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Mediating the Effect of Gratitude in the Relationship between Forgiveness and Life Satisfaction among University Students
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Aricioglu, Ahu – International Journal of Higher Education, 2016
The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating effect of gratitude in the relationship between forgiveness and life satisfaction. A convenience sample of 396 (234 (59%) females, 162 (41%) males) university students was recruited from a University in Denizli, Turkey. The participants' ages ranged between 18 and 27 years, with an average of…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, College Students, Questionnaires, Behavior Rating Scales
Self-Monitoring of On-Task Behaviors Using the MotivAider® by a Middle School Student with a Moderate Intellectual Disability
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Boswell, M. Alison; Knight, Victoria; Spriggs, Amy D. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2013
This investigation used an ABAB withdrawal design to determine the effect of self-monitoring using the MotivAider® (MotivAider, 2000) on percentage of intervals of on-task behavior by an 11-year old male with a moderate intellectual disability who attended a rural middle school. The MotivAider® is a small device, the size of a pager, which can be…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Moderate Intellectual Disability, Task Analysis, Self Management
Empirical Derivation of a Scale for Recidivism Proneness Among Parolees: A Multivariate Model
Pallone, Nathaniel J.; Hennessy, James J. – Offender Rehabilitation, 1977
Explored relationships between recidivism while on parole and 19 predictor variables reflective of offender or offense characteristics among 105 young adult male felons 22 months after parole. Significant bivariate relationships were found between the criterion and marital status, religious group membership, nature of the offense, and number of…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Crime, Criminals
Therapist Ratings as Predictors of Therapy Attendance.
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Heisler, Gerald H.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1982
Rated community mental health clinic clients after the initial session. Therapist ratings of client behavior were related significantly to subsequent attendance. Early dropouts were characterized by youth and a lower education level. They were less likely to be employed and more likely to have diagnosed personality disorders. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Dropout Characteristics
Mental and Chronological Age as Predictors of Age-Appropriate Leisure Activity in Children with Mental Retardation.
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Evans, David W.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1995
Forty children with mental retardation were compared on everyday leisure-time behaviors with children without mental retardation matched for mental age (MA) or chronological age (CA). Although MA best predicted overall functioning on leisure-time behavior, CA best predicted both single highest behavior performed and highest behavior considered too…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Children
Patterns of Undergraduate Performance Related to Success in College.
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Hackman, Judith Dozier; Taber, Thomas D. – American Educational Research Journal, 1979
Seven success patterns and five nonsuccess patterns are identified as prevalent types of undergraduate performance. Students showed significant differences in demographic characteristics, admission credentials, college performance, and post-college plans. Results indicated that colleges should offer many subenvironments, each emphasizing and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Classification