RELATION OF LEARNING STYLE TO INTERCULTURAL SENSITIVITY AND INTERNATIONAL ATTITUDES AMONG JAPANESE UNDERGRADUATES

This studyempirically explored how learning style relates to intercultural sensitivity and international attitudes in the context of a Japanese university. Atotal of 109 undergraduate students completed three questionnaires: Kolb’s Learning Style Inventory, Chen and Starosta’s Intercultural Sensitivity Scale, and Yashima’s International Posture as a measurefor international attitudes. Because the factor structure with constituent items of the Intercultural Sensitivity Scale was unresolved, we first examined the configuration of its latent constructs and then identified four underlying components. In terms of intercultural sensitivity, results of regression analysis illustrated that a learning style with a focus on acting over reflecting significantlynegativelyrelated to Anxious Interactionand marginallyrelated to Affirmative andEnjoyment Interaction. Results for international attitudes revealed that the samelearning variable wassignificantlyassociated with Intercultural Approach Tendency,Interest in International Vocation, andWillingness to Communicate to the World, whereas the learning variable of thinking versus feeling was marginally negatively related to Intercultural Approach Tendency. In conclusion, the study suggests that the learning styledimension of actionversus reflection has a strongerinfluence on intercultural sensitivity and international attitudesthan the learning dimension of thinking versus feeling.

Success purpose tendencies of high school students Lise öğrencilerinin başarı amaç yönelimleri

The aim of this research is to investigate success purpose tendencies of high school students related to the high school type variable. The data was obtained through a developed questionaire for 796 students attending different high schools in Amasya and 2x2 Achievement Goals Questionnaires. For the analyses of the data t-test, one-way variance analysis and (LSD) test to determine the differerence among the groups in the variance analysis and ki-square test were used. Furthermore, descriptive statistical scores that the students got from the scale were presented. When the averages investigated, it is seen that learning approach sub-scale average scores are the highest and performance avoidance average scores are the lowest. It is found out that female students have higher average scores related to learning approach and learning avoidance sub-scale whereas the male students have higher average scores in performance approach and performance avoidance sub-scale. There has seen no difference in the class level success purpose tendency average scores of the students related to the class levels. When the scores of the students related to the high school type investigated, there has seen no difference in the learning avoidance sub-scale average scores regarding to the type of school. However, there is a statistically difference in the average scores of the other sub-scale. There is a meaningful relationship between the success perception of the students and success purpose tendency sub-scale in which the students got the highest scores. The adoption in the the percentage of learning approach tendency of the students who accept themselves partially successful is higher than the percentage of learning approach tendency of the students who see themselves partially unsuccessful.The adoption in the the percentage of learning avoidance and performance avoidance tendency of the students who accept themselves partially unsuccessful is higher than the percentage of the performance approach tendency of the students who see themselves unsuccessful.ÖzetLise tipi öğrencilerinin yönelimlerinin amacı bu araştırmanın başarı hedeflerine ulaşmaktır. İlde farklı okullarda okuyan 796 öğrenciden Veri Amasya anketi oluşturulmuş ve Oryantasyon Ölçeği ile 2x2 Başarı Hedefleri toplanmıştır. Verilerin analizinde ANOVA (LSD) testi ve ki-kare testi kullanılarak farklı grupların tespiti için t testi, tek yönlü varyans analizi ve en az anlamlı fark kullanılmıştır. Ayrıca, öğrencilerden elde edilen ölçek puanlarının betimsel istatistikleri sunulmuştur. En yüksek öğrenim yaklaşımı alt puan ortalamaları incelenirken, ortalama performans kaçınma alt ölçek puanları en düşük olarak bulunmuştur.Kızların öğrenme yaklaşımı ve kaçınma alt ölçeği öğrenme, performans yaklaşımı ve performans kaçınma alt ölçekleri erkeklerin puanlarının daha yüksek olduğu bulunmuştur. Not ortalaması, başarı notu ortalamalarına göre başarı puan ortalamalarına göre farklılık göstermektedir. Lise öğrencileri, kaçınma alt ölçeği puan ortalamalarının lise türüne göre değiştiği öğrenme türlerine göre puanları incelediğinde; Diğer alt ölçek puanlarında ise istatistiksel olarak anlamlı fark olduğu belirlenmiştir. Öğrencilerin başarılarının objektif algılanması ile en yüksek puanı aldıkları yönelim oryantasyon alt ölçeği arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu bulunmuştur.Kendi kendine kısmen başarılı olan ve yaklaşma hedeflerini öğrenen öğrencilerin yüzdesinin başarılı bir şekilde benimsenmesi, kısmen görenlerin başarısız ve başarısız olmasından daha fazladır.

Bibliometric study on nursing theses and dissertations employing a phenomenological approach: tendency and perspectives

This study aimed to analyze the scientific production of nursing dissertations and theses with a phenomenological approach published from 1981 to 2002. A descriptive, retrospective and bibliometric research was carried out. The material analysis, which is part of the database of the catalogue Information on Nursing Research and Researchers, resulted in 217 studies, 71,9% from the master's course and 28,1% from the doctoral course. Among the obtained results, it stands out that the theoretical-philosophical reference chosen to support the data discussion found in investigations has not been used emphatically. There is a need to discuss the unveiled data, through the subjects' discourse, in the light of the philosophical reference framework mentioned in the research trajectory.

Motivational Effects of Success Or Failure Feedback on the Perception of Affective Pictures

A study of perception of affective pictures from the International Affective Photo System, using the Self Assessment Manikin scale, was conducted. It was hypothesized that participants' affective ratings could be moderated by a subjective experience of success or failure. Analysis, based on a sample of 36 university students, showed an approach tendency for women when they were exposed to positive pictures in the success condition. This approach tendency was associated with relatively shorter processing times and high affective ratings. Men showed relatively shorter processing times and high affective ratings when exposed to negative pictures. For memory-related measures, the highest scores were observed in the success condition for exposure to pleasant pictures. The results are discussed in terms of affective-related self-regulatory tendencies moderated by sex.