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Remmert, Jocelyn E.; Woodworth, Amanda; Chau, Larissa; Schumacher, Leah M.; Butryn, Meghan L.; Schneider, Margaret – Journal of School Nursing, 2019
Prior interventions have shown limited efficacy in increasing the number of adolescents engaging in adequate physical activity (PA). Preliminary evidence suggests acceptance-based behavioral treatments (ABTs) may increase PA; however, this approach has not been tested in adolescents. This was a nonrandomized experimental pilot study that examined…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Intervention, Physical Activity Level, Adolescents
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Liu, Jia; Liu, Shan; Yan, Jin; Lee, Elizabeth; Mayes, Linda – School Psychology International, 2016
A randomized controlled experimental pilot study was conducted in order to investigate the effect of life skills training on behavior problems in left-behind children (LBC) in rural China. Sixty-eight LBC were recruited from a middle school in rural China. The intervention group took a ten-week-long life skills training course. The Child Behavior…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Behavior Problems, Daily Living Skills, Rural Population