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von Stumm, Sophie; Gale, Catherine R.; Batty, G. David; Deary, Ian J. – Intelligence, 2009
Determinants of intergenerational social mobility were examined in 8287 men from the British Cohort Study 1970. Confirming previous research, parental social class, childhood intelligence, and educational qualifications were the strongest predictors of occupational social class at the age of 30. Locus of control and childhood behaviour disturbance…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Intelligence, Social Class, Social Status
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Swinson, Jeremy – British Journal of Special Education, 2008
The self-esteem of pupils has long been regarded as a key variable affecting both pupils' learning and behaviour, although the relationship between the two may not be as strong as many in education have always assumed. In this article, Jeremy Swinson, an educational psychologist and honorary lecturer in educational psychology at Liverpool John…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Educational Psychology, Emotional Disturbances, Foreign Countries
Upshur, Carole C. – 1986
The Bridge, Inc.'s Independent Living Demonstration Project, a residential project assisting 16- and 17-year-old runaways and throwaways to live successfully on their own after receiving 6-8 months of project services, served 10 male and 12 female adolescents during its second year of operation. Youth were from high, middle, and lower income…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Education, Emotional Problems
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Talkington-Boyer, Shannon; Snyder, Douglas K. – American Journal of Family Therapy, 1994
Examined impact of caregiving among 110 caregivers to aging family member with Alzheimer's disease. Family caregivers' appraisals along dimensions of subjective burden, negative impact, caregiving satisfaction, and caregiver mastery were correlated with extent of memory and behavior problems of patient and caregivers' coping style, locus of…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Behavior Problems, Coping, Depression (Psychology)
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Hassall, R.; Rose, J.; McDonald, J. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2005
Background: Recent theories of stress and coping in parents of children with intellectual disabilities (ID) emphasize the importance of cognitive appraisals in influencing parents' levels of stress and their adaptations to difficulties presented by the children. This study investigated the relationships between parental cognitions, child…
Descriptors: Family Support, Life Satisfaction, Behavior Problems, Child Rearing
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Downs, William R.; Rose, Steven R. – Adolescence, 1991
Investigated relationship between peer groups and incidence of psychosocial problems among 241 adolescents. Found that group with lowest level of involvement in school activities was labeled negatively by others. Least involved group had most positive attitudes toward alcohol/drug use; lowest levels of perceived harm from alcohol/drugs; and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Alienation, Behavior Problems
Carpenter-Aeby, Tracy; Aeby, Victor G. – School Community Journal, 2005
Although outcomes for alternative schools may be mixed, it is generally agreed that counseling, therapy, group work, case management, and family-community involvement have been credited in some effective programs. This study examined program evaluations from 1994-1999 for an alternative school for chronically disruptive students (599 students,…
Descriptors: Health Services, Locus of Control, Nontraditional Education, Grade Point Average
Fulgosi-Masnjak, Rea; And Others – 1996
This study compared the perceived personal competence of two groups of parents of primary grade children in Croatia with (N=86) and without (N=186) mild intellectual disability. The comparison was based on the parents' perceived competence in the areas of parental role, self-respect, locus of control, and social anxiousness. Children in the two…
Descriptors: Aggression, Anxiety, Behavior Problems, Child Rearing