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Gannon, Paul M.; MacLean, Doug – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 1997
A study measured the general attitudes toward disability of 337 students, 49 academic staff, and 21 administrative staff in a small Australian university. Attitudes toward disability were more positive than the general population; however, this did not translate into positive concrete support for university students with emotional disabilities.…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Attitudes toward Disabilities, College Faculty, College Students
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Lawson, Marie C. – Journal of Psychology, 1980
Reports that children in three age groups (second, fourth, and sixth grades) held firm body-build stereotypes that increased with age but that individual subjects did not apply such stereotypic judgments to their classmates, nor did their self-esteem correlate to their own build or popularity. (Author/RL)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Body Image, Children, Elementary Education
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Kovacev, Lydia; Shute, Rosalyn – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2004
This study examined how different modes of acculturation and perceived social support are related to adolescent refugee psychosocial adjustment, as measured by global self-worth and peer social acceptance. The 83 participants, aged between 12 and 19 and now resident in Australia, were from the former Republic of Yugoslavia. Those who had the most…
Descriptors: Negative Attitudes, Acculturation, Foreign Countries, Social Support Groups
Kafer, Norman F.; And Others – 1984
Reported in this symposium are (1) a study of interpersonal awareness, peer acceptance, and interpersonal strategies among Australian preschool children, by Norman F. Kafer, (2) a longitudinal study of the learning preferences of Australian primary and secondary school students, by Lee Owens, and (3) an abstract of an investigation of co-operative…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Buddhism, Children
Tisher, Richard P. – 1979
By the time they complete their preservice education, prospective teachers have acquired a "latent culture" of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values in anticipation of their professional performance. An Australian research team, with this factor in mind, devised a survey questionnaire to examine the process of induction of beginning…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Counselor Role, Foreign Countries, Helping Relationship
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