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What Beliefs Influence Children and Young People's Attitudes towards the Transgender Population?
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Read, Jenna; Sargeant, Cora; Wright, Sarah – Educational & Child Psychology, 2020
Aims: This review aims to identify and explore the specific beliefs that influence children and young people's (CYP's) attitudes towards the transgender population. Method: A systematic review of the literature was undertaken and a total of 14 studies were included in the review. The review included studies from the United States, Europe, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Childrens Attitudes, Adolescent Attitudes, Social Attitudes
Predicting U.S. College Students' Interest in Studying in China: Social Influence, Personal Experiences, Country Reputation, and Media Coverage
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Yang, Hongwei; Wang, Yingqi – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2018
An online survey of 374 US college students was conducted in April, 2015 to examine whether and how subjective norm, direct and indirect experiences related to China, their perceptions of China (China's country reputation), and media coverage of China influence their interests of studying in China. Statistical results show that their subjective…
Descriptors: Online Surveys, Student Surveys, Student Attitudes, Reputation
University Intramural Sport Administrators' Perceptions of Gender Modifications in Intramural Coed Flag Football
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Wood, Zach C.; Garn, Alex C. – Sport, Education and Society, 2016
Coed sport environments can be paradoxical settings where pre-existing gender biases influence participants' enjoyment and success. Furthermore, gendered messages and stereotypes as well as low expectations for females within coed sports can create participation barriers by reducing feelings of confidence and performance. Within university…
Descriptors: Athletics, Athletes, Gender Differences, College Athletics
The Decline of Marriage and Rise of New Families
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Taylor, Paul, Ed. – Pew Research Center, 2010
Social institutions that have been around for thousands of years generally change slowly, when they change at all. But that's not the way things have been playing out with marriage and family since the middle of the 20th Century. Some scholars argue that in the past five decades, the basic architecture of these age-old institutions has changed as…
Descriptors: Marriage, Family Structure, Census Figures, Trend Analysis
Gallup Polls of Attitudes Toward Education, 1969-1984. A Topical Summary.
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Elam, Stanley M., Ed. – 1984
This report is a summary of the results of annual Gallup Polls of the Public's Attitude Toward the Public Schools of the United States for the years 1969 through 1983. A full report of the 1984 poll is included. The items have been arranged topically so that the user can identify and follow trends more readily. Some questions have been asked…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, National Surveys, Public Opinion
The Metropolitan Life Survey of the American Teacher, 1996. Students Voice Their Opinions On: Violence, Social Tension and Equality among Teens. Part I
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 1996
This report, the first in a series of four 1996 releases of students' opinions, represents a continued effort by MetLife to provide insight and understanding to the issues of violence and social tension in American public schools. The survey focuses on the social climate of the nation's public schools from the perspective of public school students…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Violence, Academic Achievement, Risk