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Chapman, Derek A.; Scott, Keith G. – Developmental Review, 2001
Addresses intergenerational risk factors affecting individual growth. Discusses how risk factors occurring during a mother's own developmental history can affect the postnatal environment, and how an intergenerational approach can aid in understanding cognitive development. (Author/SD)
Descriptors: Age Groups, Birth Weight, Child Health, Children
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Seligson, Julie Lauren; Huebner, E. Scott; Valois, Robert F. – Social Indicators Research, 2005
This study examined the psychometric properties of the Brief Multidmensional Student Life Satisfaction Scale (BMSLSS: Seligson et al., 2003) with elementary school children. The participants included 518 elementary school students in grades three through five in a Southeastern US state. The students completed the following measures: the BMSLSS,…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Test Validity, Social Desirability, Construct Validity
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Becker, Craig; Arnold, William – Educational Gerontology, 2004
Health promoting behaviors have become increasingly important as Americans attempt to retain their youth and health. This study collected self-reported data from 559 participants in the Southwest United States using the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II to compare the health promoting behaviors of older adults (60-92 years), middle-aged adults…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Nutrition, Young Adults, Health Behavior
Downs, Sylvia – Adults Learning, 2004
There is growing evidence of the wider benefits of learning on non-accredited courses. However, there appears to be a problem on how these benefits can be measured. The Learning and Skills Council consultation "Measuring Success in the Learning and Skills Sector" (2003) confirms that no national measures exist for recognising achievements in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Questionnaires, Self Esteem, Adult Learning
Oxford, Raquel, Ed.; Oxford, Jeffrey, Ed. – National Foreign Language Resource Center at University of Hawaii, 2009
Today's young people--the Net Generation--have grown up with technology all around them. However, teachers cannot assume that students' familiarity with technology in general transfers successfully to pedagogical settings. This volume examines various technologies and offers concrete advice on how each can be successfully implemented in the second…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Languages, Educational Technology
Howell-Carter, Marya, Ed.; Gonder, Jennifer, Ed. – Online Submission, 2009
The document is a summary of the conference proceedings for the 23rd Annual Farmingdale State College Teaching of Psychology Conference held on March 20-21, 2009 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Tarrytown, New York. The conference featured a keynote address by Dr. Jeffrey Nevid on Reaching and teaching the millennials: Helping today's students become…
Descriptors: Psychology, College Instruction, College Students, Age Groups
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Chris G. Richardson; Pamela A. Ratner; Bruno D. Zumbo – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2007
The purpose of this investigation was to test the age-related measurement invariance and temporal stability of the 13-item version of Antonovsky's Sense of Coherence Scale (SOC). Multigroup structural equation modeling of longitudinal data from the Canadian National Population Health Survey was used to examine the measurement invariance across 3…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Measures (Individuals), Structural Equation Models, Investigations
Shermis, Mark D.; And Others – 1990
The original norms for the 40-item Stress Response Scale (SRS) were established on children aged 5-14 years and are reported by age and gender. While the norm group age range is appropriate for the clinical screening intent of the instrument, it is restrictive for studies that might examine the effects of stress on secondary school children or as…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Groups, Coping, Factor Analysis
McLean, James E.; And Others – 1988
Age differences in intellect as reflected by performance on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (Revised) (WAIS-R) were evaluated for persons aged 20 to 74 years. Educational attainment levels were held constant. The WAIS-R sample included 1,480 men and women in the following seven age groups--20-24 years (n=250), 25-34 years (n=250), 35-44…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Age Differences, Age Groups
Lyday, Susan Y.; And Others – 1987
The North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service conducted a survey to determine if factors such as personal characteristics, organizational factors, career experiences, attributional processes, or sociodemographic factors related to the attitudes of Extension professionals toward women in management. A sample of 266 persons serving in…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adults, Age Groups, Demography
Jones, Effie H.; Montenegro, Xenia P. – 1982
Equity in minority representation in school administration has not been reached. A comparison of 1980 census data on the total population with information from a 1981 national survey on school administrators' race and ethnic status shows that Blacks, Hispanics, Asian/Pacific Americans, and Native Americans are all underrepresented among…
Descriptors: Administrators, Age Groups, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Smith, John M. – Industrial Gerontology, 1975
An analysis of occupational age structures for males has pragmatic implications for vocational advice and decisions (particularly for older workers), personnel and manpower planning, and experimental research. (A 5-page appendix lists occupational age ratios for 2( categories of occupations based on 1961 census data.) (Author/AG)
Descriptors: Age, Age Differences, Age Groups, Career Guidance
Rapoport, Judith L. – J Exp Child Psychol, 1969
Research supported by Public Health Service Special Fellowship 15,590.
Descriptors: Age Differences, Age Groups, College Students, Discrimination Learning
Campbell, Donald E. – Res Quart AAHPER, 1969
Descriptors: Adults, Age Groups, Behavioral Science Research, Discriminant Analysis
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Ellis, Shari; And Others – 1979
The purpose of this paper was to explore the age-segregation of U.S. children in two situations--children's spontaneous groups and adult-organized activities--and to examine the developmental changes in children's companionship between infancy and adolescence. The companionship of 400 urban children ranging in age from 1 to 12 years was determined…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Age Groups, Childhood Attitudes
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