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Lai, Meng-Chuan – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
The clinical diagnostic process for autism is complex, especially because of the high co-occurrence with other neurodevelopmental and mental health conditions (Gillberg, 2010; Lai et al., 2019). Diagnosis is more complicated in youth and adults than in younger children because life experience and development affect presentation. In particular, it…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Comorbidity
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Van den Akker, Alithe L.; Briley, Daniel A.; Grotzinger, Andrew D.; Tackett, Jennifer L.; Tucker-Drob, Elliot M.; Harden, K. Paige – Developmental Psychology, 2021
In early adolescence, levels of conscientiousness and agreeableness have been found to temporarily decrease, with levels of neuroticism increasing, indicating a dip in personality maturation. It is unknown whether these changes are related to the process of puberty, a major developmental milestone with numerous changes for children. Here, we first…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adolescent Development, Personality Traits, Personality Development
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Martin, Monica J.; Donnellan, M. Brent – Developmental Psychology, 2021
The current investigation tested predictions from the interactionist model (IM) of socioeconomic influences on the development of negative personality traits with respect to feelings of alienation and low well-being. The model tested proposed that lower family socioeconomic status would lead to fewer parenting and material investments in the next…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Personality Traits, Alienation, Well Being
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Vazquez-Marin, Pedro; Cuadrado, Francisco; Lopez-Cobo, Isabel – Education Sciences, 2022
Positive education, as a method for the positive development of students' personality, embodies the 24 character strengths that Peterson and Seligman developed in their studies and that are necessary for new professional profiles. This new social and work landscape inspired supranational institutions, such as the European Union, to develop…
Descriptors: Art Education, Personality Development, Individual Characteristics, Personality Traits
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Neil Gilbride; Chris James; Sam Carr – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2025
In this article, we analyse the ways school headteachers/principals (HT/Ps) at different stages of adult ego development (AED) make sense of and respond to the organisational complexity of their schools. The AED stage of 20 HT/Ps in England was assessed using the Washington University Sentence Completion Test. HT/Ps in the self-aware,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Individual Development, Self Concept
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Simsir, Zeynep – Journal of Theoretical Educational Science, 2021
Self-awareness is one of the main characteristics of effective counselors. However, there is no course to help increase the level of self-awareness of counselor candidates in the Guidance and Psychological Counseling (GPC) curriculum in Turkey. The present study aimed to discover the opinions of counselor candidates about the course of personality…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Self Concept, Personality Theories, Personality Traits
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Gilbride, Neil; James, Chris; Carr, Sam – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2021
The way school principals make sense of the context of their work shapes their actions. As in all adults, principals' sense-making capability is a function of the ego and can change over time. Adult ego development theory describes distinct, qualitatively different stages of sense-making ability. The research reported here assessed the adult ego…
Descriptors: Principals, Adults, School Administration, Administrator Behavior