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Neuman, Ari – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2020
Home schooling is a growing practice in many Western countries. Examination of the practice has entailed collection of "hard" data, such as academic achievements and success rates in higher education, as well as investigation of the practice from the perspective of parents. It is very important to examine homeschooling from the…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Adolescents, Student Attitudes, Evaluation
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Enright, Robert D.; Deist, Steven H. – Adolescence, 1979
This study builds on Erik Erikson's "Identity: Youth and Crisis," and describes in detail what social possibilities the adolescent usually considers when cognitively searching the environment, and describes how the understanding of the possibilities enhances or thwarts identity formation. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Development, Egocentrism, Identification (Psychology)
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Richey, Marjorie H.; Richey, Harold W. – Psychology in the Schools, 1980
Female relationships are described as more intense, demonstrative, exclusive, and nurturant than male. Male relationships are more likely to be based on enjoyable companionship and similarity in attitudes. The relationship is important enough to development that lack of a close friend should be viewed as a deficit. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Feedback, Friendship, Interpersonal Competence
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Taylor, Ronald L. – Journal of Black Studies, 1976
Specifically focuses upon the ways in which role models are selected and rendered useful by black adolescents in their various attempts to cultivate features of their personal and social identities. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Youth, Blacks, Conceptual Schemes
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Leming, James S. – Adolescence, 2001
Within the field of community services it is widely accepted that reflection is an important factor in personal and sociomoral development. The purpose of this research was to determine if a particular form of reflection-decision making with an emphasis on the ethical nature of community-has special value in achieving service-learning goals. (BF)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Processes, Conceptual Tempo, Ethics
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Dubow, Eric F.; Huesmann, Rowell L.; Boxer, Paul; Pulkkinen, Lea; Kokko, Katja – Developmental Psychology, 2006
The authors examined the prediction of occupational attainment by age 40 from contextual and personal variables assessed during childhood and adolescence in 2 participant samples: (a) the Columbia County Longitudinal Study, a study of 856 third graders in a semirural county in New York State that began in 1960, and (b) the Jyvaskyla Longitudinal…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Outcomes of Education, Prediction, Achievement
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Vollebergh, W. A. M.; Iedema, J.; Raaijmakers, Q. A. W. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2001
Examines the intergenerational transmission and the formation of cultural orientations in adolescence. Results revealed late adolescence is the "formative phase" for the establishment of cultural orientations and suggested psychological processes such as internalization guide this formation. It was concluded that the investigated…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Parent Child Relationship
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Bulkeley, R.; Cramer, D. – Journal of Adolescence, 1994
The program involved each adolescent receiving 10 weeks' consecutive training. The results suggested that individualized training was superior to standardized training. Skills important for making friendships were included in the program, and provision was made for meeting the needs of both impulsive and unassertive adolescents within group…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Friendship, Group Instruction, Individual Instruction
Starkey, Hugh – 1982
This report discusses a symposium held in Sweden in 1980 by the Council of Europe to explore ways for schools to help prepare teenagers for life. The specific objectives of the symposium were to discuss the aims and objectives of and approaches to social education in schools for students in the 14-19 age group and to make recommendations which…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Education, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries
Herron, Ron; Peter, Val J. – 1998
This book provides a blueprint for teens for building friendships. The book contains suggestions for improving friendship skills, making a good first impression, and getting along with others. Also covered are people skills for use in many social situations, and keeping friendships healthy. Following the introduction, chapter one, "The Basics…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Communication Apprehension, Friendship, Interpersonal Competence
Read, Betty – 1969
In recent years, over 1,000 middle schools of varying grade level organization have been established in 49 States. From an intensive study of materials published between 1961 and 1968 (listed in an appended bibliography), a basic rationale has been developed for the momentum of this trend. The new concept of the middle school (grades 6-8) is…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Bibliographies, Emotional Development, Grade 9
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Zani, B.; And Others – Journal of Adolescence, 1995
Evaluated the impact of chronic illness on the psychological functioning and social behavior of adolescent patients. A questionnaire was given to thalassaemics (n=90) and a control group (n=100) investigating coping strategies in stressful situations. Study supports hypothesis that chronic illness does not necessarily imply psychopathologies, but…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Health, Chronic Illness, Diseases
Vestberg, Palle; Johnson, Robert C., Ed. – 1989
The paper reviews research trends and findings on the development of personality in deaf individuals. The first section, "Adolescent and Adult Deaf Personalities," focuses on studies in the psychological literature that tend to promulgate stereotypical views of deaf people by reflecting researcher bias rather than researcher findings.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Child Development, Child Rearing
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Heaven, Patrick; Searight, H. Russell; Chastain, Julie; Skitka, Linda J. – American Journal of Family Therapy, 1996
Focuses on the relationship between family climate and personality structure, as well as the relationship between family of origin and self-esteem. Results indicate that sociability was positively and moderately related to healthy family functioning. Life satisfaction and self-esteem were much more strongly associated with perceived family…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Family Characteristics
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Langford, Peter E.; Claydon, Leslie F. – Educational Studies, 1989
Reports on the results of 2 studies that use a non-Kohlbergian approach to categorizing justifications for moral judgments by Australian subjects from 7 to 15 and from 7 to 21 years. These studies support the view that moral reasoning up to late adolescence is largely a product of socialization. (KO)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Research, Ethics, Foreign Countries
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