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Nelson, Rosemery O.; Bowles, P. Edward, Jr. – Journal of School Psychology, 1975
This paper reiterates the utility of both standardized tests and direct observations of behavior, despite the problems related to each of these assessment procedures. An additional assessment technique is recommended which combines the "best of both worlds". Three examples of observations with norms are described. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Evaluation, Group Norms, Intelligence Tests
Rosse, Joseph G. – 1982
According to an employee withdrawal model suggested by Miller and Rosse (1982), workers engage in a variety of integrated behaviors that are intended to place physical and psychological distance between themselves and a noxious work environment. To investigate the relationship of job satisfaction and employee withdrawal behaviors, 48 newly hired,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Employee Attitudes, Employees, Females
Colgan, Richard T. – Peabody J Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Patterns, Emotional Disturbances, Speech Habits
Gear, Gayle; And Others – 1979
Intended for regular class teachers, the booklet provides information to aid in mainstreaming the emotionally disturbed (ED) child. Sections address the following areas: characteristics of the ED child (identification, theories on behavioral problems, the Pupil Behavior Rating Scale); teaching methods (general guidelines and guidelines for dealing…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Identification
Walters, Susan; And Others – Exceptional Child, 1978
A token and social reinforcement system was used with an 8-year-old special education student to increase on-task behavior during reading and mathematics (SBH)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Contingency Management, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances

Greenwood, Charles R.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1977
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Emotional Disturbances, Evaluation Methods, Interpersonal Competence

Smith, Donald E. P.; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1985
Two groups of seven autistic children (4-16 years old) wore auditory trainers for specified times. Videotapes were coded for three attentional states (normal, withdrawn, attacking), for verbalization and signing, and for appropriate and acceptable behaviors. Results demonstrated a decrease in time spent withdrawn and increases in signing and in…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Auditory Training, Autism, Behavior Change

Nirenberg, Ted D. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1983
Assessed the effects of relocation on 40 institutionalized elderly and examined two treatment programs. Results indicated that, following relocation, low-functioning subjects exhibited an increase in passive-withdrawn behaviors while high-functioning subjects increased in active-outgoing behavior. The behavioral-skills program led to favorable…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cognitive Restructuring, Institutionalized Persons, Nursing Homes
Strain, Phillip S. – Exceptional Education Quarterly: Peer Relations of Exceptional Children and Youth, 1981
Research on the use of peer modeling (filmed and live) and peer social initiations with withdrawn exceptional children is considered. Advantages of the social initiation approach include application with children with a limited behavioral repertoire, no requirement for adult intervention, and the opportunity to use handicapped peers as trainers.…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Interpersonal Competence

Erdley, Cynthia A.; Asher, Steven R. – Child Development, 1996
Examined whether children who vary in their behavioral responses to ambiguous provocation but have similar attributional processes differ in their social goals and self- efficacy perceptions. Subjects were 781 4th and 5th graders. Found that aggressive, withdrawn, and problem-solving responders differed in the social goals and self-efficacy…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Patterns, Children, Individual Development

Younger, Alastair J.; Piccinin, Andrea M. – Child Development, 1989
This study examined children's recognition memory for descriptions of maladjusted behaviors displayed by hypothetical peers. Children were also asked about the desirability of these hypothetical peers as friends. (PCB)
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Child Development

Smider, N. A.; Essex, M. J.; Kalin, N. H.; Buss, K. A.; Klein, M. H.; Davidson, R. J.; Goldsmith, H. H. – Child Development, 2002
Examined whether activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical system, as indexed by average home afternoon levels of cortisol in children age 4.5 years, would predict socioemotional adjustment measured a year and a half later. Found that higher cortisol levels were associated with withdrawal-type behaviors of internalizing and social…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Biochemistry, Child Behavior, Emotional Adjustment
Ojanen, Tiina; Gronroos, Matti; Salmivalli, Christina – Developmental Psychology, 2005
The objective of the present research was to develop an assessment model for children's social goals. The aims were (a) to fit children's social goals to a circumplex model and to examine links between goals and peer-reported social behaviors (aggression, withdrawal, and prosocial behavior) in a sample of 276 participants (134 girls, 11- to…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Females, Sociometric Techniques, Prosocial Behavior
Frazier, Patricia A.; Mortensen, Heather; Steward, Jason – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2005
Two studies assessed whether coping strategies mediate the relations among 2 forms of perceived control (past and present control) and postassault distress among female sexual assault survivors. In Study 1, longitudinal data were gathered from 2 weeks to 1 year postassault (N=171). Past control (behavioral self-blame) was associated with more…
Descriptors: Coping, Cognitive Restructuring, Sexual Abuse, Victims of Crime
Renshaw, Peter D.; Brown, Peter J. – 1991
This study investigated the relation of loneliness in middle childhood to behavioral, sociometric, and attributional measures of social functioning. Data for 128 third- through sixth-graders were collected on three occasions during a 1-year span. Teachers completed a rating scale assessing students' social behavior. Children's peer acceptance was…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries