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Download full textRenner, Patricia; Eagly, Alice H. – 1984
Whether or not there are sex differences in helping behavior is a question that has attracted interest from both theoretical and applied perspectives. A meta-analysis was conducted of 172 studies of helping behavior, coded for publication date, source, sex of author, sample size, setting, type of appeal for help, availability of other helpers, sex…
Descriptors: College Students, Helping Relationship, Higher Education, Meta Analysis
Peer reviewedHubbard, Dana Jones; Pratt, Travis C. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2002
Presents the results of a meta-analysis of the predictors of female delinquency. Finds that most of the strong predictors of female delinquency are the same as those for males, including history of antisocial behavior, antisocial attitudes, antisocial peers, and antisocial personality. School and family relationships and a history of…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Delinquency, Family Relationship, Females
Rothbaum, Fred; Pott, Martha – 1991
This metaanalysis examined different parental variables in order to determine which best predict children's externalizing behavior. Also examined were other variables that may influence the association of parenting and externalizing, such as type of child behavior, gender of parent and child, and age of child. Parental variables included in the…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Children, Emotional Response, Fathers
Peer reviewedSteinkamp, Marjorie W.; Maehr, Martin L. – American Educational Research Journal, 1984
In a comprehensive review of the literature containing comparisons between boys and girls on motivation and/or achievement in science, findings were transformed into a common metric and analyzed. It was found that sex differences in both motivation and achievement are smaller than is generally assumed, but they do occur. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedNowicki, Elizabeth A.; Sandieson, Robert – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2002
Factors associated with children's attitudes towards persons with physical and intellectual disabilities were examined in a meta-analysis of 20 studies spanning the years 1990-2000. Factors included: attitudinal components, type of disability, age and gender of respondents, and role of inclusion. Children preferred target children without…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Salzman, Stephanie A. – 1987
A meta-analysis was conducted of 137 studies investigating the effects of father absence due to employment, military service, death, divorce, separation, or desertion on children's cognitive performance as assessed by scores on standardized intelligence, scholastic aptitude, and academic achievement tests and school grades. Aggregation of the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Age Differences, Analysis of Variance, Aptitude Tests
