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Lewis, Dan A.; Lee, Bong Joo; Altenbernd, Lisa M. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2006
The authors identify ways to facilitate work among current and recent welfare recipients with mental illness. Their analysis assesses the relationship between a particular mental illness, depression, and labor force involvement in a statewide sample of welfare recipients, identifies the factors that promote work for those with depression, and…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Welfare Recipients, Labor Force, Depression (Psychology)
Anderson, Joan L. – College and University, 2006
Data from graduate student applications at a large Western university were used to determine which factors were the best predictors of success in graduate school, as defined by cumulative graduate grade point average. Two statistical models were employed and compared: artificial neural networking and simultaneous multiple regression. Both models…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Grade Point Average, Predictor Variables, Success
Ali, Saba Rasheed; Saunders, Jodi L. – Career Development Quarterly, 2006
An examination of social cognitive career theory (SCCT; R. W. Lent, S. D. Brown, & G. Hackett, 1994, 2000) factors contributing to the college expectations of high school students (N = 87) in rural Appalachia was conducted. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed support for the role of SCCT variables in predicting expectations to…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Rural Schools, Social Theories, Social Cognition
Westerlund, Monica; Berglund, Eva; Eriksson, Marten – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2006
Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of a screening instrument (the Swedish Communication Screening at 18 months of age; SCS18), derived from the Swedish MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory, in identification of 18-month-old children who will be severely language disabled by 3 years of age, the authors (a) analyzed which SCS18's…
Descriptors: Child Health, Receptive Language, Informal Assessment, Language Acquisition
Caldwell, Roslyn M.; Wiebe, Richard P.; Cleveland, H. Harrington – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
This study examined the ability of future certainty--an individual's perception of future stability, operationalized as the likelihood of certain life outcomes--to explain variance in delinquency and school adjustment, while controlling for economic, neighborhood, and family factors, among a cross-sectional sample of 1422 male and 1562 female…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Student Adjustment, African Americans, Adolescents
House, J. Daniel – 1994
This study investigated the efficacy of noncognitive variables and academic background for the prediction of college grade performance and persistence. A total of 7,377 new first-year college students participated in the study, completing demographic questionnaires at the start of the school year. Data were also collected on American College Test…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Class Rank, College Freshmen
Marcon, Rebecca A.; And Others – 1994
This study examined receptive and expressive language as a precursor of maladaptive behavior in African-American, inner-city children. It compared the adaptive and maladaptive behavior scores of 202 children--most from single-parent and low-income families--from District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) at age 12 to their scores on similar…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Blacks, Child Behavior, Early Childhood Education
Einarson, Marne K.; Santiago, Anna M. – 1996
Gender and ethnic differences in, and possible predictors of, academic self-confidence, academic self-efficacy, and career-related outcome expectations were investigated for 289 students entering graduate programs in engineering and physical sciences at a research university in the midwestern United States. Influence of student demographic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Planning, Engineering Education, Ethnic Groups
House, J. Daniel – 1996
This study investigated the efficacy of noncognitive variables and academic background as a function of student ethnic group for the prediction of college grade performance and persistence. New freshmen during four consecutive fall semesters were administered the Cooperative Institutional Research Program Freshmen Survey. The sample included 251…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian Americans, Black Students, College Students
Saupe, Joe L.; Long, Shawna – 1996
A study investigated the appropriateness of admissions standards used for transfer students to the University of Missouri-Columbia, by analyzing the relationship between several possible predictor variables (number of transfer credits, transfer grade point average, type of previous institution, type of associate degree earned) and targeted…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Admission Criteria, Case Studies
Krau, Edgar – 1997
This book, which is intended for career counselors, is based on studies extending over 40 years that examined people living under different socioeconomic regimens in various parts of the world. It discusses the formation and implementation of life aspirations from adolescence onward. The book begins with an analysis of the phenomenon of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Career Choice, Career Development
Miller, David; And Others – 1995
This study attempted to determine the personal and workplace variables which predict a special educator's decision to stay, transfer, or leave the classroom. A stratified random sample of 1,576 special education teachers in Florida was surveyed, resulting in 1,152 usable responses. Two models were estimated with forward stepwise logistic…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Disabilities, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Jarwan, Fathi A.; And Others – 1993
This study used a combination of qualitative and quantitative research designs to analyze and evaluate procedures used in selecting youth for state-supported residential high schools for mathematics and science. Pre-admission and post-admission data were gathered for 742 students in 7 schools. Predictor variables included home school grade point…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Administrator Attitudes
Harrisburg Area Community Coll., PA. Office of Institutional Research. – 1994
To determine the average time students take to complete an associate degree, certificate, or diploma, Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC), in Pennsylvania, conducted a study of all 944 students who graduated during the 1991-92 academic year. Data for the sample were gathered related to age, sex, grade point average, academic major, attendance…
Descriptors: Age, Associate Degrees, College Graduates, Community Colleges
Isonio, Steven – 1991
In May 1991, Golden West College (California) conducted a validation study of the English portion of the Assessment and Placement Services for Community Colleges (APS), followed by a predictive validity study in July 1991. The initial study was designed to aid in the implementation of the new test at GWC by comparing data on APS use at other…
Descriptors: College English, Community Colleges, Correlation, Grades (Scholastic)