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A Longitudinal Study of Families Formed through Third-Party Assisted Reproduction: Mother-Child Relationships and Child Adjustment from Infancy to Adulthood
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Golombok, Susan; Jones, Catherine; Hall, Poppy; Foley, Sarah; Imrie, Susan; Jadva, Vasanti – Developmental Psychology, 2023
The seventh phase of this longitudinal study investigated whether children born through third-party assisted reproduction experienced psychological problems, or difficulties in their relationship with their mothers, in early adulthood. The impact of disclosure of their biological origins, and quality of mother-child relationships from age 3…
Descriptors: Mothers, Children, Parent Child Relationship, Birth
Factors Facilitating a Positive Transition to Secondary School: A Systematic Literature Review
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Bharara, Gazal – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2020
A positive transition to secondary school is pivotal to adolescents' mental health and success. However, the school transition research has mainly focused on transition-related adversities rather than adolescent wellbeing and adaptation. While the disturbing consequences of a difficult school transition are known, little attention has been paid to…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Adolescents, Student Adjustment, Educational Research
Pathways to Adulthood: Educational Opportunities, Motivation and Attainment in Times of Social Change
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Schoon, Ingrid, Ed.; Silbereisen, Rainer K., Ed. – Trentham Books, 2017
Among the many life transitions that individuals must master throughout their lives, the transition to adulthood ranks very high in terms of importance, complexity and uniqueness. It involves the completion of education, and the assumption of new social roles and responsibilities, at a time when previous institutional structures that guided…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Social Change, Educational Attainment, Midlife Transitions
Does Country Matter for Subjective Well-Being?
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Heukamp, Franz H.; Arino, Miguel A. – Social Indicators Research, 2011
It is known that characteristics of individuals explain only a part of the variations in Subjective Well-Being (SWB) between people. The country of origin of an individual accounts for a significant part of these differences. We study what drives the variations in SWB between countries after taking individual characteristics into account. We base…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Social Indicators, Sociometric Techniques, Comparative Analysis
2014 Kids Count in Colorado! The Big Picture: Taking the Whole Child Approach to Child Well-Being
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Colorado Children's Campaign, 2014
"Kids Count in Colorado!" is an annual publication of the Colorado Children's Campaign, which provides the best available state- and county-level data to measure and track the education, health and general well-being of the state's children. "Kids Count in Colorado!" informs policy debates and community discussions, serving as…
Descriptors: Child Health, Well Being, Academic Achievement, Holistic Approach
Top of the Class: Guiding Children along the Smart Path to Happiness. Creativity Research.
Bronzaft, Arline L. – 1996
The relationship between high academic achievement and personal characteristics is fraught with myths. Three studies examined this relationship in academic high achievers (AHA). Study 1 participants were 529 of 850 members of the New York Phi Beta Kappa (72 percent return) responding to a 1979 mail questionnaire. Study 2 participants were 414 Phi…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Attitudes, Birth Order