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Van Veen, Klaas; Sleegers, Peter – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2006
This exploratory study examines how teachers perceive their work within the current context of educational reform. A cognitive social-psychological approach to emotions offers the theoretical framework for understanding what teachers have at stake within the context of the reforms. Six Dutch secondary school teachers with strongly differing…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Educational Change, Psychological Patterns, Social Psychology
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Almond, Louise; Canter, David; Salfati, C. Gabrielle – Journal of Sexual Aggression, 2006
This study investigates the variations in characteristics that exist among youths who sexually harm (YSH). Three conceptually distinct sets of background characteristics are hypothesized from the literature relating to whether the YSH was abused, delinquent or impaired. Forty-one characteristics were drawn from an extensive and detailed review of…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Multidimensional Scaling, Family Environment, Psychological Patterns
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Anderson, Darlene H.; Fisher, Adam; Marchant, Michelle; Young, K. Richard; Smith, Jennifer A. – Beyond Behavior, 2006
Preventative strategies are critical for the 5-15% of students at risk at the secondary level of intervention within the three-tier model of positive behavior support, and on the verge of developing more severe problem behavior. Two case studies illustrate how the use of social skills instruction and a self-management system can effectively…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Intervention, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Positive Reinforcement
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Andrade, Naleen N.; Hishinuma, Earl S.; McDermott, John F., Jr.; Johnson, Ronald C.; Goebert, Deborah A.; Makini, George K., Jr.; Nahulu, Linda B.; Yuen, Noelle Y. C.; McArdle, John J.; Bell, Cathy K.; Carlton, Barry S.; Miyamoto, Robin H.; Nishimura, Stephanie T.; Else, Iwalani R. N.; Guerrero, Anthony P. S.; Darmal, Arsalan; Yates, Alayne; Waldron, Jane A. – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objectives: The prevalence rates of disorders among a community-based sample of Hawaiian youths were determined and compared to previously published epidemiological studies. Method: Using a two-phase design, 7,317 adolescents were surveyed (60% participation rate), from which 619 were selected in a modified random sample during the 1992-1993 to…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Identification, Incidence, Anxiety
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Douma, Jolanda C. H.; Dekker, Marielle C.; De Ruiter, Karen P.; Verhulst, Frank C.; Koot, Hans M. – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: To study the help-seeking process of parents for emotional or behavioral problems in their child with borderline to moderate intellectual disabilities. Method: In 2003, in a special education-based sample of 522 youths (ages 10-18 years, response = 77.9%), we studied the parents' perception of their child's problems, their subsequent…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Depression (Psychology), Adolescents, Help Seeking
Falcon, Adrienne; Rode, Peter – 1992
This report examines the contributions, work experiences, dreams, living conditions, and fears of Hispanic immigrants living in Minnesota and shows how the state of Minnesota can be more welcoming and supportive of new immigrants through changes in laws, public policies, and attitudes. Information is presented based on interviews with 222 adults…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Aspiration, Economically Disadvantaged
Gibson, Elaine – 1982
A pathological phenomenon repeatedly observed in some families is the most desperate efforts toward the most unpleasable parents made by the most rejected middle-aged children. Counselors working with these families find the daughters compulsively seeking the affection and approval their mothers have historically withheld. The aged and even senile…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Case Studies, Counselor Client Relationship, Daughters
LaDue, Robin A. – 1983
Vietnam veterans from racial or ethnic minority groups have a "double minority" status; clinicians treating these veterans should distinguish between behaviors resulting from experiences in Vietnam and those due to experiences as members of minority groups. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) affects an estimated 20% of all Vietnam…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alienation, American Indians, Asian Americans
Golumbia, Linda R.; Hillman, Stephen B. – 1990
This research explored cognitive-motivational patterns of learning-disabled and nondisabled adolescents by employing the theoretical model of C. S. Dweck, which posits that a "learning goal" orients students toward the development of competence, whereas a "performance goal" orients students toward the documentation of competence, and that these…
Descriptors: Achievement, Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Attribution Theory
FORD, ROXANA R.; HOYT, CYRIL J. – 1960
TECHNIQUES FOR BUILDING AN ADEQUATE PROFILE TO DESCRIBE TEACHER REQUIREMENTS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS NEEDED FOR SATISFACTORY HOMEMAKING INSTRUCTION WERE STUDIED. WHEN THE PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS OF A TEACHING POSITION WERE CONSIDERED IN CONJUNCTION WITH SUFFICIENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A TEACHER CANDIDATE, EXPECTATIONS WERE…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Measurement, Evaluation Methods
Sparks, Dennis – 1981
The pervasiveness of stress as a problem, with its many harmful effects on people, makes it a matter of growing interest for counselors and other personnel workers. This monograph provides definitions of stress, distress, and eustress, and discusses numerous causes of distress, as well as the benefits of stress to a healthy, productive life.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Change, Coping, Counseling Techniques
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
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