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Bloodworth, Andrew; McNamee, Mike; Tan, Jacinta – Sport, Education and Society, 2017
Participation in elite sport, and in particular those sports with special demands in terms of weight and shape, is associated with a higher risk for eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa [Sundgot-Borgen, J., & Torstveit, M. K. (2010). Aspects of disordered eating continuum in elite high intensity sports. "Scandinavian Journal of…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Athletics, Body Weight, Self Concept
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Fox, Nathan A. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2010
Behavioral inhibition (BI) is a temperament that can be identified early in childhood. Children with BI are socially reticent, withdraw from engaging unfamiliar peers, and often have problems in forming friendships. They are also at risk for developing anxiety disorders as they get older. There is, however, as much discontinuity as continuity in…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Inhibition, Anxiety Disorders, Withdrawal (Psychology)
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Dobkin, Patricia L.; And Others – Child Development, 1995
Examined the role of individual characteristics and peer influences in evoking early substance abuse in young boys. Individual characteristics, such as fighting, hyperactivity, oppositional behaviors, and likability, were found to be pivotal in the development of substance abuse--more than friends' deviance. Results suggest that prevention…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Behavior Patterns, Children, Delinquency
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Gresham, Frank M.; Cook, Clayton R.; Crews, S. Dean; Kern, Lee – Behavioral Disorders, 2004
This article provides an analysis of the current knowledge base of social skills training (SST) with students with, or at risk for, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (EBD). This knowledge base is evaluated with respect to issues regarding construct, internal, external, and social validity of the SST literature. Research syntheses investigating…
Descriptors: Intervention, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Behavior Patterns
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Edwards, Anne; Mackenzie, Lin – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2005
In this paper we argue that interventions aimed at preventing social exclusion need to be informed by detailed analysis of the formation, disruption, reformation and support of trajectories of participation in the opportunities for action provided. We draw on evidence we gathered on the lives of two women who used an inner city drop-in centre to…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, At Risk Persons, Foreign Countries, Interviews