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Chen, Meng-Ting; Chang, Yen-Ping; Marraccini, Marisa E.; Cho, Miao-Chun; Guo, Nai-Wen – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022
Objective: Theory suggests that impaired executive functioning (EF) might explain several symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children. However, only a few studies have examined the efficacy of EF training for the children using randomized control trial designs, and only two of them found significant benefits of the training. Method: We…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Executive Function, Training
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Firth-Clark, Andrea; Sütterlin, Stefan; Lugo, Ricardo Gregorio – Education Sciences, 2019
Improving academic grades within the core areas of English, Science and Mathematics has had a lot of previous research interest, but research has tended to mostly focus on students who are failing, non-athletically talented students or student athletes at collegiate level. The particular needs of athletically talented secondary school students who…
Descriptors: Student Athletes, Academic Achievement, Student Improvement, Secondary School Students
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von der Embse, Nathaniel; Barterian, Justin; Segool, Natasha – Psychology in the Schools, 2013
High-stakes tests have played an increasingly important role in how student achievement and school effectiveness are measured. Test anxiety has risen with the use of tests in educational decision making. Students with high test anxiety perform poorly on tests when compared to students with low test anxiety. School psychologists can play an…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, School Effectiveness, Intervention, Behavior Modification
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Holroyd, Kenneth A.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1984
Subjects (N=43) suffering from tension headache were assigned to one of four electromyograph (EMG) biofeedback conditions and were led to believe they were achieving high or moderate success in decreasing EMG activity. Regardless of actual EMG changes, subjects receiving high-success feedback showed greater improvement for headaches than…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Biofeedback, Cognitive Restructuring, College Students
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Martin, Paul R.; Forsyth, Michael R.; Reece, John – Behavior Therapy, 2007
Sixty-four headache sufferers were allocated randomly to cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), temporal pulse amplitude (TPA) biofeedback training, or waiting-list control. Fifty-one participants (14M/37F) completed the study, 30 with migraine and 21 with tension-type headache. Treatment consisted of 8, 1-hour sessions. CBT was highly effective,…
Descriptors: Coping, Biofeedback, Therapy, Cognitive Restructuring
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Hudesman, John; And Others – Psychology: A Quarterly Journal of Human Behavior, 1987
Studied program dealing with stress management for college health science students which included instruction in cognitive behavior modification, biofeedback, and open focus training. Results indicated students (N=43) using these techniques experienced less anxiety in a high pressure situation. Suggests lessening anxiety was related to an increase…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Biofeedback, Cognitive Restructuring, College Students