completed a confidential demographic information sheet, the …
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Predictors of North Dakota and South Dakota Nurses' Decisions to Receive Influenza Vaccinations
… = .001), as well as habit, intention, cognitive factors, affective factors, and social factors (p = .000.<br> Amongall Triandismodel variables, study results showed that facilitating conditions had the potential for influence on all variables, leading to the probability of a nurse receiving an …
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A sociolinguistic study of the effects of ethnocentrism and cultural traits on proficiency of Japanese speakers of English
… teachers for nearly a century. Attitudinal and affective factors such as ethnocentrism, Japanese cultural traits, and values and beliefs expressed through modern myths were conjectured by several linguists and researchers as a cause for this phenomenon. Many attitude studies in the past have …
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Acquiring & forgetting a second language : a study of three children aged 5-11 years
… their recognition of French, pos9ibly caused by affective factors; third, all three children showed strongest recognition in the area of semantics, while in recall they retained phonology best; fourth, in the tests, habit memory and episodic memory were more durable than semantic memory. The …
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