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Reading Fiction and Psychological Well-Being during Older Adulthood: Positive Affect, Connection and Personal Growth
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Nicola K. Currie; Katherine Wilkinson; Sarah McGeown – Reading Research Quarterly, 2025
The relationship between reading and well-being is gaining increasing interest among those working in research, policy and practice, as we seek to better understand if, and how, reading books supports wellbeing. To date, the majority of research has focused on children and young people, neglecting to consider the well-being benefits that reading…
Descriptors: Well Being, Reading Habits, Older Adults, Fiction
Will Using Facebook Affect Empathy and Replace Social Support in University Students?
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Wa, Janet Law Wai – Psychology of Education Review, 2020
Objectives: The current research has three primary hypotheses: (i) There is a positive relationship between the use of Facebook word messages and cognitive empathy in university students. (ii) There is a positive relationship between participating in the Facebook video and affective empathy in university students. (iii) Virtual affective and…
Descriptors: Social Media, Social Influences, Empathy, Social Support Groups
Developing Student Character through Disciplinary Curricula: An Analysis of UK QAA Subject Benchmark Statements
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Quinlan, Kathleen M. – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
What aspects of student character are expected to be developed through disciplinary curricula? This paper examines the UK written curriculum through an analysis of the Quality Assurance Agency's subject benchmark statements for the most popular subjects studied in the UK. It explores the language, principles and intended outcomes that suggest…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Values Education, Benchmarking, Social Responsibility
Mandatory Personal Therapy: Does the Evidence Justify the Practice? In Debate
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Chaturvedi, Surabhi – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2013
The article addresses the question of whether the practice of mandatory personal therapy, followed by several training organisations, is justified by existing research and evidence. In doing so, it discusses some implications of this training requirement from an ethical and ideological standpoint, raising questions of import for training…
Descriptors: Ethics, Counselor Training, Therapy, Organizations (Groups)
Inclusive Design: Developing Students' Knowledge and Attitude through Empathic Modelling
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Altay, Burçak; Demirkan, Halime – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2014
To enhance the function and quality of built environments, designers should consider all possible users in their design projects. Therefore, it is essential to incorporate inclusive design in the education of the design student. This study focuses on the educational objectives of and related learning activities in a course where inclusive design…
Descriptors: Empathy, Modeling (Psychology), Access to Education, Disabilities
Development and Validation of the Basic Empathy Scale
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Jolliffe, Darrick; Farrington, David P. – Journal of Adolescence, 2006
In developing the Basic Empathy Scale (BES), 40 items measuring affective and cognitive empathy were administered to 363 adolescents in Year 10 (aged about 15). Factor analysis reduced this to a 20-item scale that was administered 1 year later to 357 different adolescents in Year 10 in the same schools. Confirmatory factor analysis verified the…
Descriptors: Empathy, Adolescents, Gender Differences, Correlation