Migrant success in UK Education: Are there lessons for government social mobility policy?
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The school achievement and career aspirations of 23 sixth form students at a multi‐cultural urban academy in the UK are explored through interviews. The sample includes 16 s‐generation migrants, 6 UK‐born students with migrant parents and 1 UK‐born student, selected to represent a cohort of over 300 post‐16 learners.
Bernard Barker, Kate Hoskins
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Positive psychological capital in health professionals: A systematic literature review
Revista Latinoamericana de PsicologíaIntroduction: Health organisations need to attract and retain health professionals as well as protect and improve their mental health following the premises of positive psychology, particularly with regard to positive psychological capital. Objective: This review aimed to map studies that addressed positive psychological capital in empirical research ...
Ana Paula Pinheiro Santana Ruiz +3 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines the under‐theorized political role and identity of Chinese international students, who emerge as significant actors caught between U.S. soft power ambitions and rising geopolitical suspicion. Amid escalating U.S.‐China tensions, these students are forced to confront environments shaped by competing geopolitical discourses ...
Jing Yu
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Hardy personality and psychological capital: the positive personal variables and the processes of exhaustion and vigor [PDF]
, 2012 La investigación examinó los efectos de las variables personales de capital psicológico y Personalidad Resistente (PR) con respecto a las variables criterio de agotamiento y vigor, mediante dos estudios, uno con 427 enfermeras (España) y otro con 253 ...
Boada, Mar +4 more
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A Study on the Antecedents of Positive Psychological Capital
The Journal of Lifelong Education and HRD, 2011 null Sung-Hwa Hong, null Eun-Soo Choi
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Falling pupil numbers and school closures: Setting a research agenda for a new era of precarity
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the significant phenomenon of decreasing pupil numbers in England due to lower birth rates and the impact of a school closure on a school community. It then discusses how the sociology of education might research this major issue.
Eleanor Fagan, Alice Bradbury
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The effects of short video app-guided loving-kindness meditation on college students' mindfulness, self-compassion, positive psychological capital, and suicide ideation. [PDF]
Psicol Reflex Crit, 2023 Liu C +6 more
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Addressing racialised awarding gap in higher education: Insights from personal tutors
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Situated within a wider cross‐institutional research project, this article provides an in‐depth case study of one higher education (HE) institution, focusing on how personal tutors make sense of racialised degree awarding disparities for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, how they perceive their responsibilities, the challenges and ...
Benjamin Ajibade +3 more
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The effect of perceived stress on depression in college students: The role of emotion regulation and positive psychological capital. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2023 Liu Y, Yu H, Shi Y, Ma C.
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract University students globally face growing mental health challenges, with ethnic minority (EM) students—both local and international—being particularly vulnerable. Yet, limited research compares their experiences or identifies shared and distinct stressors, especially in non‐Western contexts.
Wang Xinyi, Naubahar Sharif
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