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Burkhead, E. Jane; And Others – 1979
Current research is cited in this exploration of the impact of environmental, attitudinal, and social-psychological factors on the career development potential of individuals with handicaps severely limiting to daily functioning. First, the words "disability" and "handicap" are defined, demonstrating that an individual may be handicapped by…
Descriptors: Architectural Barriers, Community Education, Daily Living Skills, Definitions
Eissler, Ruth S., Ed.; And Others – 1968
Twenty-seven papers treat aspects of the psychoanalytic study of the child. Problems of psychopathology and therapy considered are the fantasy of the phallic woman, the use of child analysis, the background of perversions, variables in the production of neurotic disturbances, treatment of narcissistic personality disorders, and problems of the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blindness, Body Image, Case Records
Hallenbeck, Phyllis N. – 1967
Emotional reactions to loss of vision were studied with 32 adventitiously blind male subjects of average or higher intelligence, aged 18 to 61 years, who were entering active rehabilitation programs with various agencies. Subjects completed Rokeach's Dogmatism Scale and were interviewed to assess attitudes about blindness. The interviews were…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Anxiety, Attitude Change
Schaefer, Earl S. – 1974
Professional support is urged for early and continuing family care and education of the child and the need for a life-time and life-space or ecological perspective in contrast to a professional and institutional perspective on child care and education. The current focus in psychology on the individual, frequently without adequate analysis of the…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Environmental Influences
Naylor, F. D. – 1972
The principal task of this book was to examine some of the research evidence concerning the relation between personality and school achievement. Its source was the empirical research which bears on this issue rather than the various theories of personality. The reason for this was that the implications of many theories of personality for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Educational Research, High Achievement
SULLIVAN, HOWARD J.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE 16 CLASSROOM EPISODES PRESENTED IN THIS REPORT WERE SELECTED BECAUSE (1) THEY RELATE CLOSELY TO IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS OF LEARNING AND (2) THEY HAVE HIGH INSTRUCTIONAL VALUE FOR PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS. IN DEVELOPING THE EPISODE MATERIALS, THE INVESTIGATORS PHOTOGRAPHED AND TAPE RECORDED WIDE VARIETIES OF CLASSROOM EVENTS FROM ONGOING…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research
Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health, 2005
"Data Trends" reports present summaries of research on mental health services for children and adolescents and their families. The article summarized in this "Data Trends" discusses research on mental health care utilization among young children, up to age seven, in a low-income urban setting. Overall, the study indicates that…
Descriptors: Health Services, African American Children, Young Children, Mental Health Programs
Larson, Jim; Lockhman, John E. – Guilford Publications, 2005
A complete, readily applicable guide for schoolbased professionals, this book presents an empirically supported group intervention for 8- to 12-year-olds with anger and aggression problems. The Anger Coping Program has been demonstrated effective in reducing teacher- and parent-directed aggression and enhancing students classroom behavior, social…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Interpersonal Competence, Intervention, Coping
Judd, Becky; Ferber, Thaddeus – Forum for Youth Investment, 2004
States and communities across the country recognize that creating a shared set of desired outcomes for young people provides the opportunity to take stock in how well children and teens are doing on national and local levels. While some of this data is available across time and states, much of it focuses on the negative indicators (e.g., teen…
Descriptors: Well Being, Social Indicators, State Agencies, Youth
Steinhaus, Arthur H. – US Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1945
This bulletin is committed to the thesis that the success of any educative experience varies as thoughts are or are not accompanied by appropriate feelings; that education must ever be alert to both of these happenings; and that the teacher can influence the feeling phase of an experience even as he can the cognitive phase. In limiting its efforts…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Safety, Health Behavior, Health Education
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Simpson, Paul L.; And Others – Journal of Social Psychology, 1996
Summarizes the responses of 311 Australian and 250 Nepalese university students to the Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale and the Satisfaction with Life Scale. Discovers a moderate inverse relationship between depressive symptoms and life satisfaction among the Australian students. Discusses possible reasons for this. (MJP)
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Cultural Influences, Cultural Traits
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Chaney, Carol A. – Journal of School Health, 1995
Encopresis affects a small percentage of children, but most parents are unaware of the condition and react punitively. The lengthy, complex management program usually includes physiological and behavioral approaches. The collaborative management protocol focuses on medical clinicians, families, children, school nurses, and teachers, and can help…
Descriptors: Child Health, Cooperation, Elementary School Students, Health Education
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Bretherton, Di – Emergency Librarian, 1993
Discusses ways school library media specialists and teachers can change themselves to adjust to a changing world and meet its challenges constructively. Aspects addressed include self-concept and self-knowledge; listening, assertion, and conflict resolution skills; self-exploration; and emotional understanding through journal writing and the…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Biographies, Change Strategies, Conflict Resolution
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Romano, Patrick S.; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1991
A random household survey of 569 African-American adults in Oakland and 568 in San Francisco (California) indicates a high prevalence of smoking (41.9 percent), with smoking more likely by those reporting high stress. Stressful environment may contribute to high-risk smoking behavior among urban African Americans. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, At Risk Persons, Behavior Patterns, Black Community
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Chen, Charles P. – Journal of College Counseling, 1999
International college students studying in North America endure substantial psychological stress in their daily lives. The nature and function of stressors in the context of international college students' subjective appraisal are discussed and analyzed using the Lazarus and Folkman's concept of stress. Recommendations for future research are…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Anxiety, College Students, Counseling
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