Instruction time and student achievement: The moderating role of teacher qualifications

This study examined the relationship between teachers' organizational identification levels and students' achievement and the moderator role of perceived organizational prestige in this relationship. The universe of the study is made up of 4537 teachers working in Konya central districts. The population was 523 teachers randomly selected from 4 private and 25 public schools on the basis of 2013-2014 TEOG (Transition from Primary Education to Secondary Education Exam) results and representation of the three central districts. Data was collected using Organizational Identification Scale, Perceived Organizational Prestige Scale and 2013-2014 TEOG results' school averages to evaluate the student achievement. The results of the study revealed that teachers' organizational identification and perceived organizational prestige were significant predictors of student achievement. Besides, perceived organizational prestige moderated the association between organizational identification and student achievement, suggesting that organizational identification and student achievement positively correlated when perceived prestige was high and this association was negative when perceived prestige was low.

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Testing the Strain Theory of Suicide – The Moderating Role of Social Support

Crisis ◽

10.1027/0227-5910/a000604 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 41 (2) ◽

pp. 82-88 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Bob Lew ◽

Ksenia Chistopolskaya ◽

Yanzheng Liu ◽

Mansor Abu Talib ◽

Olga Mitina ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Suicidal Behavior ◽

Online Survey ◽

Perceived Social Support ◽

Strain Theory ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Psychological Strains ◽

Moderating Role

Abstract. Background: According to the strain theory of suicide, strains, resulting from conﬂicting and competing pressures in an individual's life, are hypothesized to precede suicide. But social support is an important factor that can mitigate strains and lessen their input in suicidal behavior. Aims: This study was designed to assess the moderating role of social support in the relation between strain and suicidality. Methods: A sample of 1,051 employees were recruited in Beijing, the capital of China, through an online survey. Moderation analysis was performed using SPSS PROCESS Macro. Social support was measured with the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and strains were assessed with the Psychological Strains Scale. Results: Psychological strains are a good predictor of suicidality, and social support, a basic need for each human being, moderates and decreases the effects of psychological strains on suicidality. Limitations: The cross-sectional survey limited the extent to which conclusions about causal relationships can be drawn. Furthermore, the results may not be generalized to the whole of China because of its diversity. Conclusion: Social support has a tendency to mitigate the effects of psychological strains on suicidality.

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