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Pollitt, Amanda M.; Ioverno, Salvatore; Russell, Stephen T.; Li, Gu; Grossman, Arnold H. – Youth & Society, 2021
Chosen name use among transgender youth (youth whose gender identities are different from their sex assigned at birth) can be part of the complex process of aligning gender presentation with gender identity and can promote mental health. However, little is known about the factors that predict whether or not transgender youth have a chosen name and…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Mental Health, Naming, Nouns
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Hall, Sophie Susannah; Maltby, John; Filik, Ruth; Paterson, Kevin B. – Educational Psychology, 2016
To explore the importance of text cohesion, we conducted two experiments. We measured online (reading times) and offline (comprehension accuracy) processes for texts that were high and low cohesion. In study one (n?=?60), we manipulated referential cohesion using noun repetition (high cohesion) and synonymy (low cohesion). Students showed enhanced…
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension, Accuracy