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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
Harper, Amanda J.; Clifford, Christine – Roeper Review, 2019
Kazimierz Dabrowski's five-level theory of personality development, the Theory of Positive Disintegration, is one in which the experience of all emotions is essential for the process of individual growth toward the personality ideal. In this article, we synthesize Dabrowski's conception of syntony and the development of empathy. We discuss the…
Descriptors: Empathy, Personality Theories, Personality Development, Personality Traits
Sherif, Victoria – Journal of Leadership Education, 2019
Although youth leadership has been well described within the literature, the dearth of theoretically derived models that specifically reflect ethics and comprehensive nature of youth development still remains. The purpose of this article is to synthesize the existing youth leadership research and theories of personality development to propose a…
Descriptors: Youth Leaders, Personality Development, Personality Theories, Ethics
Tandoc, Juanito P., Jr. – Online Submission, 2019
The Language Learning Strategies Enhancement training focuses on the use of varied strategies to aid and assist the learners in the success of their language learning. The use of varied strategies in language learning will greatly assist the learners to develop and improve their proficiency and task performance. While enhancing the learners' use…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Learning Strategies, Personality Development, Second Language Learning
Harper, Amanda J.; Clifford, Christine – Roeper Review, 2017
Kazimierz Dabrowski's (1902-1980) five-level theory of personality development, the Theory of Positive Disintegration, is one in which the experience of all emotions is essential for the process of individual growth toward the personality ideal. In this article, we introduce the phenomenological and existential influences on Dabrowski, including…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Theories, Personality Development, Phenomenology
Piechowski, Michael M. – Roeper Review, 2014
Some terms of Dabrowski's theory are misleading. The construct of level and the concepts of integration and disintegration mean different things. The concept of primary integration as a starting point for personality development is untenable in light of research on child development. In its place, Level I as a type of development that is…
Descriptors: Gifted, Individual Development, Personality Development, Emotional Development
Ponterotto, Joseph G.; Mendelowitz, David E.; Collabolletta, Ernest A. – Professional School Counseling, 2008
This article extends the relevance of multicultural development to the Strengths-Based School Counseling (SBSC; Galassi & Akos, 2007) perspective. A relatively new construct for school counselors, the "multicultural personality" (MP), is introduced and defined. The MP is conceptualized as a cluster of narrow personality traits that…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Personality, Cultural Pluralism, School Counseling
Bengtsson, Hans – School Research Newsletter, 1988
The development of empathy, sympathy, and consideration for others ranks as an important ingredient of social education in schools. To get across to children with deficient empathy and sympathy, knowledge about their psychological mechanisms is necessary. A project on "Psychological Mechanisms in Children with Deficient Empathy and…
Descriptors: Empathy, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Interpersonal Communication

Bargar, Robert R.; Hoover, Randy L. – Theory into Practice, 1984
Carl Jung's theory of psychological type is explored and related to education in this article. A model of the interaction between teacher, student, subject matter, and instructional alternatives is examined and the educational implications are discussed. This theory is used to illustrate how psychological-type influences teaching and learning…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Differences

Miller, Alan – Journal of Environmental Education, 1981
Suggests curricular guidelines for fostering integrative thinking in environmental problem solving. The most effective method is to include an increasing number of carefully-graded, problem-solving exercises which progressively cut across specializations. Four thinking styles are discussed. (Author/WB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Research

Repin, Sergei – Russian Education and Society, 1997
Contends that the general development acquired in preschool provides the foundation for a child's acquisition for any specialized kind of knowledge and assimilation of various activities. Views the organization of public preschool education as the creation of equal starting conditions for the shaping of the preschooler's personality, particularly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gifted, Knowledge Level, Personality Development
Strange, C. Carney – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2004
This chapter addresses the role of character development in the college experience, the dimensions that constitute it, and various methods to assess its outcomes.
Descriptors: Moral Development, College Students, Values Education, Role Perception
Hawkins, Margaret R. – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2005
In this article I argue that both sociocultural theories and those that address academic literacies must be invoked to adequately understand language and literacy development in schools. Through exploring the histories, school lives, and viewpoints of two kindergarten students, I show how identity work negotiated in classroom interactions can…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Socialization, Emergent Literacy, Persuasive Discourse
Kaplan, Robert E. – 1991
This report seeks to understand executive leadership by focusing on a character type called "expansive." Expansive character revolves around mastery of tasks and a continual desire to accomplish. In the report, several goals are featured: to define what expansive character is; to discuss its origins; to show how moderate versus extreme…
Descriptors: Developmental Psychology, Individual Psychology, Industrial Psychology, Leadership

Holden, Constance – Science, 1987
Reports on the findings of several studies into the genetic similarities of twins. Focuses on the relationships between personality and behavioral genetics and argues that genetic similarity seems to be a better predictor than environmental factors. Discusses psychopathology, cognitive abilities, and personality. (TW)
Descriptors: Biology, Genetics, Habit Formation, Heredity
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