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Steenfeldt-Kristensen, Catherine; Jones, Chris A.; Richards, Caroline – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
Self-injurious behaviour is purportedly common in autism, but prevalence rates have not yet been synthesised meta-analytically. In the present study, data from 14,379 participants in thirty-seven papers were analysed to generate a pooled prevalence estimate of self-injury in autism of 42% (confidence intervals 0.38-0.47). Hand-hitting topography…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Self Destructive Behavior, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Crucitti, Joel; Hyde, Christian; Enticott, Peter G.; Stokes, Mark A. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
Meta-analyses of head circumference in autistic individuals exist; however, simple meta-analytic approaches are limited. Consequently, we gathered head circumference raw data of autistic (N = 2381) and typically developing participants (N = 994) by re-analysing the data from previously published studies together. The present study found no mean…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Human Body, Infants
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Lansford, Jennifer E.; Zietz, Susannah; Bornstein, Marc H.; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Di Giunta, Laura; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Gurdal, Sevtap; Liu, Qin; Long, Qian; Malone, Patrick S.; Oburu, Paul; Pastorelli, Concetta; Skinner, Ann T.; Sorbring, Emma; Steinberg, Laurence; Tapanya, Sombat; Uribe Tirado, Liliana Maria; Yotanyamaneewong, Saengduean; Alampay, Liane Peña; Al-Hassan, Suha M.; Bacchini, Dario; Chang, Lei – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2020
This study tested culture-general and culture-specific aspects of adolescent developmental processes by focusing on opportunities and peer support for aggressive and delinquent behavior, which could help account for cultural similarities and differences in problem behavior during adolescence. Adolescents from 12 cultural groups in 9 countries…
Descriptors: Aggression, Cultural Influences, Cultural Differences, Adolescent Development
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Cacchione, Trix; Abbaspour, Sufi; Rakoczy, Hannes – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2020
It has been suggested that due to functional similarity, sortal object individuation might be a primordial form of psychological essentialism. For example, the relative independence of identity judgment from perceived surface features is a characteristic of essentialist reasoning. Also, infants engaging in sortal object individuation pay more…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Cognitive Processes, Logical Thinking
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Ross, Lauren; Geertsema, Salomé; le Roux, Mia; Alet Graham, Marien – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2020
Use of nonwords is a potentially more appropriate method of assessment for English second language (EL2) learners. A mixed comparative design was used to compare the effects when using nonwords instead of picture-based stimuli to assess articulation of EL2 learners. Subaims were to compare results between two tests and age groups. In all, 16…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Articulation (Speech), Speech Tests
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Rizzo, Michael T.; Killen, Melanie – Developmental Psychology, 2020
Social inequalities limit important opportunities and resources for members of marginalized and disadvantaged groups. Understanding the origins of how children construct their understanding of social inequalities in the context of their everyday peer interactions has the potential to yield novel insights into when--and how--individuals respond to…
Descriptors: Status, Justice, Disadvantaged, Children
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Ambrosi, Solène; Smigasiewicz, Kamila; Burle, Boris; Blaye, Agnès – Developmental Psychology, 2020
Interference control is central to cognitive control and, more generally, to many aspects of development. Despite its importance, the understanding of the processes underlying mean interference effects across development is still limited. When measured through conflict tasks, mean interference effects reflect both the strength of the initial…
Descriptors: Interference (Learning), Conflict, Individual Development, Age Differences
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Akpochafo, Grace Omejevwe – International Journal of Education and Practice, 2020
This research study aimed to investigate the motives of preservice students in choosing a teaching career in Nigeria. It also examined the beliefs underpinning their choice according to gender, age, and subject area. The study conducted a survey among 225 participants selected through purposive sampling from students at Delta State University…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Career Choice, Teaching (Occupation)
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Lindell-Postigo, David; Zurita-Ortega, Félix; Ortiz-Franco, Manuel; González-Valero, Gabriel – Education Sciences, 2020
The COVID-19 lockdown has negatively affected individuals' welfare. However, there has been no research published heretofore about the levels of self-concept (SC) in adolescents, nor how having practised martial arts (MA) or any physical activity (PA) before the lockdown may have influenced the SC in that time. Hence, this study aimed to analyze…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Gender Differences, Physical Activities, Foreign Countries
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Montenegro, Tânia Menezes; Rodrigues, Lúcia Lima – Journal of Academic Ethics, 2020
We revisit religiosity, gender, age, ethics education and experience as drivers of ethicality, while expanding prior research from Anglo-Saxon and Asiatic/Euro-Asiatic countries to a Latin European country, Portugal. We apply the Merchant (1989) instrument of attitudes towards earnings management, in a sample of Portuguese accounting students and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Alumni, Foreign Countries, Accounting
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Daniel, Ella; Benish-Weisman, Maya; Sneddon, Joanne N.; Lee, Julie A. – Child Development, 2020
Little is known about how children's value priorities develop over time. This study identifies children's value priority profiles and follows their development during middle childhood. Australian children (N = 609; ages 5-12 at Time 1) reported their values over 2 years. Latent Transition Analysis indicated four profiles: Social-Focus, Self-Focus,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Values, Children, Preadolescents
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Yildiz Cicekler, Canan; Aral, Neriman – Educational Research and Reviews, 2020
In the study, the effect of art education program given to gypsy children on children's creativity was examined. The study group of the study consisted of 51 gypsy children in the 5 to 6 years age group who show normal development and who attend private, official, independent kindergartens and kindergartens in primary schools under the Ministry of…
Descriptors: Art Education, Minority Group Students, Creativity, Kindergarten
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Duncan, Michael J.; Roscoe, Clare M. P.; Noon, Mark; Clark, Cain C. T.; O'Brien, Wesley; Eyre, Emma L. J. – European Physical Education Review, 2020
This study examined proficiency levels in fundamental motor skills (FMS) in children within Key Stage 1 and 2 of the English school system. Four hundred and ninety-two children aged 6-9 Years old (245 boys, 247 girls) from school Years Two (n = 130), Three (n = 154) and Four (n = 208) participated in this study. FMS for the run, jump, throw and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychomotor Skills, Physical Education, Skill Development
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Manger, Terje; Hetland, Jørn; Jones, Lise Øen; Eikeland, Ole Johan; Asbjørnsen, Arve E. – International Review of Education, 2020
The study presented in this article explores prisoners' academic motivation structure from the theoretical perspective of self-determination theory, using the Academic Motivation Scale (AMS). Analysing survey responses from 529 (29 female, 500 male) prisoners with Norwegian citizenship who participated in education while being incarcerated, the…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Self Determination, Personal Autonomy
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Aslan, Huseyin; Imamoglu, Osman – Asian Journal of Education and Training, 2020
In this study, it was aimed to investigate Leisure time strategies of sports educated students, who going to Fitness Centers. In addition to sports training, the effect of whether or not to compete as a contestant was also examined for Leisure Strategies. A total of 543 men on fitness centers filled up the Scala "Leisure Strategy Scale"…
Descriptors: Leisure Time, Athletics, Training, Competition
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