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Showing 1 to 20 of 55 for “"African students"”.
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Hierarchy of adjustment problems as perceived by African students and international student advisors
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Educational experiences of first generation Black African students with and without dis/abilities
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Determinants of Leisure-Time Physical Activity Participation Among African Students Attending a Canadian University
A recent report that examined university students across 23 countries found that 4 out of 10 students were physically inactive (Pengpid et al., 2015). Physical inactivity has been linked to certain types of preventable diseases (Myers et al., 2004). This study is an examination of the perceived …
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A Study of the Academic Needs of African Students at the University of Illinois
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Becoming liberal : a history of the National Union of South African students : 1945-1955
The National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) was established in 1924 as a forum for white South African students. The rise of Afrikaner Nationalism in the 1930s and the establishment of the ultra-nationalist Afrikaanse Studentebond (ANS) led to the disaffiliation from NUSAS of the student …
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Racism without Race: The Racialization of Middle Eastern and North African Students at U.S. Colleges
… covers the experiences of international students at U.S. colleges, the stories of those who do not fit into the U.S. racial schema remain untold. This study examined how Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) students understood their racial identities given the United States’ tense …
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Validation of the Daily Spiritual Experience Scale in a group of black South African students
… Scale (DSES) in a group of black South African students. In order to do so, the research objectives were: to investigate the internal consistency reliability of the DSES; to investigate factorial validity of the DSES; and to investigate the convergent and discriminant validity of …
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Black African Students’ Experiences of Social Work Practice Learning in England: A Critical Race Inquiry
The experiences of black African students (BAS) in the context of social work placements in the UK have received limited attention within academic and practice discourse. This is despite the reported evidence of growth in numbers of students of black African origin enrolling onto social work …
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An MMPI-based study of the personality characteristics of three groups of South African students
… characteristics of three groups of South African students, utilising the MMPI as the assessment tool. The study of South African subjects in an investigation of this type is important as it can assist in facilitating the understanding of the influences on personality of the kind of society …
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A qualitative generational comparison of learning motivation amongst South African students : apartheid and Born- free generations
… the motivation to attend university of South African university students in a generational context, using specific identifiers rather than generic generational tags. The research aimed to determine whether there were differences in motivation to attend university between the Apartheid and …
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Black African students and the art and design education space : narratives of journeys to higher education art and design
… narrative inquiry approach, focuses on the Black African sector of our community and explores how Black African students access, enter and progress through HE Art and Design and what facilitates this progress. It also questions what limiting barriers are visible in the art and design educational …
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A Prima Facie assessment of the prevalence of certain emotional biases in the investment decisions of South African students
… of emotional biases that influence South African students' decision-making in an investment context. This study advances the understanding of whether the future financial professionals of South Africa are susceptible to irrational decision-making due to the influence of emotional biases. A …
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"What Is My Environment, I Will Change": Exploring the Possibilities of Transnational Feminism through Kennesaw State University's Middle Eastern and North African Students
… collected from Kennesaw State University (KSU) students via an online survey and personal interviews, the paper identifies the challenges the MENA women face in creating connections with others in the U.S. while noting the women's influence in changing perceptions. Similarly, the paper …
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Entrepreneurial Intentions of South African university students: an application of the theory of planned behaviour
… the Entrepreneurial Intentions (EI) of South African students at three universities in the Western Cape, using the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). The research employed a two-phase design, starting with a less dominant qualitative exploration through nine interviews with students. …
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Measuring values with the Schwartz Values Survey at a university in the Western Cape, South Africa
… universal value types are the same for South African students compared to other international studies. A total of 136 students completed the Schwartz Values Survey across three academic study years. The survey reports respondent values and the extent of their religiosity on a Likert-scale. The …
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A preliminary investigation into the adjustment to university of first-year students at the University of Cape Town, with particular emphasis on the relative adjustment of black students
… is a major life transition to which many students experience considerable difficulty in adjusting. This process of adjustment is multidimensional requiring that students develop effective strategies for adapting to a host of new demands (Baker & Siryk, 1989) including those found in …
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They Don'y Expect You To Know Much: Black African International Students Encountering And Countering The Afropessimistic Attitude Within Academic Spaces
<p>Black African international students in the United States are vulnerable to increased microaggressions because of their minority statuses. In addition to being Black and speaking with non-native accents, African students must contend with Afropessimism which in this study refers to the Western …
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A psychometric investigation of the Bem sex role inventory among Western Cape psychology one students
… Role Inventory (BSRI) (Bern, 1974) amongst South African students. Little information exists about student sex roles in this country. The BSRI is. widely used as a research instrument in South Africa, without investigation of the applicability of the American norms on which it is based to the …
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South African university students' user experience of mobile applications for anxiety and depression
Background: Globally, university students have been shown to be disproportionately affected by common mental disorders (CMDs). The primary CMDs reported by students have been anxiety and depression. Research on South African students has proven no exception. Moreover, this predicament is worsened …
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The relationship between emotional expression and psychological distress amongst British, Indian, Polish, and South African university students
… Method: A non-clinical sample of 399 university students (99 in India, 100 in Poland, 100 in South Africa, and 100 in the UK) were investigated. The questionnaires included the Emotional Self-Disclosure Scale, the Distress Disclosure Index, the Emotional Expressivity Scale, the Berkeley …
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