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Molinario, Erica; Lorenzi, Caterina; Bartoccioni, Flavia; Perucchini, Paola; Bobeth, Sebastian; Colléony, Agathe; Diniz, Raquel; Eklund, Ann; Jaeger, Christine; Kibbe, Alexandra; Richter, Isabel; Ruepert, Angela; Sloot, Daniel; Udall, Alina Mia; Bonaiuto, Marino – Environmental Education Research, 2020
In two studies, the role of nature experiences and social norms during childhood is explored next to adulthood biospheric values, connectedness to nature, environmental identity, and objective knowledge in relation to pro-environmental behaviors. Study 1 (N = 185) tested the hypothesized model in the realm of general pro-environmental behaviors…
Descriptors: Natural Resources, Environmental Influences, Social Attitudes, Social Influences
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Kupriyanov, B. V. – Russian Education & Society, 2018
The article attempts to introduce, describe, and theoretically justify the phenomenon of the children's prank as one of the natural features of childhood. According to the author, the children's prank deserves to be conceived of as a particular category due to the many descriptions of this phenomenon in children's literature. The author defines…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Social Influences, Humor, Fiction
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Cila, Jorida; Lalonde, Richard N. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2015
The present study examined the practice of language brokering (LB) among South Asian Canadian college-age adults and how such practice relates to acculturation to mainstream and heritage cultures, as well as personal empowerment. One hundred and twenty-four young adults reported on three different indices of LB (brokering frequency, diversity of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Asians, Young Adults, Acculturation
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Davis, Darrel R.; Bergen, Doris – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2014
This study investigated whether the types and amount of playful activity and thought exhibited from early childhood to adulthood are related to aspects of moral development, such as empathy, behavior, and reasoning. It explored whether the assertions of theorists such as Piaget, Vygotsky, and Erikson regarding the facilitative effect of games with…
Descriptors: College Students, Play, Age Differences, Developmental Stages
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Shahraki, Sara Hashemi; Rasekh, Abbass Eslami – English Language Teaching, 2011
Slang usage in modern age Iran is a popular phenomenon among most male and female teenagers. How pervasive this variation of language use is among various age and sex groups in Iran has been a question of debate given the significance of religion in a theological system of social structure. The work presented in this study aims to investigate the…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Elementary School Students
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Quintana, Stephen M. – International Journal of Educational Psychology, 2012
A developmental model of children's understanding of nationality (Nationality Perspective-Taking Ability or NPTA) was proposed and evaluated in this study. The NPTA model expands extant definitions and provides a theoretical foundation for the developmental progression of national identity. Children (Mean age = 9.33 years) from Latin American and…
Descriptors: Nationalism, Cultural Awareness, Children, Foreign Countries