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Sklad, Marcin; Park, Eri; van Venrooij, Iris; Pickard, Abigail; Wignand, Jantine – Contemporary School Psychology, 2022
This study evaluates the effects and reception of the Universal Curriculum Against Radicalization in Europe: an intervention aimed at preventing radicalization trough fostering social and civic competences and disrupting mechanisms involved in radicalization. A total of 191 Dutch secondary school students received the curriculum. The effects were…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Intervention, Comparative Analysis, Prevention
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Çam, Ibrahim – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
High school students who are in the development age or in the last class and have chance to win the university exams or disposal stage of the business life must also have a high level of assertiveness. In this context, the purpose of this research is to compare the assertiveness levels of high school seniors. The study group consists of 312 high…
Descriptors: Investigations, High School Seniors, Assertiveness, Demography
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Akelaitis, Arturas V.; Malinauskas, Romualdas K. – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2016
Research aim was to reveal peculiarities of the education of social skills among senior high school age students in physical education classes. We hypothesized that after the end of the educational experiment the senior high school age students will have more developed social skills in physical education classes. Participants in the study were 51…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence, High School Seniors, Physical Education
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Korem, Anat; Horenczyk, Gabriel; Tatar, Moshe – Journal of Adolescence, 2012
The goals of this study were to examine intra-group and inter-group assertiveness among adolescents, and to compare these two domains of assertiveness between cultural groups in Israel. Measures of intra-group and inter-group assertiveness were developed, and questionnaires were administrated to 441 immigrants from the Former Soviet Union (FSU),…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Adolescents, Assertiveness, Cultural Context
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Sazak Pinar, Elif; Sucuoglu, Bulbin – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2011
The present study was designed to investigate (a) which social skills were accepted as critical for success in inclusive classrooms according to the Turkish general classroom teachers and (b) whether the teachers' expectancies related to social skills of the students with and without disabilities differed. The importance dimension of the Social…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Elementary School Teachers, Special Needs Students, Interpersonal Competence
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Cifci Tekinarslan, Ilknur; Sazak Pinar, Elif; Sucuoglu, Bulbin – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2012
The purpose of this study is to compare the assessment results of social skills of students with mental retardation by their teachers and mothers through relational model by using descriptive statistics. The research group in this study consisted of mothers and teachers of 562 children with mental retardation aged between 6 and 12 who enrolled in…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Age Differences, Hyperactivity, Mental Retardation
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Williams, Robert J.; Wood, Robert T.; Currie, Shawn R. – Journal of Primary Prevention, 2010
School-based prevention programs are an important component of problem gambling prevention, but empirically effective programs are lacking. Stacked Deck is a set of 5-6 interactive lessons that teach about the history of gambling; the true odds and "house edge"; gambling fallacies; signs, risk factors, and causes of problem gambling; and…
Descriptors: Negative Attitudes, Prevention, At Risk Persons, Problem Solving
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Bonifacio, Serena; Girolametto, Luigi; Bulligan, Manuela; Callegari, Monica; Vignola, Sandra; Zocconi, Elisabetta – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2007
Background: Previous research on the pragmatic abilities of late talkers at 24 months of age indicates that they have difficulties initiating conversational interactions, but possess intact responsiveness skills. This study uses a parent-administered questionnaire for evaluating the conversational skills of late talkers and suggesting pragmatic…
Descriptors: Delayed Speech, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Skills, Italian
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Hebert, Martine; Bergeron, Manon – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2007
This study evaluates the effects of a group intervention for women sexually abused in childhood or adulthood. The sample consisted of 41 women involved in a group intervention based on a feminist approach offered by help centers for sexual assault victims in Quebec and 11 women in a wait-list comparison group. Results reveal that the group…
Descriptors: Group Therapy, Intervention, Sexual Abuse, Violence
Ishii, Satoshi; Thompson, Catherine A. – 1989
This study was conducted to compare the social style of Japanese and Americans. Participants included 241 Japanese students from Otsuma Women's University and Nihon University (Tokyo, Japan) and 252 American students from West Virginia University (United States). Each completed the Richmond-McCroskey Assertiveness-Responsiveness Measure (which…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences
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Bank, Barbara J. – Youth and Society, 1994
Discusses U.S. and Australian research on adolescence and the factors affecting friendship. Compared with Australian students, American adolescents were found to prescribe more closeness and more assertiveness to same-sex friendships; those in private schools were more assertive and less close. Girls prescribed more closeness but had less…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Assertiveness, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Influences
Allen, Mary J.; Sethi, Renuka R. – 1981
A quest for knowledge about the behavior and development of people in other parts of the world, concerns for social action, and greater family mobility have led to an increased interest in cross-cultural research. Male (N=112) and female (N=113) college students in India rated the desirability of 104 traits for Indian men or for Indian women. The…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
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Agada, John – Library and Information Science Research, 1987
A study was conducted at Ahmadu Bello University (Nigeria) to determine whether library science students were less assertive than their counterparts in the law and liberal arts schools. An attitude index administered to 100 undergraduate students showed no significant differences among the assertion levels of the three groups. The questionnaire is…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Attitude Measures, Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations
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Bramley, Jenny; Elkins, John – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1988
Historical background is presented on the self-advocacy movement for individuals with intellectual disabilities in Australia and the United States. Problems in the establishment and maintenance of advocacy programs are identified, and suggestions are made for ensuring the growth and vitality of the self-advocacy movement in Australia. (MSE)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Comparative Analysis, Counselor Client Relationship, Foreign Countries