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Connecting the dots: social network structure, conflict, and group cognitive complexity
A Comparison of the Factorial Structure of DSM-IV Criteria for Generalized Anxiety Disorder Between Younger and Older Adults
Whether highly curious students thrive academically depends on perceptions about the school learning environment: A study of Hong Kong adolescents
The present study tested whether the perceived academic values of a school moderate whether highly curious students thrive academically. We investigated the interactive effects of curiosity and school quality on academic success for 484 Hong Kong high school students. Chinese versions of the Curiosity and Exploration Inventory, Subjective Happiness Scale, and Rosenberg Self-Esteem scales were administered and shown to have acceptable measurement properties. We obtained Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) scores (national achievement tests) from participating schools. Results yielded Trait Curiosity × Perceived School Quality interactions in predicting HKCEE scores and school grades. Adolescents with greater trait curiosity in more challenging schools had the greatest academic success; adolescents with greater trait curiosity in less challenging schools had the least academic success. Findings were not attributable to subjective happiness or self-esteem and alternative models involving these positive attributes were not supported. Results suggest that the benefits of curiosity are activated by student beliefs that the school environment supports their values about growth and learning; these benefits can be disabled by perceived person-environment mismatches. © 2007 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.link_to_subscribed_fulltex
Low Salivary Cortisol and Elevated Depressive Affect among Rural Men in Botswana: Reliability and Validity of Laboratory Results
A one-way random effects model for trimmed means
Winsorizing, contamination, resistance, intraclass correlation, Kruskal-Wallis, Rust-Fligner method,
Whether highly curious students thrive academically depends on perceptions about the school learning environment: A study of Hong Kong adolescents
Robust and powerful nonorthogonal analyses
nonorthogonal designs, weighted and unweighted means, model comparisons, robust and powerful solution,