Undergraduate Engineering Students’ Beliefs, Coping Strategies, and Academic Performance: An Evaluation of Theoretical Models

Development and Validation of the Self-Regulated Learning Test Anxiety Scale

“…For example, Torres and Solberg (2001) reported a positive relationship between academic self-efficacy and the number of hours students spent studying. In addition, a number of studies demonstrated that self-efficacy is related to the use of effective learning strategies that, in turn, result in higher achievement in college (Hsieh, Sullivan, Sass, & Guerra, 2012;Sins, van Joolingen, Savelsbergh, & van Hout-Wolters, 2008;Walker, Greene, & Mansell, 2006;Zajacova, Lynch, & Espenshade, 2005). For instance, Walker, Greene, and Mansell (2006) found that self-efficacy was predictive of deep cognitive processing among college students and Zajacova, Lynch, and Espenshade (2005) reported that self-efficacy was predictive of college GPA.…”

Use of Galvanic Skin Responses, Salivary Biomarkers, and Self-reports to Assess Undergraduate Student Performance During a Laboratory Exam Activity

“…This protocol will cover methods to measure salivary biomarkers and galvanic skin responses during an exam activity and compare it against the information obtained from self-reports and interviews. For this work, an engineering exam and students were selected due to the difficult and complex nature of the discipline 1,6 and concepts, which may ignite both cognitive and emotional responses in the participants.…”

“…Students' abilities to 'emotionally respond' to challenging course tasks 2 are pivotal to students' professional development. Yet, nearer to real-time responses related to academic achievement emotions are under-explored [3][4][5][6] . This paper presents a protocol to study ways to explore nearer real-time responses from students (e.g., physiological responses) when presented with representative classroom situations (e.g., test taking) using salivary biomarkers, galvanic skin responses, and self-reported surveys and interviews.…”

An examination of the relationship between sense of coherence, engagement in health behaviors, and individual coping style.

“…Therefore this study will cast further light on the predictive value of the SOC construct within the traditional aged U.S. college student. Additionally, the literature also shows that the use of adaptive coping strategies are associated with lower stress, improved health, and improved academic achievement within the college student population (Devonport & Lane, 2006;Hsieh, Sullivan, Sass, & Guerra, 2012;Mahmoud, Staten, Hall, & Lennie, 2012;Snell et al, 2011). While Antonovsky contends that SOC does not predict a specific coping style, there is evidence in the literature to suggest that a high SOC is associated with a greater tendency to employ more problem-focused coping strategies and a low SOC is associated with more emotion-focused health behaviors.…”