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Cross, Tracy L.; Coleman, Laurence J.; Terhaar-Yonkers, Marge – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2014
A study of the effects of schooling on the social cognition of gifted adolescents is reported. A student attitude questionnaire (SAQ) exploring the cognitive behavioral strategies utilized to manage the stigma of giftedness was developed after conducting phenomenological interviews of fifteen gifted adolescents attending the Tennessee Governor's…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Social Cognition, Social Bias, Questionnaires
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Portnow, Sam; Downer, Jason; Brown, Josh – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2015
Participation in Social Emotional Learning (SEL) programs reduces aggressive and antisocial behavior (Durlak, Weissberg, Dymnicki, Taylor, & Schellinger, 2011). Theoretically, SEL programs foster social and emotionally intelligent youth through improving children's social and emotional skills, defined in the present study as the ability to…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Aggression, Antisocial Behavior
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Fleva, Eleni – World Journal of Education, 2015
The aim of this study is twofold. First, to investigate whether the imagined contact method (an indirect method of contact) can improve behavioural intentions towards a hypothetical peer with Asperger syndrome (AS). Second, to test whether the effect of the method can be generalised on attitudes towards young people with AS in general.…
Descriptors: Asperger Syndrome, Intention, Control Groups, Experimental Groups