Gita Taasoobshirazi
Biographic Data
| ID | 1500355 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gita Taasoobshirazi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gita |
| FAMILY NAME | Taasoobshirazi |
| SIGNATURE | TAASOOBSHIRAZI G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kennesaw State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The mediating effect of ethnic identity and cognitive and affective empathy on anxious and depressive symptoms in college students
Objective Anxiety and depression are prevalent among college students, with 34.9% reporting anxiety and 27% reporting depression. This study examined relationships among cognitive and affective components of empathy, ethnic identity, self-efficacy, anxiety, and depression. Participants Participants were 247 undergraduate students recruited from three U.S. universities. Method Structural equation modeling tested two models. The first model examine…
Student Perceptions and Preferences of an AI Learning Companion
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly integrated into educational settings, understanding how students perceive and prefer to interact with an AI-Buddy (learning companion) is essential for responsible design. This study investigated 168 undergraduate students’ perceptions and preferences regarding an AI-Buddy, including its pedagogical role, knowledge level, identity customization, voice, mind attribution, demographic characterist…
Longitudinal growth in college student self-efficacy and intercultural competence attenuated by anxiety/depression
Introduction A wide range of stakeholders, including prospective students, parents, accreditors, future employers, and the general public, require detailed data on college outcomes. However, there are many challenges to producing such complex research tracking change over time in the higher education setting. Methods This multi-method longitudinal study at three different colleges was grounded in Input-Environment-Output and Social Cognitive theo…
Developmental Pathways to Intercultural Competence in College Students
Despite travel restrictions, U.S. colleges invest in students’ global learning, to prepare graduates to thrive in today's interdependent society and world. This multi-method longitudinal study applies a constructive developmental and intersectional lens to examine the impact of travel and non-travel based global learning on intercultural competence and change in social diversity, also assessing the pathways that connect these variables. Our pilot…
Collective Self-Esteem and Well-Being Among College Students in Ghana
Collectivist values may influence one’s display of self-esteem. Past research has established an association between psychological well-being and individuals’ appraisal of their value as a member of a social group, self-evaluation as an individual, and perception of others’ evaluation of their group (collective self-esteem). This study examined collective self-esteem, specifically whether private and public collective self-esteem and member self-…
An Evaluation of Impostor Phenomenon in Data Science Students
Impostor Phenomenon (IP), also called impostor syndrome, involves feelings of perceived fraudulence, self-doubt, and personal incompetence that persist despite one's education, experience, and accomplishments. This study is the first to evaluate the presence of IP among data science students and to evaluate several variables linked to IP simultaneously in a single study evaluating data science. In addition, it is the first study to evaluate the e…
Social presence and teacher involvement
Pilot Testing a Brief Partner-Inclusive Hybrid Intervention for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders
The necessity of hybrid and more accessible options for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) has taken on increased urgency in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and its lasting impacts. In the New Family Wellness Project (NFWP), participants engage in a hybrid in-person and teletherapy six-session intervention for new parents early in their postpartum period. This small, phase 1 clinical research examined early outcomes of the NFWP's cogn…
Predicting Suicide in Counties
Rising rates of suicide over the past two decades have increased the need for wide-ranging suicide prevention efforts. One approach is to target high-risk groups, which requires the identification of the characteristics of these population sub-groups. This suicidology study was conducted using large-scale, secondary data to answer the question: using the research on suicide, are there variables studied at the community level that are linked to su…
College Students’ Reduced Cognitive Empathy and Increased Anxiety and Depression before and during the Covid-19 Pandemic
This study explored college students' individual mental health (i.e., anxious and depressive symptoms, intrapersonal identity, and ethnic identity), as well as interpersonal mental health, as assessed by their affective connection to and care for others (i.e., cognitive empathy), exploring the role of culture and identity during the twin COVID-19 and racial justice pandemics of 2020. Comparing a longitudinal cohort of 147 undergraduate students' …
The expanded view of individualism and collectivism
Recent research to analyze and discuss cultural differences has employed a combination of five major dimensions of individualism–collectivism, power distance, uncertainty avoidance, femininity–masculinity (gender role differentiation), and long-term orientation. Among these dimensions, individualism–collectivism has received the most attention. Chronologically, this cultural attribute has been regarded as one, then two, and more recently, four di…
Impostor phenomenon and motivation
This article analyses the relationship between impostor phenomenon and motivation in academic women. These highly successful academics often express feelings of self-doubt, lack of belongingness, and incompetence, ideas echoed within motivation literature. This project establishes IP prevalence within 1,326 self-identified academic women and examines the relationship between IP and motivation (operationalized by measures from Expectancy-Value The…
Science motivation questionnaire II
From the perspective of social cognitive theory, the motivation of students to learn science in college courses was examined. The students—367 science majors and 313 nonscience majors—responded to the Science Motivation Questionnaire II, which assessed five motivation components: intrinsic motivation, self‐determination, self‐efficacy, career motivation, and grade motivation. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses provided evidence of quest…
Balancing varied assessment functions to attain systemic validity
The expanded view of individualism and collectivism
Recent research to analyze and discuss cultural differences has employed a combination of five major dimensions of individualism–collectivism, power distance, uncertainty avoidance, femininity–masculinity (gender role differentiation), and long-term orientation. Among these dimensions, individualism–collectivism has received the most attention. Chronologically, this cultural attribute has been regarded as one, then two, and more recently, four di…
Impostor phenomenon and motivation
This article analyses the relationship between impostor phenomenon and motivation in academic women. These highly successful academics often express feelings of self-doubt, lack of belongingness, and incompetence, ideas echoed within motivation literature. This project establishes IP prevalence within 1,326 self-identified academic women and examines the relationship between IP and motivation (operationalized by measures from Expectancy-Value The…
Balancing varied assessment functions to attain systemic validity
Science motivation questionnaire II
From the perspective of social cognitive theory, the motivation of students to learn science in college courses was examined. The students—367 science majors and 313 nonscience majors—responded to the Science Motivation Questionnaire II, which assessed five motivation components: intrinsic motivation, self‐determination, self‐efficacy, career motivation, and grade motivation. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses provided evidence of quest…
The expanded view of individualism and collectivism
Recent research to analyze and discuss cultural differences has employed a combination of five major dimensions of individualism–collectivism, power distance, uncertainty avoidance, femininity–masculinity (gender role differentiation), and long-term orientation. Among these dimensions, individualism–collectivism has received the most attention. Chronologically, this cultural attribute has been regarded as one, then two, and more recently, four di…
Impostor phenomenon and motivation
This article analyses the relationship between impostor phenomenon and motivation in academic women. These highly successful academics often express feelings of self-doubt, lack of belongingness, and incompetence, ideas echoed within motivation literature. This project establishes IP prevalence within 1,326 self-identified academic women and examines the relationship between IP and motivation (operationalized by measures from Expectancy-Value The…
Social presence and teacher involvement
Pilot Testing a Brief Partner-Inclusive Hybrid Intervention for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders
The necessity of hybrid and more accessible options for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) has taken on increased urgency in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and its lasting impacts. In the New Family Wellness Project (NFWP), participants engage in a hybrid in-person and teletherapy six-session intervention for new parents early in their postpartum period. This small, phase 1 clinical research examined early outcomes of the NFWP's cogn…
Predicting Suicide in Counties
Rising rates of suicide over the past two decades have increased the need for wide-ranging suicide prevention efforts. One approach is to target high-risk groups, which requires the identification of the characteristics of these population sub-groups. This suicidology study was conducted using large-scale, secondary data to answer the question: using the research on suicide, are there variables studied at the community level that are linked to su…
College Students’ Reduced Cognitive Empathy and Increased Anxiety and Depression before and during the Covid-19 Pandemic
This study explored college students' individual mental health (i.e., anxious and depressive symptoms, intrapersonal identity, and ethnic identity), as well as interpersonal mental health, as assessed by their affective connection to and care for others (i.e., cognitive empathy), exploring the role of culture and identity during the twin COVID-19 and racial justice pandemics of 2020. Comparing a longitudinal cohort of 147 undergraduate students' …
Longitudinal growth in college student self-efficacy and intercultural competence attenuated by anxiety/depression
Introduction A wide range of stakeholders, including prospective students, parents, accreditors, future employers, and the general public, require detailed data on college outcomes. However, there are many challenges to producing such complex research tracking change over time in the higher education setting. Methods This multi-method longitudinal study at three different colleges was grounded in Input-Environment-Output and Social Cognitive theo…
Developmental Pathways to Intercultural Competence in College Students
Despite travel restrictions, U.S. colleges invest in students’ global learning, to prepare graduates to thrive in today's interdependent society and world. This multi-method longitudinal study applies a constructive developmental and intersectional lens to examine the impact of travel and non-travel based global learning on intercultural competence and change in social diversity, also assessing the pathways that connect these variables. Our pilot…
Collective Self-Esteem and Well-Being Among College Students in Ghana
Collectivist values may influence one’s display of self-esteem. Past research has established an association between psychological well-being and individuals’ appraisal of their value as a member of a social group, self-evaluation as an individual, and perception of others’ evaluation of their group (collective self-esteem). This study examined collective self-esteem, specifically whether private and public collective self-esteem and member self-…
An Evaluation of Impostor Phenomenon in Data Science Students
Impostor Phenomenon (IP), also called impostor syndrome, involves feelings of perceived fraudulence, self-doubt, and personal incompetence that persist despite one's education, experience, and accomplishments. This study is the first to evaluate the presence of IP among data science students and to evaluate several variables linked to IP simultaneously in a single study evaluating data science. In addition, it is the first study to evaluate the e…
The mediating effect of ethnic identity and cognitive and affective empathy on anxious and depressive symptoms in college students
Objective Anxiety and depression are prevalent among college students, with 34.9% reporting anxiety and 27% reporting depression. This study examined relationships among cognitive and affective components of empathy, ethnic identity, self-efficacy, anxiety, and depression. Participants Participants were 247 undergraduate students recruited from three U.S. universities. Method Structural equation modeling tested two models. The first model examine…
Student Perceptions and Preferences of an AI Learning Companion
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly integrated into educational settings, understanding how students perceive and prefer to interact with an AI-Buddy (learning companion) is essential for responsible design. This study investigated 168 undergraduate students’ perceptions and preferences regarding an AI-Buddy, including its pedagogical role, knowledge level, identity customization, voice, mind attribution, demographic characterist…
Psychology (12 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Anxiety (6 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Mental health (4 works)