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Li Schimmerl; Bernhard Haller; Alena Buyx; Stuart McLennan – Discover Education, 2024
Background: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a challenging disease pattern and has gained increasing scientific and public interest in recent years due to the Corona pandemic and Long-COVID. The aim of this study was to investigate (1) medical students' health-related control beliefs, (2) students' awareness and views…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Medical Students, Student Attitudes, Fatigue (Biology)
Yates, Mary-Lynn; Hulusi, Halit M. – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2018
This article explores the experiences of eight Educational Psychologists (EPs) in the UK who acted as expert witnesses at Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunals (SENDIST) hearings in the last 12 months on behalf of their employing Local Authority (LA). A thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with all eight EPs indicated two…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Psychologists, Foreign Countries, Special Education
Gerstorf, Denis; Hülür, Gizem; Wagner, Gert G.; Kunzmann, Ute; Ram, Nilam – Developmental Psychology, 2018
General well-being is known to deteriorate sharply at the end of life. However, it is an open question how rates of terminal change differ across affective and evaluative facets of well-being and if individual difference correlates operate in facet-specific ways. We examined how discrete affective states (happy, angry, fearful, sad) and…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Life Satisfaction, Health, Leisure Time
Gregoire, Josee; Cramer, Elizabeth D. – Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 2015
This exploratory qualitative study examines the perceptions of ten Haitian parents regarding their child with a disability, the education the child was receiving, their interaction with the school system, and how the disability has affected their relationship with their child and their involvement with the school. Data were obtained from…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities, Educational Quality
Kilcommons, Aoiffe M.; Withers, Paul; Moreno-Lopez, Agueda – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2012
Background: Involving ID service users in risk decision making necessitates consideration of an individual's ability to assess the implications and associated risks and thus make an informed choice. This calls for research on service users' awareness and understanding of risk management (RM). Method: Thirteen people in a residential ID service who…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Mental Retardation, Risk Management, Risk
White, Julie; Rae, Tina – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2016
The person-centred review (PCR) is a model for the review of a student's special educational needs (SEN) which places the young person and their family at the centre of the process. This mixed-methods, exploratory study investigated the views of 16 students with SEN aged between 10-11 years (Year 6) and 13-14 years (Year 9), and their…
Descriptors: Special Education, Disabilities, Special Needs Students, Mixed Methods Research
Meadows, Denis; Davies, Michael; Beamish, Wendi – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2014
Poor post-school outcomes for youth with disabilities have consistently been reported internationally. Interagency collaboration between school systems and post-school services is critical and key to improving post-school life for these youth. An initial Queensland study that benchmarked the teacher practice of 104 transition teachers and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Transitional Programs
Pinkney, Christopher J.; Murray, Christopher J.; Lind, John R. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2012
In this investigation, the authors examine the relationship between individual skills (i.e., career locus of control [LOC], social skills [SOC], and social problem-solving skills [SPSS]) and the school- and perceived career-related adjustment of 211 students with disabilities. Data pertaining to individual skills were gathered from student…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Employment Qualifications, Interpersonal Competence, Disabilities
Witmer, Sara E.; Cook, Elizabeth; Schmitt, Heather; Clinton, Marianne – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2015
The read-aloud accommodation (RA) is frequently provided to students with high-incidence disabilities to facilitate their access to learning opportunities during instruction and to allow them to demonstrate knowledge and skills during testing. Empirical support for this accommodation has been somewhat mixed, and has primarily focused on…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Reading Aloud to Others, Disabilities, Instructional Effectiveness
Smith, Rachel E.; Buchannan, Tara – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2012
Barriers to classroom participation for postsecondary students with disabilities are often addressed through accommodations via disability resource offices. However, the use of individualized accommodations as the sole method for resolving access barriers in the classroom is neither sustainable nor equitable. Furthermore, this somewhat flawed…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Locus of Control, Access to Education, Barriers
Rodriguez, Raymond J.; Cavendish, Wendy – International Journal for Research in Learning Disabilities, 2013
This study examined the potential role of cultural variables in the relationship between perceived family environments and levels of self-determination among students with disabilities. Participants were 190 Latino, African-American and Euro-American students with disabilities enrolled in six high schools within a large urban school district in…
Descriptors: African American Students, Hispanic American Students, White Students, Disabilities
Smedema, Susan Miller; Chan, Fong; Yaghmaian, Rana A.; Cardoso, Elizabeth DaSilva; Muller, Veronica; Keegan, John; Dutta, Alo; Ebener, Deborah J. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2015
This study examined the factorial structure of the construct core self-evaluations (CSE) and tested a mediational model of the relationship between CSE and life satisfaction in college students with disabilities. We conducted a quantitative descriptive design using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and multiple regression analysis.…
Descriptors: College Students, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Life Satisfaction, Disabilities
Kumar, Kari Lynne; Wideman, Maureen – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2014
This article presents a case study of a technology-enhanced face-to-face health sciences course in which the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) were applied. Students were offered a variety of means of representation, engagement, and expression throughout the course, and were surveyed and interviewed at the end of the term to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Higher Education, Undergraduate Study, Health Sciences
McLaren, Molly Rae – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Research investigating career intervention efficacy has inadequately investigated the identification of important client factors which might moderate the effects of various career interventions. The current study had two aims. First it examined the efficacy of a newly developed Computer-Assisted Career Guidance System (CACGS) used alone, and the…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Career Information Systems, Counseling Effectiveness, Intervention
Rojewski, Jay W.; Lee, In Heok; Gregg, Noel; Gemici, Sinan – Exceptional Children, 2012
This study analyzed the longitudinal development of occupational aspiration prestige scores over a 12-year period (Grade 8 to 8 years postsecondary) to better understand this aspect of career choice from adolescence into adulthood for people with high-incidence disabilities. A curvilinear trajectory was detected where aspirations increased during…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Disabilities, Occupational Aspiration, High School Students