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Dockrell, Sara; Simms, Ciaran; Blake, Catherine – Journal of School Health, 2013
Background: Carrying a schoolbag is a daily activity for most children and much research has been conducted in an effort to identify a safe load limit for children to carry in their schoolbags. Despite this, there is still no consensus about guideline weight and other factors associated with carrying a schoolbag. The objective of this article is…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Guidelines, Childhood Attitudes, Child Development
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Perumal, Juliet – Education and Urban Society, 2016
"Education Before Liberation" became the mantra of the struggle against apartheid oppression in South Africa. Apartheid policies predestined the Black majority to servitude and dehumanization. The advent of democracy heralded a plethora of transformative curriculum policies with the express intent to counter the destiny that the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Theory, Democracy, Teacher Characteristics
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Rothgangel, Andreas Stefan; Braun, Susy M.; Beurskens, Anna J.; Seitz, Rudiger J.; Wade, Derick T. – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2011
The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical aspects of mirror therapy (MT) interventions after stroke, phantom limb pain and complex regional pain syndrome. A systematic literature search of the Cochrane Database of controlled trials, PubMed/MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, PsycINFO, PEDro, RehabTrials and Rehadat, was made by two…
Descriptors: Therapy, Rehabilitation, Literature Reviews, Intervention
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Harlacher, Uwe; Persson, Ann L.; Rivano-Fischer, Marcelo; Sjolund, Bengt H. – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2011
The aim of this study was to examine whether Multidimensional Pain Inventory (MPI) subscale score changes can be used for monitoring interdisciplinary cognitive behavioural pain rehabilitation programmes, using the Psychological General Well-Being (PGWB) index as an independent variable of rehabilitation outcome. Data from 434 consecutively…
Descriptors: Chronic Illness, Pain, Measures (Individuals), Rehabilitation
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Beacroft, Monica; Dodd, Karen – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2011
An audit was conducted across Surrey to investigate pain recognition and management with people with learning disabilities. This section of the audit looked at what people with learning disabilities understood and experienced when they had pain compared to good practice from the literature. The results show that people with learning disabilities…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Mental Retardation, Learning Disabilities, Assistive Technology
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Wilson, Stephanie L.; Raval, Vaishali V.; Salvina, Jennifer; Raval, Pratiksha H.; Panchal, Ila N. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2012
The present study compared 6- to 9-year-old children's reports of their decisions to express anger, sadness, and physical pain; methods of controlling and communicating felt emotion; and reasons for doing so in response to hypothetical situations across three groups: old-city India (n = 60), suburban India (n = 60), and suburban United States (n =…
Descriptors: Pain, Children, Foreign Countries, Psychological Patterns
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Lamarine, Roland J. – Journal of Drug Education, 2012
Marijuana has been used medically since antiquity. In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in medical applications of various cannabis preparations. These drugs have been cited in the medical literature as potential secondary treatment agents for severe pain, muscle spasticity, anorexia, nausea, sleep disturbances, and numerous…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Marijuana, Sleep, Risk
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Reese, Christina; Mittag, Oskar – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2013
The purpose of the article is to summarize evidence and recommendations for psychological interventions in the rehabilitation of patients with chronic low back pain. We carried out a systematic literature search in several databases and on the websites of professional associations to identify relevant reviews and guidelines. In addition to the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Pain, Patients, Patient Education
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Matias, Cheryl E.; Allen, Ricky Lee – Berkeley Review of Education, 2013
Although scholars have articulated how whites institutionally, economically, and socially invest in their whiteness, they have paid little attention to white emotionality. By explicating a critical, more humanizing theory of love that accounts for the painful process of sharing in the burden of creating humanity, this psychoanalytic theoretical…
Descriptors: Whites, Emotional Response, Caring, Social Attitudes
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Ilgen, Mark A.; Haas, Elizabeth; Czyz, Ewa; Webster, Linda; Sorrell, John T.; Chermack, Stephen – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2011
Chronic pain and substance use disorders frequently co-occur. The pharmacological treatment of pain is complicated in individuals with substance use disorders because of the potential for abuse and diversion of many prescription pain medications. One potential approach is to use a combination of cognitive-behavioral and acceptance-based strategies…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Pain, Veterans, Drug Addiction
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McDonnell, Cassandra J.; White, Kamila S.; Grady, R. Mark – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2012
Pediatric NCCP may be characterized by recurrent pain accompanied by emotional distress and functional impairment. This paper reviews and critiques literature on pediatric noncardiac chest pain (NCCP) and introduces a theoretical conceptualization to guide future study of NCCP in children and adolescents. A developmentally informed biopsychosocial…
Descriptors: Pain, Adolescents, Etiology, College Students
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Clementz, Gunilla; Borsbo, Bjorn; Norrbrink, Cecilia – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2012
This study sought to assess burnout and its relation to pain, disability, mood and health-related quality of life in a group of patients with chronic whiplash-associated disorders (WAD). Forty-five patients with chronic WAD ([greater than or equal to] 3 months) referred to a multidisciplinary rehabilitation centre were included. A questionnaire…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Questionnaires, Depression (Psychology), Burnout
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Smout, Matthew F.; Hayes, Louise; Atkins, Paul W. B.; Klausen, Jessica; Duguid, James E. – Clinical Psychologist, 2012
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a transdiagnostic cognitive behavioural therapy that predominantly teaches clients acceptance and mindfulness skills, as well as values clarification and enactment skills. Australian treatment guideline providers have been cautious in recognising ACT as empirically supported. This article reviews evidence…
Descriptors: Evidence, Therapy, Anxiety Disorders, Pain
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de Winter, C. F.; Jansen, A. A. C.; Evenhuis, H. M. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2011
Background: Challenging behaviour is a major problem among people with intellectual disabilities. Physical factors may be an important cause. The aim of the present systematic review was to determine the physical conditions associated with challenging behaviour. Methods: A literature search was conducted in PubMed and the Cochrane systematic…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Behavior Problems, Physical Disabilities, Epilepsy
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Beacroft, Monica; Dodd, Karen – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
This audit investigated residential staff beliefs around pain thresholds and strategies they adopt to recognise and manage pain in people with learning disabilities across Surrey. A structured interview was constructed to elicit information. Results demonstrated that pain is not being effectively recognised or managed by residential staff in…
Descriptors: Pain, Developmental Disabilities, Residential Institutions, Foreign Countries
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