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Bengtsson, Hans; Söderström, Micael; Terjestam, Yvonne – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2016
Compassion may be directed at a broad range of targets. The present study investigated interrelations among other-directed compassion, self-compassion, and environmental compassion in early adolescence (age = 12-14; n = 256) and examined how the different manifestations of compassion related to age and sex during this age period. Dispositional…
Descriptors: Altruism, Empathy, Personality Traits, Early Adolescents
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Allodi, Mara Westling; Fischbein, Siv – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2012
The aims of this study were to explore the organisational characteristics of junior high schools, to identify typologies of work environments and to explore the relationships between the type of work environment and how schools function. The educational profession and the role of teachers have been influenced by policies inspired by the principles…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Junior High Schools, Secondary School Teachers, Classification
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Renberg, Ellinor Salander; Hjelmeland, Heidi; Koposov, Roman – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2008
Our aim was to build a model delineating the relationship between attitudes toward suicide and suicidal behavior and to assess equivalence by applying the model on data from different countries. Representative samples from the general population were approached in Sweden, Norway, and Russia with the Attitudes Toward Suicide (ATTS) questionnaire.…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Prevention, Suicide, Foreign Countries