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Reevy, Gretchen M., Ed.; Frydenberg, Erica, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
Nearly all chapters in this volume are contemporary original research on personality, stress, and coping in educational contexts. The research spans primary, secondary, and tertiary education. Research participants are students and teachers. The volume brings together contributions from the United States, Australia, Canada, Italy, Scotland, and…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Personality Traits, Bullying, Self Efficacy
Schaefer, Charles E., Ed.; Gerard Kaduson, Heidi, Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2006
This highly practical book presents current developments in play therapy, including innovative applications for particular problems and populations. Contributors first discuss the latest ideas and techniques emerging from object-relations, experiential, dynamic, and narrative perspectives. Next, research evaluating the effectiveness of play…
Descriptors: Family Problems, Sexual Abuse, Natural Disasters, Mexican Americans
Lettieri, Dan J., Ed.; And Others – 1980
This volume presents various theoretical orientations and perspectives of the drug abuse research field, derived from the social and biomedical sciences. The first section contains a separate theoretical overview for each of the 43 theories or perspectives. The second section contains five chapters which correspond to the five components of a drug…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Education
Kansas Univ., Lawrence. – 1995
This monograph presents 29 abstracts on the emotional price of excellence in the psychological development of gifted children. Sample topics include: self-as-learner schemas, the impact of academic pressure on Japanese students, multicultural counseling practices for gifted minorities, coping strategies of gifted adolescents, suicide among gifted…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Coping
Lenski, Susan, Ed.; Lewis, Jill, Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2008
This volume discusses factors that affect struggling readers in grades 7-12 and provides research-based strategies for improving their reading and writing skills. Chapters examine why some adolescents have trouble achieving reading proficiency, describe school-wide policies and programs that support literacy, and suggest age-appropriate classroom…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Independent Reading, Social Action, Second Language Learning