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Functional Analysis and Treatment of Arranging and Ordering by Individuals with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Rodriguez, Nicole M.; Thompson, Rachel H.; Schlichenmeyer, Kevin; Stocco, Corey S. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2012
Of the diagnostic features of autism, relatively little research has been devoted to restricted and repetitive behavior, particularly topographically complex forms of restricted and repetitive behavior such as rigidity in routines or compulsive-like behavior (e.g., arranging objects in patterns or rows). Like vocal or motor stereotypy,…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior, Behavior Problems, Individual Development
Sex Differences in Adolescent Reactions Toward Newcomers.
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Feshbach, Norma; Sones, Gittelle – 1969
Reactions of male and female adolescent pairs to a same sex newcomer were observed as a means of assessing sex differences in indirect aggressive behaviors. Following a problem solving session, the group members rated each other's personality. Adolescent girls made less favorable judgments of the newcomer than did adolescent boys. In addition, on…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Anxiety, Attitudes
Interventions for Boys with Conduct Problems: Multiple Settings, Treatments, and Criteria
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Patterson, G. R. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1974
Summarizes outcome results of treatment programs for boys exhibiting problems commonly subsumed under the label "conduct disorder." Treatment consisted of training agents in each setting to alter the deviant behaviors of the problem child. Direct observations were made in children's homes and classrooms before, during, and after intervention.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns
Self-Other Orientations of Institutionalized Behavior-Problem Adolescents
Bankes, John; and others – J Consult Clin Psychol, 1970
Fifty-eight adolescents with behavior problems were contrasted with normal controls with the Self-Social Symbols Tasks. The maladjusted group was higher in egocentricity, lower in esteem, social interest, individuation, and on measures of identification. (Author)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Behavior, Behavior Patterns
There's a First Time for Everything: Understanding Adolescence.
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Siegel, Janna; Shaughnessy, Michael F. – Adolescence, 1995
Examines the phenomenon of the"first time"--a teenager's first date, first job, first sexual experience. Since these experiences are imbued with an inordinate amount of emotional investment, they offer an alternative understanding to adolescents' emotional underpinnings and clarify why many adolescents experience stressful times during this stage…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Arousal Patterns, Behavior, Behavior Patterns
The Developmental Growth of Elementary School Students and the Role of Industrial Arts in the Process. ACESIA Monograph 5.
Rosser, Arthur – 1978
This monograph provides a detailed description of the child about whom and for whom the activities of the elementary school industrial arts program are directed and of the role of industrial arts in the elementary school curriculum. The first section is a detailed description of the child from age three to thirteen and includes general physical…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Behavior
ADAPTATION AND ADAPTABILITY, THE BELLEFAIRE FOLLOWUP STUDY.
ALLERHAND, MELVIN E.; AND OTHERS – 1966
A RESEARCH TEAM STUDIED INFLUENCES, ADAPTATION, AND ADAPTABILITY IN 50 POORLY ADAPTING BOYS AT BELLEFAIRE, A REGIONAL CHILD CARE CENTER FOR EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED CHILDREN. THE TEAM ATTEMPTED TO GAUGE THE SUCCESS OF THE RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER IN TERMS OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PATTERNS AND ROLE PERFORMANCES OF THE BOYS DURING INDIVIDUAL CASEWORK…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Behavior, Behavior Patterns