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Direct linkAuh, Seongyeon; Cook, Christine C. – Social Indicators Research, 2009
The purpose of this research was to explore the relationships among housing satisfaction, community attachment and community satisfaction and the complex mechanisms involved in predicting community satisfaction among residents in rural communities. The role of housing satisfaction and community attachment in predicting community satisfaction was…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Mail Surveys, Housing, Social Indicators
Romeo, R.; Knapp, M.; Tyrer, P.; Crawford, M.; Oliver-Africano, P. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2009
Background: Antipsychotic drugs are used in the routine treatment of adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) and challenging behaviour in the UK despite limited evidence of their effectiveness. There is no evidence on their cost-effectiveness. Methods: The relative cost-effectiveness of risperidone, haloperidol and placebo in treating…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Quality of Life, Outcomes of Treatment, Cost Effectiveness
Filter, Kevin J.; Tincani, Matt; Fung, Daniel – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2009
Positive behavior support (PBS) is an empirically driven approach to improve quality of life influenced by the science of behavior analysis. Recent discussions have evolved around PBS, behavior analysis, and their relationship within education and human services fields. To date, few data have been offered to guide behaviorally oriented…
Descriptors: Human Services, Research Methodology, Quality of Life, Teaching Methods
Limbers, Christine A.; Heffer, Robert W.; Varni, James W. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2009
HRQOL as a multidimensional construct has not been previously investigated in children with Asperger's Syndrome. The objective of the present study was to examine the initial feasibility, reliability, and validity of the PedsQL[TM] 4.0 Generic Core Scales and PedsQL[TM] Cognitive Functioning Scale parent proxy-report versions in school-aged…
Descriptors: Asperger Syndrome, Quality of Life, Measures (Individuals), Cognitive Ability
Wu, Chia-Huei; Tsai, Ying-Mei; Chen, Lung Hung – Social Indicators Research, 2009
This study proposes three mediation pathways to explain how the positive views (perceived control, optimism and self-enhancement) proposed by Cummins and Nistico (Journal of Happiness Studies 3:37-69 2002) maintain life satisfaction. The three pathways were enhancing self-esteem, reducing have-want discrepancy and changing importance perceptions.…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Structural Equation Models, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students
Swami, Viren; Chamorro-Premuzic, Tomas – Social Indicators Research, 2009
The Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) is one of the most widely used scales for the measurement of subjective well-being across the globe, but no satisfactory version exists for use among Malay-speaking populations. The present study reports on the translation of a new Malay SWLS and examines its psychometric properties in a community sample of…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Life Satisfaction, Ethnic Groups, Quality of Life
Zebardast, Esfandiar – Social Indicators Research, 2009
The aim of this article is to survey the spontaneous settlements on the Tehran Metropolitan Fringe (TMF), to determine the different housing sub-domains of quality of life (QOL), to survey overall life satisfaction and to determine the extent to which overall life satisfaction is explained by the components of the housing domain of QOL in these…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Quality of Life, Housing, Multiple Regression Analysis
Piotrowski, Mark; Kressly, Rich – Technology Teacher, 2009
This article describes a cooperative classroom robotics challenge named "IED Cleanup". This classroom challenge was created to incorporate a humanitarian project with the use of a robotics design system in order to remove simulated IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) to a detonation zone within a specified amount of time. Throughout the activity,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Robotics, Technology Education, Science Instruction
Barbieri, Carla; Mahoney, Edward – Journal of Rural Studies, 2009
State agencies have been encouraging the development of different enterprises to diversify farm incomes in an effort to retain farmers in business, attract new entrants to agriculture and promote regional development. Entrepreneurship and farming are known to be driven by a complex set of goals including those which are economic and intrinsic in…
Descriptors: Income, Quality of Life, Factor Analysis, Agriculture
Linda Dowling-Hetherington – International Journal of Educational Management, 2014
Purpose: The consequences of institutional change for faculty is an under-researched aspect of the higher education (HE) sector in Ireland. The purpose of this paper is to report on the changing demands of academic life in Ireland. Design/methodology/approach: A case study of the School of Business at the largest university in Ireland, University…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Business Schools, Educational Change
Drake, Pat – Gender and Education, 2015
This project explores women and educational leadership from the perspective of an individual who moved from the UK to Australia in order to take up the position of Dean of an education grouping in a university. Emails sent by the Dean to the group are analysed after nine months in post and categorised according to the requirements of the position…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Womens Studies, Women Administrators, Women Faculty
Dunn Carpenter, Christina Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The vision statement of one large Midwestern community college is "dedicated to helping students achieve lifelong fulfillment by providing a quality, innovative and responsive learning environment. Each day, [the college] champions the aspirations of individuals, communities and the state..." Helping each individual realize a lifelong…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, High School Equivalency Programs, Quality of Life, Community Colleges
Blewitt, John – Adults Learning, 2010
There is no doubt that in order to address the serious challenges arising from anthropogenic--or human-produced--climate change, Britain, along with the rest of the world, needs to adopt policies and develop skills that will create a low-carbon economy with a highly effective use of renewable and natural resources. People need to create the…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Free Enterprise System, Quality of Life, Natural Resources
French, David – Academic Questions, 2010
Religious practice dramatically decreases in college and students' positions on hot-button religious/cultural questions move appreciably to the left. There's no doubt that college students are on a quest for meaning. In this article, the author reports on new data that reveals unequivocally the decline of religious practice among college students.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, School Culture, College Students, Christianity
Dunlap, Glen; Carr, Edward G.; Horner, Robert H.; Koegel, Robert L.; Sailor, Wayne; Clarke, Shelley; Koegel, Lynn Kern; Albin, Richard W.; Vaughn, Bobbie J.; McLaughlin, Darlene Magito; James, Kim Mullen; Todd, Anne W.; Newton, J. Stephen; Lucyshyn, Joseph; Griggs, Peter; Bohanon, Hank; Choi, Jeong Hoon; Vismara, Laurie; Minjarez, Mendy Boettcher; Buschbacher, Pamelazita; Fox, Lise – Behavioral Disorders, 2010
A major goal of positive behavior support (PBS) is to produce broad-based, long-term improvements in adaptive behavior; however, the empirical base, at present, is mainly composed of relatively short-term studies carried out in circumscribed contexts. Therefore, a need exists for reliable data that can inform the field regarding the comprehensive…
Descriptors: Intervention, Quality of Life, Behavior Modification, Rating Scales
