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Empathy for Interpersonal Peace: Effects of Peace Education on Empathy Skills
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Sagkal, Ali Serdar; Turnuklu, Abbas; Totan, Tarik – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2012
The purpose of this research was to examine the effects of Peace Education Program on the sixth grade elementary students' empathy levels. The research was carried out using pretest-posttest control group quasi-experimental design. While Peace Education Program was applied on experiment group; control group has not been provided any treatment. The…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Empathy, Peace, Quasiexperimental Design
Clinical Utility of the Cross-Cultural (Chinese) Personality Assessment Inventory (CPAI-2) in the Assessment of Substance Use Disorders among Chinese Men
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Cheung, Fanny M.; Cheung, Shu Fai; Leung, Freedom – Psychological Assessment, 2008
This study examined the clinical utility of the Cross-Cultural (Chinese) Personality Inventory (CPAI-2) in differentiating the personality characteristics of Chinese men with substance use disorders from other psychiatric patients and normal control participants. The CPAI-2 profile of 121 Chinese men with substance use disorders was contrasted…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Personality Assessment, Antisocial Behavior, Personality
National Academic Award Winners over Time: Their Family Situation, Education and Interpersonal Relations
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Sekowski, Andrzej; Siekanska, Malgorzata – High Ability Studies, 2008
The article presents the results of a study focusing on the family situation, education and interpersonal relations of adults (26-35 years old) who in their adolescence (16-19 years old) displayed exceptional giftedness. One group of those surveyed were national academic award winners (90). The control group consisted of 90 people of no…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Professional Recognition, Awards, Academically Gifted
Social-Cognition and the Broad Autism Phenotype: Identifying Genetically Meaningful Phenotypes
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Losh, Molly; Piven, Joseph – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2007
Background: Strong evidence from twin and family studies suggests that the genetic liability to autism may be expressed through personality and language characteristics qualitatively similar, but more subtly expressed than those defining the full syndrome. This study examined behavioral features of this "broad autism phenotype" (BAP) in relation…
Descriptors: Social Cognition, Autism, Social Characteristics, Personality
The Effects of Prospective Naturalistic Contact on the Stigma of Mental Illness
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Couture, Shannon M.; Penn, David L. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2006
The primary aim of this study was to determine whether naturalistic, interpersonal contact with persons with a severe mental illness (SMI) could reduce stigma. Participants from the agency Compeer (which pairs volunteers with people with SMI) were compared to volunteers from a control agency and to nonvolunteer participants from the community on…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Affective Behavior, Volunteers, Social Bias
PROBLEMS IN THE DESIGN AND INTERPRETATION OF RESEARCH ON HUMAN RELATIONS TRAINING. EXPLORATIONS, HUMAN RELATIONS TRAINING AND RESEARCH, NUMBER 1, 1967. REVISED.
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HARRISON, ROGER – 1967
WRITTEN TO PROVIDE INVESTIGATORS OR ADMINISTRATORS WITH A REVIEW OF THE PROBLEMS OF PLANNING, CONDUCTING, OR INTERPRETING STUDIES IN HUMAN RELATIONS TRAINING, THIS PAPER DISCUSSES RESEARCH PROBLEMS AND WAYS TO OVERCOME THEM. PROBLEMS OF SELECTION OF CONTROL GROUPS, TEMPORAL CHANGE IN TRAINING OUTCOME, DESIGN RESTRICTIONS IN OBSERVATION OF…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Control Groups, Human Relations