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Direct linkBarnes, Jacqueline; Belsky, Jay; Broomfield, Kate A.; Melhuish, Edward – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2006
There is growing concern about violent behaviour in schools, involving students, staff and/or parents. A survey of 1777 primary schools (for children aged 5 to 11) throughout England, most in areas of social and economic deprivation, found more disorder in neighbourhoods with greater deprivation. More disorder was also observed when there was more…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Environment, Neighborhoods, Violence
Barnett, Tracie A.; O'Loughlin, Jennifer; Gauvin, Lise; Paradis, Gilles; Hanley, Jim – Health Education & Behavior, 2006
The objectives of this study were to describe opportunities for student physical activity (PA) in elementary schools and to identify factors in the school environment associated with higher PA opportunity. Self-report questionnaires were completed by school principals and physical education teachers in 277 schools (88% response) in metropolitan…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Elementary Schools, Physical Activities, Physical Education Teachers
Download full textTekkaya, Ceren; Yenilmez, Ayse – Journal of Elementary Science Education, 2006
This study investigated the contributions of students' reasoning ability and meaningful learning orientation to their understanding of the photosynthesis and respiration in plants concepts. Data were gathered through the use of the Test of Logical Thinking (Tobin & Capie, 1981), the Learning Approach Questionnaire (Cavallo, 1996), and the Two-Tier…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Concept Formation, Grade 8, Gender Differences
Bonomi, Amy E.; Holt, Victoria L.; Martin, Diane P.; Thompson, Robert S. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2006
This article evaluates whether female victims of severe physical, psychological, or sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) call police more often than other abused women. Abused women (431) reported frequency of contacting police (dependent variable), nature and severity of IPV experienced, and characteristics of themselves and their perpetrator…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Females, Police, Help Seeking
Langdon, Henriette W.; Wiig, Elisabeth H.; Nielsen, Niels Peter – Bilingual Research Journal, 2005
This study compared the efficacy of measures of naming speed, verbal fluency and self-ratings for establishing language dominance in 25 bilingual English-Spanish adults with college degrees. Naming speed was measured by total naming times (in seconds) for five "Alzheimer's Quick Test" tasks (Wiig, Nielsen, Minthon & Warkentin, 2002)…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Hispanic Americans, Adults, Language Fluency
Rojahn, Johannes; Matson, Johnny L.; Naglieri, Jack A.; Mayville, Erik – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2004
Adults with predominantly severe and profound mental retardation (N = 180) who lived in a developmental center were assessed with the Behavior Problems Inventory and the Diagnostic Assessment for the Severely Handicapped-II. Individuals with self-injurious, stereotyped, or aggressive/destructive behavior had generally higher psychopathology scores…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Adults, Severe Mental Retardation, Self Destructive Behavior
Sheng, Li; McGregor, Karla K.; Marian, Viorica – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2006
Purpose: This study examined lexical-semantic organization of bilingual children in their 2 languages and in relation to monolingual age-mates. Method: Twelve Mandarin-English bilingual and 12 English monolingual children generated 3 associations to each of 36 words. Responses were coded as paradigmatic ("dog-cat") or syntagmatic ("dog-bark").…
Descriptors: Semantics, Monolingualism, Bilingualism, Children
Rajendran, Gnanathusharan; Mitchell, Peter – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2006
Purpose: This article reports a study in which referential communication in 11 individuals with Asperger syndrome (AS) and 11 controls was compared between text chat and telephone, using a route-solving task. Method: Participants deduced routes by asking closed questions, and the dependent variables were (a) accuracy in working out the route, (b)…
Descriptors: Asperger Syndrome, Electronic Mail, Questioning Techniques, Task Analysis
Stoneman, Zolinda; Gavidia-Payne, Susana – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2006
A family systems framework was used to examine associations between stressors/hassles, problem-focused coping, and marital adjustment in 67 families of young children with disabilities. Most of the couples were experiencing average to above average marital adjustment. When daily stressors/hassles were higher, husbands and wives viewed their…
Descriptors: Marriage, Young Children, Disabilities, Problem Solving
Lecavalier, Luc; Aman, Michael G.; Scahill, Lawrence; McDougle, Christopher J.; McCracken, James T.; Vitiello, Benedetto; Tierney, Elaine; Arnold, L. Eugene; Ghuman, Jaswinder K.; Loftin, Rachel L.; Cronin, Pegeen; Koenig, Kathleen; Posey, David J.; Martin, Andres; Hollway, Jill; Lee, Lisa S.; Kau, Alice S. M. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2006
The factor structure, internal consistency, and convergent validity of the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) algorithm items were examined in a sample of 226 youngsters with pervasive developmental disabilities. Exploratory factor analyses indicated a three-factor solution closely resembling the original algorithm and explaining 38% of…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Measures (Individuals), Measurement Techniques, Autism
Alfano, Candice A.; Beidel, Deborah C.; Turner, Samuel M. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2006
We examined different cognitive phenomena in relation to social phobia among children (aged 7 to 11) and adolescents (aged 12-16) separately. Fifty socially phobic youths were compared to 30 normal control children on measures of social anxiety, social expectation as well as self-and observer-rated performance during two social tasks involving a…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Correlation, Fear
Ridenour, Ty A.; Greenberg, Mark T.; Cook, Elizabeth T. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
No self-report measure of attachment is well validated for middle-childhood. This study examined the validity and factor structure of the People in My Life (PIML) measure in 320 urban, fifth and sixth graders. Validity analyses consisted of correlational analyses between PIML subscales and the Child Behavior Checklist, Delinquency Rating Scale for…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Validity, Attachment Behavior, Grade 5
Trumper, Ricardo – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2006
We report the results of a study on students' interest in physics at the end of their compulsory schooling in Israel carried out in the framework of the ROSE Project. Factors studied were their opinions about science classes, their out-of-school experiences in physics, and their attitudes toward science and technology. Students' overall interest…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Junior High School Students, Physics, Comparative Analysis
Wickrama, K. A. Thulitha; Wickrama, K. A. S.; Romas, John A. – Journal of Rural Health, 2005
Context and Purpose: This study investigates associations between the proportion of farm families in rural counties and the health of rural individuals, independent of county poverty rate and individual and family socioeconomic factors. This study also examines relationships of these socioeconomic factors and prevalence of specific diseases.…
Descriptors: Age, Area Studies, Disease Incidence, Correlation
Lyubomirsky, Sonja; Tkach, Chris; DiMatteo, Robin M. – Social Indicators Research, 2006
The present study investigated theoretically and empirically derived similarities and differences between the constructs of enduring happiness and self-esteem. Participants (N = 621), retired employees ages 51-95, completed standardized measures of affect, personality, psychosocial characteristics, physical health, and demographics. The relations…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Psychological Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Employees
