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The Relationship between the Incorporation of Sustainability in Higher Education and the Student's Behavior: Self-Reported Sustainable Behavior Scale
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Avelar, Aline Bento Ambrósio; Farina, Milton Carlos – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: This study aims to describe the development and validation of a scale that measures the self-reported sustainable behavior of students in higher education institutions (HEIs) regarding their knowledge on incorporating sustainability into education, research and outreach, mediated by the attitude toward the triple bottom line.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, Sustainability, Student Behavior
A Deviation Too Many? Healthcare Professionals' Knowledge and Attitudes Concerning Patients with Intellectual Disability Disrupting Norms Regarding Sexual Orientation and/or Gender Identity
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Sommarö, Susanna; Andersson, Agneta; Skagerström, Janna – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Background: People with intellectual disability (ID) have few role models for sexual expression and behaviour, and those who identify as LGBTQ experience dual marginalization. The aim of this study is to explore knowledge and attitudes concerning patients with both ID and norm-breaking sexuality and/or gender identity among healthcare…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, LGBTQ People, Knowledge Level, Attitudes
The Interplay of Multiple Influences on the Development of Sexuality in Late-Adolescence: A Grounded Theory Study
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Unis, Brian; Bjuresäter, Kaisa; Nilsson, Jan – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2023
The aim of this grounded theory study was to explore late-adolescents' process of sexual development along with their information- and support-seeking behaviors in a Swedish context. Data were collected in semi-structured interviews with late-adolescents aged between 18 and 21 years in high schools in central Sweden. The results showed that…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Late Adolescents, Adolescent Development, Information Seeking
Normal for an Asperger: Notions of the Meanings of Diagnoses among Adults with Asperger Syndrome
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Rosqvist, Hanna Bertilsdotter – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
This study explores the production of a counterhegemonic discourse of "autistic normalcy" among adults with high-functioning autism by analyzing notions of diagnosis. The discourse analyses are based on material from ethnographic fieldwork in a Swedish educational setting. Study participants were 3 male and 9 female adults who had been…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Self Advocacy
The Multifold Relationship between Memory and Decision Making: An Individual-Differences Study
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Del Missier, Fabio; Mäntylä, Timo; Hansson, Patrik; Bruine de Bruin, Wändi; Parker, Andrew M.; Nilsson, Lars-Göran – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2013
Several judgment and decision-making tasks are assumed to involve memory functions, but significant knowledge gaps on the memory processes underlying these tasks remain. In a study on 568 adults between 25 and 80 years of age, hypotheses were tested on the specific relationships between individual differences in working memory, episodic memory,…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Memory, Experimental Psychology, Cognitive Processes
Parental Participation and Retention in an Alcohol Preventive Family-Focused Programme
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Skarstrand, Eva; Branstrom, Richard; Sundell, Knut; Kallmen, Hakan; Andreassen, Sven – Health Education, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine factors predicting parental participation and retention in a Swedish version of the Strengthening Families Programme (SFP). Design/methodology/approach: This study is based on data from a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effects of the Swedish version of the SFP. The sample involves 441…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Foreign Countries, Grade 6, School Holding Power