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Renaud, Jesse; Barker, Erin T; Hendricks, Charlene; Putnick, Diane L.; Bornstein, Marc H. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2019
Despite the robust link between dispositional optimism and well-being across the lifespan, the developmental origins of dispositional optimism are unknown. Understanding the pathways that lead to greater optimism during the transition from adolescence into young adulthood may be important given that this stage of the life course involves the…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Psychological Patterns, Positive Attitudes, Well Being
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Humphreys, Jane – Psychology of Education Review, 2020
Internal working models of social relationships are based on the earliest attachment bonds we make with caregivers (Bowlby, 1969, 1973), and relate to a number of later outcomes in childhood, adolescence and adulthood. In education, attachment styles map on to young children's educational journey but finding evidence in older groups has been…
Descriptors: Mothers, Predictor Variables, Attachment Behavior, Stress Variables
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Jankowska, Anna M.; Lewandowska-Walter, A.; Chalupa, A. A.; Jonak, Jolanta; Duszynski, Ramzia; Mazurkiewicz, N. – School Psychology Forum, 2015
Altered family experiences place children in foster care at risk for school adjustment difficulties. This study focuses on exploring the differences in school adaptation, locus of control, depression symptoms, and attachment styles among children in foster care and children raised by their biological parents. Sixty children completed self-report…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Locus of Control, Student Adjustment, Depression (Psychology)
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Falk, Nicholas Henry; Norris, Kimberley; Quinn, Michael G. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
The factors predicting stress, anxiety and depression in the parents of children with autism remain poorly understood. In this study, a cohort of 250 mothers and 229 fathers of one or more children with autism completed a questionnaire assessing reported parental mental health problems, locus of control, social support, perceived parent-child…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology), Parents
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Reese-Weber, Marla; Smith, Dana M. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
The association between a history of child sexual abuse (CSA) and specific negative outcomes (attachment, feelings of power, and self-esteem) was explored as was the relationship between those negative outcomes and sexual victimization during the first semester of college. Two groups of freshman college women (67 who had experienced CSA and 55 who…
Descriptors: Correlation, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Victims of Crime
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Dilmac, Bulent; Hamarta, Erdal; Arslan, Coskun – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2009
The aim of this research is to analyse the trait anxiety and locus of control of undergraduates in terms of their attachment styles. This research has been conducted in accordance with general screening model. The target population of the research is constituted of 480 undergraduates. Pearson moments multiplication correlation coefficient…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Locus of Control, Attachment Behavior, Correlation