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Kotik, M. A. – Russian Education and Society, 1996
Reports on a study comparing attitudes of Russian and Estonian students at Estonia's Tartu University. The study documented the students expectations of future success and stability for upcoming stages of their life. Correlates these attitudes with the personal and demographic information provided by the students. (MJP)
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Emotional Response, Expectation
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Bottoms, Bette L.; And Others – Journal of Social Issues, 1995
Examines cases of religion-related child abuse reported to mental health professionals nationwide and statistically describes cases involving the withholding of medical care, the expulsion of evil in a child, and abuse by persons holding religious authority. The authors argue that society should protect children's rights and welfare whenever they…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect, Child Welfare
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Henderson, Sarah – Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 1995
This article discusses the resistance of many students who have taken Advanced Placement English in high school to college freshman-year English composition requirements. Concepts of adherence and opposition to authority are applied to help understand these students. Recommendations for helping these students develop their thinking and writing are…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Advanced Placement, Advanced Students, Cognitive Development
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Yelsma, Paul – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1996
Examines and compares affective orientations of 79 perpetrators, 57 victims, and 70 functional spouses. Perpetrators were significantly more alexithymic than functional spouses but not significantly different from victims. Deficit of positive affect versus the presence of negative affect was a significant indicator of physical abuse reported…
Descriptors: Adults, Affective Behavior, Aggression, Communication Problems
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Fore, Chris L.; Chaney, John M. – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 1998
Before beginning a Job Corps program offering postsecondary tuition incentives, 19 American Indians aged 17-21 with previous academic difficulties completed self-report measures of cultural identification, perceived deprivation, attributional style, and noncognitive academic factors. Subjects who pursued further education after the program had…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, American Indian Education, American Indian Students, Late Adolescents
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Barber, Bonnie L.; Eccles, Jacquelynne S.; Stone, Margaret R. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2001
Examined young adult participation in high school activities and identity group as predictors of later substance use, psychological adjustment, and educational and occupational outcomes. Found both participation and identity may consolidate specific skills, attitudes, values, and social networks that have a far-ranging impact on the transition to…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Developmental Stages, Employment Patterns
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Jackson, Pamela Braboy – Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2004
Role sequencing refers to the ordering of social roles. According to the normative order hypothesis, adults who follow a certain sequencing of their social roles will be better adjusted than their peers who follow other life course patterns. The normative order is defined as first entering the paid labor force, getting married, and later having…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Baby Boomers, Employed Parents, Biographies
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Boratav, Hale Bolak – Journal of Youth Studies, 2005
Two studies examined the representations, lived experiences and subjective worlds of young people in an economically disadvantaged neighbourhood of Istanbul, Turkey. As part of a larger project, face-to-face surveys (n = 500) were conducted with young people aged 14-28, and focus groups (n = 90) were carried out in the community. Along with shared…
Descriptors: Athletics, Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Economically Disadvantaged
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Schneider, Kerri M.; Phares, Vicky – Child Welfare, 2005
This article addresses the process by which children and adolescents cope with severe acute stress of parental loss from causes other than divorce or death. Participants were 60 children and adolescents from a residential treatment facility. Most had experienced neglect, physical abuse, and sexual abuse, and their parents had their parential…
Descriptors: Coping, Parent Rights, Children, Adolescents
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Taylor, Richard; Page, Andrew; Morrell, Stephen; Harrison, James; Carter, Greg – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2005
The purpose of this study was to investigate urban-rural differentials in Australian suicide rates, and to examine influences that previously have remained largely speculative. Suicide rates for males (all ages and young adults) were significantly higher in rural areas compared to urban areas. Urban-rural suicide rate differences in males were…
Descriptors: Migrants, Incidence, Health Services, Young Adults
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Landry, Raymond, Jr.; Moyes, Glen D.; Cortes, Angelica C. – Journal of Education for Business, 2004
In this study, the authors examined ethical perceptions of Hispanic students by analyzing differences between (a) accounting and nonaccounting business majors and (b) women and men. The authors used the following five constructs: justice, relativism, egoism, utilitarianism, and deontology. Their study incorporated 12 moral characteristics into…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Student Attitudes, Gender Differences, Majors (Students)
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Hinton, Pamela S.; Kubas, Karen L. – Journal of American College Health, 2005
Female athletes may be at greater risk for disordered eating than their nonathletic peers, but the psychological antecedents of this dysfunctional behavior in athletes have yet to be elucidated. The objective of this study was to develop an athletics-oriented measure of psychological predictors of disordered eating and to test its initial…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Social Influences, Psychological Patterns, Test Construction
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Van Bockern, Steve; Wenger, Laurie; Ashworth, Julie – Reclaiming Children and Youth: The Journal of Strength-based Interventions, 2004
In the pathway of discouragement, there are two significant indicators that things have gone awry. First, there is an escalating "disconnect" among the adults who are involved in the life of the young person. Second, the problem solving gives way to discouragement, anger, and punitive consequences. For some children the trajectory lasts over his…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Youth, Achievement Need, Academic Failure
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Perrin, Karen M.; Dorman, Karen A. – Journal of School Nursing, 2003
The purpose of this study was to explore the personal life stories of women who became mothers while still in their teen years. The focus was on themes that evolved as important in the lives of these women, including family support, partner support, mentor support, economic opportunity, resiliency, optimism, and spirituality. Each of the 22 women…
Descriptors: Mothers, Family (Sociological Unit), Social Support Groups, School Nurses
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Rotenberg, Ken J.; McDougall, Patricia; Boulton, Michael J.; Vaillancourt, Tracy; Fox, Claire; Hymel, Shelley – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2004
Trustworthiness was examined in children and early adolescents from two countries. In Study 1,505 children in the fifth and sixth school years in the United Kingdom (mean age = 9 years 7 months) were tested across an 8-month period. In Study 2,350 sixth- through eighth-grade Canadian children and early adolescents (mean age = 12 years 11 months)…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Foreign Countries, Peer Groups, Trust (Psychology)
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