Research List

No.	Researcher	Title	Abstract	Year
1241	Ei Ei Shorn Aung	FACEBOOK ADDICTION AND LONELINESS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS FROM SAGAING DISTRICT	The primary purpose of this study is to examine Facebook addiction and loneliness of university students from Sagaing District. The sample consists of 760 university students (368 males and 392 females) from Sagaing University of Education, Sagaing University, Cooperative University Sagaing and Sagaing Technological Unversity. Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale designed by Andreassen, Torsheim and Brunborg (2012) was used to measure Facebook addiction of university students. The Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale designed by Russell, Peplau and Cutrona (1980) and Russell and Cutrona, (1988) was used to measure loneliness of students. According to results, 11.97% of the university students had higher level of Facebook addiction and male students were more addicted to Facebook than females. There were significant differences in Facebook addiction by university, by the time participant spend on Facebook in a day. Then, male students feel more loneliness than females. There were significant differences in loneliness by university. Finally, there was a significant positive correlation between Facebook addiction and loneliness.	2020
1242	Wut Hmone Kyaw	FACTORS INFLUENCING EDUCATIONAL ASPIRATION OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN WUNTHO TOWNSHIP	This study aimed to explore some factors affecting on Educational Aspiration of High School Students in Wuntho Township. In this study, as the factors of Educational Aspiration, gender, grade, previous achievement, parents’ education, parents’ occupation, parents’ expectation, school engagement, school motivation and school environment were investigated. A total of 613 high school students (263 males and 350 females) selected from four schools in Wuntho Township participated in this study. Educational Aspiration Scale developed by Prasad and Sherly (2007) was used to measure level of educational aspiration. To measure the students’ engagement in school, school motivation and school environment of high school students, Students’ Engagement in School developed by Veiga (2013), the Inventory of School Motivation (ISM) developed by McInerney et al. (1997) and the School Environment Inventory (SEI) developed by Mishra (1983) were used respectively. The data were analyzed by the Regression Analysis. Among the student-related factors, gender was the only significant predictor of educational aspiration. Among the parent-related factors, parents’ occupation and parents’ expectation were found as the significant predictors of educational aspiration. Lastly, school engagement, motivation and school environment were found as the positive significant school-related factors of Educational Aspiration.	2020
1243	Yar Zar Chit	AN INTERVENTION BASED ANALYSIS OF REASONING SKILLS AMONG PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS FROM UNIVERSITIES OF EDUCATION IN MYANMAR	The main aim of this study was to investigate the reasoning skills of pre-service teachers from Universities of Education in Myanmar based on an intervention practice. As the participants for this study, 1626 pre-service teachers from Universities of Education were selected by stratified random sampling technique. Sequential explanatory design was mainly used. This study was based on Evans and Over’s (1996) dual-process theory. A Reasoning Skills Test (RST) was mainly used to examine the participants’ reasoning skills. Therefore, firstly, an optimal reasoning test was developed by using Item Response Test Theory (IRT). Based on the quantitative results, an intervention practice namely argument mapping technique was conducted to improve pre-service teachers’ reasoning skills. Therefore, an intervention protocol required for intervention practice was also constructed in accordance with Myanmar culture. The results pointed that the reasoning skills of pre-service teachers after intervention were significantly higher than before intervention. Therefore, this study highlighted the reasoning skills can be trained and improved. Consequently, this study gave a reasoning skill test and an intervention technique suitable for Myanmar pre-service teachers. It is hoped that the contributions of this study can be a support for upgrading teacher education in Myanmar.	2020
1244	Wai Wai Than	A META-ANALYSIS ON FACTORS INFLUENCING STUDENT SATISFACTION IN HIGHER EDUCATION	No single factor explains satisfaction among university students; there are a range of personal, social and institution specific factors. This meta-analysis summarizes the predictors of student satisfaction in higher education. The results will help clarify the existing researches on student satisfaction and identify the strongest predictors associated with satisfaction. As the Student Satisfaction studies were strengthened after 1980s, the search period of the relevant studies covered from 1990 to November 2018. The following search engines were consulted: Google, Eric, Academia and Google Scholar. To be included in the meta-analysis, each study had to fulfill the following criteria: (a) to be an empirical study where the necessary data to calculate the effect size were provided; (b) the study had to be conducted in higher education setting; (c) the paper had to be written in English; (d) samples of participants from normal population were accepted; and (e) the paper had to be published. The search yielded a total of 1147 references, out of which 1056 were removed step by step via selection criteria. Therefore, the total of 91 studies remained for the present meta-analysis. By reviewing these related studies, about 148 factors are found as influencing factors on student satisfaction in higher education. The data of the remaining studies were analyzed by Meta-Essentials. Among the different personal factors, self-efficacy, motivation and college experience were found to be the strongest predictors of student satisfaction. Among the instructional factors, courses, learning environment, and teaching and instruction were the strongest factors. Among the social factors, social presence and student-teacher relation were found to have the strongest effect on student satisfaction. Among the university factors, service quality, cost and reputation were the strongest predictors of student satisfaction. Among the outcome-related factors, job prospects and skills developed were the strongest predictors of student satisfaction.	2020
1245	Myo Min Zaw	PROBLEMATIC INTERNET USE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OF PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS FROM SELECTED EDUCATION COLLEGES	The main purpose of this study was to investigate problematic internet use and psychological well-being of pre-service teachers from selected Education Colleges. A total of 600 pre-service teachers (300 males and 300 females) were selected from three Education Colleges by using stratified random sampling technique in this study. Problematic internet use was measured by questionnaire of Demetrovics, Szeredl and Rozsa (2008) and Cronbach’s alpha was 0.741. Psychological well-being was measured by using the questionnaire of Carol D. Ryff (1989) and Cronbach’s alpha was 0.843. Both questionnaires were answered on four-point Likert scale. According to the results, there were no significant differences in problematic internet use by gender and by grade. In psychological well-being, there was significant difference by gender at 0.01 level but no significant difference by grade. The female pre-service teachers feel more psychological well-being than male pre-service teachers. There were significant differences in both problematic internet use and psychological well-being of pre-service teachers by Education College. Education College 3 may have the most problems in using internet among Education Colleges and Education College 1 may feel the best psychological well-being among Education Colleges. It was found that problematic internet use and psychological well-being of pre-service teachers in this study were significantly and negatively correlated. 5% of variance in psychological well-being was predicted by problematic internet use of pre-service teachers. This may be expected to aid Education Colleges in understanding the degree of psychological well-being to which their pre-service teachers feel and how to reduce pre-service teachers’ problematic internet use.	2020
1246	Nay Zaw Aung	THE EFFECT OF GAME ADDICTION ON AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN SAGAING DISTRICT	The main purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of game addiction on aggressive behaviour among university students in Sagaing District. The quantitative research design and descriptive survey method were used in this study. A total of 554 university students from four universities were selected as participants by using simple random sampling technique. As research instruments, Game Addiction Scale (Lemmens, Valkenburg & Peter, 2009) and Aggression Questionnaire (Faris, Ishak & Ramli, 2016) were used to measure students’ game addiction and aggressive behaviour. According to the result of descriptive statistics, it can be said that the students were moderately addicted to playing games. Next, t test indicated that there were significant differences in both overall game addiction and in subscales of game addiction between male and female students. Furthermore, significant difference was also found in total aggressive behaviour by gender in which females were significantly higher than male students (t=-2.478, p<0.05). Although there was no significant difference in overall game addiction by university, significant differences was found in total aggressive behaviour among game players. Moreover, Pearson Product Moment Correlation revealed that game addiction of university students was significantly correlated with their aggressive behaviour (r = .342, p<0.001). According to multiple regression analyses, it was revealed that game addiction was key predictor on aggressive behaviour. Therefore, it is hoped that this study may provide a lot of information to the teachers, parents and administrators concerning how the students can be addictive to playing games and the effect of students’ game addiction on aggressive behaviour.	2020
1247	Ei Ei Mon	PROSOCIAL MORAL REASONING AND PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOUR OF GRADE 10 STUDENTS IN TAMU TOWNSHIP	The main aim of this study is to explore the prosocial moral reasoning and prosocial behaviour of Grade 10 students in Tamu Township, Sagaing Region. Quantitative research design and descriptive survey method were taken in this study. Total of 636 (male = 301, female = 335) Grade 10 students were selected as participants from four high schools and two high schools (branch) by using simple random sampling technique. As research instruments, prosocial reasoning objective measure (PROM) and prosocial tendencies measure – revised (PTM - R) were adapted and applied. According to the descriptive statistics, the results showed that students’ prosocial moral reasoning and prosocial behaviour were satisfactory. Again, independent samples t test showed that female students were better in prosocial moral reasoning than males, but no significant difference found in prosocial behaviour by gender. According to locality effect, independent sample t test results indicated that urban students were better in prosocial moral reasoning and prosocial behaviour than rural ones. Related to birth order position, ANOVA results indicated that first-born and last-born students were better in prosocial behaviour than only child, but no significant difference was found in prosocial moral reasoning. Moreover, students’ prosocial moral reasoning was positively correlated with prosocial behaviour (r = .25, p < .01). According to these findings, this study highlights the fact that prosocial moral reasoning may influence the improvement of students’ prosocial behaviour.	2020
1248	Aye Myint Khaing	GRATITUDE AND LIFE SATISFACTION OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS	The main aim of this study was to investigate trait gratitude and life satisfaction of university students. This study was conducted with the specific objectives: investigating trait gratitude and life satisfaction of the students, comparing gender, grade and university differences in gratitude and life satisfaction of students; exploring the relationship between gratitude and life satisfaction and exploring the effect of gratitude on life satisfaction of the students. A total of 840 university students (Male=420, Female=420) from three selected Universities in Sagaing Township participated in this study. Descriptive research design and survey method were used. To examine trait gratitude of students, Gratitude, Resentment and Appreciation Test (GRAT short form, Watkins, Woodward, Stone and Kolts, 2003) was used and Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale (MSLSS) developed by Huebner (2001) for life satisfaction of students was used in this study. According to the descriptive statistics, the results showed that the students’ trait gratitude and life satisfaction were satisfactory. Then, independent sample t test showed that trait gratitude and life satisfaction of students were significantly different by gender. Females were higher in trait gratitude and life satisfaction than males. However, no significant difference was found in trait gratitude but there was significant difference in life satisfaction of students by grade. Again, the results of ANOVA and Turkey HSD showed that there was significant difference in the students’ life satisfaction by University. Moreover, there was a significant positive relationship between trait gratitude and life satisfaction (r=.489). With the result of linear regression analysis, 24% of the variance in life satisfaction can be predicted from trait gratitude of students. Therefore, the results of this study revealed that trait gratitude of students can influence students’ life satisfaction.	2020
1249	Khaing Nyein Thant	A STUDY ON STRESS AND INTERNET ADDICTION OF MYANMAR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS	Using survey method, a total of 2612 university students were selected by multistage sampling technique. Instruments were Internet Addiction Test (IAT) developed by Young (1989) and Student Stress Inventory (SSI) developed by Mohamed Arip, Kamaruaman, Roslan, Ahmad and Rahman (2015). It was found that Myanmar university students’ predominant time for internet usage is night and the most widely used social network is Facebook. Descriptive statistics showed that internet addiction prevalence of Myanmar university students is 28% and stress level is mind. The result of independent sample t test showed that internet addiction of Myanmar university students was significantly different by gender, living in dormitory and level of education. Correlation analysis showed that stress and internet addiction was significantly correlated in positive direction. The higher stress they experience, the more internet addiction they may encounter. Therefore, it is hoped that the current study will support to the Myanmar university learning environment by providing the basic information of some risk and protective factors influencing internet addiction prevalence.	2020
1250	Ohmmar Tin	RESILIENCE, FORGIVENESS AND LIFE SATISFACTION OF PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS FROM SELECTED EDUCATION COLLEGES	The main aim of the study is to investigate the resilience, forgiveness and life satisfaction of prospective teachers from selected Education Colleges. Descriptive survey method was applied for this study. In this study, the samples were 782 prospective teachers (Male=377, Female=405) from four Education Colleges. Resilience Scale for adolescent (RSA) (Kaner & Bayrakli, 2010a, 2010b) was used to assess resilience of prospective teachers (Cronbach’s Alpha = 0.839). Rye Forgiveness Scale (Rye, 1998) was used to assess forgiveness of prospective teachers (Cronbach’s Alpha = 0.667). Multidimensional Students’ life Satisfaction Scale (Huebner, 2001) was used to assess the life satisfaction of prospective teachers (Cronbach’s Alpha =0.866). According to result, there was no significant difference in resilience by gender but significant difference by grade and colleges. It may be said that first year have more resilience than second year and EC 4 have more resilience than EC 1. In forgiveness, there was no significant difference by gender and college but significant difference by grade. There may be first year have more forgiveness than second year. There were significant differences in life satisfaction by grade and college but not by gender. There may be first year have more life satisfaction than second year and EC 4 have more life satisfaction than other Colleges. There were positive correlations between resilience and forgiveness (r = 0.345, p=.000), between resilience and life satisfaction (r=0.733, p=.000) and forgiveness and life satisfaction (r=0.288, p=.000).	2020

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