The Relationship between Ethical Sensitivity, High Ability and Gender in Higher Education Students

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 39-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Schutte ◽  
Marca Wolfensberger ◽  
Kirsi Tirri
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Ethical Sensitivity ◽  
High Ability ◽  
Education Students ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship

Overconfidence of vocational education students when entering higher education

2015 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 429-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark P. Bowden ◽  
Subhash Abhayawansa ◽  
John Bahtsevanoglou
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
First Year ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – There is evidence that students who attend Technical and Further Education (TAFE) prior to entering higher education underperform in their first year of study. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of self-efficacy in understanding the performance of students who completed TAFE in the previous year in a first year subject of microeconomics in a dual sector university in Melbourne, Australia. Design/methodology/approach – The study utilises data collected by surveys of 151 students. Findings – A student’s self-efficacy is positively associated with their marks in a first year subject of microeconomics. However, the relationship between final marks and self-efficacy is negative for those students who attended TAFE in the previous year suggesting that they suffer from the problem of overconfidence. When holding self-efficacy constant, using econometric techniques, TAFE attendance is found to be positively related to final marks. Research limitations/implications – The findings are exploratory (based on a small sample) and lead to a need to conduct cross institutional studies. Practical implications – The research points to the need for early interventions so that TAFE students perform well in their first year of higher education. It also points to potential issues in the development of Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) programs. Originality/value – To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first paper to examine the inter-related impact of attendance at TAFE in the previous year and self-efficacy on the subsequent academic performance of TAFE students.

The relationship between higher education students' perceived employability, academic engagement and stress among students in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 63 (5) ◽  
pp. 744-762
Author(s):  
Yin Ma ◽  
Dawn Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Academic Engagement ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Chinese Higher Education ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Perceived Employability ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeWith a focus on Chinese higher education students, the purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between students' perceived employability and their levels of academic engagement and stress.Design/methodology/approachThe study engaged 1,155 students from three universities in China. Students responded to an online survey, reporting their confidence in relation to their perceived employability, academic engagement and stress in life. The authors employed structural equation modelling to explore students' confidence in each employability attribute and to assess perceived employability relation to academic engagement and perceived stress.FindingsThe results suggest that self-perceptions of employability are positively associated with students' academic engagement and negatively associated with perceived stress. Perceived employability mediated the majority paths.Originality/valueThis is one of the few studies to examine perceived employability in line with academic engagement or stress and the first study to do so in China.

scholarly journals Attention processes and executive functions in higher education students

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (29) ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Guillermo Cedeño Meza ◽  
Erick Joel Loor Domo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Executive Functions ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Negative Correlation ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Attentional Processes ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Technical University ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
The Relationship

IntroductionThe executive functions can be conceptualized from neuropsychological studies, from aspects related to the functionality of the subject in the development of tasks. Objectiveto determine the relationship between attention processes and executive functions in higher education students. Materials and methodsThe research was developed in a sample of 42 students of the second level of the school of Psychology, of the Technical University of Manabí, of Ecuador. The type of research used was of a non-experimental nature, of a quantitative, descriptive and correlational nature. Resultsrefer that there is a negative correlation coefficient between the attentional processes and the executive functions.Discussionin a more detailed analysis of the sample reveals that males achieve higher scores. Conclusionsthe existence of a relationship between the attentional processes and the executive functions in the study sample corresponding to the students of the second level of Psychology of the Technical University of Manabí. 

scholarly journals The Effects of Sleep Quality and Resilience on Perceived Stress, Dietary Behaviors, and Alcohol Misuse: A Mediation-Moderation Analysis of Higher Education Students from Asia, Europe, and North America during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 442
Author(s):  
Chen Du ◽  
Megan Chong Hueh Zan ◽  
Min Jung Cho ◽  
Jenifer I. Fenton ◽  
Pao Ying Hsiao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Alcohol Misuse ◽  
The United States ◽  
Stressful Events ◽  
Dietary Behaviors ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Relationship

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has increased the already high levels of stress that higher education students experience. Stress influences health behaviors, including those related to dietary behaviors, alcohol, and sleep; yet the effects of stress can be mitigated by resilience. To date, past research studying the connections between dietary behaviors, alcohol misuse, sleep, and resilience commonly investigated singular relationships between two of the constructs. The aim of the current study was to explore the relationships between these constructs in a more holistic manner using mediation and moderation analyses. Methods: Higher education students from China, Ireland, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, the Netherlands, and the United States were enrolled in a cross-sectional study from April to May 2020, which was during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic for most participants. An online survey, using validated tools, was distributed to assess perceived stress, dietary behaviors, alcohol misuse, sleep quality and duration, and resilience. Results: 2254 students completed the study. Results indicated that sleep quality mediated the relationship between perceived stress and dietary behaviors as well as the relationship between perceived stress and alcohol misuse. Further, increased resilience reduced the strength of the relationship between perceived stress and dietary behaviors but not alcohol misuse. Conclusion: Based on these results, higher education students are likely to benefit from sleep education and resilience training, especially during stressful events.

Cross-National Comparisons between Canadian and US Higher Education Students on a New, Brief, Multidimensional Measure of Test Anxiety

2021 ◽  
pp. 073428292110169
Author(s):  
Patricia A. Lowe
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Score Interpretation ◽  
Canadian Higher Education ◽  
External Relations ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Cross National

Cross-cultural equivalence, country and gender differences, and external relations with other measures were examined on a new, brief measure of test anxiety, the Test Anxiety Measure for College Students-Short Form (TAMC-SF), in a sample of Canadian and US higher education students. The sample of 1204 students completed the TAMC-SF and other measures online. The results of tests of invariance found support for partial scalar invariance across country and gender on the TAMC-SF. In addition, results of a multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and analysis of variances (ANOVAs) found country and gender differences on the TAMC-SF scales. Furthermore, validity evidence for the TAMC-SF scores with the scores of external measures was found. Overall, the findings support the use of the same test score interpretation for Canadian and US higher education students on the TAMC-SF and the use of the TAMC-SF in Canadian higher education students.

scholarly journals Validity studies of the scale of positive and negative perceptions about alcohol effects

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Leandro S. Almeida ◽  
Joana R. Casanova ◽  
María Fernanda Páramo Fernández ◽  
Caroline Tozzi Reppold ◽  
Maria Soledad Rodriguez Gonzalez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Consumption Pattern ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Higher Alcohol ◽  
Consumption Rates ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
Alcohol Effects ◽  
The Relationship

OBJECTIVE: To describe the process of elaboration and validation of the Scale of Perceptions about Alcohol Consumption in Higher Education Students in a Portuguese sample, considering the relationship between alcohol use rates and students’ perceptions about the effects of this consumption. METHODS: The validation study included 531 Portuguese college freshmen who answered the instrument, which is composed of five items that express positive perceptions and five items that express negative perceptions about the effects of alcohol consumption. RESULTS: Evidence of content validity, internal structure and external variables were obtained. The results of the factor analysis confirm the distribution of positive and negative perceptions by two different factors according to the theoretical model. Adequate internal consistency indexes were obtained for each dimension. The data obtained showed expected correlations between the perceptions and consumption behaviors of the students, indicating evidence of criterion validity of the scale. Moreover, the study showed that different consumption patterns between men and women, with higher alcohol consumption in the students’ households and restaurants or cafés by male students, in addition to the similarity in the consumption pattern between the two genders in parties and bars or nightclubs. CONCLUSION: The data obtained show the validity of the instrument. In the discussion, the article presents considerations about the responsibility of higher education institutions in the prevention and reduction in consumption rates among their students.

scholarly journals The relationship between the nomophobic levels of higher education students in Ghana and academic achievement

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. e0252880
Author(s):  
Harry Barton Essel ◽  
Dimitrios Vlachopoulos ◽  
Akosua Tachie-Menson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
University Students ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
One Way Anova

There is an upsurge in the use of mobile phones among higher education students in Ghana, which may result in the nomophobia prevalence with the students. Therefore, the need to assess the influence of nomophobia within the student population in Ghana. This descriptive cross-sectional study investigated the prevalence of nomophobia and the sociodemographic variables, and the association with academic achievement of the understudied population. A self-reporting nomophobia questionnaire, composed of 20 dimensions, was answered by 670 university students to measure the nomophobia prevalence. Raw data were estimated using descriptive statistics, and one-way ANOVA and Independent T-test. While the findings showed diverse grades of nomophobia, statistical significance between academic achievement and the level of nomophobia was observed. This study concludes that there is a high nomophobia prevalence among university students in Ghana as the use of smartphones increases. However, follow-up studies should be conducted in Ghanaian universities to monitor nomophobia and its associates in order to reduce the adverse effects of habitual use of smartphones.

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