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Hassan, Raha; Willoughby, Teena; Schmidt, Louis A. – Developmental Psychology, 2021
The reactivity-regulation model suggests that the origins and maintenance of shyness results from relatively high levels of reactivity in combination with relatively low levels of regulation. Although this model has received some empirical support, there are still issues regarding directionality of the relations among variables and a dearth of…
Descriptors: Shyness, Early Adolescents, Children, Elementary School Students
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Kouni, Zacharo; Koutsoukos, Marios – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2019
In Greece, little empirical research has been done to investigate Junior High School students' perceptions on the teacher's role in a guidance and counseling framework, and no recent research at all for High School students respectively. The purpose of the present study fills that gap, using a quantitative research method. The sample consists of…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Counselor Role, School Counseling, Guidance
Moudry, Ben; Christopherson, Andrew – NAMTA Journal, 2017
As with the other case studies in this journal, Ben Moudry and Andrew Christopherson present a vision of a Montessori high school that is focused on fostering the adolescent personality in connection to society. This chapter uses concrete examples of the key experiences and programs that provide the adolescents at The Grove School with this goal…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Montessori Schools, Montessori Method, High Schools
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Minzhanov, Nurlan A.; Ertysbaeva, Gaukhar N.; Abdakimova, Madina K.; Ishanov, Pirmagambet Z. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
Today, the traditional approach to professional training is obsolete. This problem has determined the need to create new didactic forms related to the organization of training in the modern education system. The purpose of this study was to analyze possible development of professionally important qualities and abilities in the future social care…
Descriptors: Professional Training, Social Work, Caseworkers, Foreign Countries
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Richardson, John M. – McGill Journal of Education, 2016
Over the years that I have taken secondary school students to the theatre, the the digital revolution has moved through schools, classrooms, and even theatres, calling into question my goal of contributing positively to students' identity formation through exposure to live plays. Responding to calls to examine the ways in which young people's…
Descriptors: Identification (Psychology), Secondary School Students, Theaters, Popular Culture
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Anwar, Chairul – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Globalization process went very quickly and move brings tremendous impact and implications for life, including educational institutions. Objectively, students in public schools and private are increasingly far deviated from the values of religious and moral values, the brawl between students, pornography and pornographic, played by students, abuse…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religion Studies, Islam, Values Education
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Clark, Shelby; Seider, Scott – Journal of College and Character, 2014
In this article, the authors describe the experiences of five cadets and college students serving as camp leaders for the United States Air Force Academy's (USAFA) Leaders of Character Camp (LoCC). Additionally, they describe the work in which three other universities are engaged to adapt the LoCC model to their own university contexts. In so…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Values Education, Military Service, Student Leadership
Lumpkin, Angela; Stokowski, Sarah – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2011
While interscholastic sports help young athletes enhance sport skills, physical fitness, self-discipline, sportsmanship, teamwork, time-management skills, self-confidence, and mental toughness, they also promote life skills and lessons and enhance academic performance as well. Coaches have a tremendous opportunity--and responsibility--to instill…
Descriptors: Extramural Athletics, Athletes, Personality, Personality Development
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Schofield, Thomas J.; Conger, Rand D.; Donnellan, M. Brent; Jochem, Rachel; Widaman, Keith F.; Conger, Katherine J. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2012
We investigated the degree to which parent positive personality characteristics in terms of conscientiousness, agreeableness, and emotional stability predict similar adolescent personality traits over time, as well as the role played by positive parenting in this process. Mothers and fathers of 451 White adolescents (52% female, mean age = 13.59…
Descriptors: Evidence, Personality Traits, Parents, Personality
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Bollok, Sandor; Takacs, Johanna; Kalmar, Zsuzsanna; Dobay, Beata – Biomedical Human Kinetics, 2011
Study aim: To determine and evaluate the spectrum of sport motivation of young adults. Material and methods: A group of 600 subjects, aged 17-19 years, participated in the study. An "ad hoc" questionnaire was applied to assess the 4 motivational factors: competition and success-oriented motivation, external accommodation, physical…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Motivation, Competition, Young Adults
Broodryk, Retief; van den Berg, Pieter Hendrick – Online Submission, 2011
The aims of this study were firstly to determine the players' perceptions of their respective coaches' coaching effectiveness and secondly, determine the difference between big and small schools of the players' perceptions of their respective coaches' coaching effectiveness. Four hundred and seventy six players from 22 schools were asked to fill…
Descriptors: Likert Scales, Measures (Individuals), Program Effectiveness, High Schools
Lavoie-Perusse, Simon – Online Submission, 2009
The purpose of this research paper is to find a correlation between peer, genetic, and environmental influences and the behavior and personality development during childhood. This study focuses on the 1999 Columbine High School Massacre to try to explain certain kinds of behavior. The study made on 275 freshmen at Cornell University showed that…
Descriptors: Personality, Personality Development, Genetics, Biological Influences
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Koumoundourou, Georgia; Tsaousis, Ioannis; Kounenou, Kalliope – Journal of Career Assessment, 2011
The purpose of the study was to explore the influence of family characteristics (family function and parental authority styles) and core self-evaluations (CSE), in adolescents' career formation. Drawing on the relational framework of Cutrona and Russell, the study examined the mediating role of CSE on the relationship between family and parental…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Parenting Styles, Parent Child Relationship, Career Counseling
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Graves, Karen – American Educational History Journal, 2010
As a cultural and university historian focusing on Europe and the United States, Sheldon Rothblatt is more interested in understanding the multiple bearings of liberal arts education as it has developed across the ages. The American high school, from its origins in the 19th century to the contemporary period, represents only a fraction of the…
Descriptors: General Education, Liberal Arts, Personality Development, High Schools
Sulzer, Arthur Henry, IV – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Urban high-school students' low average level of academic achievement is a national problem. A lack of academic progress is a factor that contributes to students failing to graduate. In response to these urban high school student problems, a growing number of urban charter high schools have opened as an alternative to the traditional public high…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Urban Education, Marine Education
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