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Maree, Jacobus Gideon – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2012
The Career Adapt-Abilities Scale--South African Form (CAAS) consists of four scales, each with six items that measure concern, control, curiosity, and confidence as psychosocial resources for managing occupational transitions, developmental tasks and work traumas. Internal consistency estimates for the subscale and total scores ranged from good to…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics
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Mattanah, Jonathan F.; Lopez, Frederick G.; Govern, John M. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2011
We report findings from a meta-analysis of 156 studies conducted between 1987 and 2009 (N = 32,969) that examined the relationship between self-reported parental attachment and multiple adjustment outcomes and developmental advances during the college years. Overall, a small-to-medium relationship was found between indicators of parental…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Effect Size, Developmental Tasks, Student Development
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McCarthy, Jane Ribbens – Journal of Youth Studies, 2007
Experience of significant bereavement is reported by the majority of young people in contemporary western societies, but it receives little attention from mainstream services or academics, and this marginality is paralleled in young people's everyday bereavement experiences. Existing academic and professional work concerned with children and young…
Descriptors: Grief, Social Status, Adolescents, Peer Groups
Honig, Alice Sterling; Miller, Susan A.; Church, Ellen Booth – Early Childhood Today, 2007
This article presents the causes of anger and frustrations of children at different ages. Honig discusses understanding children's anger from ages 0-2 and gives suggestions on how to cope with anger. Miller discusses how children ages 3-4 provoke to anger, and recommends ways to prevent it. Church discusses the cause of anger in 5- and 6-year old…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Young Children, Stress Variables, Developmental Tasks