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Direct linkRobinson, Sally; Hill, Malcolm; Fisher, Karen R.; Graham, Anne – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
In recent policies, it is assumed that communities welcome the inclusion of young people with intellectual disability. However, little is known about perspectives of young people themselves. This article reports on research that sought to address this gap. Young people with intellectual disability living in three Australian small town communities…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Social Bias, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Community Characteristics
Oh, Hyerim; Sutherland, Margaret; Stack, Niamh; Badia Martín, Mar; Blumen, Sheyla; Nguyen, Quoc Anh-Thu; Wormald, Catherine; Maakrun, Julie; Ziegler, Albert – Roeper Review, 2019
This study explores how secondary school students perceive high-performing potential classmates. A total of 1,794 seventh- and 10th-grade students from five countries completed a questionnaire measuring their expectations of hypothetical male and female high-performing classmates in three categories: intellectual ability, positive social…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Grade 7, Grade 10, Secondary School Students
Jung, Jae Yup; Barnett, Kerry; Gross, Miraca U. M.; McCormick, John – Roeper Review, 2011
This study investigated whether intellectually gifted students in Australia, with different levels of giftedness and cultural orientations, had different experiences of the forced-choice dilemma--choosing between the needs for peer acceptance and academic achievement. A random sample of 231 intellectually gifted students attending secondary school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Adolescents, Academically Gifted
Peer reviewedNicholson, Susan I.; Antill, John K. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1981
The reported problems of today's Australian adolescent are identified and described, and the effects of age and sex on these problems are assessed. Relationships between peer acceptance and sex role identity are investigated; whether changes in sex role identity occur during adolescence is discussed. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Foreign Countries, Peer Acceptance
Peer reviewedCarrington, Suzanne; Templeton, Elizabeth; Papinczak, Tracey – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2003
A study investigated perceptions of friendships faced by five Australian adolescents with Asperger syndrome. Participants struggled to describe their understanding of friendships, but were better able to describe a number of characteristics of peers who would not be friends. The use of masquerading to cope with social deficits is discussed.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Asperger Syndrome, Coping, Foreign Countries
Ozolins, U.; Keeves, J. P. – 1975
The main purpose of this report is to provide guidelines for a study on educating for leisure. The authors proceed on the theory that to understand fully the leisure time activities of individuals it is necessary to take into consideration their whole life of home circumstances, work, and schooling and examine this in relation to their…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Individual Development, Leisure Time
Kovacev, Lydia; Shute, Rosalyn – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2004
This study examined how different modes of acculturation and perceived social support are related to adolescent refugee psychosocial adjustment, as measured by global self-worth and peer social acceptance. The 83 participants, aged between 12 and 19 and now resident in Australia, were from the former Republic of Yugoslavia. Those who had the most…
Descriptors: Negative Attitudes, Acculturation, Foreign Countries, Social Support Groups
Kafer, Norman F.; And Others – 1984
Reported in this symposium are (1) a study of interpersonal awareness, peer acceptance, and interpersonal strategies among Australian preschool children, by Norman F. Kafer, (2) a longitudinal study of the learning preferences of Australian primary and secondary school students, by Lee Owens, and (3) an abstract of an investigation of co-operative…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Buddhism, Children
