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The Motivational Impact of Wearable Healthy Lifestyle Technologies: A Self-Determination Perspective on Fitbits with Adolescents
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Kerner, Charlotte; Goodyear, Victoria A. – American Journal of Health Education, 2017
Background: Considerable numbers of young people are not meeting physical activity guidelines. Wearable fitness devices can provide opportunities for physical activity promotion. Purpose: The aim of the study was to explore whether wearable healthy lifestyle technologies impacted on adolescents' (13- to 14-year-olds) motivation for physical…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Motivation, Self Determination, Measurement Equipment
Dramatherapy with Children, Young People and Schools: Enabling Creativity, Sociability, Communication and Learning
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Leigh, Lauraine, Ed.; Gersch, Irvine, Ed.; Dix, Ann, Ed.; Haythorne, Deborah, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
"Dramatherapy with Children, Young People and Schools" is the first book to specifically evaluate the unique value of dramatherapy in the educational environment. A variety of highly experienced dramatherapists, educational psychologists and childhood experts discuss the benefits to the children and young people, and also in relation to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychological Needs, Educational Psychology, Academic Achievement
Changes in Quality of Life and Psychological Need Satisfaction Following the Transition to Secondary School
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Gillison, Fiona; Standage, Martyn; Skevington, Suzanne – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2008
Background: Quality of life (QoL) is an important area for research during adolescence, due to its associations with (1) physical and mental health and (2) the emergence of health risk behaviours. A time that poses a particular threat to QoL is the transition from primary to secondary school. Aims: This study aimed to investigate changes in QoL…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, Academic Achievement, Quality of Life, Questionnaires
The Psychosocial Needs of Young Offenders and Adolescents from an Inner City Area
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Carswell, Kenneth; Maughan, Barbara; Davis, Hilton; Davenport, Franscesca; Goddard, Nick – Journal of Adolescence, 2004
To date, assessments of the prevalence of mental health problems in young offenders have largely focused on incarcerated samples. This paper describes a quantitative study of a sample of 47 male young offenders under the supervision of an inner city Youth Offending Team. A semi-structured interview, modified from previous studies, was used to…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Head Injuries, Depression (Psychology), Adolescents