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Priorities, Identity and the Environment: Negotiating the Early Teenage Years
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Eames, Chris; Barker, Miles; Scarff, Carol – Journal of Environmental Education, 2018
This study focuses on the negotiation of environmental identity by 10 New Zealand students as they progressed from late primary school to junior secondary school. Interviews with these students and their parents focused on six theoretical perspective prominent in environmental education: significant life experiences, transformative learning,…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Environmental Education, Transformative Learning, Literacy
Perceived Discrimination and Personality Development in Adulthood
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Sutin, Angelina R.; Stephan, Yannick; Terracciano, Antonio – Developmental Psychology, 2016
Perceived discrimination is common and a significant source of stress that may have implications for personality development across adulthood. In this study, we examined whether experiences with discrimination were associated with maladaptive changes in the 5 major dimensions of personality using 2 longitudinal samples that differed in age and…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Longitudinal Studies, Neurosis, Trust (Psychology)
First Year Students in a Foreign Fabric: A Triangulation Study on Facebook as a Method of Coping
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Tilton, Shane – ProQuest LLC, 2012
As American high school seniors graduate and prepare to attend college, these students must change in order to adapt to the new rituals that higher education presents. Teens, for the most part, leave their family structure and their normal everyday routines to pursue a degree and a chance for a good paying job. However, these students can be…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Computer Mediated Communication, College Freshmen, Student Adjustment
Fear, Worry, and Ritualistic Behaviour in Childhood: Developmental Trends and Interrelations
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Laing, Sarah V.; Fernyhough, Charles; Turner, Michelle; Freeston, Mark H. – Infant and Child Development, 2009
Previous studies of childhood fear, worry, and ritualistic behaviour have been limited by restricted age ranges, narrow ranges of anxiety phenomena, non-comparable methodologies, and assessment of typical behaviour within a pathological context. Content and intensity of fear, worry, and ritualistic behaviour, and associations among these…
Descriptors: Children, Interviews, Fear, Anxiety
Multifactor Instrument for Developmental Changes in Children. Final Report.
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Bentler, Peter M. – 1970
A multifactor instrument, the Bentler Interview Developmental Scale (BIDS), was used to measure developmental changes in children from birth to age 7. The device consisted of 115 age related items to which the mother responded. Data was gathered through interviews of the mothers of sample children throughout the United States. Reliability of the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Correlation, Data Collection, Development
The Accuracy of Adult Narrative Reports of Developmental Trajectories
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Cohen, Patricia; Kasen, Stephanie; Bifulco, Antonia; Andrews, Howard; Gordon, Kathy – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2005
This methodological investigation examines the accuracy of narrative-based scaled ratings covering several post high school years. Guided narratives by young adults described developmentally relevant behaviour and context for each month between ages 17 and the mid-20s. "Prospective" narratives covered shorter time periods in three interviews…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Developmental Tasks, Developmental Psychology