scholarly journals Psychological Security and Values in Adolescents and Young People

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 5-18
Author(s):  
I.A. Baeva ◽  
L.A. Gayazova ◽  
I.V. Kondakova ◽  
E.B. Laktionova
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Behavior ◽  
Young People ◽  
Linear Growth ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Young Age ◽  
First Year ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Normative Ideals

The article analyses the relation between psychological security (PS) and values in adolescent and young age. The value-semantic sphere of an individual determines his or her social behavior, and the strategic task of the education system is to create such educational environment that would promote the development of personal potential in students. The aim of the study is to identify the features and characteristics of students’ personal values in adolescence and young age depending on the level of their PS. The hypothesis was tested that the values of adolescents and young people with different levels of PS have different significance. The sample of the study consisted of 2789 first- year and second-year college students, aged 15-21 years. Significant differences in values at the level of normative ideals were found in groups with different levels of PS. There are also significant differences in the significance of values at the level of individual priorities which, in contrast to normative ideals, have a non-linear growth depending on the level of PS – the lowest values are observed in the group with an average level of PS. Values at the level of individual priorities in the group with a low level of PS are more significant than values at the level of normative ideals.

scholarly journals Interrelation of Ideas About Self-Efficacy with Motivation to Succeed in Young People Taking University Psychological and Legal Courses

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Evgeniya Vorontsova
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Female Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Psychological Phenomena ◽  
Psychological Science ◽  
Second Year ◽  
University Training

Due to the growing interest in the phenomenon of self-efficacy, the psychological science examines the directions of studying self-efficacy in domestic and foreign exploratory development. The attention is focused on studies that reveal the interrelation of the self-efficacy phenomenon with other psychological phenomena, such as motivation to succeed and avoidance of failure, as well as studies devoted to the features of self-efficacy ideas in male and female students. There are publications on the data of the empiric investigation of interrelation of self-efficacy and success motivation in young people at various university training stages with presentations of analysis of differences in correlation features in male and female students. A conclusion is made that there are differences existing between the investigated indicators of self-efficacy in substantive work, self-efficacy in interpersonal communication and success motivation in the first-year and the second-year students, as well as the differences existing in the outlined indicators in the young people taking university psychological and legal courses.

scholarly journals Comparative Overview of Functional and Motor Preparedness of First- and Second-Year College Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-22
Author(s):  
M. G. Barylko
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Discriminant Function ◽  
Male Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Study Objective ◽  
Standing Long Jump ◽  
Male College ◽  
Long Jump ◽  
Second Year

The study objective is to determine the possibility of recognizing the state of functional and motor preparedness of first- and second-year male college students, using multidimensional statistical methods. Materials and methods. The study involved first-year (n = 10) and second-year (n = 10) male students of Novomoskovsk College of Dnipro State Agrarian and Economic University. To achieve the objective set, the study relied on the following research methods: analysis of scientific and methodological literature, pedagogical testing, and methods of mathematical statistics for processing research results. Results. For practical application of discriminant analysis results, unstandardized canonical discriminant function coefficients are used. The probability of a case belonging to the predicted group is calculated based on substitution of values of variables for the corresponding case into the discriminant function. A comparison of the obtained results with centroid values makes it possible to determine the group the result belongs to. Conclusions. Discriminant function structure coefficients are most closely related to variables that characterize functional preparedness (No. 3, 4, 5 “Serkin’s test”), coordination and strength preparedness (No. 15 “Evaluation of perception of motion strength parameters, 1/3”, No. 8 “Arms’ bending and straightening in a hanging position”, 9 “Bent-arm hang”, 10 “Standing long jump”). The division of boys into groups by functional and motor preparedness is carried out on the basis of unstandardized coefficients.

College Students and Academic Performance: A Case of Taking Control

NASPA Journal ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Phylis M. Mansfield ◽  
Mary Beth Pinto ◽  
Diane H. Parente ◽  
Thomas I. Wortman
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Academic Culture ◽  
Academic Program ◽  
First Year ◽  
Academic Environment ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
The Social ◽  
Second Year

College students face a myriad of pressures and challenges in the academic environment as they seek to maintain optimal performance or even to remain in the academic program. In 2002, it was reported that more than 30% of first-year students did not return for their second year of college (Smith), and only 40% are reported to actually compete their degree and graduate (Newby, 2002). This information suggests that either due to problems with integration or other difficulties encountered in the social or academic culture of the institution, a significant proportion of college students fail to attain an acceptable level of academic achievement and ultimately withdraw (Pascarella & Terenzini, 1991). The better we understand the factors that contribute to academic success, the greater the potential for positive and timely intervention to

Digital Social Media Detox (DSMD)

2014 ◽  
pp. 1619-1635
Author(s):  
Theresa Renee White
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Social Behavior ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Social ◽  
Alternative Activities ◽  
At Home

This chapter presents the findings of an empirical, qualitative, one-day intervention, in which 25 college students were invited to leave all digital technology at home and participate in ten hours of face-to-face communication. The project involved alternative activities providing an opportunity for students to socialize and interact without the distraction of digital technology, while affording the investigators an opportunity to observe patterns of social behavior and communication. Those findings are offered to illuminate the potential effects of overuse of digital social media, the pedagogical challenges in a contemporary educational environment, and the social problems we face as a result.

scholarly journals How Do Young People Respond to Conflict? A Comparative Study of Argentinean and Portuguese College Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Ana Maria Costa Silva ◽  
Florencia Brandoni ◽  
Eduardo Duque
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
University Education ◽  
Personal Relationships ◽  
First Year ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Face ◽  
And Behavior

Questions relating to sociability, relationships concerning conflicts and behaviours of indiscipline and violence among young people have turned out to be of particular importance. Various studies exist about the sociability of young people (e.g. Machado Pais, 1990; Margulis - Urresti, 1998; Cangilini, 2004). Nevertheless, studies focused on sociability and behavior in the face of socially learned conflicts in the context of inter-personal relationships are still very scarce. The investigation carried out falls within the area of Co-operative Conflict Resolution (CCR) - a field of knowledge and practices that emerged in the 1980s (Ury - Fisher, 1991; Aréchaga, Brandoni - Finkelstein, 2004). The work that we present shows the results of a study undertaken with young people attending the first year of university education in public and private universities in Argentina and Portugal. This investigation, which was of an exploratory nature, had two general objectives: i) to analyse the ways of approaching conflicts by young people (aged 18 to 31 years); and ii) to understand the present day social dynamics that characterise these young people. The descriptive analysis of the data, which was obtained from the responses to a questionnaire with open and closed questions completed by around 700 young university students, revealed some differences concerning the behaviour adopted towards conflicts by these young Argentineans and young Portuguese.

scholarly journals Psychological Security and Social Intelligence in Adolescents and Young People

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-16
Author(s):  
I.A. Baeva ◽  
L.A. Gayazova ◽  
I.V. Kondakova ◽  
E.B. Laktionova
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
Social Intelligence ◽  
Psychological Safety ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Social Awareness ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Different Levels

The paper presents results of a study on the relationship between the level of students’ psychological security in educational environment and their social intelligence.The aim of the study was to redefine this relationship and to test the hypothesis that different levels of psychological security in educational environment are connected with changes in the level of social intelligence and its components that happen in adolescence and young age.The data was obtained on a sample of students of secondary-level vocational training organizations (n=2,789 subjects) aged 12—25 years (M=17.13), 71,89% males.The following techniques were used: “Psychological Safety of Educational Environment” by I.А.Baeva; “The Tromsø Social Intelligence Scale” (TSIS) by D.H.Silvera, M.Martinussen, T.I.Dahl; sociodemographic information questionnaire.The study revealed that the level of social intelligence was higher among the students with high levels of psychological security in educational environment (U=114,56; p≤0,001).Higher social intelligence levels are based on the ability to understand and predict other people’s behaviours and feelings (U=101,25; p≤0,001) as well as on social skills (U=97,74; p≤0,001), whereas social awareness levels are the same in environments with different levels of psychological security.

scholarly journals Measuring Students' Perceptions of Educational Environment in the PBL Program of Sharjah Medical College

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. JMECD.S29926
Author(s):  
Emad Nosair ◽  
Zein Mirghani ◽  
Randa M. Mostafa
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Fine Tuning ◽  
Male Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Second Year

Background Students' perception of their educational environment has a significant impact on their behavior and academic progress. The recent worldwide usage of innovative problem-based learning (PBL) medical programs requires major changes in medical schools and their environments. Therefore, measuring students' perceptions of the complex PBL environment has become a critical necessity as a determinant of students' academic success and as a part of attaining the quality standards of education. Ours being a new medical college employing the PBL curriculum, it was important to measure the students' perception of the educational environment in order to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the curriculum and to plan for any future improvements. Aim and Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate students' perceptions in the preclinical phase of the PBL educational environment in the College of Medicine, Sharjah Medical College, United Arab Emirates, and to recommend remedial procedures. Material and Methods In this cross-sectional study, the English version of the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) inventory was submitted to 250 students in years 1, 2, and 3. The data were analyzed using the SPSS 20 software, and significance was taken at P ≤ 0.05. The survey was performed in a mid-semester week, ie, in March 2014. No ethical issues were encountered during the process of this study. Results Two-hundred and fifty students responded to the questionnaire (100% response rate). The overall DREEM score was 113.4/200 (56.7%). First-year students expressed higher overall significant level of perception (119.4/200) than second-year (107.4/200) and third-year (112.7/200) students. In addition, first-year students perceived their learning, teaching, and academic climates as more significant than the other two batches. The scores obtained in the five domains were as follows; 28/48 in perception of learning, 26/44 in perception of teaching, 18/32 in academic self-perceptions, 27/48 in perceptions of atmosphere, and 15/28 in social self-perceptions. First-year students achieved the highest score (18.7/32) in the academic self-perception, and second-year students achieved the lowest (16.5/32). The total score was significantly higher in female students than in male students (115.9 vs 108.1). Conclusions The present study revealed that the PBL environment is generally perceived positively by our medical students. Female students exhibited higher perception than male students. Nevertheless, areas such as curriculum overload and inadequate student support still require further fine-tuning and remedial measures.

scholarly journals Perceptions of the educational environment among undergraduate physical therapy students in a competency-based curriculum at the University of Chile

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Quiroga-Marabolí ◽  
Marcela Andrea Antúnez-Riveros ◽  
Marcela Aguirre-Jerez ◽  
Alvaro Besoain Saldaña ◽  
José Peralta-Camposano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Therapy ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
First Year ◽  
Physical Therapy Students ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Therapy Program ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
Second Year ◽  
The University

Purpose: This study aimed to assess the educational environment (EE) among students in a physical therapy undergraduate program, to identify patterns in EE perceptions among the students by year, and to determine issues that should be addressed.Methods: The Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) questionnaire was used to explore the relationships among the total mean score, subscales, and items in a competency-based curriculum in the physical therapy program at the University of Chile. The DREEM questionnaire was filled out by 166 of 244 students (68.03%), of whom 56.6% were men and 43.4% were women, with 75.9% between 19 and 23 years of age.Results: The total mean score (120.9/200) indicated that the EE was perceived as ‘more positive than negative.’ There were significant differences (P<0.05) between first-year students (113.41), who reported the lowest total mean score, and fourth-year students (126.60), who had the highest total mean score. Students rated their EE favorably on each subscale except social self-perceptions, which second-year students rated as ‘not too bad,’ and for which first-, third-, and fourth-year students gave a rating corresponding to ‘not a nice place.’ On the perceptions of teachers subscale, there were significant differences (P<0.05) between first-year students (28.05/44) and fourth-year students (32.24/44) and between second-year students (28.72/44) and fourth-year students (32.24/44). On the academic self-perceptions subscale, there were significant differences (P<0.05) between first-year students (18.12/32) and second-year (21.68/32), third-year (22.33/32), and fourth-year students (21.87/32).Conclusion: Physical therapy students at the University of Chile had positive perceptions of their EE. First-year students rated the largest number of items as problematic. Improvements are required across the program in the specific subscales mentioned above.

Digital Social Media Detox (DSMD)

2013 ◽  
pp. 414-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa Renee White
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Social Behavior ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Social ◽  
Alternative Activities ◽  
At Home

This chapter presents the findings of an empirical, qualitative, one-day intervention, in which 25 college students were invited to leave all digital technology at home and participate in ten hours of face-to-face communication. The project involved alternative activities providing an opportunity for students to socialize and interact without the distraction of digital technology, while affording the investigators an opportunity to observe patterns of social behavior and communication. Those findings are offered to illuminate the potential effects of overuse of digital social media, the pedagogical challenges in a contemporary educational environment, and the social problems we face as a result.

scholarly journals The features of beliefs at different levels of psychological well-being among today's youth

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-94
Author(s):  
G.N. Eidelman
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Subjective Evaluation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Young Age ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Subjective Perception ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
The World ◽  
Professional Self ◽  
Different Levels

Research is devoted to the problem of life position among modern youth in the period of self-determination and is part of the study of subjective picture of the world at a young age. Life position is defined as the ratio of themselves and their generation estimations and is investigated by the author’s projective technique “Young age”, built on the basis of the pending proposals method. The study involved 235 young people aged 20-30 years in the situation of professional self-determination. The paper presents a model of the “Me-They”, reflecting the life position. It is described the trends in the subjective evaluation of himself and modern young people generation. The differences in the life position at different levels of psychological well-being were analyzed. The following features of the life position of modern youth have been identified: the relative stability of life views while maintaining uncertainty about his generation; a close relationship of life position levels with psychological well-being; independence of the life position on financial success and real work status. It was concluded that a dominant life position is an integral part of the subjective picture of the world of young people in the period of professional self-determination. This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Humanities (project № 14-06-00206 «Subjective perception of themselves, the world, with different psychological well-being in the period of the life self-determination of modern youth»).

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