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Zipory, Oded – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2023
In this article I wish to defend hope by arguing that it is a child-like predisposition and that its strength and uniqueness stem exactly from its naïve, infantilizing character. To discuss the concepts of hope and of childhood and the relationship between them, I read in Kazuo Ishiguro's latest book -- "Klara and the Sun" (2021), using…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Infants, Child Development, Developmental Stages
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Jeremy E. Sawyer – American Journal of Play, 2023
Jeremy Sawyer recounts that, after Lev S. Vygotsky's death, Jean Piaget conceded the Russian psychologist correctly understood the social origins, functions, and developmental trajectory of children's egocentric speech (now called private speech) but dismissed this work as irrelevant to children's egocentrism or nondifferentiation of perspectives.…
Descriptors: Piagetian Theory, Developmental Stages, Play, Speech Habits
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Geert Franzenburg – Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2025
How can the use of metaphors promote sustainable resilience in an educational process? How can educators and pastoral workers facilitate transformative learning by promoting strategies for coping with challenges? The paper answers these questions from a religious and psychological perspective by applying a biographical approach. By evaluating the…
Descriptors: Self Control, Emotional Intelligence, Resilience (Psychology), Transformative Learning
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Clarke, Tania – Theory and Research in Education, 2020
Research conducted in England over the last decade has documented sustained, significant decreases in children's wellbeing. While recent changes to curriculum policy promoting children's wellbeing have been introduced, a notable feature of the discourse surrounding the promotion of children's wellbeing is that wellbeing is regarded as opposed to,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Well Being, Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests
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Batra, Sunil – Contemporary Education Dialogue, 2013
How do schooling years impact children's lives, in rural and urban settings? Why do some children have lower self-esteem than others? What kinds of conflicts do adolescents experience in their search for identity? Why are some teachers able to understand the importance of ensuring the well-being of children while others do not? Does the emotional…
Descriptors: Child Development, Individual Development, Social Development, Emotional Development
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Jones, Angela C.; Schinka, Katherine C.; van Dulmen, Manfred H. M.; Bossarte, Robert M.; Swahn, Monica H. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2011
We investigated whether changes in loneliness during middle childhood as well as from middle childhood into adolescence were associated with adolescent self-harm behaviors and suicidal thoughts using a community sample of 889 participants. Multivariate logistic regressions indicate that the relationship between changes in loneliness and…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Mental Health, Suicide, Adolescents
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MacNamara, Aine; Collins, Dave; Bailey, Richard; Toms, Martin; Ford, Paul; Pearce, Gemma – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2011
Background: Even though all school-aged children in most countries experience some form of curricular physical education many do not maintain a lifelong involvement in sport or physical activity. From a theoretical perspective, the development models that dominate sport are limited by their staged and linear approaches to development (e.g. Cote's…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Life Style
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Barrocas, Andrea L.; Hankin, Benjamin L. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2011
This study examined two potential developmental pathways through which the temperament risk factor of negative emotionality (NE) leads to prospective increases in depressive symptoms through the mediating role of stressors and anxious symptoms in a sample of early to middle adolescents (N = 350, 6th-10th graders). The primary hypothesized model…
Descriptors: Risk, Path Analysis, Grade 10, Depression (Psychology)
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Corriveau, Kathleen; Harris, Paul L. – Developmental Science, 2009
To determine whether children retain a preference for a previously accurate informant only in the short term or for long-term use, 3- and 4-year-old children were tested in two experiments. In both experiments, children were given accuracy information about two informants and were subsequently tested for their selective trust in the two informants…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Age Differences, Preschool Children, Child Development
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Daniel, Stephanie S.; Goldston, David B. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2009
Suicidal behavior is developmentally mediated, but the degree to which interventions for suicidal behaviors have been developmentally tailored has varied widely. Published controlled studies of psychosocial treatment interventions for reducing adolescent suicidal behavior are reviewed, with a particular emphasis on the developmental nuances of…
Descriptors: Suicide, Youth, Developmental Stages, Psychological Patterns
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Barry, Carolyn McNamara; Nelson, Larry; Davarya, Sahar; Urry, Shirene – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2010
Emerging adults (approximately 18 to 25 years of age) experience heightened self-exploration regarding their beliefs and values, including those concerning religiosity and spirituality. The purpose of this article is to review the literature regarding religiosity and spirituality in emerging adulthood. First, we document developmental advances in…
Descriptors: Religious Factors, Psychological Patterns, Religion, Spiritual Development
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Halpern-Felsher, Bonnie L.; Reznik, Yana – Prevention Researcher, 2009
Understanding adolescents' attitudes regarding sexual behavior is key to understanding why they choose to engage or not engage in sex, which sexual behavior(s) they initiate and continue, and the outcomes experienced during and following sexual behavior. This article briefly explores adolescent sexual behavior, positive and negative outcomes…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Sexuality, Environmental Influences, Social Influences
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Grabe, Shelly; Hyde, Janet Shibley; Lindberg, Sara M. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2007
Objectification theory posits that the tendency to view oneself as an object to be looked at and evaluated by others negatively affects girls', but not boys', subjective well-being. Although it has been established that women self-objectify more than men, research in this area has been limited to the study of adult college women. The aim in the…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Body Composition, Depression (Psychology), Gender Differences
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Ciairano, Silvia; Kliewer, Wendy; Bonino, Silvia; Bosma, Harke Anne – Adolescence (San Diego): an international quarterly devoted to the physiological, psychological, psychiatric, sociological, and educational aspects of the second decade of human life, 2008
The main and interactive effects of parental behavioral control and parental support on adolescent adjustment were examined with students ages 15-19 in Italy (N = 391, 59.1% male) and The Netherlands (N = 373, 45.3% male). In general, parental support was associated with better adjustment and parental control was associated with worse adjustment.…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Parenting Styles
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Coyne, Lisa W.; Low, Christine M.; Miller, Alison L.; Seifer, Ronald; Dickstein, Susan – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2007
Mothers' empathic understanding of their children's motives, thoughts, and feelings is thought to guide parenting behaviors and shape the mother-child relationship. However, little is known about the relation between empathic understanding and parenting behaviors during developmental shifts that may be emotionally challenging for mothers, such as…
Descriptors: Mothers, Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship, Depression (Psychology)
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