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Peer reviewedBaltes, Margret M.; And Others – Journal of Gerontology, 1983
Studied interactions between 40 elderly nursing home residents and their social partners. Results showed discrepant social contingencies for different resident behaviors, i.e., dependent self-care behaviors received continuous supportive responses, where independent self-care behaviors, obstructively engaged and nonengaged behaviors received no…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Daily Living Skills, Ecology, Gerontology
Download full textWaldron, Vincent R.; Krone, Kathleen J. – 1989
A study examined the role of emotion in organizational life (specifically, in a corrections organization) to determine the communicative circumstances and effects associated with emotional communication events. A detailed questionnaire administered to 105 employees of a state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation provided data on the nature…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Behavior Patterns, Communication Research, Conflict
Peer reviewedMeltzer, Leo; And Others – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Peer reviewedThelen, Mark H.; And Others – Journal of Research in Personality, 1981
Reviews literature on effects of being imitated and the social influence function of imitation, plus related literature on conformity from social psychology. Considers this research within a number of theoretical contexts, especially within the conceptual framework of effectance motivation. Suggests imitation may facilitate mastery and control of…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitude Change, Attribution Theory, Behavior Patterns
Direct linkUnnever, James D.; Colvin, Mark; Cullen, Francis T. – Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 2004
In his recent "Crime and Coercion," Colvin contends that individuals exposed to coercive environments develop social-psychological deficits that enhance their probability of engaging in criminal behavior. Using a sample of 2,472 students from six middle schools, the authors test core propositions of Colvin's differential coercion theory.…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Crime, Middle School Students, Incidence
Nelson-Le Gall, Sharon – 1986
Help-seeking has become a topic of growing interest in the past 5 years for educators and psychologists concerned with the development and enhancement of children's active learning skills. This paper explains the instrumental role of help-seeking in learning. Major conceptualizations of help-seeking are examined and evaluated for their utility in…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Style, Decision Making, Educational Environment
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
