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Direct linkKo, Celine M.; Grace, Fran; Chavez, Gilbert N.; Grimley, Sarah J.; Dalrymple, Emily R.; Olson, Lisa E. – Journal of American College Health, 2018
Objective: Mindfulness-based interventions have been shown to have psychological benefits in college students. We explored the effects of an academic Seminar on Compassion on student psychological health. Participants: Forty-one participants (14 male, 27 female, mean age 19.8 ± 1.4 years) were assessed pre- and post- spring semesters 2013 and…
Descriptors: Seminars, Altruism, Well Being, Randomized Controlled Trials
Duan, Wenjie; Bu, He – Research on Social Work Practice, 2019
Purpose: To investigate the efficiency of a single-session character-strength-based cognitive intervention on enhancing freshmen's adaptability. Method: A randomized trial, pretest, posttest, follow-up intervention was employed using repeated-measures analyses to evaluate the effect. This 90-min intervention contained four activities with 52…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Intervention, Pretests Posttests, Undergraduate Students
Wolf, Sharon; Aber, J. Lawrence; Behrman, Jere R.; Tsinigo, Edward – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2019
We assessed the impacts of a teacher professional development program for public and private kindergartens in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. We examined impacts on teacher professional well-being, classroom quality, and children's readiness during one school year. This cluster-randomized trial included 240 schools (teachers N = 444; children N…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries, Intervention
Groeneveld, Marleen G.; Vermeer, Harriet J.; van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.; Linting, Mariëlle – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2016
Background: The childcare environment offers a wide array of developmental opportunities for children. Providing children with a feeling of security to explore this environment is one of the most fundamental goals of childcare. Objective: In the current study the effectiveness of Video-feedback Intervention to promote Positive Parenting-Child Care…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Video Technology, Feedback (Response), Intervention
Halland, E.; De Vibe, M.; Solhaug, I.; Friborg, O.; Rosenvinge, J. H.; Tyssen, R.; Sørlie, T.; Bjørndal, A. – College Student Journal, 2015
Background: Students of clinical psychology and medicine experience high levels of mental distress and low levels of life satisfaction. Using adaptive coping strategies can modify the negative effect of stressors on health. Mindfulness, it has been claimed, more adaptive coping with stress, yet few studies have investigated whether mindfulness…
Descriptors: Psychology, Medical Students, Randomized Controlled Trials, Training
Hopman, Juliette A. B.; van Lier, Pol A. C.; van der Ende, Jan; Struiksma, Chris; Wubbels, Theo; Verhulst, Frank C.; Maras, Athanasios; Breeman, Linda D.; Tick, Nouchka T. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2018
This study tested effects of a program that offers teachers universal classroom management strategies, on teachers' burnout symptoms and self-efficacy, and their teaching behaviors. Data were collected from 147 teachers (mean age = 38.4 years, SD = 10.8) in 15 special secondary education schools for students with emotional and behavioral problems,…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Educational Games, Classroom Techniques, Special Education Teachers
Shields, Nora; Taylor, Nicholas F. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2015
Background: We investigated if a physical activity program for young adults with Down syndrome was feasible using a phase II, single-blind, randomised controlled trial. Method: Sixteen adults with Down syndrome (8 women, 8 men, M age = 21.4 ± 3.2 years) were randomly assigned to an intervention, in which participants were asked to complete 150…
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Physical Activities, Intervention, Young Adults
Sharp, Paul; Caperchione, Cristina – Journal of American College Health, 2016
Objectives: To assess the effects of a 12-week pedometer-based intervention on the physical activity behavior, health-related quality of life (HRQOL), and psychological well-being of first-year university students. Participants: First-year university students (N = 184) were recruited during September 2012 and randomly assigned to an intervention…
Descriptors: Intervention, Randomized Controlled Trials, College Freshmen, Health Related Fitness
