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Deaf Students' Receptive and Expressive American Sign Language Skills: Comparisons and Relations
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Beal-Alvarez, Jennifer S. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2014
This article presents receptive and expressive American Sign Language skills of 85 students, 6 through 22 years of age at a residential school for the deaf using the American Sign Language Receptive Skills Test and the Ozcaliskan Motion Stimuli. Results are presented by ages and indicate that students' receptive skills increased with age and…
Descriptors: Deafness, American Sign Language, Expressive Language, Receptive Language
Problem-Solving Orientation and Attributional Style as Predictors of Depressive Symptoms in Egyptian Adolescents with Visual Impairment
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Emam, Mahmoud M. – British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2013
The association between attributional style (AS), problem-solving orientation (PSO), and gender on depressive symptoms was investigated in Egyptian adolescents with visual impairment (VI). After being written in Braille, measures of AS, PSO, and depression were administered to 110 adolescents with VI, ages 12-17 years, from a residential school…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Visual Impairments, Depression (Psychology), Foreign Countries
Academic and Behavioral Characteristics of Emotionally Disturbed, Learning-Disabled, and General Education Students at a Secondary Residential School
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Gaskins, Courtney – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study provides a description of the academic functioning levels and performance gains of adolescents (n = 423) attending a residential school over a seven year period using secondary data. Students ranged in age from 12 to 18 and represented a wide range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds. The vast majority of the sample were males (68%).…
Descriptors: Drug Use, Substance Abuse, Placement, Written Language
Construct Validity of the Social Coping Questionnaire
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Swiatek, Mary Ann; Cross, Tracy L. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2007
The Social coping Questionnaire (SCQ) measures strategies used by gifted adolescents to minimize the negative effect they believe their high ability has on their social interactions. Previous studies have supported the factor structure, internal consistency, and test-retest reliability of the SCQ. The current study provides construct validity…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Adolescents