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Janik Blaskova, Lenka; Gibson, Jenny L. – Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 2021
Background and aims: Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) are at risk of difficulties in their friendships and peer relations. The present review explores how research directly involving children with DLD can inform our understanding of peer relations in this group, and how research insights may change according to the nature of…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Developmental Disabilities, Peer Relationship, Language Skills
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van der Wilt, Femke; van der Veen, Chiel; van Kruistum, Claudia; van Oers, Bert – Educational Psychology Review, 2019
Being rejected by peers has devastating consequences for a child's future social-cognitive development. It is therefore important to investigate factors that contribute to childhood peer rejection. In doing so, the present review specifically focused on sociometric status, a concept that refers to a child's position within the peer group (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Rejection (Psychology), Peer Relationship, Social Status, Communication Skills
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Zhang, Xinyi; Lau, Carrie; Yang, Yi – Infant and Child Development, 2021
Shyness, which is characterized by social withdrawal behaviours and approaching-withdrawal conflicted social motivations, is suggested to influence children's social-emotional development. This study examined the association between shyness and social-emotional development among Chinese children aged 3 to 12. A systematic search of both Chinese…
Descriptors: Shyness, Withdrawal (Psychology), Social Development, Emotional Development
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Punia, Poonam; Berwal, Sandeep – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2017
Introduction: The present study was undertaken to develop a valid and reliable scale for measuring a feeling of alienation in students with visual impairments (that is, those who are blind or have low vision). Methods: In this study, a pool of 60 items was generated to develop an Alienation Scale for Visually Impaired Students (AL-VI) based on a…
Descriptors: Alienation, Visual Impairments, Item Banks, Likert Scales
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Ford-Connors, Evelyn; Paratore, Jeanne R. – Review of Educational Research, 2015
Increasing the vocabulary knowledge of young adolescent and adolescent students has been a focal point of educational research and many teacher professional development initiatives. Yet many teachers continue to use traditional, but generally ineffective, methods of classroom-based vocabulary instruction. Synthesizing the literature around the…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Vocabulary Development, Elementary School Students, Grade 5
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Briggs, Harold E.; Cox, Wendell H.; Sharkey, Caroline N.; Briggs, Adam C.; Black, Michelle – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this review is to chronicle the extent to which the Pinkston and colleagues model is utilized in single-parent training group (SPG) interventions in the home environment for children aged 5 to 12 or preadolescent school-aged children. Methods: Several databases were searched electronically and independent full reviews were…
Descriptors: One Parent Family, Parent Education, Behavior Modification, Evidence Based Practice
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Francis, Leslie J.; Gibson, Harry M. – Journal of Educational Television, 1993
Describes a study that was conducted to investigate the influence of age, sex, social class, and religion on total television viewing time and program preferences among a large sample of Scottish secondary school students. Four main program types are examined, i.e., soap, sport, light entertainment, and current awareness. (50 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Correlation, Foreign Countries