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Park, Veronica; Onslow, Mark; Lowe, Robyn; Jones, Mark; O'Brian, Sue; Packman, Ann; Menzies, Ross; Block, Susan; Wilson, Linda; Harrison, Elisabeth; Hewat, Sally – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2021
Background: Information is available about what predicts Lidcombe Program treatment time, but nothing is known about what predicts treatment prognosis. Aims: To investigate the predictors of treatment dropout and treatment outcome for children who were treated for early stuttering with the Lidcombe Program (N = 277). Methods & Procedures: A…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Intervention, Outcomes of Treatment, Language Skills
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Ribakova, Laysan A.; Valeeva, Roza A.; Merker, Natalia – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The purpose of the study was the theoretical justification and experimental verification of content, complex forms and methods to ensure effective prevention and psycho-pedagogical correction of bullying in school. 53 teenage students from Kazan took part in the experiment. A complex of diagnostic techniques for the detection of violence and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bullying, Case Studies, Prevention
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Scent, Camille L.; Boes, Susan R. – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2014
Academic procrastination is a multifaceted problem with cognitive, behavioral, and motivational correlates. Considered from an acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) point of view, these correlates relate to experiential avoidance and cognitive fusion. This article describes a brief ACT intervention for reducing procrastination.
Descriptors: College Students, Intervention, Student Behavior, Behavior Modification
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Dickinson, Mary J.; Dickinson, David A. G. – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
This study focuses on a pan-disciplinary scheme that targeted high-achieving undergraduate students. Earlier research from the scheme argued that high achievers have discernibly different learning and personal development support needs. One of the most frequent self-reported challenges within this high-achieving group is perfectionism. This…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, High Achievement, Undergraduate Students, Resilience (Psychology)
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Radhu, Natasha; Daskalakis, Zafiris J.; Arpin-Cribbie, Chantal A.; Irvine, Jane; Ritvo, Paul – Journal of American College Health, 2012
Objective: This study assessed a Web-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for maladaptive perfectionism, investigating perfectionism, anxiety, depression, negative automatic thoughts, and perceived stress. Participants: Participants were undergraduate students defined as maladaptive perfectionists through a screening questionnaire at an urban…
Descriptors: Therapy, Statistical Analysis, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology)
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Hurt, Amy A.; Grist, Cathy Lann; Malesky, Lann A., Jr.; McCord, David M. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2013
Background: Applied behaviour analysis (ABA) therapists typically work one-to-one with children with autism for extended periods of time, which often leads to high levels of job-related stress, lower levels of job satisfaction, increased frequency of occupational "burnout" and higher than average job turnover (Journal of Autism…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Behavior Modification, Children, Autism
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Bieling, Peter J.; Hawley, Lance L.; Bloch, Richard T.; Corcoran, Kathleen M.; Levitan, Robert D.; Young, L. Trevor; MacQueen, Glenda M.; Segal, Zindel V. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: To examine whether metacognitive psychological skills, acquired in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), are also present in patients receiving medication treatments for prevention of depressive relapse and whether these skills mediate MBCT's effectiveness. Method: This study, embedded within a randomized efficacy trial of MBCT,…
Descriptors: Prevention, Program Effectiveness, Rating Scales, Personality Traits
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Claus, Christopher J.; Chory, Rebecca M.; Malachowski, Colleen C. – Communication Education, 2012
This study investigated students' perceptions of their instructors' argumentativeness and verbal aggressiveness, classroom justice, and effectiveness of and likelihood of communicating student antisocial behavior alteration techniques (BATs). Results indicate that student perceptions of instructor argumentativeness were not related to their…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Aggression, Compliance (Psychology), Attitude Measures
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Karraker, Katherine – Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention, 2008
This literature review focuses on factors found to be associated with individual differences in infant night waking. Infant night waking that requires parent intervention to assist the infant to return to sleep is of special concern to parents because of the sleep deprivation and fragmentation that they experience. Both intrinsic and extrinsic…
Descriptors: Sleep, Infants, Parent Child Relationship, Behavior Modification
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Conrod, Patricia J.; Stewart, Sherry H.; Comeau, Nancy; Maclean, A. Michael – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2006
Sensation seeking, anxiety sensitivity, and hopelessness are personality risk factors for alcohol use disorders, each associated with specific risky drinking motives in adolescents. We developed a set of interventions and manuals that were designed to intervene at the level of personality risk and associated maladaptive coping strategies,…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Personality Traits