scholarly journals The Relationship between Social Comparison, Depression, and Interpersonal Orientation among Normal, Gifted, and Disabled Female Students in Makkah Secondary Schools

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 74-109
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Social Comparison ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Gifted Students ◽  
Significant Negative Correlation ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Students With Special Needs ◽  
Interpersonal Orientation ◽  
Secondary Female ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between social comparison, depression, and interpersonal orientation among normal, gifted and disabled female students in Makkah secondary schools. The study tools consisted of the Iowa-Netherlands Comparison Orientation Measure (INCOM), the translated version of Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II), and the Interpersonal Orientation Scale. The study participants comprised 185 secondary female students: 109 normal students, 46 gifted students, and 30 students with special needs. The results showed a non-significant negative correlation between social comparison, depression, and interpersonal orientation among gifted students, while there was a significant correlation between depression and social comparison among normal students. No significant correlation was found between social comparison, depression, and interpersonal orientation among students with disabilities. The results found a significant correlation between social comparison and depression among the three groups in favor of gifted students.

scholarly journals Social Comparison and Perceived Breach of Psychological Contract: Their Effects on Burnout in a Multigroup Analysis

2007 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela Topa Cantisano ◽  
J. Francisco Morales Domínguez ◽  
J. Luis Caeiro García
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Social Comparison ◽  
Psychological Contract ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
Previous Model ◽  
Final Model ◽  
Multigroup Analysis ◽  
Mediator Role ◽  
The Relationship

This study focuses on the mediator role of social comparison in the relationship between perceived breach of psychological contract and burnout. A previous model showing the hypothesized effects of perceived breach on burnout, both direct and mediated, is proposed. The final model reached an optimal fit to the data and was confirmed through multigroup analysis using a sample of Spanish teachers (N = 401) belonging to preprimary, primary, and secondary schools. Multigroup analyses showed that the model fit all groups adequately.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Female Girls Education Policies and Academic Performance of Female Students in Rwanda

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 62-81
Author(s):  
Tuyishime Janvier ◽  
◽  
Dr. Hesbon Opiyo Andala ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Relationship

The implementation of female education policies plays a significant role in promotion of academic performance and other schooling learning outcomes. The purpose of this study therefore was to establish the relationship between female girls’ education policies and academic performance of female students in Rusizi District in Rwanda. This study adopted correlation research design while structured questionnaires, interview guide and document reviews were used as data collection instruments. The target population was 283 respondents. The sample size was 166 obtained by the use of Yamane formula. The sample was obtained by the use of simple random and purposive sampling techniques. Questionnaire, interview guide and document review were used to collect the data. The findings revealed that 53.1% strongly agreed with recruiting and training gender sensitive teachers, 86.4% agreed with specifying the provision of alternative education for girls, 80.0% felt agreed with encouraging girls ‘participation. Thus, 77.0% felt female students received toilet support. The study recommended the government to make attention to the improvement of academic performance, education quality and pertinence in secondary schools and enable girls to achieve high level of learning outcomes. The community should abandon some harmful cultural practices faced by female students in secondary schools because they contribute to low esteem and ambitions. Secondary schools should adopt gender sensitive courses and give utter instructional materials like boos and other equipment. Keywords: Education policy, Girls’ education, Academic performance, secondary schools, Rwanda.

scholarly journals Dispositional Gratitude and Social Comparison Orientation among Social Media Users

Humaniora ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 229
Author(s):  
Caroline Winata ◽  
Esther Widhi Andangsari
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Comparison ◽  
Negative Correlation ◽  
Significant Negative Correlation ◽  
Correlation Technique ◽  
Spearman Correlation ◽  
Survey Technique ◽  
Social Comparison Orientation ◽  
Dispositional Gratitude ◽  
The Relationship

The study aimed to explore the relationship between dispositional gratitude and social comparison orientation among social media users. The present study used a non-experimental research design with a quantitative approach with survey technique by distributing questionnaires to 296 Bina Nusantara University students aged 18-24 who used social media. The correlation between dispositional gratitude and social comparison orientation was calculated by Spearman correlation technique. The result shows that dispositional gratitude and social comparison orientation have a significant negative correlation.

scholarly journals WOMEN'S EDUCATION IN TVER IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE XIX - EARLY XX CENTURIES

2020 ◽  
pp. 157-170
Author(s):  
Ангелина Валерьевна Цыганова
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Significant Potential ◽  
Class Composition ◽  
History Of ◽  
Secondary Female

В статье рассматривается история становления различных типов женских учебных заведений в Твери во второй половине XIX - начале XX вв. Архивные материалы, привлеченные к исследованию, раскрывают организацию учебного и воспитательного процесса, содержание учебных планов, недельное распределение уроков, численный и сословный состав обучающихся, административный и педагогический состав, правила проведения вступительных и экзаменационных испытаний и т.д. в женских учебных заведениях. Приводятся данные по распределению численности средних женских учебных заведений в Тверской губернии, количественному составу учениц, учебным предметам, срокам обучения в школе П.П. Максимовича, Постоянных педагогических курсах, Тверской Мариинской женской гимназии. Подчеркивается роль женских средних школ для подготовки учительских кадров в Тверской губернии. Автор делает вывод о значительном потенциале развития всесословной женской средней школы в российской провинции. The article examines the history of the formation of various types of women's educational institutions in Tver in the second half of the XIX - early XX centuries. The archival materials involved in the study reveal the organization of the educational process, the content of the curriculum, the weekly distribution of lessons, the number and class composition of students, administrative and pedagogical staff, the rules for conducting entrance and examination tests, etc.in women's educational institutions. Data on the distribution of the number of secondary female educational institutions in the Tver province, the number of female students, academic subjects, terms of study at the P.P. Maksimovich school, Permanent pedagogical courses in Tver and Tver Mariinsky girls ' gymnasium are presented. The role of women's secondary schools for training teachers in the Tver province is emphasized. The author concludes that there is a significant potential for the development of an all-female secondary school in the Russian province.

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