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Fred Emmanuel Sato; Jonghwi Park – Journal of Environmental Education, 2025
Policymakers and educators have increasingly focused on improving public understanding of climate change to prepare people to tackle its causes and impacts. Researchers have joined these efforts by assessing environmental literacy (EL) and climate change literacy (CCL) to inform policies and educational initiatives. This article systematically…
Descriptors: Climate, Change, Environmental Education, Multiple Literacies
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Mason, David; Capp, Simone J.; Stewart, Gavin R.; Kempton, Matthew J.; Glaser, Karen; Howlin, Patricia; Happé, Francesca – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
Longitudinal studies have generally reported poor outcomes in adulthood for the majority of individuals (c.50-60%) with autism. Several factors putatively predict outcome (e.g. IQ), but findings remain mixed. This paper presents an updated meta-analysis of autism outcome studies and extends previous findings with additional analyses (including…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Intelligence Quotient, Adults
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Lund, Emily M.; Cmar, Jennifer L. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2019
Introduction: The purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic review of survey-based research on predictors or correlates of employment outcomes for individuals with visual impairments (i.e., those who are blind or have low vision). Methods: We used a three-pronged systematic search process to identify quantitative, English, peer-reviewed…
Descriptors: Adults, Visual Impairments, Blindness, Employment Patterns
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Ee Rea Hong; Jennifer B. Ganz; Leslie Neely; Margot Boles; Stephanie Gerow; John L. Davis – Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
This study presents a meta-analysis of single-case experimental research on family-implemented interventions for improving the social and other communicative behaviors of individuals with developmental disabilities (DD). A total of 40 studies were included in this meta-analysis. The Tau-U effect size with the Kruskal-Wallis and the Dunn post hoc…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Developmental Disabilities, Intervention, Communication (Thought Transfer)
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Toporkova, Olga; Glebova, Ekaterina; Vysotskaia, Inna V.; Tikhaeva, Victoria V. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
Background/Objectives: The main objective of the article is to study, analyze and organize the modern German experience in the sphere of social pedagogical and educational work with socially unprotected adults, including youth and the elderly. The retrospective analysis threw light on the background of work with socially unprotected adults in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intergenerational Programs, Adults, Social Work
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Prins, Esther; Monnat, Shannon; Clymer, Carol; Toso, Blaire Wilson – Journal of Research and Practice for Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic Education, 2015
This paper uses data from the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) to analyze the relationship between U.S. adults' self-reported health and proficiencies in literacy, numeracy, and technological problem solving. Ordinal logistic regression analyses showed that scores on all three scales were positively and…
Descriptors: Competence, Tests, Health, Knowledge Level
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Kampfe, Juliane; Sedlmeier, Peter; Renkewitz, Frank – Psychology of Music, 2011
Background music has been found to have beneficial, detrimental, or no effect on a variety of behavioral and psychological outcome measures. This article reports a meta-analysis that attempts to summarize the impact of background music. A global analysis shows a null effect, but a detailed examination of the studies that allow the calculation of…
Descriptors: Music, Reading, Program Effectiveness, Effect Size
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McConnell, Megan; Moss, Ellen – Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology, 2011
The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review of the empirical findings on the stability of attachment from infancy through adulthood. More specifically, the paper discusses the longitudinal research concerning the continuity of attachment from infancy to adulthood as well as those studies that have assessed stability within a…
Descriptors: Infants, Adolescents, Adults, Longitudinal Studies
el-Guebaly, Nady – Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, 1982
Reviews risk of psychosocial problems related to drinking among "grown-up" children of alcoholics. Argues that genetic predisposition is best predictor available; this may be more influential near severe end of alcoholism spectrum, may be less influential in females, and may lead to differences in symptomatology and management.…
Descriptors: Adults, Alcoholism, Genetics, Nature Nurture Controversy
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Underwood, Bill; Moore, Bert – Psychological Bulletin, 1982
Concludes that there are reliable relationships between altruism and perceptual, social, and moral perspective taking. Results concerning the relationship between empathy and altruism are nonsignificant overall, but it is suggested that a reliable association between empathy and altruism develops over time and is found in adults. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Altruism, Children
Knight, David M. – 1998
The literature on the treatment of traumatic stress is examined across three distinct age groups: adults, adolescents, and children. Various psychotherapies including group and individual models, pharmacological interventions, community support resources and integrated models are explored. Comorbidity and other issues are considered. Analysis of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Adults, Children
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Krahe, Barbara – Journal of Personal & Interpersonal Loss, 2000
Examines what researchers are beginning to understand about pathways from the experience of abuse in childhood to revictimization in adolescence and adulthood. Considers the issues of sexual development, sexual relationships, and risk factors associated with sexual abuse. Addresses the risk of revictimization in adulthood in terms of the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, At Risk Persons, Child Abuse
Clampitt, Phillip G.; Williams, M. Lee – 1979
This paper synthesizes much of the literature concerning physician/patient communication as it relates to patient compliance. Using the theoretical perspective that deals with belief, attitude, intention, and behavior (a perspective generated by Martin Fishbein and Icek Ajzen), a new theoretical orientation for predicting patient compliance is…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes, Behavior Theories, Beliefs
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Russ, Sandra W. – New Directions for Child Development, 1996
Reviews the major literature on creative processes in children that should be predictive of adult creativity, focusing on affective processes and children's play. Describes Russ's (1993) model of affect and creativity, and cognitive processes, personality processes, and affective processes important in creativity. Discusses theories of play,…
Descriptors: Adults, Affective Behavior, Children, Cognitive Development
Kammann, Richard – 1982
Previous research has found that outside events seem to have little effect on happiness. Three studies in New Zealand were conducted to identify mental processes that give circumstances their favorable and unfavorable meanings. The first study examined the gap between aspiration and achievement in terms of income, education, physical fitness,…
Descriptors: Achievement, Adults, Aspiration, Attribution Theory
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