The Relationship between Online Information Seeking Anxiety and English Reading Proficiency across Gender

2015 ◽  
pp. 449-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehrak Rahimi ◽  
Zahra Bayat
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Reading Proficiency ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Information Searching ◽  
English Reading ◽  
Online Information Seeking ◽  
The Relationship

In this chapter the relationship between Iranian EFL learners' online information seeking anxiety and reading ability is investigated. The sample included 177 high-school students of an urban area in Iran. In order to measure their reading ability, the reading section of Primary English Test (PET) was used. To assess their online information searching anxiety, Information Seeking Anxiety scale (ISAS) was used. The results of the correlational analysis showed that there is a negative relationship between ISAS (and all its components) and PET. When male and female participants were considered separately, English reading was not found to be related to anxiety among boys; while it was moderately associated with anxiety among girls. The result of regression showed that EFL reading ability is a significant predictor of online information seeking anxiety and can predict more than 7% of the variance of online information searching anxiety; however the power of reading to reduce searching anxiety was found to be much stronger (more than 18%) among females.

The Relationship Between Online Information Seeking Anxiety and English Reading Proficiency Across Gender

2017 ◽  
pp. 1306-1330
Author(s):  
Mehrak Rahimi ◽  
Zahra Bayat
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Reading Proficiency ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Information Searching ◽  
English Reading ◽  
Online Information Seeking ◽  
The Relationship

In this chapter the relationship between Iranian EFL learners' online information seeking anxiety and reading ability is investigated. The sample included 177 high-school students of an urban area in Iran. In order to measure their reading ability, the reading section of Primary English Test (PET) was used. To assess their online information searching anxiety, Information Seeking Anxiety scale (ISAS) was used. The results of the correlational analysis showed that there is a negative relationship between ISAS (and all its components) and PET. When male and female participants were considered separately, English reading was not found to be related to anxiety among boys; while it was moderately associated with anxiety among girls. The result of regression showed that EFL reading ability is a significant predictor of online information seeking anxiety and can predict more than 7% of the variance of online information searching anxiety; however the power of reading to reduce searching anxiety was found to be much stronger (more than 18%) among females.

Health-Related Online Information Seeking and Behavioral Outcomes: Fatalism and Self-Efficacy as Mediators

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 871-879 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eun Go ◽  
Kyung Han You
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Using Data ◽  
National Trends ◽  
Online Information Seeking ◽  
The Relationship

We explored the mediation effect of cognitive factors on the relationship between cancer-related online information seeking and cancer-preventative behaviors. Using data obtained from the National Cancer Institute's 2013 Health Information National Trends Survey (N = 2,896), we performed structural equation modeling and demonstrated that online information seeking about cancer did not decrease users' cancer fatalism; however it elevated users' level of self-efficacy. Moreover, the findings show that cancer-related information seeking indirectly influenced cancer-preventative behaviors via self-efficacy, and individuals' level of self-efficacy significantly mediated the association between fatalistic beliefs and cancer-preventative behaviors. The results call for attention to cognitive mediators in explaining the relationship between online information seeking and related behaviors.

The Impact of a Highly Publicized Celebrity Suicide on Suicide-Related Online Information Seeking

Crisis ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florian Arendt ◽  
Sebastian Scherr
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Search Queries ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Search Terms ◽  
Celebrity Suicide ◽  
Online Information Seeking ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. Background: Research has already acknowledged the importance of the Internet in suicide prevention as search engines such as Google are increasingly used in seeking both helpful and harmful suicide-related information. Aims: We aimed to assess the impact of a highly publicized suicide by a Hollywood actor on suicide-related online information seeking. Method: We tested the impact of the highly publicized suicide of Robin Williams on volumes of suicide-related search queries. Results: Both harmful and helpful search terms increased immediately after the actor's suicide, with a substantial jump of harmful queries. Limitations: The study has limitations (e.g., possible validity threats of the query share measure, use of ambiguous search terms). Conclusion: Online suicide prevention efforts should try to increase online users' awareness of and motivation to seek help, for which Google's own helpline box could play an even more crucial role in the future.

scholarly journals Family Functioning, Emotional Intelligence and Values: Analysis of the Relationship with Aggressive Behavior in Adolescents

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
María del Carmen Pérez-Fuentes ◽  
María del Mar Molero ◽  
Ana Belén Barragán ◽  
José Jesús Gázquez Linares
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Family Functioning ◽  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
Adolescent Development ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
School Students ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Emotional Intelligence Inventory ◽  
The Relationship

Aggressive behavior in adolescence is influenced by a diversity of individual, family and social variables. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between family functioning, emotional intelligence and values for development of different types of aggression, as well as to establish profiles according to the predictor variables of aggression. To do this, a sample of 317 high school students aged 13 to 18 were administered the Peer Conflict Scale, the Family Functionality Scale, the Brief Emotional Intelligence Inventory for Senior Citizens and the Values for Adolescent Development Scales. The study showed that stress management, positive adolescent development and family functioning predominated in nonaggressive subjects with higher scores than aggressors. There was also a negative relationship between the different types of aggression and emotional intelligence, positive values and family functioning. In addition, two different profiles were found. The first had low scores on all the variables, while the second profile had higher scores on all the variables except family functioning which was higher.

scholarly journals A Research on the Influence of Scaffolding Teaching on Junior High School Students’ English Reading Ability

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
YANG Dan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Teaching Experiment ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
English Reading ◽  
Reading Interest

This research tries to apply the scaffolding teaching mode in English reading teaching, with the purpose of enhancing students’ interest in reading and improving their reading levels. This study explores whether scaffolding teaching can enhance students’ reading interest and thus improve junior high school students’ English reading ability. After a 3-month-long teaching experiment, through the comparison and analysis of questionnaires and English reading scores, it is found out that scaffolding teaching is beneficial to enhance students’ reading interest and improve students’ reading level.

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