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Frank J. Snyder; Fatimah E. Khan – Gifted Education International, 2025
This article discusses concepts related to character strengths and positive youth development and how these ideas can be applied to improve outcomes among gifted young people. A theory with roots in public health, The Theory of Triadic Influence (TTI), is discussed with examples applied to gifted populations. Practitioners and researchers from…
Descriptors: Youth, Academically Gifted, Gifted, Gifted Education
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Mariano, Jenni Menon – New Directions for Youth Development, 2011
Initially drawing from, yet then expanding on the research discussed in this volume, this article discusses specific measures that practitioners, researchers, and policymakers can take to support purpose among youth. Strategies for educators include utilizing practical purpose teaching tools, such as purpose interviews, purpose-related…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Change Strategies, Achievement Need, Goal Orientation
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Hayes, Louise; Hudson, Alan; Matthews, Jan – International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 2007
A model of monitoring interactions was proposed that is based on behavioural principles and places episodic parent-adolescent interactions at the centre of analysis for monitoring. The process-monitoring model contends that monitoring is an interactive process between parents and their adolescents, nested within a social setting. In the model it…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Parent Child Relationship, Adolescents, Functional Behavioral Assessment
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Dudek, Peter – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 1989
Explains William Stern's influence on the institutionalization of research on adolescence in the context of the history of educational psychology. Interprets Stern's writings on adolescence and analyzes the development of research on adolescence at the Institute for Psychology at the University of Hamburg (West Germany). (Author/LS)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Educational History, Educational Psychology
Ryan, Gail; And Others – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1987
Three case histories elucidate a discussion of the developmental nature of the behaviors of juvenile male sexual offenders. The sexual assault cycle is defined in the stages of negative self-image, predicting rejection, isolation, fantasies, planning the offense, and committing the offense. Tools for treating the offender are outlined. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Behavior Development, Behavior Disorders, Case Studies
Nicholls, John G. – 1986
Adolescents' developing sense of competence is based on two domains, ability and intelligence. Intelligence testing generally presumes a conception of ability as current capacity that limits the extent to which effort can improve performance. Conceptions of intelligence, and other skills, involve implications about the nature of different forms of…
Descriptors: Ability, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Educational Research
Gibbs, John C. – Moral Education Forum, 1994
Argues that effective sociomoral group treatment programs must not only motivate but also remedy the limitations of antisocial youth who would help one another change. Proposes a program with program implementation, outcome evidence, and a plea for program evaluation. (CFR)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Disorders
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Clark, Gilbert; Zimmerman, Enid – Journal of Art and Design Education, 1994
Summarizes five research projects concerned with the education of artistically talented students. Projects include interviews, surveys, case studies, comparative studies, and a drawing ability test. Concludes with a look at future directions for research. (MJP)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Advanced Courses, Art Education, Case Studies
Hurrelmann, Klaus – 1984
A general frame of reference for a comprehensive model of socialization is presented. This model considers different levels of theoretical analysis and a methodological combination of investigations of the "objective" social reality with "subjective" interpretations of reality as it is in the Federal Republic of Germany. The…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Educational Psychology, Foreign Countries
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Anshel, Mark – Journal of Social Psychology, 1996
Examines the various coping strategies that competitive adolescent athletes use to deal with errors, penalties, and unpleasant comments from spectators. Identifies and discusses four coping strategies: avoidance, approach, task-focused, and emotion-focused. Briefly reviews the literature on coping and the results of a survey of Australian…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Athletics, Behavior Patterns
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Jackson, Moss A. – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1987
Key developmental tasks of adolescence and the unique problems that face the learning-disabled adolescent are outlined, focusing on the role of social competency and communication effectiveness. Components of a comprehensive social competency training program include the nature of the learning disability, the affective-defensive pattern, adaptive…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adolescent Development, Communication Skills, Curriculum
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Cury, Francois; Biddle, Stuart; Famose, Jean-Pierre; Goudas, Marios; Sarrazin, Philippe; Durand, Marc – Educational Psychology, 1996
Presents the results of a study that assessed the influence of individual and contextual factors on adolescent girls' interest in school physical education. Suggests that classroom environment is more important than individual goals in influencing pupil interest. Results are discussed in the context of theoretical propositions of goal perspectives…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Classroom Environment, Context Effect, Educational Environment
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Gallagher, Mary; And Others – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1996
Reviews research in the area of worries and concerns of young people and the relevance to programs of personal development and social education. Identifies and prioritizes general areas of adolescent concern and discusses the possible influence of culture, gender, age, and type of school. (MJP)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Alienation, Foreign Countries, Friendship
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Hargreaves, David J.; And Others – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1995
Surveys 278 British high school students concerning musical styles preferences. Generally speaking, students rejected classical and "serious" music as they grew older. Girls exhibited acceptance of a wider range of musical styles. Includes statistical tables. (MJP)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Aesthetic Values, Age Differences
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Mboya, Mzobanzi M. – Educational Psychology, 1995
Maintains that a significant positive relationship exists between perceived teacher support, interest, and encouragement and adolescents' self-concept in Africa. Utilized the Self-Description Inventory (SDI) to reveal that specific dimensions of adolescents' self-concepts were positively affected by specific teacher behaviors. (MJP)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, African Culture, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries
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