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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"academic pressures"”.
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From Strain to Success: A Phenomenological Study of the Personal and Academic Pressures on African American Male Community College Students
… college students, the challenges to achieve academic success are overwhelming. The disproportionate number of African American male students enrolled in the community college system is of substantial concern because community colleges have not traditionally been successful in producing …
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Between the classroom and the field: An examination of the experiences of black male football student-athletes
… football by creating contradictory athletic and academic pressures that the student-athletes must navigate. Despite the intentional obstacles that Black student athletes encounter, there are many that do graduate from their institution and transition into a professional career. Therefore, the …
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Factors affecting the impact of general elective courses which include physical activity on post-secondary student mental health
… depression, anxiety and stress when faced with academic pressures. Physical activity can be beneficial in alleviating mental health symptoms, therefore, physical activity was built into curriculum of an Ontario Post-secondary general elective course. This thesis aim was to assess whether …
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Investigating the Sleep-Burnout Connection and Its Impact on Health-Related Quality of Life Among Medical Registrars at a University in South Africa
… to long working hours, high patient loads, and academic pressures places them at risk for sleep disturbance, burnout, and reduced health-related quality of life. Despite growing evidence linking these factors internationally, limited data exist for South African registrars, particularly …
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The LGBTQ student experience of emergency remote learning
… instructional model is further reaching than the academics. Many LGBTQ students experienced additional social and emotional consequences from the online and hybrid learning as a result of their sexual or gender minority status, physical separation from the school and reduced access to the support …
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Maladaptive Coping Habits Amongst Student Leaders in Peer Support Roles: Reframing Exposure to Vicarious Trauma
… for new students to adjust to a new social and academic climate. Student leaders play a critical role in helping new students find belonging on campus. However, being in a peer support role can heighten student leaders’ exposure to vicarious trauma (VT) if they have not yet mastered how to …
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Designing for Student Well-Being
… qualitative insights. Internal, social, and academic pressures to manage a high workload were identified as the main stress factors. Findings indicate that students want to remain productive while maintaining peace and cheerfulness in their MIT experiences. Students’ related needs are also …
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A Qualitative Study of Resilience among African American Adolescent Male Students in North Carolina
… conditions, these students exhibited outstanding academic performance. This study also examines why some at risk African American male students flourish in spite of environmental disadvantages. Additionally, the study explores the factors that influence resiliency development, which contribute to …
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Cultural values and parental socialization of coping in Latine families
… period characterized by common stressors such as academic pressures and changing peer relationships and family dynamics. In addition to these universal challenges, Latine youth often face unique stressors including acculturative stress, language barriers, and discrimination, which collectively can …
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“Past the Point of Messing with it”: Exploring the Digital Video Composing Processes of an After-School Film Club
… explore the compositional process outside of academic pressures. Current educational research focused on the use of digital video (DV) in classrooms tends to place emphasis solely on students’ academic gains. This study adds to the scholarship by drawing attention to the ways that DV …
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The development and validation of a new instrument to assess the role of social media in college adjustment for undergraduate students
… maintaining old friendships and confronting academic pressures. Areas that remain unexplored in the college adjustment literature comprise of contemporary views of how college adjustment challenges have changed since the pre-social media era, and consequently the influence of personality on …
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Minority stress and depression among Black college students: investigating the protective contributions of faculty support and coping
… typical of the college transition (e.g., academic pressures, homesickness, psychological well-being, peer relationships), Black students must also navigate racial stress present within the various dimensions of their institutional environment. Structural inequality, mental health …
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'Rules' for the boys, 'guidelines' for the girls: a qualitative study of the factors influencing gender differences in symptom reporting during childhood and adolescence
… of puberty and menarche, as well as mounting academic pressures, as stressors likely to lead to girls’ increasing experiences of ‘physical’ symptoms and ‘psychological’ distress. In order to reduce help-seeking barriers and improve boys’ and girls’ perceptions of the consequences of reporting …
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Towards Developing an Interconnected 3H Collaborative Triple Leadership Framework and the STEAM Ecosystem Theory for Effectively Promoting, Managing, and Implementing STEAM Education in Hong Kong Schools
… from inquiry-based learning due to high academic pressures. These barriers raise critical concerns about the feasibility and equity of STEAM integration within Hong Kong’s traditional education framework. By conducting semi-structured in-depth interviews with principals, and frontline …