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A Meta-Analytic Review of the Effects of Intergenerational Programs for Youth and Older Adults
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Petersen, Jennifer – Educational Gerontology, 2023
This is the first meta-analysis to examine the outcomes of nonfamilial, intergenerational programs (IGP) on youth and older adults. Relevant studies were identified by screening the abstracts from five systematic reviews on the impact of intergenerational programs on psychosocial outcomes. After all studies were screened 23 independent studies…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Program Effectiveness, Older Adults, Youth
Cultural Differences in the Development of a Preference for Scarce Objects
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Diesendruck, Gil; Chiang, Wen-Chi; Ferera, Matar; Benozio, Avi – Developmental Psychology, 2019
Adults value scarce objects, such as rare precious stones and limited edition items. This valuation may derive from an understanding of market forces and sociological considerations, but it may also be related to more basic cognitive and motivational processes. The present studies addressed these possibilities by investigating the development and…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Preferences, Children, Foreign Countries
Problematic Internet Uses and Depression in Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis
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Lozano-Blasco, Raquel; Cortés-Pascual, Alejandra – Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal, 2020
Widespread use of the Internet in 21st century society is not risk-free. This paper studies the comorbidity of some problematic uses of Internet with depression in order to assess their correlation. With that aim, a meta-analysis of 19 samples obtained from 13 different studies (n=33,458) was carried out. The subjects of these studies are…
Descriptors: Internet, Depression (Psychology), Adolescents, Cultural Differences
The Issue of Prevalence of Autism/ASD
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Özerk, Kamil – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2016
From a purely educationist perspective, gaining a deeper understanding of several aspects related to the prevalence of autism/ASD in a given population is of great value in planning and improving educational and psychological intervention for treatment, training, and teaching of children with this disorder. In this article, I present and discuss…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Incidence, Clinical Diagnosis
Children's Views of Older People
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Robinson, Sally; Howatson-Jones, Lioba – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2014
Worldwide demographic change means that the responsibility for an aging population will fall to younger generations. This narrative literature review comprises an international examination of what has been published about children's views of older people between 1980 and 2011. Sixty-nine academic articles were inductively analyzed, and the…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Older Adults, Literature Reviews, History
Children's Gender-Related Inferences and Judgments: A Cross-Cultural Study.
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Lobel, Thalma E.; Gruber, Reut; Govrin, Nurit; Mashraki-Pedhatzur, Sharon – Developmental Psychology, 2001
Compared gender-related inferences and judgments of third and fifth graders from Taiwan (a traditional collectivistic culture), and Israel (a less traditional modern culture). Found that Taiwanese children distinguished more than did Israeli children between male targets in stories behaving stereotypically and counterstereotypically. Interpreted…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Comparative Analysis