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Wong, Paul Wai-Ching; Kwok, Ka-Wa; Chow, Siu-Lun – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2022
Background: The five components (5Cs) positive youth development (PYD) model has been demonstrated to be applicable in many Western societies. The cultural framework of youth development can be different in Chinese-dominated communities. Objective: This study aimed at examining the dimensionality of the 5Cs to inform whether positive youth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Youth Programs, Adolescent Development, Adolescents
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Teixeira do Amaral, Vanessa; Roque Marçal, Isabela; da Cruz Silva, Thiago; Bianchi Souza, Fernanda; Volpato Munhoz, Yacco; Witzler, Pedro Henrique Camprigher; Monge Soares Correa, Matheus; Fernandes, Bianca; Gomes Ciolac, Emmanuel – Educational Gerontology, 2022
We investigate the effect of COVID-19 home confinement on levels of physical activity, sedentary behavior, and health-related quality of life (HRQL) in older women previously participating in exercise and educational programs. Our hypothesis was that home confinement would result in a reduction in levels of physical activity, an increase in…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Physical Activity Level, Quality of Life
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Yerys, Benjamin E.; McQuaid, Goldie A.; Lee, Nancy Raitano; Wallace, Gregory L. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
Outcomes for autistic adults are generally poor across multiple foundational metrics, including activities of daily living and quality of life. Co-occurring psychiatric conditions contribute to these poor outcomes. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is one of the most common co-occurring conditions among autistic individuals; however, we…
Descriptors: Adults, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Daily Living Skills
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Waber, Deborah P.; Boiselle, Ellen C.; Forbes, Peter W.; Sideridis, Georgios D. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2022
Learning disorders can have adverse impacts on children and families extending beyond the academic skills deficits. The goal of the present study was to assess the impact of the school's response, following an independent evaluation, for child and family school-related quality of life (QOL). We hypothesized that a positive school response would be…
Descriptors: Parents, Children, Learning Disabilities, Special Education
Covarrubias, Cenorina Mariscal – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Individuals with vision loss must be able to be safe and independent in their home and community. According to the American Foundation for the Blind, over 10 million Americans are coping with vision impairment or blindness. Technology has opened the doors for most individuals including individuals that are blind or visually impaired making the…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Assistive Technology, Costs, Visual Impairments
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Carver-Thomas, Desiree; Patrick, Susan – Learning Policy Institute, 2022
Offering competitive teacher compensation is an important part of the solution to recruit and retain a strong and diverse teacher workforce. The maps and associated tables that follow show three teacher wage indicators for the nation and each state: (1) average annual starting salary for public school teachers; (2) average annual starting salary…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Compensation (Remuneration), Wages, Public School Teachers
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Baudelet, Margot; Van den Steen, Leen; Wouters, Sophie; De Bodt, Marc; Vanderveken, Olivier; Duprez, Fréderic; Van Nuffelen, Gwen – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: Acute and late toxicities in patients treated with (chemo)radiotherapy for head and neck cancer (HNC) is common and can negatively impact quality of life and performance. Performance status instruments measure the functional ability to perform daily life activities and are important tools in the oncologic population. Aims: Since Dutch…
Descriptors: Cancer, Health Services, Test Validity, Indo European Languages
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Duncan, Amanda; Shepley, Collin – Journal of Early Intervention, 2023
For decades, researchers and providers of adult-directed early behavioral intervention services have made conceptual arguments linking the receipt of such services to improvements in family and family member quality of life. To date, there has not been a review of the literature to empirically evaluate this claim. Therefore, we conducted a…
Descriptors: Adults, Early Intervention, Quality of Life, Family Environment
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An, Yeji; Kim, Dongil – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2023
The purpose of this study was to analyse online newspaper articles on students with intellectual disabilities (IDs) in order to identify related social phenomena to derive implications for inclusive education. Such study has traditionally practised through content analysis and/or discourse analysis manually, which is prone to subjective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Electronic Publishing
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Tsai, Lydia Yueh-Ju; Chan, Roger W.; Shen, Cuiling; Chen, Zusen; Zhuang, Peiyun; Chiang, Yu-ning; Tai, Shyh-Kuan; Xue, Keying – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2023
Purpose: This study evaluated the efficacy of a 4-week straw phonation in water (SPW) exercise program on aging-related vocal fold atrophy (VFA), with a secondary objective to examine the immediate effects of SPW exercises. Method: Thirty-eight older adults aged 60 years and above formally diagnosed with aging-related VFA were randomly assigned…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Voice Disorders, Hygiene, Older Adults
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Margareth Santos Zanchetta; Walterlânia Silva Santos; Onislene Alves Evangelista de Almeida; Katarinne Lima Moraes; Maria Wanderleya de Lavor Coriolano-Marinus – Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2023
This article presents an immediate evaluation of a professional development course in community health literacy for Brazilian nurses. An evaluation based on an applied thematic analysis of the accounts of 63 attendees in three Brazilian cities (January 2020) was guided by the following themes: (a) expansion of understanding about community health…
Descriptors: Public Health, Community Health Services, Foreign Countries, Nurses
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Serbic, Danijela; Friedrich, Claire; Murray, Romany – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: Chronic pain is a prevalent health issue among young adults; however, there is limited understanding on how it affects university students. This is the first systematic review of evidence relating to the association between chronic pain and psychological, social and academic functioning in university students. Participants: Four…
Descriptors: College Students, Quality of Life, Academic Achievement, Mental Health
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Sheikholeslami, Seyed Mousa – Journal of Education and Learning, 2021
The factors that affect Human Development Index have been investigated extensively in previous researches. These studies consider education as an important factor and focus on the quality of education such as teachers' skills, educational facilities and student conditions. Democracy has also been established as an important factor in HDI. In this…
Descriptors: Democracy, Language of Instruction, Higher Education, Individual Development
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Beadle-Brown, Julie; Beecham, Jennifer; Leigh, Jennifer; Whelton, Rebecca; Richardson, Lisa – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Background: With increasing reductions in funding for social care across many countries, the need to ensure that resources are used to best effect is becoming increasingly important, in particular for those with severe and complex needs. Methods: In order to explore the outcomes and costs of skilled support for this group of people, quality of…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Social Services, Program Effectiveness, Costs
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Hill, Patrick L.; Burrow, Anthony L. – Child Development Perspectives, 2021
A core attribute of the positive youth development movement has been to nullify negative perceptions of youth's capacities. Toward this end, measurement and classification systems benefit from efforts to view youth's capacities as assets contextualized by developmental potentials and opportunities. In this article, we consider this point with…
Descriptors: Youth, Intention, Quality of Life, Self Concept
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