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Krettenauer, Tobias; Murua, Lourdes Andrea; Jia, Fanli – Developmental Psychology, 2016
In this study, age-related differences in adults' moral identity were investigated. Moral identity was conceptualized a context-dependent self-structure that becomes differentiated and (re)integrated in the course of development and that involves a broad range of value-orientations. Based on a cross-sectional sample of 252 participants aged 14 to…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Moral Values, Identification (Psychology), Adolescents
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Stauffer, Sarah D.; Perdrix, Sophie; Masdonati, Jonas; Massoudi, Koorosh; Rossier, Jérôme – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2013
Clients' personality traits and individual characteristics, such as age, gender, reason for seeking counselling, and further compounding problems in their personal or academic lives, may pose risk factors that render career decision making difficult and may also impact the overall effectiveness of a career counselling intervention. Neuroticism and…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Individual Characteristics, Counseling Effectiveness, Career Counseling
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Spinath, Birgit; Eckert, Christine; Steinmayr, Ricarda – Educational Research, 2014
Background: Education is a key variable for reaching individually and socially desired outcomes. Specifically, school grades are important admission criteria for higher education and job positions. Nowadays, in countries committed to equal opportunities, girls obtain better school grades than boys, but the reasons why girls outperform boys are not…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Intelligence, Student Characteristics, Academic Achievement
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Kanai, Chieko; Iwanami, Akira; Hashimoto, Ryuichiro; Ota, Haruhisa; Tani, Masayuki; Yamada, Takashi; Kato, Nobumasa – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2011
Diagnosing Asperger's syndrome (AS) in adults is difficult and efficient indicators for a precise diagnosis are important in the clinical setting. We examined the clinical characteristics of AS in 129 adults (median age, 32.0 years [range, 19-57]; 102 men and 27 women; AS group (n = 64; median age, 32.0 years [range, 19-50]; 50 men and 14 women),…
Descriptors: Asperger Syndrome, Clinical Diagnosis, Measures (Individuals), Depression (Psychology)