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Effects of a Career Exploration Intervention on Students' Career Maturity and Self-Concept
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Lau, Poh Li; Chung, Y. Barry; Wang, Lei – Journal of Career Development, 2021
This study investigated the effects of a career exploration intervention (CEI) on career maturity and self-concept among Malaysian high school students, using a true experimental design (pretest--posttest with a control group). One hundred thirty-nine high school students in Malaysia were recruited and randomly assigned to receive either a CEI or…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Career Planning, Career Choice, Intervention
The Effects of a Museum Art Program on the Self-Concept of Children
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Kaufman, Ryan; Rinehardt, Eric; Hine, Hank; Wilkinson, Berney; Tush, Peter; Mead, Bethany; Fernandez, Francisco – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2014
Research suggests that art programs have positive therapeutic effects on children, including improved self-concept. This pretest/posttest intervention study examined changes in self-concept in children (N = 176) who participated in an art program at the Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. Results indicated significant, positive increases in…
Descriptors: Museums, Nonschool Educational Programs, Art Education, Self Concept
Psychological Factors Associated with Weight Loss in Obese and Severely Obese Women in a Behavioral Physical Activity Intervention
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Annesi, James J.; Whitaker, Ann C. – Health Education & Behavior, 2010
The behavioral processes of weight reduction are poorly understood, and responses to treatments based primarily on caloric restriction have been unfavorable. A theory-based path derived from proposed relations of physical activity, changes in psychological factors, and weight loss was separately tested with women with Class I and Class II obesity…
Descriptors: Obesity, Body Composition, Physical Activities, Self Efficacy
Operation Bridge: Over the Troubled Waters of Adult Education. Transcript [and] Evaluation Plan.
Bowers, Robert F. – 1983
Operation Bridge, a program which was developed by the Detroit Public Schools to train 13 adult advisors to work with adult education students in outreach sites and traditional adult education centers, is described. The selection process, the orientation, the coursework, the internships, and the application of training are discussed. The report on…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Counseling, Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Characteristics
Self-Concept Changes in Sex Offenders Following Prison Psychoeducational Treatment.
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Stump, Earl S.; Beamish, Patricia M.; Shellenberger, Richard O. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1999
Discusses the effects of psychoeducational treatment on the self-concept of incarcerated sex offenders in a prison residential program. Uses the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale to assess the self-concept of sex offenders as they progressed through the program. Results suggest that offenders showed less defensiveness, more self-criticism, and greater…
Descriptors: Correctional Rehabilitation, Counseling Techniques, Denial (Psychology), Prisoners
Establishing an Opportunity for Compensated Activities Center for the Elderly. The Development and Implementation of a Center to Place Elders into Working Positions (Work Again Project).
Southeast Missouri State Univ., Cape Girardeau. – 1981
The Work Again Project entailed development and implementation of a center to place adults aged 58 and above into a variety of paid and volunteer positions, investigation of the effect of such placement on the self-image of participants, and education of the community as to the working needs of older adults. A project staff consisting of five…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Community Attitudes, Continuing Education, Educational Needs