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Lopez, Frederick G.; Mauricio, Anne M.; Gormley, Barbara; Simko, Tracy; Berger, Ellen – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2001
Examines relations among adult attachment orientations, maladaptive problem coping styles, and a composite measure of current distress within a sample of 55 undergraduates. Results indicate that each adult attachment orientation and each problem coping style measure was related in expected directions to students' distress. (Contains 39 references…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, College Students, Coping, Higher Education
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Fulwiler, Toby; Petersen, Bruce – College English, 1981
Facetiously examines heuristics in mumbling, staring, moving, doodling, and noise that can be used by writing teachers to help their writing students with rhetorical invention. (RL)
Descriptors: Prewriting, Problem Solving, Questioning Techniques, Student Development
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Lentz, Francis E., Jr.; And Others – School Psychology Quarterly, 1996
Presents a conceptual model of strong school-based interventions. Notes strong interventions are ecological in nature, naturalistic in scope, contain elements from the research base that are predictive for success, and incorporate the constructs of social validity in a practical manner. Provides suggestions and implications for strong school-based…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Children, Early Intervention, Elementary Secondary Education
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Manning, Diane Thompson; Manning, Bernard – Journal of Reading, 1984
Discusses how to use literature to help children of alcoholics. Provides a list of appropriate books. (FL)
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Bibliotherapy, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Problems
Peck, Robert F. – 1980
Psychologists have long been interested in the causes of student success or failure in college. In the late 1950's, investigators began to examine behaviors beyond the cognitive realm as crucial elements in the student's adaptation to college life. Research on adolescents' transition from high school to college identified several components of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, College Environment