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Direct linkSnyder, Stephanie – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Research suggests that voluntary activity accounts for 40% of individual happiness and can be purposefully manipulated to make meaningful changes in one's reported level of happiness (Lyubomirsky, Sheldon, & Schkade, 2005a; Tkach & Lyubomirsky, 2006). The current study explored the utility of a school-based positive psychology psychoeducation…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Academic Persistence, Affective Behavior, Attention Control
Peer reviewedPeterson, Jean Sunde; Ray, Karen E. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2006
Gifted eighth graders (N=432) in 11 U.S. states participated in a retrospective national study that explored the prevalence and effects of being bullied and being a bully during kindergarten through grade 8. No significant differences were found related to size of city, race/ethnicity, and geographical region in terms of either being bullied or…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Academically Gifted, Bullying, Gender Differences
