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Download full textBoyaci, Adnan – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2019
The aim of this study is to critically examine the sociodemographic and individual factors leading to school dropout. The study uses the Family Structure Survey (FSS) data collected in 2016 from 35.475 household members 15+ years old, by Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat). Appropriate variables, gender, marital status, age, work status,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dropouts, Dropout Characteristics, Predictor Variables
Direct linkBay, Esther H.; Blow, Adrian J.; Yan, Xie – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2012
Recovery from a mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a challenging process for injured persons and their families. Guided by attachment theory, we investigated whether relationship conflict, social support, or sense of belonging were associated with psychological functioning. Community-dwelling persons with TBI (N = 75) and their…
Descriptors: Marital Status, Head Injuries, Conflict, Brain
Clarke, Dave; Pulford, Justin; Bellringer, Maria; Abbott, Max; Hodgins, David C. – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2012
Electronic gaming machines (EGMs) have been frequently associated with problem gambling. Little research has compared the relative contribution of casino EGMs versus non-casino EGMs on current problem gambling, after controlling for demographic factors and gambling behaviour. Our exploratory study obtained data from questionnaires administered to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Marital Status, Clubs, Foreign Countries
Poyrazli, Senel; Yesilyaprak, Binnur; Milliogullari, Ali – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2012
Problem Statement: A review of the literature indicated that both job satisfaction and life satisfaction are important to an individual's overall wellbeing. While there have been extensive studies related to job satisfaction in a Turkish context, studies related to the predictors of life satisfaction are limited. Purpose of Study: The purpose of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Life Satisfaction, Job Satisfaction, School Guidance
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
McRee, Nick; Drapela, Laurie A. – Crime & Delinquency, 2012
Judicial sanctions are used by drug courts to encourage clients to comply with program requirements. However, few studies have explored the application of sanctions in drug courts or the relationship between sanctions and drug court graduation. This article reports the results of a study of sanctions as applied in a drug court in southwest…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Intervention, Graduates, Sanctions
Dobkin, Roseanne D.; Rubino, Jade Tiu; Allen, Lesley A.; Friedman, Jill; Gara, Michael A.; Mark, Margery H.; Menza, Matthew – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine predictors of treatment response to cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for depression in Parkinson's disease (PD). Method: The sample comprised 80 depressed ("DSM-IV" criteria) adults with PD (60% male) and their caregivers who participated in an National Institutes of Health-sponsored…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Therapy, Diseases, Depression (Psychology)
Waddell, Erin L.; Jacobs-Lawson, Joy M. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of background, psychological, and social variables on older adults' well-being, and how this may differ for men and women. Participants included 800 adults from the 2002 Health and Retirement Study (HRS), aged 60 to 101 years old (M = 71.22, SD = 8.46), who completed the optional positive…
Descriptors: Marital Status, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Older Adults, Well Being
Morawska, Alina; Dyah Ramadewi, Mikha; Sanders, Matthew R. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2014
Evidence-based parent-training programmes aim to reduce child behaviour problems; however, the effects of these programmes are often limited by poor participation rates. This study proposes a model of parent, child and family factors related to parental participation in parenting interventions. A computer-assisted telephone interview was used to…
Descriptors: Epidemiology, Surveys, Parent Participation, Parent Education
Kavi Kumar, K. S.; Ramachandran, Maithili; Viswanathan, Brinda – Social Indicators Research, 2009
Weight-for-squared height or body mass index (BMI) is often considered as an effective predictor of morbidity and mortality rates. This study uses BMI data from a sample of ever-married women in the age group of 15-49 years in the North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh for the year 1998-1999, to analyse the determinants of chronic energy deficiency…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Foreign Countries, Intervention, Marital Status
Leone, Lucia A.; James, Aimee S.; Allicock, Marlyn; Campbell, Marci K. – Health Education & Behavior, 2010
"Wellness for African Americans Through Churches" was a randomized trial that tested the effectiveness of tailored print and video (TPV) and/or lay health advisors (LHA) at increasing recreational physical activity (RPA), fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption, and colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in African American churches.…
Descriptors: African Americans, Obesity, Intervention, Physical Activities
Alexander, Pamela C.; Tracy, Allison; Radek, Megan; Koverola, Catherine – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
Battered women's stages of change (SOCs) are examined in this study. First, confirmatory factor analysis and latent profile analysis were conducted on 754 battered women's responses on the Problems in Relationship Scale (Brown, 1998). Factor loadings were strong, and latent variable mixture modeling produces a two-class solution. Second,…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Females, Factor Analysis, Predictor Variables
Shah, Ameet Arvind; Bazargan-Hejazi, Shahrzad; Lindstrom, Richard W.; Wolf, Kenneth E. – Substance Abuse, 2009
As limited research exists on medical students' substance use patterns, including over-consumption of alcohol, the objective of this study was to determine prevalence and correlates of at-risk drinking among a national sample of medical students, using a cross-sectional, anonymous, Web-based survey. A total of 2710 medical students from 36 U.S.…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Medical Schools, Incidence, Drinking
