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Blackstone, Sarah R.; Sangiorgio, Celeste; Johnson, Aimee K. – American Journal of Health Education, 2020
Background: Eating disorders (ED) are a concern on college campuses, yet comprehensive education and awareness is low. Few studies have investigated knowledge of disordered eating not fitting prototypical depictions or recognition of disordered eating in males. Purpose: To assess college students' ability to identify behavioral symptoms of ED in…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Vignettes, College Students, Gender Differences
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Barrett, Sarah L.; Uljarevic, Mirko; Baker, Emma K.; Richdale, Amanda L.; Jones, Catherine R. G.; Leekam, Susan R. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
In two studies we developed and tested a new self-report measure of restricted and repetitive behaviours (RRB) suitable for adults. In Study 1, The Repetitive Behaviours Questionnaire-2 for adults (RBQ-2A) was completed by a sample of 163 neurotypical adults. Principal components analysis revealed two components: Repetitive Motor Behaviours and…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Questionnaires, Behavior Patterns
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Mäkelä, Tiina E.; Peltola, Mikko J.; Nieminen, Pirkko; Paavonen, E. Juulia; Saarenpää-Heikkilä, Outi; Paunio, Tiina; Kylliäinen, Anneli – Developmental Psychology, 2018
Fragmented sleep is common in infancy. Although night awakening is known to decrease with age, in some infants night awakening is more persistent and continues into older ages. However, the influence of fragmented sleep on development is poorly known. In the present study, the longitudinal relationship between fragmented sleep and psychomotor…
Descriptors: Infants, Correlation, Psychomotor Skills, Sleep
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Bendjebar, Safia; Lafifi, Yacine; Zedadra, Amina – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2016
In e-learning systems, tutors have a significant impact on learners' life to increase their knowledge level and to make the learning process more effective. They are characterized by different features. Therefore, identifying tutoring styles is a critical step in understanding the preference of tutors on how to organize and help the learners. In…
Descriptors: Tutors, Tutoring, Tutor Training, Tutorial Programs
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van Hulst, Branko M.; de Zeeuw, Patrick; Bos, Dienke J.; Rijks, Yvonne; Neggers, Sebastiaan F. W.; Durston, Sarah – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2017
Background: Changes in reward processing are thought to be involved in the etiology of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), as well as other developmental disorders. In addition, different forms of therapy for ADHD rely on reinforcement principles. As such, improved understanding of reward processing in ADHD could eventually lead to…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Task Analysis, Reinforcement, Therapy
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Hernthaisong, Preeyanan; Sitti, Somsong; Sonsupap, Kanyarat – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
The objectives of this research were to study the development of a curriculum for enhancing grade 9 students' cognitive skills using a curriculum based on Systems Thinking Process. There were 3 phases: 1) studying of the problem; 2) development of tentative curriculum; and 3) implementation of the curriculum in a pilot study. The samples were 32…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Grade 9, Systems Approach, Pretests Posttests
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Power, F. Clark; Seroczynski, A. D. – Journal of Character Education, 2015
Can youth sports build character? Research suggests that the answer to this question leads to 2 further questions: (1) can youth sport coaches be effectively prepared to become character educators, and (2) can character education take place in today's competitive youth sport environment? (Bredemeier & Shields, 2006; Power, 2015; Power &…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Athletic Coaches, Moral Values, Values Education
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Jones, Cathleen S.; Hartley, Nell T. – American Journal of Business Education, 2013
For decades,some of the most popular devices used in educating students and employees to the values of diversity are those that are based on a four-grid identification of behavior style. The results from the scoring of the instruments provide individual profiles in terms of a person's assertiveness, responsiveness, and preferred tone of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Personality Measures, Personality Traits
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Castera, Jeremy; Sarapuu, Tago; Clement, Pierre – Journal of Biological Education, 2013
Innatism is the belief that most of the human personality can be determined by genes. This ideology is dangerous, especially when it claims to be scientific. The present study investigates conceptions of 1060 students from Estonia and France related to genetic determinism of some human behaviours. Factors taken into account included students'…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Gender Differences, Genetics, Foreign Countries
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Spek, Annelies A.; Wouters, Saskia G. M. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2010
Several recent studies have demonstrated a genetical overlap between autism and schizophrenia. However, at a behavioral level it remains unclear which features can validly distinguish adults with autism from an adult schizophrenia group. To this end, the present study compared 21 individuals with the autistic disorder and 21 individuals with…
Descriptors: Schizophrenia, Autism, Genetics, Adults
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Stanford, Sarah; Jones, Michael P. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2009
Background: Research to date suggests that as many as 12-15% of young people engage in self-harm behaviour; however, the current understanding of the psychological basis of adolescent self-harm is limited. The objective was to determine whether adolescents who self-harm are a psychologically homogenous group. It was hypothesised that psychological…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Psychology, Behavior Patterns, College Students
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Johnston, Charlotte; Murray, Candice – Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 2007
This study examined both the frequency and type of noncompliant behavior in 14 boys with co-occurring Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and oppositional defiant (OD) behavior, 24 boys with only ADHD, and 33 nonproblem boys. Mothers rated boys' noncompliant behavior on the Response Style Questionnaire (RSQ) and observers coded…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Mothers, Males, Hyperactivity
Walsh, W. Bruce – J Counseling Psychol, 1969
Results suggest that method of collecting data is not associated with accuracy of self-report. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Collection
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Venables, P. H.; And Others – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 1983
Data from use of Rutter's Children's Behavior Questionnaire in a developing country suggest that the scale's factor structure is stable over sex and racial groups. (MP)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Children, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
Flaherty, Michael G. – 1980
Very little of the professional literature on suicide deals with suicide in jails, and virtually no references to juvenile suicide in adult jails exist. To determine if the rate of juvenile suicide in adult jails might be higher than that in secure juvenile detention centers, suicidal conduct was used as the indicator of the harmful effects of…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Correctional Institutions, Cross Sectional Studies
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