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Arsland, Coskun; Adigüzel, Gözde – Online Submission, 2018
The purpose of this study is to investigate the correlation between aggression, empathic tendency, expression of emotions and self-compassion, and to find out whether empathic tendency, expression of emotions and self-compassion significantly predict aggression. The sample of study consists of 526 female and 290 male in total 816 students who are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Correlation, Aggression, Empathy
Brown, William R.; Patchen, Martin – 1982
This paper consolidates findings from two related studies: William Brown's research on the predictive ability of measures of early and non-high school interracial contact/opportunities that appear to affect interracial attitudes and behaviors in high school; and Martin Patchen's investigation in Indianapolis, Indiana high schools analyzing the…
Descriptors: Blacks, Childhood Attitudes, High School Students, High Schools
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Mitchell, Terence R. – Journal of Management, 1982
Shows that attributions about the causes of another person's behavior are only moderately good predictors of behavior. Reviews a particular area, showing the effects of a leader's attributions about a subordinate's behavior on the leader's actions towards that subordinate. Other factors are as important in predicting behavior as attributions.…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Employer Attitudes
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Orbach, Israel; And Others – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1981
Investigated latency-age children (N=11) who attempted or threatened suicide. Discovered common characteristics including: (1) suicidal parents; (2) a major family crisis; (3) excessive parental demands; (4) lack of satisfying relationships; (5) paradoxical death attitudes; and (6) positive strivings to stay alive. Developed a model for predicting…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Death
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Watkins, C. Edward, Jr. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1984
Presents an Adlerian vocational theory with several hypotheses and corollaries regarding: (a) life style, (b) work as life task, (c) family atmosphere and relationships, and (d) early recollections. Develops predictive vocational statements and offers the resulting framework as a stimulant to generate further study of Adlerian vocational…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Concept Formation, Counseling Theories
Skager, Rodney; Frith, Sandra L. – 1989
Three groups of secondary school students were identified in the sample of over 7,000 high school students from the 1987/88 California Substance Use Survey based on patterns of involvement with alcohol and other drugs. Of primary interest are high risk users (HRUs) who engage in socially deplored and often dangerous forms of substance use. HRU…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Alcohol Abuse, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research