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Gibbons, Stephen; Silva, Olmo – Centre for the Economics of Education (NJ1), 2009
In England, the "Every Child Matters" (ECM) initiative has driven important changes in educational services in order to support five key outcomes for children and young people identified by the ECM initiative, namely to "be healthy", to "stay safe", to "enjoy and achieve", to "make a positive…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Stimulation, Test Results
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Godbout, Natacha; Sabourin, Stephane; Lussier, Yvan – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
This study compared the usefulness of single- and multiple-indicator strategies in a model examining the role of child sexual abuse (CSA) to predict later marital satisfaction through attachment and psychological distress. The sample included 1,092 women and men from a nonclinical population in cohabiting or marital relationships. The single-item…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Marital Satisfaction, Structural Equation Models
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Mesmer-Magnus, Jessica R.; Viswesvaran, Chockalingam – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2005
The overlap between measures of work-to-family (WFC) and family-to-work conflict (FWC) was meta-analytically investigated. Researchers have assumed WFC and FWC to be distinct, however, this assumption requires empirical verification. Across 25 independent samples (total N=9079) the sample size weighted mean observed correlation was .38 and the…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Family Work Relationship, Role Conflict, Meta Analysis
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McQuillan, Julia; Stone, Rosalie A. Torres; Greil, Arthur L. – Journal of Family Issues, 2007
Using data from a random sample of 580 midwestern women, the authors explore the association between lifetime infertility and life satisfaction. Past research shows lower life satisfaction among those seeking help for infertility. The authors find no direct effects of lifetime infertility, regardless of perception of a problem, on life…
Descriptors: Hypothesis Testing, Racial Differences, Individual Characteristics, Family Income
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Strayhorn, Terrell Lamont; Terrell, Melvin Cleveland – Negro Educational Review, The, 2007
Determining the extent to which faculty-student mentoring predicts satisfaction in college for Black students was our purpose for this study. We performed a secondary analysis of data from a national sample obtained from the College Student Experiences Questionnaire (CSEQ) Research Program. The CSEQ consists of 191 items designed to measure the…
Descriptors: College Students, Mentors, Black Colleges, Faculty
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Earl, Joanne K.; Bright, Jim E. H. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2007
This paper describes a longitudinal study exploring the relationship between career decision status and work outcomes (i.e. job satisfaction, organizational commitment and performance) in a group of newly appointed graduates. Graduates employed into similar roles in a large Multinational Consultancy were tracked over 12 months at three time…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Work Environment, Decision Making, Longitudinal Studies
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Gibson-Davis, Christina M.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2007
Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Survey (N= 3,567), we examine the links between relationship status, relationship quality, and race and ethnicity in breastfeeding initiation. We consider four relationship types: married, cohabiting, romantically involved but not cohabiting (termed visiting), and nonromantically involved…
Descriptors: Race, Unwed Mothers, Well Being, Pregnancy
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Lehmiller, Justin J.; Agnew, Christopher R. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2007
The present research examined how perceived marginalization of one's romantic relationship is associated with level of future commitment to and stability of that involvement. Results from a 7-month longitudinal study of romantically involved individuals (N = 215) revealed that perceived social network marginalization at Time 1 predicted breakup…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Longitudinal Studies, Correlation, Predictor Variables
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Siekanska, Malgorzata; Sekowski, Andrzej – High Ability Studies, 2006
This article focuses on the problems of adults who in secondary school were high ability learners. The main point of interest of the research presented here is job satisfaction among gifted people and their temperament structure. The authors are interested whether there exist correlations between the investigated variables both in the entire group…
Descriptors: Gifted, Adults, Job Satisfaction, Personality
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Wadsworth, Brooke Chapman; Hecht, Michael L.; Jung, Eura – Communication Education, 2008
This study examined a model of international students' educational satisfaction in the U.S. Using Communication Theory of Identity as a framework, the authors proposed that personal-enacted identity gaps and personal-relational identity gaps contribute to international students' educational satisfaction. Furthermore, acculturation and perceived…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Foreign Students, Satisfaction, Identification (Psychology)
Gittings, Glenn Allen – ProQuest LLC, 2010
More than a decade after the state of Kentucky enacted higher education reform that provided specific direction to the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville, this research study sought to examine the effect of student characteristics and program characteristics on doctoral degree completion. This study attempted to address the…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Marital Status, Employment Level, Doctoral Degrees
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Yukselturk, Erman – International Journal on E-Learning, 2009
This study analyzed learner characteristics that affect satisfaction in an online certificate program under two main purposes. The first purpose was to examine relationships among selected variables (age, gender, educational level, and online course experience), learners' initial perceptions (online technology self-efficacy, online learning…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Learning Readiness, Online Courses, Distance Education
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Gudjonsson, Gisli H.; Sigurdsson, Jon Fridrik; Eyjolfsdottir, Gudrun Agusta; Smari, Jakob; Young, Susan – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2009
Objective: To ascertain whether ADHD symptoms, and associated problems, are negatively related to subjective well-being. Method: The Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) was completed by 369 university students, along with the Reasoning & Rehabilitation (R&R) ADHD Training Evaluation (RATE), the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Females, Mental Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Chang, Joohee; Chang, Wonsup; Jacobs, Ronald L. – Online Submission, 2008
This paper focuses on the relationship between participation in communities of practice (CoP) and outcomes of organizational socialization (learning and adjustment) early in the career. Results from responses of employees in a Korean IT company show that participation in CoP is more strongly related to adjustment (job satisfaction, organizational…
Descriptors: Socialization, Job Satisfaction, Community, Organizational Development
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Sellers, Sherrill L.; Neighbors, Harold W. – Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2008
Although many scholars have theorized about how responding to the stress of blocked opportunities can affect the well-being of black Americans, few scholars have empirically examined the relationships between striving efforts, personal goals, and mental health among black Americans. This investigation examines the relationship between…
Descriptors: Poverty, Life Satisfaction, Mental Health, Psychological Patterns
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