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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"the need to belong"”.
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The Need to Belong and Student Grades: Is There a Correlation?
The research examined whether adolescent’s need for belonging is correlated with their first semester grade point averages. This exploratory research will attempt to asses middle school students sense of belongingness through the use of the Psychological Sense of School Membership Scale (Goodenow, …
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Peer Victimization and the Need to Belong within the Context of Recess
Within the school setting, recess is often reported as a frequent context for bullying (Vaillancourt et al. 2010), but is currently understudied. The present study utilized a mixed-methods approach in order to examine the frequency of peer victimization at recess and explore how the current context …
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The Role of Social Agency in Student Learning
<p>Although the pedagogical strategy known as the personalization principle has received considerable support in the laboratory, there is little work examining its generalizability, ecological validity, and potential for statistical mediation and moderation. In 5 experiments, these topics are …
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Examining the Interrelationship of Motivation and Place Attachment in a Residential 4-H Camping Environment
Minimal research has examined the interrelationship between motivation, place attachment, and the need to belong in a residential camping environment. The purpose of this study was to better understand the role of place attachment and the need to belong in facilitating 4-H Camp Graham campers and …
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Introversion and the Use of Parasocial Interaction to Satisfy Belongingness Needs
<p>Individuals usually satisfy the universal need to belong through close personal relationships (Baumeister & Leary, 1995). However, introverts engage less in the social behaviors that provide the opportunity to establish and maintain these relationships (Mehl, Gosling, & Pennebaker, 2006; Rusting …
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The effects of social-exclusion inducing stereotype threat
… threat occurs when one may feel as if they are confirming or representing a selfcharacteristic or a negative stereotype of one’s group. Social exclusion has been shown to threaten the need to belong. Both stereotype threat and social exclusion have many common links: Each affects an …
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Secondary school pupils’ experiences of managed moves: An interpretative phenomenological analysis
… a means of giving a pupil a ‘fresh start’ in another school, often when the pupil is deemed to be at risk of permanent exclusion. Little research on managed moves has been published to date in spite of their prevalence in English and Welsh schools over the past decade. Existing research has …
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Social Support Experiences of HIV Positive HIV/AIDS Coalition Participants: A Grounded Theory Approach
AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF MELISSA J. HAITHCOX, for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in HEALTH EDUCATION, presented on June 29, 2009 at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. TITLE: Social Support Experiences of HIV Positive HIV/AIDS Coalition Participants: A Grounded Theory Approach MAJOR …
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Adolescent Males’ and Parents of Adolescent males’ Perceptions and experiences of being authentic.
In recent years the well-being in male adolescents has been on the decline with males between the ages of 15-19 years being significantly more likely to take their lives than females (Samaritans, 2021). Male adolescents face a unique set of circumstances which could impact upon their well-being, …