Compared to their school peers, Asian American youth report more internalizing symptoms, peer victimization, and higher rates of suicide, yet they underutilize mental health services at school. This study investigated the feasibility and effectiveness of a culturally responsive parent training program called Parent-Child Connect for Asian American…

This study was an exploration of school consultation interactions between instructional consultants and consultees. Of specific interest was how consultants (n = 18) and consultees (n = 18) used verb tense and emotion words during the problem identification and analysis instructional consultation stage, similarities and differences in…

Identifying mechanisms that explain the relationship between anxiety and depression are needed. The Tripartite Model is one model that has been proposed to help explain the association between these two problems, positing a shared component called negative affect. The objective of the present study was to examine the role of loneliness in relation…

The purpose of this study was to develop a Meta-Affective Trait Scale (MATS) to measure the meta-affective inclinations related to emotions that students have while they are studying for their classes. First, a pilot study was performed with 380 10th-grade students. Results of the exploratory factor analysis supported a two-factor structure of the…

Children's prior attitudes toward school may be an important entry factor to consider in their initial adjustment to kindergarten. This short-term longitudinal study examined children's affective orientations and other school-related perceptions and approaches to learning in late preschool and then 1 to 2 months after entry into…

Within our competitive culture, some perfectionistic students do well, whereas others are overwhelmed. The personal characteristics of these perfectionistic students should not be construed as positive or adaptive perfectionism. A distinction is made between perfectionism and the pursuit of excellence. The intensity of the anxiety at the core of…

In efforts to increase the field and society's understanding of bullying, the authors investigated how various forms of attachment (mother, peer, and school) are directly and indirectly related to bullying behavior through empathy, and whether these relationships are moderated by gender. Adolescents, of grades 7 through 9, from one middle school…

This cursory outline of the Human Development Program has been given as one example of Affective Curricula available for classroom use. While it is not within the scope of this paper to describe fully the mechanics of the Program, some mention is made of selection and preparation procedures. (Author)

Increased sharing behavior of preschoolers (N=6) by exposing group to: (1) books with themes on sharing, (2) a puppet presentation of book characters modeling sharing behavior, and (3) child use of puppets to portray book character sharing behavior. Found combined bibliotherapy and puppetry increased preschooler sharing behavior. (Author/CM)

This research studies and measures in what direction and how students will change when some degree of expectancy in human relationships is changed. Results of data analysis indicate that manipulation in the affective domain in a classroom setting can have significant results for achievement scores, mental health, and IQ. (Author/PC)

Self-reported internalizing symptoms of seriously emotionally disturbed (SED) and regular education students were compared using the Internalizing Symptoms Scale for Children. The SED group reported significantly higher levels of internalizing distress than the regular education group. Results are discussed in terms of future research needs and…

Problem-solving and creativity measures were administered to 127 gifted New York City school children from grades 4-6, in an attempt to relate these cognitive variables to affective traits of locus of control, self-esteem, and tolerance of ambiguity. No sex differences were obtained on the affective tasks. (Author)

Fourth-grade students were randomly assigned to either a treatment or a Hawthorne control group. The treatment consisted of participation in the Toward Affective Development Program. No treatment effects were noted, regardless of sex or class membership. (Author)

Determined the influence of inservice training in Glasser's reality therapy and class meeting techniques on teacher affective behaviors, student on-task behaviors, discipline, referrals, and student absences. No significant changes in teacher and/or student behavior resulted from the inservice training. (Author)

The career maturity of a private school group of adolescents with learning disabilities was assessed. Significant differences emerged in the affective dimensions but not in the cognitive variables. (Author)