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Akpomi, Margaret E.; Amesi, Joy – Educational Research and Reviews, 2009
This research was conducted to determine the behavioural constraints on practices of auditing (BCPAN) in Nigeria and to proffer strategies for making incidence of auditing (internal and external auditors) more effective. Thirty-seven administrators drawn from some public limited liability companies, private companies and tertiary institutions were…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Foreign Countries, Incidence, Questionnaires
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Card, Noel A. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2007
Antipathetic relationships have received little empirical attention. This study examines these relationships by eliciting college students' descriptions of the formation, patterns of interpersonal behaviors, and termination of antipathetic relationships during high school. Factors that differentiate inimical from other antipathetic relationships…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Peer Relationship, Undergraduate Students, Behavior Patterns
Dayton Human Relations Commission, OH. – 1966
Southern Appalachians who had migrated to East Dayton, Ohio, neighborhoods were studied to determine group characteristics, the degree of urban adjustment, and problem areas in social behavior and culture conflict. Interviews were conducted with 5 community leaders, 5 area students who attended a workshop on urban adjustment of migrants, and 5…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Culture Conflict, Economically Disadvantaged
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Boulton, Michael J. – Early Education and Development, 1992
Reports two studies of adolescent perceptions of playful and aggressive fighting. Results suggest that some bouts of playful fighting are used during adolescence to settle disputes about dominance and that aggression may be introduced into playful fighting to settle dominance disputes. (LB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Behavior Patterns, Conflict Resolution
Gelles, Richard J. – 1977
A study involving 1,146 families with children between 3 and 17 years old was conducted to assess the extent and cause of violence and aggression on children by their parents. Research regarding incidence, modes, and patterns of child abuse was reviewed and problems with various methods of data collection were examined. A household interview…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Child Abuse, Conflict