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Paniagua, Carmen; García-Moya, Irene; Moreno, Carmen – Youth & Society, 2022
There is a need of additional research into the social aspects of adoptees' school experiences. For that purpose, the present study used a sample of adopted (n = 541) and non-adopted (n = 582) adolescents from the Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) study in Spain. Specifically, we analyzed social support at school (from classmates and…
Descriptors: Adoption, Foreign Countries, Social Support Groups, Adolescents
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Hurtado-Ruzza, Rafael; Iglesias, Óscar Álvarez-Calderón; Becerro-de-Bengoa-Vallejo, Ricardo; Calvo-Lobo, César; San-Antolín, Marta; Losa-Iglesias, Marta Elena; Romero-Morales, Carlos; López-López, Daniel – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: The association between voice alterations, health-related quality of life (HRQL), and chronic respiratory diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), has previously been reported. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that HRQL and dysphonia-associated handicap of patients diagnosed with asthma or…
Descriptors: Diseases, Chronic Illness, Quality of Life, Voice Disorders
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Rodríguez-Izquierdo, Rosa M. – Intercultural Education, 2022
Early School Leaving (ESL) is a challenge that concerns countries all over the world. This is because it directly affects both the lives of the students who drop out and society in general. This study investigates Primary Education teachers, Compulsory Secondary Education teachers, and Baccalaureate teachers' perspectives of school dropout factors…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Dropouts
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Jiayang Liu; Zakiah Mohamad Ashari; Haihang Zhang; Yilin Jiang – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2024
Undergraduate academic achievement serves as a vital measure of higher education standards. The impact of perceived social support on academic outcomes has gained considerable attention. Nevertheless, existing studies have shown varied results regarding its correlation with undergraduate achievement, and the moderating effects remain unclear. This…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Social Support Groups, Peer Relationship, Teacher Student Relationship
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Renart Vicens, Gemma; Vall-llosera Casanovas, Laura; Saurina Canals, Carme; Serra, Laura – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2022
Purpose: Entrepreneurship requires the attitudes and capabilities needed to begin new and innovative projects able to create positive impacts in the economy of a society. Given that it forms the basis from which new companies, products and innovations emerge, it is a very relevant term in business. With the aim of strengthening these capabilities,…
Descriptors: Universities, Entrepreneurship, Educational Strategies, Intention
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Gomez-Baya, Diego; Santos, Teresa; Gaspar de Matos, Margarida – Applied Developmental Science, 2022
Positive Youth Development (PYD) model is a strength-based perspective of transition to adulthood derived from developmental systems theory. Developmental assets (DAs) framework describes the individual and contextual resources that may promote PYD. This work aims to analyze the associations between internal and external DAs and PYD, as well as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Adolescent Development, High School Students
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Israel-Fishelson, Rotem; Hershkovitz, Arnon; Eguíluz, Andoni; Garaizar, Pablo; Guenaga, Mariluz – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2021
Computational Thinking (CT) and creativity are considered two vital skills for the 21st century that should be incorporated into future curricula around the world. We studied the relationship between these two constructs while focusing on learners' personal characteristics. Two types of creativity were examined: creative thinking and computational…
Descriptors: Correlation, Thinking Skills, Creative Thinking, Problem Solving
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Sansano-Nadal, Oriol; Wilson, Jason J.; Martín-Borràs, Carme; Brønd, Jan Christian; Skjødt, Mathias; Caserotti, Paolo; Roqué I. Figuls, Marta; Blackburn, Nicole E.; Klenk, Jochen; Rothenbacher, Dietrich; Guerra-Balic, Myriam; Font-Farré, Manel; Denkinger, Michael; Coll-Planas, Laura; Deidda, Manuela; McIntosh, Emma; Giné-Garriga, Maria; Tully, Mark A. – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2022
The main aim of this study was to assess the criterion validity of the Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire (SBQ) to measure SB in community-dwelling older adults using thigh-measured accelerometry as the criterion method. 801 participants (75.6 ± 6.1 years old, 57.6% females) provided valid thigh-based accelerometer data (activPAL/Axivity) and…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Life Style, Older Adults, Foreign Countries
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Paniagua, Carmen; Palacios, Jesús; Jiménez-Morago, Jesús M.; Rivera, Francisco – Research on Social Work Practice, 2019
Purpose: The two goals of this article are the analysis of the duration of adoptive placements ending in breakdown and the role of age at placement in the breakdown experience. Method: All known cases of adoption breakdown during a whole decade in Andalusia, a Spanish region, were studied. Preadoption and formalized adoptions, domestic and…
Descriptors: Adoption, Placement, Foreign Countries, Role
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Enea, V.; Rusu, D. M. – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Introduction: This systematic literature review aims to (a) identify how the parenting stress was used in the empirical studies as an independent, outcome, moderator and mediator variable, (b) identify the predictors of parenting stress in parents of children with ASD, (c) identify how parenting stress relates with mental health, and (d) make…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Stress Variables
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Kassis, Wassilis; Artz, Sibylle; White, Jennifer – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2017
Background: Adolescent depression has been recognized as a complex problem that presents a global public health challenge. Left undetected and untreated, depression can significantly reduce quality of life. Objective: The main purpose of this paper is to re-visit risk and protective factors for depression in adolescents with a specific focus on…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Cross Cultural Studies, Risk
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Cejudo, Javier – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2016
Introduction: The purpose of the present research is aimed at studying the relationship between emotional intelligence as an ability and emotional intelligence as a trait and mental health of a sample of school counsellors. Method: The sample has been made up of 203 school counsellors. The instruments used have been: Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional…
Descriptors: Correlation, Emotional Intelligence, Mental Health, Individual Characteristics
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Barral, Carmen; Eiroa-Orosa, Francisco Jose; Navarro-Marfisis, Maria Cecilia; Roncero, Carlos; Casas, Miguel – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2015
Aims: Addiction treatment training has been recognized to be an essential part of the curriculum in psychiatry and general medicine. Our objective in this study was to measure the knowledge and attitudes towards addictions among medical residents of a general hospital in Catalonia, Spain. Methods: Within a sample of medical residents, we…
Descriptors: Hospitals, Graduate Medical Education, Addictive Behavior, Drug Rehabilitation
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Longo, Egmar; Badia, Marta; Orgaz, Begona M. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
This study analyzed the patterns and predictors of participation in leisure activities outside of school of Spanish children and adolescents with Cerebral Palsy (CP). Children and adolescents with CP (n = 199; 113 males and 86 females) participated in this cross-sectional study. Their mean age was 12.11 years (SD = 3.02; range 8-18 years), and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cerebral Palsy, Predictor Variables, Leisure Time
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Pozo, Pilar; Sarriá, Encarnación – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
The transition to adulthood and adulthood itself have been identified as times of stress for parents of individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Longitudinal studies, however, show improvements in the well-being of mothers of adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorder. This article presents a cross-sectional study of 102 Spanish…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Well Being, Parents
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