Secondary school transition takes place earlier in Portugal than in most Western countries. This study aims to analyze the impact of this transition on the self-concept and self-esteem of Portuguese students, and to identify potential differential gender impacts. The sample included 377 students (Mage = 9.46; SD = .93; 52.8% boys). Self-report questionnaires were administered in 4th grade (midd...

Thanks to the development of the concept of metadiscourse, it is now widely acknowledged that academic/scientific writing is not only concerned with communicating purely propositional meanings: what is communicated through academic/scientific communication is seen to be intertwined with the negotiation of social and interpersonal meanings. While a large number of so called metadiscoursal resour...

This paper problematises the concept of searching for self in the context of lifestyle travellers – individuals for whom extended leisure travel is a preferred lifestyle that they return to repeatedly. Qualitative findings on the search for self from in-depth semi-structured interviews with lifestyle travellers in northern India and southern Thailand are considered in light of opposing academic...

This study's goal was to look into the effects of several aspects self-concept on academic achievement among university students between ages 18 and 19. The Self-Description Questionnaire-III used gauge self-perception, while college records supplied percentage scores. A chance sampling design utilised choose 1470 participants at random. link variables investigated using Pearson's correlation r...

The contribution of parental support to academic achievement has been adequately explored. However, the mediating mechanisms between and should be more studied, especially in teaching English as a foreign language (EFL). Consequently, this study was designed examine whether self-concept among Chinese EFL learners. Participants were 499 secondary learners selected through convenience sampling. r...