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Ostrov, Jamie M.; Ries, Emily E.; Stauffacher, Kirstin; Godleski, Stephanie A.; Mullins, Adam D. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2008
A short-term longitudinal study examined relational and physical aggression and deceptive behavior among 120 preschool-aged children (M = 44.36 months old, SD = 11.07). Multiple informants and methods (i.e., observational, teacher reports) were used. Evidence for discriminant validity of the observations of aggression subtypes was found. For…
Descriptors: Aggression, Validity, Longitudinal Studies, Preschool Children
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Rousseau, Francois L.; Vallerand, Robert J. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2008
Activity engagement has long been linked to improved subjective well-being (SWB) in old age. However, recent studies testing Vallerand et al.'s (2003) Dualistic Model of Passion suggest that the type of passionate activity that underlies activity engagement might influence the extent to which individuals benefit from an active lifestyle. In the…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Well Being, Models, Psychological Patterns
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Libby, Anne M.; Orton, Heather D.; Beals, Janette; Buchwald, Dedra; Manson, Spero M. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2008
Objectives: To examine the relationship of childhood physical and sexual abuse with reported parenting satisfaction and parenting role impairment later in life among American Indians (AIs). Methods: AIs from Southwest and Northern Plains tribes who participated in a large-scale community-based study (n=3,084) were asked about traumatic events and…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Parents, American Indians, Child Rearing
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Foster, Cynthia Ewell; Webster, Melissa C.; Weissman, Myrna M.; Pilowsky, Daniel J.; Wickramaratne, Priya J.; Rush, A. John; Hughes, Carroll W.; Garber, Judy; Malloy, Erin; Cerda, Gabrielle; Kornstein, Susan G.; Alpert, Jonathan E.; Wisniewski, Stephen R.; Trivedi, Madhukar H.; Fava, Maurizio; King, Cheryl A. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2008
Number of lifetime episodes, duration of current episode, and severity of maternal depression were investigated in relation to family functioning and child adjustment. Participants were the 151 mother-child pairs in the Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D) child multi-site study. Mothers were diagnosed with Major…
Descriptors: Mothers, Depression (Psychology), Severity (of Disability), Adjustment (to Environment)
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Hale, William W., III; VanderValk, Inge; Akse, Joyce; Meeus, Wim – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2008
This study of early adolescents from the general population examined the direction of effects adolescents' depressive symptoms, aggression, and perceived parental rejection have on one another in a longitudinal study. Over a four-year period, data were collected yearly from 940 early adolescents (50.6% boys and 49.4% girls) who completed…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Aggression, Parent Child Relationship
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Bell-Ellison, Bethany A.; Dedrick, Robert F. – Research in Higher Education, 2008
The purpose of this study was to contribute to the construct validity of the scores from Rose's (2003) 34-item "Ideal Mentor Scale" (IMS) and to examine whether male and female doctoral students value different attributes in their ideal mentor. Two hundred and twenty-four doctoral students from colleges (Education, Public Health, Nursing, Arts and…
Descriptors: Mentors, Research Universities, Construct Validity, Doctoral Programs
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Akbulut, Y.; Uysal, O.; Odabasi, H. F.; Kuzu, A. – Computers & Education, 2008
This study administered the unethical computer using behavior scale (UECUBS) developed by [Namlu, A.G., & Odabasi, F. (2007). Unethical computer using behavior scale: A study of reliability and validity on Turkish university students. Computers and Education, 48, 205-215.] to investigate whether gender, program of study and PC experience have…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis
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Rotenberg, K. J.; Michalik, N.; Eisenberg, N.; Betts, L. R. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2008
Sixty-five (38 male and 27 female) preschool children (mean age=5 years 1 month) completed measures of peers' trustworthiness (promise keeping and secret keeping). Teachers rated the preschool children's inhibitory control, trustworthiness, and preschool adjustment. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) yielded support for the hypothesized model. The…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Preschool Children, Inhibition, Credibility
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Thayer, Shawna M.; Updegraff, Kimberly A.; Delgado, Melissa Y. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2008
This study was designed to describe the conflict resolution practices used in Mexican American adolescents' friendships, to explore the role of cultural orientations and values and gender-typed personality qualities in conflict resolution use, and to assess the connections between conflict resolution and friendship quality. Participants were 246…
Descriptors: Siblings, Mexican Americans, Cultural Influences, Social Values
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Nye, Susan B. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2008
Seeking help with academic tasks has been regarded as an important strategy to enhance student learning (Newman, 1994; Ryan, Gheen, & Midgley, 1998; Zimmerman & Martinez-Pons, 1986). Seeking help is conceptualized as student-initiated efforts to secure task information or solicit advice when a deficiency in their understanding of the content…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Research Design, Physical Education, Qualitative Research
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Mohler, James L. – Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 2008
Spatial ability research has been approached from several psychological vantages since its beginnings in the late 1800s. This contribution attempts a summation of spatial ability research, beginning with a historical vignette and a major section on each psychological approach including the psychometric, developmental, differential and information…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Research, Psychometrics, Information Processing
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Duatepe Paksu, Asuman – Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 2008
The aims of the study reported in this paper were to identify teachers' beliefs about mathematics and to analyze possible significant differences in mathematics beliefs in terms of teachers' branches and gender. Teachers' mathematics beliefs were investigated by use of a 20-item self-report questionnaire; related to beliefs about process of…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Science Teachers, Preschool Teachers, Mathematics Teachers
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Maher, Damian – Youth Studies Australia, 2008
The issue of cyberbullying has been reported on widely in the press with extreme cases generally presented as the norm. In this article, the interactions of Australian primary children aged 11 to 12 years are presented to illustrate some bullying practices that young people engage in. The findings suggest that while cyberbullying occurs, it is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Gender Differences
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Whitehouse, Andrew J. O.; Bishop, Dorothy V. M. – Brain, 2008
A link between developmental language disorders and atypical cerebral lateralization has been postulated since the 1920s, but evidence has been indirect and inconsistent. The current study investigated this proposal using functional transcranial Doppler ultrasonography (fTCD), which assesses blood flow through the middle cerebral arteries serving…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Age, Autism, Language Impairments
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Karsten, Rex; Schmidt, Dennis – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2008
This study analyzes computer self-efficacy for two independent samples of students enrolled in an introduction to information systems course in 1996 and 2006. We administered two validated and frequently employed measures of general computer self-efficacy to each group of students and collected demographic and computer-use data. Our findings…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Computer Uses in Education, Information Systems, Computer Attitudes
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