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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Cognitive predictors"”.
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OVERLAPPING COGNITIVE PREDICTORS for MATH and WRITING ACHIEVEMENT
Math and writing both rely on a range of specific cognitive skills, including working memory, phonological processing, and fine motor skills. However, the systemic relations of these cognitive predictors across math and writing outcomes and with one another are not well understood. The current …
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Social Cognitive Predictors of Diabetes Outcomes in Latinos and Whites
… management across both affective and social cognitive domains to advance necessary lifestyle changes in diabetic patients.</p>
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Cognitive Predictors and Behavioural Mediators of Vulnerability-Specific Stress Generation in Depressed Adults
This longitudinal study investigated the prospective relation of core beliefs and maladaptive behaviours with stress generation. A sample of 151 depressed females completed a battery of questionnaires to assess the presence of early maladaptive schemas, excessive reassurance seeking (ERS), …
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A Prospective Investigation of Social-Cognitive Predictors of Physical Activity: Development of a Causal Model
… a model of the relationship between social-cognitive variables and physical activity in a sample of 277 university students using a prospective design. Results of structural equation modeling indicated a good fit of the social-cognitive model to the data. Self-efficacy had the greatest …
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A Longitudinal Investigation of Cognitive Predictors of Self-care Behaviors in Youth with Type I Diabetes
Cross-sectional research of youth with type I diabetes has demonstrated that rote and working memory predict blood glucose monitoring (BGM) and carbohydrate consumption, respectively; however, to date, no longitudinal follow-up studies exist. Rote and working memory subtests from well-standardized …
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Cognitive and Non-cognitive Predictors of Norm-Referenced and Everyday Math Performance in Community College Students
Both cognitive and non-cognitive factors are known to predict math outcomes, including language, working memory, spatial ability, math anxiety, and self-efficacy. While many studies have looked at these factors separately, few have examined how such skills work together to predict math. …
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Social Cognitive Predictors for Undergraduate College Student's Choice Goals in Math and Science: Understanding the Role of Coping Efficacy
<p>This study examined the utility of Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT; Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994) in the prediction of undergraduate college student's math and science interests and choice goals. Coping efficacy and self-efficacy beliefs were assessed separately in order to better …
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Cognitive predictors of aggression, prosocial behaviour and peer acceptance across early childhood: the role of cool and hot executive function and theory of mind
… on broad behaviour categories and on cool-cognitive EF skills, to the neglect of hot-affective EF, and the lack of longitudinal studies. This research examined the links between EF, ToM and social outcomes across early childhood. 106 children (initially 3- to 6-years-old) were assessed at …
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An Examination of Non-Cognitive Predictors of Six-Year Graduation Rates for African American Students at a Predominately White Institution Using the Annual Freshman Survey
… research has reported the relevance of non-cognitive variables in predicting college grades, persistence, and graduation. This study extends that literature by focusing on variables from the AFS that may be used as non-cognitive predictors, specifically related to eight variables established …
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Exploring the use of non-cognitive factors in predicting college academic outcomes
… the incremental utility of a blended model of cognitive and non-cognitive variables versus a cognitive-only set of variables to predict academic success among new college students. Traditional cognitive predictors include high school grade point average and ACT scores. The non-cognitive factors …
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Comparison of Reading Development Across Socioeconomic Status in the United States
… question addressed by this project was whether cognitive models of the two main reading outcomes, single word reading (SWR) and reading comprehension (RC), performed similarly across levels of parental SES. The current study predicted a differential relation between parental SES and both …
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CULTURE COUNTS: IMPROVING NON-COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT FOR PREDICTING RETENTION AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN A SAMPLE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS
… current study was to explore the effects of non-cognitive variables in predicting GPA, institutional commitment, and retention in a sample of African American college students. Specifically, the researcher examined the validity in measuring and utilizing culture specific factors in identifying …
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Intellectual and Psychosocial Predictors of Success in the College Transition: A Multi-Ethnic Study of Freshmen Students on a Predominantly White Campus
… of gender, standardized test scores, and non-cognitive predictors for academic success and psychological well-being for a racially and ethnically diverse sample of 449 college students. Stress and coping models offered a coherent conceptualization of how non-cognitive factors may operate. …
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The Relationship Between Self-reported Chronic Stress And Divided Attention Performance
… examined the effect of acute stress on cognitive performance, relatively little research has explored the relationship between chronic stress and cognitive performance. The current study aimed to control for current state anxiety to better isolate more chronic stress, when examining the …
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Cognitive Ability and Vocational Interest Predictors of Case Closure for Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities
This study sought to explore the utility of cognitive ability and vocational interest predictors of case closure for individuals with psychiatric disabilities. The predictive utility of an index of aptitude-interest congruence was also examined. Vocational interests were the only variables that …
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Scams and Aging: Factors Impacting Effective Decision Making
… and scams by understanding the role of social, cognitive, and knowledge-based factors, and testing a prevention paradigm. Studies 1 and 2 built upon preliminary work by examining social and cognitive predictors of prior victimization in community dwelling Chinese older adults. Study 3 examined …
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Applications of Machine Learning to Neuroimage Analysis in Cerebral Small Vessel Disease
… CSVD imaging markers, along with clinical and cognitive predictors. Both survival and classification analyses were performed, and the feature importance for each model was analysed. Furthermore, the imaging data from two of the three cohorts were gathered for investigating whether DL survival …
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Investigating the modality specific cognitive abilities predictive of arithmetic competence, using a developmental trajectories approach
Mathematics is complex, with multiple cognitive abilities utilised to solve even relatively simple problems. Research highlights working memory, executive function, intelligence, and numerical acuity as possible predictors of mathematical ability however, findings are inconsistent. While the impact …
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Investigating the Role of Working Memory on Emotion Recognition Accuracy in Emerging Adults
… recognition may stem from the need for advanced cognitive skills to interpret dynamic expressions that unfold over time. The current online study explored potential cognitive predictors involved in four emotion recognition tasks in a sample of 260 emerging adults (60.4% female; age M = 22.24 …
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