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Cyberbullying: Through the Eyes of Children and Young People
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Ackers, Melanie Jane – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2012
The topic of cyberbullying is raising international debate and concern. Through the development and dissemination of a questionnaire 12 student researchers were supported in surveying 325 UK students across Years 7, 8 and 9 to gain further knowledge of this area, in relation to children and young people. Results were analysed and comparisons made…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Foreign Countries, Children, Adolescents
A Cross-Cultural, Comparative Study of the American, Spanish, and Mexican Versions of the WISC-IV
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Sanchez-Escobedo, Pedro; Hollingworth, Liz; Fina, Anthony D. – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2011
The question regarding the appropriateness of the use of tests of intelligence and cognitive abilities developed in the United States to assess people from other countries was renewed in the debate between Suen and Greenspan (2008) and Sanchez-Escobedo and Hollingworth (2009). This controversy arose from challenges in the translation, adaptation,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Intelligence Tests, Measures (Individuals)
Academic and Behaviour Associates of Peer Status for Children in a Caribbean Community Findings from the St Vincent Child Study
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Jimerson, Shane R.; Durbrow, Eric H.; Wagstaff, David A. – School Psychology International, 2009
Studies of peer relations among children living in rural developing communities are rare. This study examined peer status in 168 children (ages 6-12) living in a rural community in a developing community, St Vincent, the West Indies. The present study used ANOVA to test hypotheses about the relations between peer status and academic scores and…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Delinquency, Foreign Countries, Peer Acceptance
National Differences in Intelligence and Educational Attainment
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Lynn, Richard; Mikk, Jaan – Intelligence, 2007
We examine the correlations between the national IQs of Lynn and Vanhanen (Lynn, R. and Vanhanen, T. (2002). "IQ and the wealth of nations". Westport, CT: Praeger. Westport, CT: Praeger, Lynn, R. and Vanhanen, T. (2006). "IQ and global inequality". Athens, GA: Washington Summit Books.) and educational attainment scores in math and science for 10-…
Descriptors: Intelligence Quotient, Feedback, Educational Attainment, Correlation
Children, Families and Change: International Perspectives. Preface to the Special Issue.
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Swadener, Elizabeth Blue; Bloch, Marianne N. – Early Education and Development, 1997
Provides several contextual and theoretical frameworks through which to make connections between the articles in this special issue, which examine global trends affecting children and their families in rapidly changing environments. Discusses how cross-national perspectives on issues affecting children and their families are becoming increasingly…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences
Children's Well-Being: An International Comparison. A Report of the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. One Hundred First Congress, Second Session together with Additional Minority Views. Committee Print.
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Hobbs, Frank; Lippman, Laura – 1990
This report presents international statistics on the status of children and families, and thus updates a 1988 fact sheet containing international comparisons of public policies promoting the well-being of children and families. Included in the report are data on basic demographic trends, family composition and marital dissolution, the economic…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Comparative Analysis, Demography