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Betzalel, Nurit; Shechtman, Zipora – Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 2010
This study compared outcomes following cognitive and affective bibliotherapy treatment with 79 children and adolescents in a residential home in Israel. Treatment children were compared to a control-no treatment group from the same home. Anxiety was measured through a self-report measure (Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale; Reynolds &…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bibliotherapy, Anxiety, Comparative Analysis
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Barkoukis, Vassilis; Tsorbatzoudis, Haralambos; Grouios, George – European Physical Education Review, 2008
The objective of this study was to examine the impact of an intervention programme that manipulated task, authority, recognition, grouping, evaluation and time (TARGET) structures on the cognitive and affective response of students to their physical education (PE) lesson. The sample consisted of 374 high school students (M age = 13.8, S.D. = 0.73)…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Physical Education, Intervention, Recognition (Achievement)
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Cyders, Melissa A.; Smith, Gregory T.; Spillane, Nichea S.; Fischer, Sarah; Annus, Agnes M.; Peterson, Claire – Psychological Assessment, 2007
In 3 studies, the authors developed and began to validate a measure of the propensity to act rashly in response to positive affective states (positive urgency). In Study 1, they developed a content-valid 14-item scale, showed that the measure was unidimensional, and showed that positive urgency was distinct from impulsivity-like constructs…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Psychological Patterns, At Risk Persons, Behavior Patterns