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Thoits, Peggy A. – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2012
Theoretically, the more important a role-identity is to a person, the more it should provide a sense of purpose and meaning in life. Believing one's life to be purposeful and meaningful should yield greater mental and physical well-being. These hypotheses are tested with respect to the volunteer role, specifically, Mended Hearts visitor, in which…
Descriptors: Physical Health, Patients, Outcomes of Treatment, Volunteers
Cheng, Maisy; Brown, Robert S. – 1992
The Teacher Peer Support Program (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) described in this report was monitored for 2 years, from its inception in the 1990-1991 school year. The main objective of the research was to ascertain the degree of success of a formal induction program. Sources of information included questionnaire data from two cohorts of novice and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Individual Development
MacDougall, Mary Ann; Brown, Jeannette A. – 1973
The major objective of the study was to provide children with social skill training through: (1) individual opportunities for children to examine and adopt more productive alternatives to the satisfaction of their needs; (2) small group opportunities for children to discuss and learn the differential consequences of cognitive, affective, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Guidance Programs, Classroom Techniques, Counseling Services, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Spokek, Bernard; And Others – 1971
A two-year project established to develop a kindergarten-primary curriculum to help all children become aware of significant aspects of Black culture and learn to confront the problems they will face living in an integrated society is presented. The program was designed in four phases. Phase I concerned itself mainly with collecting resources and…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Black Studies, Black Youth, Cultural Enrichment
Fox, David J.; And Others – 1968
This report presents the 1967-68 evaluation of New York City's More Effective Schools (MES) project. The evaluation describes the facilities and staff provided by ESEA Title I funds and estimates the effectiveness of the MES schools by comparing them with control schools and special services (SS) schools. Estimates are provided of the impact of…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Arithmetic, Decision Making, Educational Facilities
Hugoton Unified School District 210, KS. – 1969
An attempt was made to determine whether or not the male influence of teacher Confreres can bring about significant improvement in academic achievement, personality development, and sex role identification over a three-year period of time. Analysis of variance was used as the statistical process for determining tests of significance. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Elementary School Students, Emotional Development