NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
The Impact of Assistive Technology on Down Syndrome Students in Kingdom of Bahrain
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Alammary, Jaflah; Al-Haiki, Fatima; Al-Muqahwi, Kawther – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2017
Assistive Technology is playing an enabler role in the life of Down Syndrome. Assistive Technology can allow Down Syndrome to engage in the normal life activities and be more social and independent. The Arab countries are providing vital effort on facilitating the life of Down Syndrome and encouraging their engagement in normal social life.…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Down Syndrome, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
The Role of Life-Space, Social Activity, and Depression on the Subjective Memory Complaints of Community-Dwelling Filipino Elderly: A Structural Equation Model
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
de Guzman, Allan B.; Lagdaan, Lovely France M.; Lagoy, Marie Lauren V. – Educational Gerontology, 2015
Subjective memory complaints are one of the major concerns of the elderly and remain a challenging area in gerontology. There are previous studies that identify different factors affecting subjective memory complaints. However, an extended model that correlates life-space on subjective memory complaints remains a blank spot. The objective of this…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Depression (Psychology), Memory, Gerontology
Relations between Internalizing and Externalizing Problems in Early Childhood
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Stone, Lisanne L.; Otten, Roy; Engels, Rutger C. M. E.; Kuijpers, Rowella C. W. M.; Janssens, Jan M. A. M. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2015
Background: Childhood internalizing and externalizing problems are closely related and often co-occur. Directional models have been employed to test how these problems are related, while few studies have tested a third variables model. Objective: This study investigates whether internalizing and externalizing problems are reciprocally or…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Models, Locus of Control, Child Behavior
The Role of Social Activity in Age-Cognition Relations
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Soubelet, Andrea – Educational Gerontology, 2013
The goal of the current project was to examine whether engaging in social activity may moderate or mediate the relation between age and cognitive functioning. A large age range sample of adults performed a variety of cognitive tests and completed a social activities questionnaire. Results did not support the moderator hypothesis, as age…
Descriptors: Educational Gerontology, Role, Social Cognition, Models
Assessing Adult Leisure Activities: An Extension of a Self-Report Activity Questionnaire
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Jopp, Daniela S.; Hertzog, Christopher – Psychological Assessment, 2010
Everyday leisure activities in adulthood and old age have been investigated with respect to constructs such as successful aging, an engaged lifestyle, and prevention of age-related cognitive decline. They also relate to mental health and have clinical value, as they can inform diagnosis and interventions. In the present study, the authors enhanced…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Content Validity, Leisure Time, Measures (Individuals)
Social Identification, Social Influence and Value Transmission.
Dager, Edward Z.; And Others – 1977
The usefulness of concepts gleaned from identification theory was explored in an analysis of questionnaires from students in urban high schools in 1966. An "identificatory sequence" consisting of identificatory process and identificatory motive, and culminating in value similarity between child and parent, was proposed. This sequence was linked,…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, High Schools, Identification (Psychology), Interpersonal Relationship