
Diana-Lea BaranovichUniversity of Malaysia · Educational Psychology and Counseling
Diana-Lea Baranovich
Doctor of Education - School Psychology and Counseling; Master of Transpersonal Psychology, Master of Education - Guidance and Counseling
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Metacognition is one of the vital competencies to seize the opportunities and overcome the challenges of twenty-first century; however, there is no precise definition of metacognition and it is a fuzzy concept. While classic, descriptive and procedural models try to describe the nature and ingredients of metacognition, theoretical clarity in terms...
Education has a crucial role in improving opportunities for lifelong learning and helping students to move towards their self-actualizing goals. Applying metacognitive interventions facilitate conceptualization and operationalization of such holistic approach of education. This study investigated the impacts of twelve hours metacognitive interventi...
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Religious orientation is a tendency to religious thoughts and performances, which contain the attitudes, beliefs and religious practices. Sensation seeking is a personality trait whereby seeking new feelings and experiences, innovative, complex and intense desire for taking physical and social risks.
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Divorce in marriage is on the rise globally. In Malaysia, the divorce rate is increasing, too. Little research has been done as the issue remains sensitive in Malaysia. In order to understand the phenomenon better, a qualitative research was conducted. Using phenomenological design, the life of a Malaysian Chinese female divorcee is explored. The r...
Despite the fact that Malaysia has an open policy of not recognizing refugees the country is becoming a popular hub for refugees across Asia, the Middle East and even parts of Europe who come in hopes of finding opportunities to immigrate to Western countries. However, because Malaysia does not recognize refugees, they have no legal status in the c...
This study examines the role students’ epistemic beliefs and their implicit theories of intelligence play in their reported self-regulated learning strategies. A total of 400 middle school students from two middle schools in China were asked to complete our specially designed questionnaire detailing their epistemic beliefs, implicit theories of int...
This study was conducted to investigate primary school students’ beliefs about mathematical problem solving. A total of 305 third, fourth and fifth educational level students from primary schools in the Klang Valley, Malaysia participated in this study. The sample consisted of 153 girls and 152 boys who completed the Epistemological Beliefs of Math...
Student activism is a ubiquitous component in most democratic societies. Despite its disconcerting implications to the university’s operations, it remains an important agenda to student development in higher education. This study presents the case of a university in the Philippines where student activism is a predominant ethos. The findings expose...
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Maternal psychopathology can have a server effect on the ability of mothers to attach to their children.
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To ascertain the level of attachment of adults between the ages of 18–25 years of age who were raised by mothers who suffer from schizophrenic disorders and depressive spectrum disorders, then compared to adults who were raised...
The issue of conflict confronts many developing countries, hence encouraging a growth of scholarship aimed at determining the effective delivery of education in a conflict situation. This paper suggests that units within higher education, such as student affairs has the potential to contribute to the promotion of peace, by addressing student needs...
Promoting students’ self-regulatory capacity in vocabulary learning has been one of the instructional goals in language education. Learning strategies and motivational beliefs (e.g., self-efficacy) are the key, interrelated factors of self-regulated learning, which are crucial for learners’ academic performance. This study investigated Chinese Engl...
This paper examined the influence of financial learning on retirees’ retirement financial planning preparation. 750 questionnaires were distributed with a 53.9% return rate. Three hypotheses were analysed using hierarchical regression analysis. The results revealed that some mediating effect existed between financial learning and behavioural assess...
This paper examined the influence of financial learning on retirees’ retirement financial planning preparation. 750 questionnaires were distributed with a 53.9% return rate. Three hypotheses were analyzed using hierarchical regression analysis. The results revealed that some mediating effect existed between financial learning and behavioral assessm...