The objective of this study is to examine the changes in the self-respect, anxiety, and depression levels of the sportspeople studying at various departments of Selçuk University. The study group is constituted by totally 280 university students, 106 of whom doing individual and 174 doing team sports, being 123 females and 157 males. In the…

This 18-month prospective study investigated factors that contributed to changes in eating disorder symptoms among adolescents living in the People's Republic of China. Five hundred forty-one Chinese middle school and high school students (182 boys, 359 girls) completed measures of eating disorder symptoms; body dissatisfaction; appearance ideal…

A three-level model was derived from the literature on motivation and behavior change processes and from specific research on teacher concerns and self-confrontation. Teacher concerns comprise the first level of the model: concerns about self, task, and pupils. Self-confrontation feedback and behavior change procedures comprise the second level:…

A curriculum has been designed to teach the following 5 components of motivation to achieve in school: (1) affective, or enjoying school, (2) conceptual, or seeing oneself as a learner, (3) purposive, or goal setting, (4) instrumental, or actively moving toward goal attainment, and (5) evaluative, or self-assessing progress toward goals. Field…

The study investigated the relationship of teacher affective behavior changes to pupil affective behavior changes in the presence of elementary school guidance services for both populations. Specifically, the study asked: Is teacher change in Intimacy and Esprit related to pupil change in Self Perception and Peer Acceptance? Activities were…

The hypothesis that teacher personality characteristics affect student achievement is examined. This paper presents a preliminary analysis of the relationship of teachers' selfdescriptions to their students' changes over a school year. Two types of teacher measurement were obtained: observations of behavior and self reports. All student…

This workbook deals with values clarification strategies in the area of health education. It is designed to serve as a tool for expanding self awareness. The underlying assumption is that cognitive knowledge is only half of what is necessary for understanding one's own feelings and making decisions about such potential life problems as drugs, sex,…

The utility of the Rasch logistic measurement model in longitudinal analyses of children's self-concept was investigated. Calibration of an 80-item self-concept measure from the responses of 1,000 elementary school children resulted in the identification of 25 items that fit the model. Repeated measures analyses of variance used to assess the…

The case of Sherrie--whose problems included tantruming, self destructive, and aggressive behaviors--is presented to illustrate the Child Center's program to provide day treatment for emotionally disturbed and behavior disordered children, ages 3 thourgh 12. In Part A, the rationale for involving Sherrie in setting up and carrying out treatment…

The authors discuss the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains of learning typewriting, student attitudes toward learning, their self-concept, and teacher attitudes toward student learning ability, with learning conditions and motivation techniques for effective typewriting instruction. (MF)

Australian Outward Bound participants almost universally report their experience in the course as being significant in their lives. The relevance of Outward Bound to the normal progress of life enables it to make significant contributions to society and man's future. An Outward Bound course is designed to encourage students to take responsibility…

This monograph contains papers presented at a symposium on the values, goals and career concepts of youth. The first article discusses cognitive personality theory which maintains that all behavior is a judgmental process carried out upon stimuli which impinge upon the organism. Major issues in general behavior theory are presented followed by a…

Affective development is considered an important outcome of compensatory programs. This study examines interactions among program, cognitive, and affective variables over an extended time period. Affective dimensions considered for measurement include attitudes toward school, self-concept, achievement motivation, and internal-external control.…