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Alemu, Yirgalem; Teshome, Aschalew; Kebede, Million; Regassa, Tessema – African Educational Research Journal, 2014
The aim of this study was to explore the experiences and sources of stress among practicing student-teachers in the Eastern region of Ethiopia. A total of 112 participants were selected from the total population of 197 using stratified random sampling technique. Data were collected using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), sources of stress measure…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Stress Variables, Teaching Conditions, Graduate Study
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Rimm, Sylvia B. – Parenting for High Potential, 2015
School and life achievement patterns for girls and women differ from those of boys and men. While girls have made dramatic progress in school, they need to be inspired to connect to lifelong achievement. Both research and clinical work at the Ohio-based Family Achievement Clinic find that more boys than girls underachieve in school. There is much…
Descriptors: Gender Issues, Gifted, Academic Achievement, Gender Differences
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Coley, Rebekah Levine; Ribar, David; Votruba-Drzal, Elizabeth – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2011
Economically disadvantaged mothers face numerous barriers to stable, quality employment opportunities. One barrier that has received limited attention in previous research is having a child with significant psychological or behavioral problems. Using a representative sample of low-income mothers and early adolescent children from the Three-City…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Delinquency, Mothers
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Johnson, Sarah; Li, Jianghong; Kendall, Garth; Strazdins, Lyndall; Jacoby, Peter – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2013
This study examined the association between typical parental work hours (including nonemployed parents) and children's behavior in two-parent heterosexual families. Child behavior was measured by the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) at ages 5, 8, and 10 in the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study ("N" = 4,201 child-year…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Family Work Relationship, Employed Parents, Foreign Countries
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Vassos, Maria V.; Nankervis, Karen L. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Previous research has highlighted that factors such as large workload, role ambiguity, lack of support from colleagues, and challenging behaviour are associated with higher levels of burnout within the disability support worker (DSW) population. The aim of this research was to investigate which factors contribute the most to the prediction of the…
Descriptors: Burnout, Predictor Variables, Stress Variables, Disabilities
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Kolak, Amy M.; Vernon-Feagans, Lynne – Infant and Child Development, 2008
The goal of this multi-method study was to examine how child gender and coparenting processes influence associations between family stress and toddlers' social adjustment. The participants, 104 dual-earner couples and their 2-year-old children, were videotaped in their home during a freeplay activity. Mothers and fathers completed questionnaires…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Questionnaires, Social Adjustment, Emotional Adjustment