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Cappon, Daniel – School Guidance Worker, 1980
Excessive "too-goodness" in a child can lead to obsessive neuroses which result in compulsions or ruminations. The only effective treatment is early prevention, culturally, socially, and behaviorally. Children must understand that all excesses are bad. Being bad is sometimes good. Being too good can be unhealthy. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Behavior Theories, Child Development

Stewart, Donald W. – Canadian Journal of Counselling, 1994
Administered College Maladjustment scale from revised Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory to college students in personal counseling (n=27), in vocational counseling (n=39), and on scholarship (n=27). Results indicated that, as predicted, students in personal counseling condition scored significantly higher than students in other…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education

Yewchuk, Carolyn R.; Schlosser, Grace A. – Roeper Review, 1995
Eminent Canadian women (n=197) provided their perceptions of their parents' characteristics. The women generally saw their parents as encouraging, supportive, achievement-oriented, and not particularly controlling. Most identified their mother as the most influential person in their lives. Results support the idea that there are multiple pathways…
Descriptors: Adults, Family Environment, Females, Foreign Countries

Rickwood, Rory R.; Roberts, Jillian; Batten, Suzanne; Marshall, Anne; Massie, Kendra – Journal of Employment Counseling, 2004
Career counselors frequently encounter clients who are at high risk for career and life development difficulties. Research suggests there is a connection between resiliency and successful career development in high-risk clients. Many high-risk individuals have poor decision-making skills and lack motivation to succeed in life and career…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Coping, Counselors, Quality of Life
Kabacoff, Robert I. – International Journal of Testing, 2008
With the growth of globalization, organizations are facing an increased challenge to manage talent, improve employee engagement, develop effective teams, create succession pipelines, and increase organizational effectiveness in multinational settings. Given the need to evaluate and compare individuals from more than one country using standardized…
Descriptors: Motivation, Local Norms, Foreign Countries, Organizational Development

Korabik, Karen – 1981
Research indicates that sex role orientation may be a better predictor of leadership behavior than biological sex. To provide support for the integration of sex role and leadership theories, two studies were conducted using college students as research subjects. In the first study, female and male students completed the Bem Sex Role Inventory…
Descriptors: Androgyny, Foreign Countries, Group Dynamics, Group Experience

Lokan, Janice J.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1982
Investigated the effect of locus of control on vocational maturity in a sample of Canadian high school students (N=700). Internal personalities scored higher than externals on various vocational maturity aspects. Found developmental aspects of Super's theory of adolescent vocational behavior largely substantiated. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Foreign Countries, High School Students

Fleming, Donald – Educational Leadership, 1996
A seventh-grade teacher's get-acquainted exercise (involving desirable character traits) led to signing a class constitution that governed rules of conduct for both teachers and students. While involved in this democratic process, children gained practice in creating the kind of culture in which they wished to live. (MLH)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Democratic Values, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries

Ibrahim, A. B.; Soufani, K. – Education + Training, 2002
Describes providers of entrepreneurship education in Canada: universities, small business centers, banks, nongovernmental organizations, and federal and provincial governments. Presents a conceptual model for entrepreneurship education and training that identifies traits and skills of entrepreneurs, addresses whether these are predictable, and…
Descriptors: Banking, College Programs, Educational Needs, Entrepreneurship

Alvi, Sabir A.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1990
Compared five indices of differentiation for Holland's model for two data sets: Iachan's indices and Spokane and Walsh index. Tested differentiation and career decision relationship of Pakistani college students (N=376) and Canadian high school seniors (N=138). Found neither index superior in terms of criterion of relationship with career…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Construct Validity, Decision Making
Gerrard, Nikki; Kulig, Judith; Nowatzki, Nadine – Journal of Rural Health, 2004
This article discusses a research study that explored how rural people in Saskatchewan, Canada, respond to stressful events and adversity, without outside interventions. Methods: In-depth interviews were conducted with 17 individuals who were living or had lived on a farm in Saskatchewan. The participants? definitions of resiliency, their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Environment, Rural Population, Economic Factors
Korabik, Karen; Ayman, Roya – 1987
Although the idea of androgynous leadership has been discussed frequently in the management literature, little empirical evidence has been accumulated to support a conceptual integration. Results of preliminary research support the hypothesis that sex-role orientation is a better predictor of leadership behavior than is biological sex. This study…
Descriptors: Administrators, Androgyny, Foreign Countries, Leadership Effectiveness

Dion, Karen K.; And Others – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1990
Studies the tendency to stereotype physical attractiveness and identification in a collectivist culture using a group of 53 Chinese Canadian college students. Finds that introverts tended to be more prone to stereotyping than extroverts. Subjects with the highest cultural involvement were least prone to stereotyping with regard to social…
Descriptors: Chinese Culture, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Ethnicity

Thiessen, Irmgard – Early Child Development and Care, 1993
The degree of emotional trauma that children may face during or after their parents' divorce is related to the personality profiles of both parents; quality of parent-child bonding; quality of parent-child attachment; parenting styles; and resilience of the child. Courts and child care workers should look more closely at parent personality…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Divorce, Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes
Zarbatany, Lynne; Conley, Ryanne; Pepper, Susan – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2004
Personality and gender differences in close same-sex friendship needs and experiences were investigated in two samples. Participants were 312 university students (217 women, M age = 19.5) and 491 preadolescents (269 girls, M age = 11.87). Participants completed several questionnaires yielding scores for communion and agency (personality), communal…
Descriptors: Friendship, Personality Traits, Gender Differences, Psychological Patterns