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Dolev, Smadar; Sher-Censor, Efrat; Tal, Leah – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research Findings: This study focused on kindergartens serving low SES families and examined the associations between teachers' perceptions of their teaching experiences in their classroom and observed global classroom quality. Forty teachers and their classrooms participated. Teachers' perceptions of their teaching experiences in the classroom…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs
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Taylor, Sherria D.; Stahl, Michelle; Distelberg, Brian – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2021
The role of spirituality in families is an important factor in family resilience. Currently, however, no quantitative instruments exist that adequately assess this phenomenon. This study introduced the adapted Spiritual Perspective Scale-Family Version (SPS-FV) and explored its psychometric qualities among 574 majority ethnic minority individuals…
Descriptors: Religious Factors, Family Life, Low Income Groups, Ethnic Groups
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Smetana, Judith G.; Ahmad, Ikhlas; Wray-Lake, Laura – Developmental Psychology, 2016
We examined within- and between-person variations in parental legitimacy beliefs in a sample of 883 Arab refugee youth (M[subscript age] = 15.01 years, SD = 1.60), 277 Iraqis, 275 Syrians, and 331 Palestinians, in Amman, Jordan. Latent profile analyses of 22 belief items yielded 4 profiles of youth. The "normative" profile (67% of the…
Descriptors: Refugees, Arabs, Parenting Styles, Beliefs
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Peris, Tara S.; Benazon, Nili; Langley, Audra; Roblek, Tami; Piacentini, John – Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 2008
This paper documents preliminary examination of the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Parental Attitudes and Behaviors Scale (PABS), an OCD-specific measure of parental attitudes, beliefs, and behavioral strategies related to childhood OCD. Employing a sample of 123 youth (mean age = 11.7; 59% male, 79% Caucasian) diagnosed with…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Adjustment (to Environment), Factor Structure, Integrity