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Ronnel B. King
Social Sciences
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Understanding Students’ Subjective and Eudaimonic Well-Being: Combining both Machine Learning and Classical Statistics
There is a vast literature focusing on students’ learning and academic achievement. However, less research has been conducted to explore factors that contribute to student well-being. Rooted in the ecological ...
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Beating the odds: Identifying the top predictors of resilience among Hong Kong students
Students from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds generally have worse academic outcomes than their more advantaged peers. However, some resilient students beat the odds and achieve academic success despit...
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Economic Inequality is Associated with Lower Internet Use: A Nationally Representative Study
Income inequality generates structural barriers that prevent people especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds from accessing key resources. However, extant research on income inequality has mostly invest...
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School Psychological Capital: Instrument Development, Validation, and Prediction
Psychological capital (psycap) pertains to the psychological resources of hope, efficacy, resilience, and optimism. It has received much attention in the industrial-organizational literature and is related to ...
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Well-Being Contagion in the Family: Transmission of Happiness and Distress Between Parents and Children
Psychological well-being is contagious within families. However, two key issues remain unresolved: a) which type of well-being is transmitted and b) who transmits to whom The present study aims to answer these...
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Exploring the Association Between Peace of Mind and Academic Engagement: Cross-Sectional and Cross-Lagged Panel Studies in the Philippine Context
Peace of mind (PoM) has been associated with positive psychological and well-being outcomes. However, it seems that limited research has been done to assess the role of PoM in the educational setting. The pres...
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The Benefits of Socially-Oriented Happiness: Validation of the Interdependent Happiness Scale in the Philippines
Cultural theories of well-being emphasize the importance of establishing and maintaining satisfying interpersonal relationships to achieve happiness in collectivist societies. Yet, widely used measures of subj...
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Cross-Cultural Validation of the Academic Motivation Scale: A Singapore Investigation
Motivation, which refers to the force that drives a person to act, has been recognized as a crucial factor in promoting general well-being, along with a multitude of cognitive and psychological outcomes essent...
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Open AccessAdapting the Facilitating Conditions Questionnaire (FCQ) for Bilingual Filipino Adolescents: Validating English and Filipino Versions
This study examined the applicability of the English and Filipino versions of the Facilitating Conditions Questionnaire (FCQ) among Filipino high school students. The FCQ measures the external forces in studen...
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Cross-Cultural Validation of the Sense of Self (SoS) Scale in Chinese and Filipino Settings
This study explored the cross-cultural applicability of the Sense of Self (SoS) scale within the Asian context. Adolescent high school students in Hong Kong and the Philippines were asked to complete the 26-it...
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Open AccessCross-Cultural Validation of the Inventory of School Motivation (ISM) in the Asian Setting: Hong Kong and the Philippines
Students’ achievement goals in school have received increasing research attention because they have been shown to be important in predicting important outcomes. As such, there has been a growing interest in me...
