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Lena Söldner; Maria Mammen; Markus Paulus – Developmental Psychology, 2024
The moral self-concept (MSC) is an early indicator of how children view themselves as moral agents. It has been proposed that an important feature of an established self-concept (SC) is sufficient coherency in how one views oneself. Furthermore, the MSC is expected to develop into a multidimensional, hierarchical construct which is stable over…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Self Concept, Moral Development, Individual Development
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Luecke, Julie C. – Children's Literature in Education, 2023
This article examines reader development as a key factor in understanding the pathways through which readers connect to gender expansive books, and relates those concepts to the corpus of books available for elementary level readers. The article provides evidence for the importance of attending to both book quantity and quality, as well as…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Elementary School Students, Books, LGBTQ People
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Angela D. Evans; Victoria Talwar – Developmental Psychology, 2024
Given the value placed on honesty and the negative consequences of lying, encouraging children's truth-telling is important. The present investigation assessed honesty promotion techniques for encouraging 3-8-year-old Canadian children's (Study 1: n = 301, 54% female; Study 2: n = 229, 50% female from predominantly White middle-class samples)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Moral Development, Deception
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Hodge, Jarrad D.; Cunningham, Michael – Youth & Society, 2023
The study examines if African American adolescents' academic self-esteem moderates relations between negative youth experiences and academic achievement. Grounded in a PVEST perspective, the study collected responses from 364 Black adolescents (69% girls) in a southern, urban city. The primary finding in the study confirmed the hypothesis that…
Descriptors: Youth, Poverty, Foreign Countries, Individual Development
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Yüksel, Ayse Sule; Palmer, Sally B.; Rutland, Adam – Developmental Psychology, 2021
This study examined prosocial bystander behavior in an online ball-throwing game (Cyberball), toward the exclusion of immigrants and nonimmigrant peers within intergroup and intragroup contexts. Participants were British children (8- to 10-year-olds) and adolescents (13- to 15-year-olds, N = 292; female N = 144). They were an ethnically diverse…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Individual Development, Prosocial Behavior, Children
UNICEF, 2023
The burden of mental health conditions and poor psychosocial wellbeing among children and adolescents is associated with significant lifetime costs, as mental health conditions is associated with learning lower educational attainment and impeding the development of socioemotional skills which translates into reduced earning potential and labor…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Individual Development, Intervention, Cost Effectiveness
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King, Patricia M.; Sparks, Tim – Journal of College and Character, 2022
In this article, we introduce the four component model (FCM), which describes both the internal processes that play distinct roles in the production of moral behavior and their associated sets of relevant, teachable skills. We use this model as an analytic framework to examine college students' moral character experiences reported in the Wabash…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Moral Development, Models, Correlation
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Maulini, Claudia; Kuvacic, Goran; Savani, Wlady; Zanelli, Vanessa; Padovan, Anna Maria; Bocciolesi, Enrico; De Giorgio, Andrea – Education Sciences, 2021
Literature highlights how education in the twenty-first century begins to advocate multiple new concepts, such as new technology, new pedagogies, interdisciplinary curricula, open learning, etc. Among these concepts, the recognition and awareness about one's character strengths are demonstrated to improve emotional management and…
Descriptors: Models, Emotional Intelligence, Metacognition, Preadolescents
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Opstoel, Katrijn; Chapelle, Laurent; Prins, Frans J.; De Meester, An; Haerens, Leen; van Tartwijk, Jan; De Martelaer, Kristine – European Physical Education Review, 2020
This review provides an overview of the existing literature on school-aged children's and youth's (i.e. 6- to 18-year-olds) personal and social development within the context of physical education and sports. A total of 4359 non-duplicate articles were retrieved from six databases. After the title, abstract and full text screening, 88 articles met…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Social Development, Physical Education, Athletics
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El-Gabalawy, Renée; Mackenzie, Corey S.; Starzyk, Katherine B.; Sommer, Jordana L. – Journal of American College Health, 2021
Objective: We investigated facets of posttraumatic growth (PTG) theory, including the nature of the index event, the relationship between suffering and PTG, and prosocial correlates of PTG. Methods: Undergraduate students (N = 253) completed measures of PTG and trauma-related, psychopathology/affect, and prosocial correlates. Results: Differences…
Descriptors: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Individual Development, Prosocial Behavior, Trauma
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Abu Nawas, M. Zuhri; Sulaiman, Umar; Darnanengsih; Rusyaid – Dinamika Ilmu, 2022
This study aims to provide an understanding of the dynamics of the life of the people of Sorong, West Papua related to the harmony of education in family and community life. Harmony, in this case, is related to the mixing of religions in one household, framed in the philosophy of local wisdom called "One Furnace-Three Stones". This study…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, Religious Factors, Foreign Countries, Educational Philosophy
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Laura E. Balis; Thomas E. Strayer III; Samantha M. Harden – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2021
Extension has recently begun delivering physical activity programs, but delivering evidence-based interventions is a challenge. To increase adoption of evidence-based interventions, a better understanding of agents' perceptions and needs is necessary. The purpose of this research was to conduct a readiness assessment to identify organizational…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Health Promotion, Needs Assessment, Prosocial Behavior
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Sanchez, Mabel E. – Journal of College and Character, 2021
Researchers have suggested that student group involvement during college is beneficial for students on various academic and psychosocial measures. Most research has not focused on how different student groups provide different environments and support that impact students' experience. This ethnography focuses on one Christian student organization…
Descriptors: Christianity, Student Organizations, Power Structure, College Students
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Holland, W. Hunter; Powell, Robert B.; Thomsen, Jennifer M.; Monz, Christopher A. – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2018
Participation in wildland recreation is associated with a range of individual-level outcomes. Although these outcomes have been extensively studied, few studies have systematically examined and summarized this empirical evidence. Therefore, the goals of this study include identifying (1) the breadth of individual-level outcomes associated with…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Outcomes of Education, Student Participation, Physical Environment
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Skar, Ane-Marthe Solheim; De Abreu, Rodrigo Marrecas; Vaughn, Marsha J. – Child Care in Practice, 2019
Malnutrition and a lack of sufficient psychosocial support from caregivers both have a tremendous effect on children's development. Initiatives to support healthy child development in a context of poverty include caregiver interventions. There is growing evidence to support interventions that integrate psychosocial and nutritional support. The…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Residential Care, Individual Development, Social Support Groups
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