The purpose of this project was to compare an integrated health and physical education curriculum, focused on reducing media use and on increasing physical activity in middle school adolescents, to traditional and nonintegrated health and physical education curricula. Two middle schools' health and physical education classes were assigned to an…

The central goal of the present study was to examine how a child's emotion regulation ability may moderate the relations between teaching styles and anxiety in childhood. Participants were 33 children (21 males, 12 females; mean age 7.5 years, standard deviation = 0.42), their mothers and teachers. Children completed the Early Adolescent…

This paper presents a brief research synopsis of social speech, noting that the internalization of social speech plays an important role in the self-regulation of the personality. It then examines the phenomenon of relapse in alcohol addiction from the perspective of psycholinguistic research on inner speech, and suggests that maladaptive patterns…

A group of six autistic, brain damaged, and severely disturbed young people (over 14-years old) were encouraged to become less dependent on the teacher by withdrawing all direction in a free play situation. Teaching strategies were redirected toward enhancing independence. (CL)

Twelve third and fourth grade hyperactive children were trained to use electromyographic biofeedback to signal the need to relax while working on classroom tasks. (CL)

Two strategies in teaching mentally retarded employees to maintain their work behavior are described: one incorporates cues produced and managed by change agents and the other actively enjoins the subject to ultimately rely upon management of his/her own behavior. The value of each approach is discussed. (Author/CL)

If a quick-tempered student is helped to deal with anger, she or he has learned an important lesson. Sixteen strategies to teach self-control are presented and discussed. (MT)

Effects of Instrumental Enrichment, an approach to enhance the cognitive modificability of the individual, were examined with 22 seeventh- and eighth-grade remedial students. Analysis of posttest results revealed significant positive differences in achievement and overall self-concept. (CL)

A manual to teach parents how to help their six children (3-11 years old) overcome fear of the dark included desensitization, reinforcemnt, and verbal self-control statements. Data indicated that all children were sleeping all night with the rheostat set at criterion level or lower within two weeks after initiation of treatment. (Author/CL)

Suggests that self-efficacy in relation to one's addiction is a factor in sustained sobriety, and explores implications for counseling. Treatment strategies that improve clients' coping skills, develop their sense of personal control, and enhance perceptions of self-efficacy reduce the risk of alcoholic relapses. (JAC)

A time management quiz is provided to evaluate individual work habits. Pointers for efficient meeting management are also included. (MD)

This article focuses on specific applications of biofeedback and on the technique itself to acquaint counselors and educators with the potential of this newly emerging technique and to give some ideas about ways to begin using it. (Author)

This paper is based upon a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. at Stanford University