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Booncherd, Naruemon; Rimkeeratikul, Sucharat – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2017
Communication Apprehension (CA) is a construct that has been studied in many fields. In this study, CA in English (L2) was investigated among personnel in a bureau providing medical services for public. The three main aims of this research were to: (1) compare the personnel CA in L2 (English) with CA in L1 (Thai), (2) determine which demographic…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Medical Services, Employee Attitudes
Kentucky Department of Education, 2020
While the usual transitional concerns will be present when schools reopen, it is anticipated that this fall's return to school will be particularly challenging. Teachers and administrators should operate on the assumption that everyone, (students, families and staff) will have experienced some degree of anxiety and stress, uncertainty, illness,…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, School Schedules
Young, Rosalie F.; Kahana, Eva – 1983
Traditionally, coping and adaptation have been considered synonymous in individual's responses to illness and other stressful situations. The Illness Adaptation Scale (IAS) is a 12-item instrument which was designed to assess adaptational outcomes in illness situations as well as four coping modes (instrumental-self oriented, instrumental-other…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Alcoholism, Coping
Ingersoll, Berit; Chenoweth, Barbara – 1981
This booklet for practitioners and others working with groups of older adults with chronic pain describes a model for a program for learning about factors associated with pain and about coping. An overview is provided of the model developed at the Turner Geriatric Clinic that has an education and support group format and involves both an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Coping, Discussion Groups, Diseases
Coogle, Constance L., Ed.; Finley, Ruth B., Ed. – 1994
A program was developed in Virginia to train Black and rural family caregivers of persons with dementia, particularly Alzheimer's disease. This final program report begins with project briefs that summarize major products and findings, program objectives and accomplishments, and dissemination activities. Chapter 1 addresses issues related to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Alzheimers Disease, Blacks, Community Resources
Koefer, Ann M. – 1993
This independent learning packet, which is designed for administrators, teachers, counselors, and tutors in Pennsylvania's Region 7 Tri-Valley Literacy Staff Development area as well as for their adult students, examines the following seven problems encountered by students: the job market, child care, single parenting/parenting skills, divorce,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Agency Role, Alcoholism