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Jay K. Solomonson; Steven M. Still; Lucas D. Maxwell; Michael J. Barrowclough – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2022
The shortage of school-based agricultural education (SBAE) teachers in the United States has been a chronic issue for decades. Besides not having sufficient graduates in our teacher preparation programs, the number of SBAE teachers annually leaving the profession further exacerbates the problem. While the reasons why SBAE teachers leave the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agriculture Teachers, Teacher Persistence, Labor Turnover
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Carr, Themba; Lord, Catherine – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine the stability of mothers' perceptions of the negative impact of having a child with ASD in a sample of African American and Caucasian families as their children transitioned to early adolescence. Participants were mothers and children participating in an ongoing longitudinal study of children referred for…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Mothers, Parent Attitudes, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Derby, Dustin C. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2011
Men's alcohol expectancies are an important cognitive-behavioral component of their consumption; yet, sparse research details such behaviors for men in two-year colleges. Selected for inclusion with the current study were 563 men from seven Illinois community colleges. Logistic regression analysis indicated four significant, positive relationships…
Descriptors: Drinking, Males, Community Colleges, College Students
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Leventhal, Tama; Shuey, Elizabeth A. – Developmental Psychology, 2014
This study explored how neighborhood social processes and resources, relevant to immigrant families and immigrant neighborhoods, contribute to young children's behavioral functioning and achievement across diverse racial/ethnic groups. Data were drawn from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods, a neighborhood-based,…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Context Effect, Child Development, Immigrants
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Lee, Min-Ah; Ferraro, Kenneth F. – Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2007
Although considerable evidence shows that residential segregation is deleterious to the health of African Americans, findings regarding segregation and health for Hispanic Americans are inconsistent. Competing hypotheses regarding the effects of neighborhood segregation on health are tested with data from Puerto Rican and Mexican American…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Access to Health Care, Neighborhoods, Mexican Americans