The aim of this study was to compare the rates of psychotropic medication use and psychotropic polypharmacy between autistic adults with and without intellectual disability (ID) and to examine factors associated with psychotropic medication use and psychotropic polypharmacy in autistic adults, stratified by the presence of ID. We conducted a…

Introduction: This study aims to examine how involvement in Greek life impacts the relationships between violence and STBs. Methods: This study utilizes data from the American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment (ACHA-NCHA) waves IIb, IIc, and III. Analyses examine the moderating effect of involvement in Greek life on the…

In this systematic literature review, we examined which caregivers were represented within caregiver-focused studies in three top-tier early childhood special education journals: "Infants & Young Children", "Journal of Early Intervention", and "Topics in Early Childhood Special Education." The purpose of this…

The study aimed to describe the outcomes of the voice use reduction (VUR) program on voice quality and vocal fatigue (VF) in occupational voice users (OVUs). A within-subject, quasi-experimental, pre-test, post-test research design was performed on 30 OVUs. Perceptual and acoustic outcome measures were employed pre- and post-implementation of the…

Background: Environmental factors and child characteristics play roles in the development of the theory of mind (ToM). Objective: This study investigates the impact of early rearing environment and child temperament on the development of the ToM by evaluating children under the care of social services at three different time points. Methods: This…

Background Study: Learning Analytics (LA) has emerged as a powerful tool for personalising learning, gaining insights into students' learning processes, and enhancing teachers' reflective practices and awareness. Over the past decades, extensive research has been conducted to understand the factors that play a crucial role in the adoption of…

Background: The transition to adulthood in contemporary industrialized society, which once followed a fairly standard pattern, has undergone many changes in terms of timing and order of events. Today's emerging adults are as likely as not to postpone their entry to college after high school, withdraw temporarily from studies after enrolling, and…

This study investigates the goal-oriented nature of deceptive communication enacted through faking orgasms for people in diverse relationships that they perceived as less common or less accepted than more normative relationships (n = 501) using Multiple Goals Theory as a lens. Findings revealed that just over half the sample (52.4%) reported…

An analysis of research collaboration in personalized medicine between European and Latin American and Caribbean countries has been conducted in order to identify significant aspects allowing such collaboration. It aims to comprehend strategic issues for establishing research collaborations in personalized medicine between the two regions, as well…

The mental lexicon changes across the lifespan. Prior work, aggregating data among individuals of similar ages, found that the aging lexicon, represented as a network of free associations, becomes more sparse with age: degree and clustering coefficient decrease and average shortest path length increases. However, because this work is based on…

The relationships between neurotypical (NT) children and their sibling with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be complex and lead to stress and strained relationships. Existing theories help us understand the relationships of children with ASD and their caregivers, but we have limited knowledge about the experiences of NT siblings. To fill this…

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between preschoolers' competition styles, anxiety levels, and their parents' parental styles. The sample of the study consists of 400 preschool children and their parents. The Demographic Information Form, Parenting Style Scale, Preschool Competition Questionnaire, and Anxiety Scale for…

Concerns exist about how the landscape of school sports is changing, leaving many school coaches feeling unprepared to meet the challenges of this role today. This article explores the status of school sports coaching by drawing on recent findings from the National Coach Survey, the first-of-its-kind survey in the United States released in 2022.

Which attitudes, mindsets, and personal qualities do scholars deem crucial for inter- and transdisciplinary (ITD) research? And how has this changed over time? In this article, we answer these questions by looking at foundational texts on inter- and transdisciplinarity published between the 1970s and the early 2000s. We show that virtues such as…

Just as children have fairly consistent attachment styles toward parents, we argue that parents have fairly consistent attachment styles toward children. It generally will be easiest for gifted children to develop their gifts and display them successfully if their parents were securely attached to them. But the children who have experienced…