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Hensley, Christopher; Tallichet, Suzanne E. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2005
Few studies have examined childhood and adolescent animal cruelty motives. Using a sample of 261 inmates surveyed at both medium and maximum security prisons in a southern state, the present study examined the impact of demographic attributes and situational factors relating specifically to a range of animal cruelty motivations. Almost half of the…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Animals, Institutionalized Persons, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Zareva, Alla – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2005
The study presented in this paper was conducted within the theoretical framework of the three-dimensional global-trait model of lexical knowledge proposed by [Henrikson, B. 1999. Three dimensions of vocabulary development. Studies in Second Language Acquisition 21, pp. 303-317], consisting of "breadth," "depth," and "receptive-productive"…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Multiple Regression Analysis, Vocabulary Development, Organizations (Groups)
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Kim, Randi I.; Goldstein, Susan B. – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2005
This study focused on identifying intercultural attitudes associated with favorable expectations about participation in study abroad programs. A total of 282 U.S. 1st-year college students completed a questionnaire that included measures of ethnocentrism, intercultural communication apprehension, language interest and competence, prejudice,…
Descriptors: College Students, Intercultural Communication, Linguistics, Ethnocentrism
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Hamzah, Sahandri G.; Mohamad, Hapidah; Ghorbani, Mohammad R. – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2008
This study aimed to suggest an Excellent Teacher Thinking Model that has the potential to be utilized in the development of excellent teachers. Interaction survey method using survey questions, observation, document review and interview was conducted in this study. One hundred and five excellent teachers were selected randomly as research…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Interviews, Multiple Regression Analysis, Observation
Koc, Mustafa; Ferneding, Karen Ann – Online Submission, 2007
This paper draws on a part of the doctoral research study that investigates the potential impacts of Internet cafe use on Turkish college students' social capital. In this study, Internet cafe usage was portrayed by the amount of time spent and the frequency of online activities engaged at the cafes. Social capital, on the other hand, was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Dining Facilities, Influences
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Jensen, Peter S.; Arnold, L. Eugene; Swanson, James M.; Vitiello, Benedetto; Abikoff, Howard B.; Greenhill, Laurence L.; Hechtman, Lily; Hinshaw, Stephen P.; Pelham, William E.; Wells, Karen C.; Conners, C. Keith; Elliott, Glen R.; Epstein, Jeffery N.; Hoza, Betsy; March, John S.; Molina, Brooke S. G.; Newcorn, Jeffrey H.; Severe, Joanne B.; Wigal, Timothy; Gibbons, Robert D.; Hur, Kwan – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: In the intent-to-treat analysis of the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children With ADHD (MTA), the effects of medication management (MedMgt), behavior therapy (Beh), their combination (Comb), and usual community care (CC) differed at 14 and 24 months due to superiority of treatments that used the MTA medication algorithm (Comb+MedMgt)…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Behavior Modification, Psychopathology, Therapy
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Lee, Chun-Hsiung; Yeh, Dowming; Kung, Regina J.; Hsu, Chin-Shan – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2007
This study mainly investigates the factors affecting the learning effects in a blended e-Learning course for Mathematics. The research targets of this study are 48 junior high school students. After they had received traditional lessons in class as well as the accompanied e-Learning lessons, the influences of their learning portfolios and learning…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Multiple Regression Analysis, Data Analysis, Gender Differences
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Nir, Adam – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2007
The difficulty in education to determine causality between means and ends brings various issues and variables to the discussion about the antecedents of school effectiveness. Although teachers' level of professional development is clearly among the factors influencing student outcomes, little is known about the extent to which teachers connect…
Descriptors: School Based Management, School Effectiveness, Multiple Regression Analysis, Professional Development
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Perrone, Kristin M.; Webb, L. Kay; Jackson, Z. Vance – Career Development Quarterly, 2007
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between parental attachment and satisfaction with work and family roles, as well as the relationship of these variables to life satisfaction. Results from a multiple regression analysis indicated that satisfaction with work and marriage, but not parenting satisfaction or parental…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Multiple Regression Analysis, Life Satisfaction, Attachment Behavior
Shin, Tacksoo – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2007
This study introduces three growth modeling techniques: latent growth modeling (LGM), hierarchical linear modeling (HLM), and longitudinal profile analysis via multidimensional scaling (LPAMS). It compares the multilevel growth parameter estimates and potential predictor effects obtained using LGM, HLM, and LPAMS. The purpose of this multilevel…
Descriptors: Multidimensional Scaling, Academic Achievement, Structural Equation Models, Causal Models
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Brekke, Idunn – Journal of Education and Work, 2007
This article focuses on the impact of ethnic background on employment and earnings among people with a vocational education in Norway. I differentiate between three different groups: majority, first-generation non-Westerners and second-generation non-Westerners. Panel data from several public register databases of the entire population of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Schools, Probability, Graduates
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Villard, Judith A.; Earnest, Garee W. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2006
This descriptive-correlational study used a census of Ohio State University Extension county directors and a random sample of county staff throughout the State of Ohio. Data were collected utilizing Bar-On's Emotional Intelligence Quotient instrument (county directors) and Warner's job satisfaction instrument (county staff). The study examined the…
Descriptors: Extension Agents, Job Satisfaction, Counties, Emotional Intelligence
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Ebaugh, Helen Rose Fuchs; Saltzman, Janet; Pipes, Paula F. – Social Forces, 2006
Organizational religiosity is analyzed with data from a national survey of faith-based social service coalitions (N = 656). Twenty-one items related to religious practices within these organizations result in three distinct factors: service religiosity, staff religiosity and organizational religiosity scales. Self-defined faith-based coalitions…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Religious Organizations, Correlation, Measures (Individuals)
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Caselman, Tonia D.; Self, Patricia A.; Self, Angela L. – Journal of Adolescence, 2006
Personality traits, self-perceptions, beliefs, and feelings that accompany the Imposter Phenomenon (IP) have been identified in adults but little research with adolescents has been reported. The present research describes data from a sample of 11th and 12th graders in order to examine predictors of IP among adolescents. The participants completed…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Self Concept, Social Support Groups, Gender Differences
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Whalley, Karen; Hansen, Julie – Journal of Research in Reading, 2006
While the critical importance of phonological awareness (segmental phonology) to reading ability is well established, the potential role of prosody (suprasegmental phonology) in reading development has only recently been explored. This study examined the relationship between children's prosodic skills and reading ability. Hierarchical multiple…
Descriptors: Suprasegmentals, Reading Comprehension, Reading Ability, Children
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