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Thriving through Sport: The Transformative Impact on Girls' Mental Health
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William Massey; Nicole Zarrett; Phillip Veliz; Anna Farello – Women's Sports Foundation, 2024
The ongoing mental health crisis of children and adolescents was only worsened by the confluence of issues brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic (Hiebert & Kortes-Miller, 2021) with continued growing rates of anxiety and depression as well as elevations in suicidal ideation and thoughts of self-harm among today's youth (Reinert et al., 2021).…
Descriptors: Females, Mental Health, Children, Adolescents
A Descriptive and Comparative Analysis of Peer Advisor Psychosocial Development
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Nicole Marion Landwehr Turner – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this study was to examine advancement toward three tasks of psychosocial development for a national group of academic peer advisors. Previous research and program evaluations have shown the positive impact serving as a peer advisor has on undergraduate students, in addition to the institutional and advisee benefits generated. In…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Peer Counseling, Academic Advising, College Students
Culture and Developmental Trajectories: A Discussion on Contemporary Theoretical Models
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de Carvalho, Rafael Vera Cruz; Seidl-de-Moura, Maria Lucia; Martins, Gabriela Dal Forno; Vieira, Mauro Luís – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
This paper aims to describe, compare and discuss the theoretical models proposed by Patricia Greenfield, Çigdem Kagitçibasi and Heidi Keller. Their models have the common goal of understanding the developmental trajectories of self based on dimensions of autonomy and relatedness that are structured according to specific cultural and environmental…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Personal Autonomy, Context Effect, Educational Theories
Motivational Factors and Predictors for Attending a Continuing Education Program for Older Adults
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Cachioni, Meire; Nascimento Ordonez, Tiago; Lima da Silva, Thais Bento; Tavares Batistoni, Samila Sathler; Sanches Yassuda, Mônica; Caldeira Melo, Ruth; Rodrigues da Costa Domingues, Marisa Accioly; Lopes, Andrea – Educational Gerontology, 2014
The objectives were to describe the stated motives of participants who enrolled in a program at the Open University for the Elderly (UnATI, in Portuguese), identify correlations between the stated motives and sociodemographic data, and find a set of predictors related to the listed motives. A total of 306 middle-aged and elderly adults aged 50 or…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Continuing Education, Student Motivation, Open Universities
Social, Cultural, and Contextual Influences on Achievement Motivation Behavior.
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Maehr, Martin L. – 1978
Given the decline in birth rates, which will produce a steep decline in the youth population by 1990, this paper examines the possible effects such a population shift will have on the achievement motivation of children. It is reasoned the increased adult/child ratio could result in either of two possibilities: the greater attention paid to the…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Achievement, Age Groups, Behavioral Science Research
Becoming an Adult: Leaving Home, Relationships and Home Ownership among Australian Youth. Research Report.
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Hillman, Kylie J.; Marks, Gary N. – 2002
Four Australian cohorts (born in 1961, 1965, 1970 and 1975) were studied between 1980-2000. The life transitions study focused on these three traditional markers of adulthood: (1) moving out of the parental home; (2) establishing an intimate relationship; and (3) buying a home. Incidence of these transitions was analyzed in terms of their…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Children, Attrition (Research Studies), Cohort Analysis