Over the last decade the daily experience of adolescents has been transformed by developments in electronic media, including the computer, the Internet, and cell phones. Relative rarities only a generation ago, they are the daily tools of communication, information, and amusement for a majority of adolescents. Beyond access, content and…

Nowadays, the society witnesses the rapid development of internet information. Network has not only brought active and positive convenience to students, but also the passive and negative impact, so network moral education can not be ignored. The present paper attempts to combine the traditional moral education with online interactivity education,…

The present study examines the sources of job stress in a national sample of 373 Greek special education teachers, using a self-report questionnaire assessing job stress, its perceived sources, and its demographic and professional characteristics. Although the participants in general considered their job moderately stressful, they felt stressed by…

In this era of increasing accountability and high-stakes testing in schools, a serious paradox has surfaced. Children are becoming overweight at an alarming rate, and mounting evidence points to a relationship between obesity and poor school performance. Ironically, pressure to improve children's academic achievement has led many schools to adopt…

Eating disorders (EDs) are chronic clinical mental disorders that are disruptive to the psychological and social development of children and adolescents. They can be difficult to prevent and treat and are considered among the most chronic and medically lethal of mental disorders. Research suggests that the incidence and prevalence of eating…

We used data from a randomized clinical trial to examine the degree to which relationship quality predicted outcomes for aggressive children in two different mentoring programs. Data were available for 145 aggressive children in Grades 2 and 3. Children were blocked by school and randomly assigned to PrimeTime (n = 75) or Lunch Buddy (n = 70)…

This article discusses the Berlin (Connecticut) High School's NET (Non-Traditional Educational Training) program. NET is a self-contained program that is composed of three components: academics, social and emotional support, and vocational training. Rather than treat students alike, the NET program tailors their high school experience to meet…

Birth order effects at 3 different ordinal positions were related to social activities of lower class preschool children. (GO)

Studied infants' reactions to a Plexiglas box placed over a toy by their mothers. (JMB)

Toys were ranked for attractiveness by preschool and fourth grade children, both before and after one toy was forbidden. Results suggest that a perceived association between an object's being forbidden and its being attractive may be learned through the course of socialization. (Author/ED)

This study examines alienation in two different cultural groups. Students from Middle Eastern or transitional societies expressed greater feelings of alienation than American students. In the case of students in both cultures from professional backgrounds the results were reversed. The results of the study are discussed in terms of cultural…

This booklet discusses several topics related to friendships among children. Particular attention is given to the importance of children's friendships, the origin and development of friendships, adult influence on children's friendships, and ways adults can assist children in becoming friends. Adult intervention to end a friendship and ways to…

The primary aim of this discussion is to demonstrate that social pretend play is a process of negotiation involving children's attempts to reach minimal agreements in order to maintain the play activity. The second purpose is to show that the quality of negotiation changes in content and form as social pretense evolves and that this process is…

Two methodologies, quantitative and qualitative, were used in this study designed to evaluate the Social Learning Curriculum and compare its effects with Instrumental Enrichment. The quantitative portion included examination of pretest-posttest performance of 143 mildly handicapped children on six measures and a social knowledge assessment…

Positive and negative behaviors of 19 gifted preschoolers were studied, and relationships between positive (verbal and physical) behaviors and negative (verbal and physical) behaviors were examined. Ss conveyed proportionately more positive behaviors, with negative behaviors occurring at a minimal rate. A chi-square analysis indicated that Ss…