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"My Teacher Helps Me": Assessing Teacher-Child Relationships from the Child's Perspective
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White, Kelley Mayer – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2016
The current study is one of the first to investigate children's perceptions of quality in teacher-child relationships using a narrative measure. It is also one of the first studies to investigate how the child's report is associated with the teacher's report and with an observer's report of quality in teacher-child interactions. Participants…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Student Attitudes, Early Childhood Education, Affective Behavior
The Role of Ethnic Identity in School Engagement: Perceptions of Immigrant Tibetan Adolescents in Select US Public Schools
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Phuntsog, Nawang B. – Intercultural Education, 2012
This purpose of the study was to ascertain the level of ethnic identity formation and its perceived role on school engagement for Tibetan adolescents enrolled in public schools in two Midwestern states in the USA. The journey of these students from culturally encapsulated schools from Nepal, Bhutan, and India to multiculturally diverse settings…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Public Schools, School Activities, Adolescents
Reflecting on the Father: Childhood Family Structure and Women's Paternal Relationships
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Krampe, Edythe M.; Newton, Rae R. – Journal of Family Issues, 2012
The researchers examined childhood family structure, age, and race/ethnicity as correlates of paternal relationships using the Father Presence Questionnaire. The sample consisted of 788 adult women aged 18 to 88 years from ethnically diverse backgrounds. The most consistent finding was the effect of family structure on participants' evaluations of…
Descriptors: Achievement, Interpersonal Relationship, Females, Fatherless Family
Parenting Practices of Anxious and Nonanxious Mothers: A Multi-Method, Multi-Informant Approach
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Drake, Kelly L.; Ginsburg, Golda S. – Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 2011
Anxious and nonanxious mothers were compared on theoretically derived parenting and family environment variables (i.e., overcontrol, warmth, criticism, anxious modeling) using multiple informants and methods. Mother-child dyads completed questionnaires about parenting and were observed during an interactional task. Findings reveal that, after…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing, Questionnaires
A Longitudinal Examination of Parenting Behaviors and Perceived Discrimination Predicting Latino Adolescents' Ethnic Identity
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Umana-Taylor, Adriana J.; Guimond, Amy B. – Developmental Psychology, 2010
Characteristics of the familial and societal context were examined as predictors of Latino adolescents' (N = 323; 49.5% female) ethnic identity. Consistent with previous work, familial ethnic socialization significantly predicted future levels of ethnic identity exploration, resolution, and affirmation for both male adolescents and female…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Socialization, Adolescents, Gender Discrimination
Ethnicity as a Moderator of the Theory of Planned Behavior and Physical Activity in College Students
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Blanchard, Chris M.; Kupperman, Janet; Sparling, Phil; Nehl, Eric; Rhodes, Ryan E.; Courneya, Kerry S.; Baker, Frank; Hunt, Tiffany – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2007
Most college students do not meet physical activity (PA) guidelines, and ethnic disparities exist. The present study examined the utility of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) in explaining PA intentions and behavior in black and white college students and whether any TPB relationships were moderated by ethnicity. Black (n = 170) and white (n =…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, College Students, Ethnicity, Physical Activity Level
Attitudes et motivation d'etudiants de l'est du Quebec a l'egard de l'apprentissage de l'anglais, langue seconde (Attitudes and Motivation Among Students in Eastern Quebec with regard to the Learning of English as a Second Language). Research Bulletin, No. 11.
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Clement, Richard – 1977
This study was undertaken to determine motivational factors connected with the learning of English by francophone students living in a milieu where there is little contact with anglophones. Research is reviewed which supports the contention that the attitudinal/motivational dimension, or integrative motivation, bears an important relationship to…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anxiety, Classroom Research, Cognitive Processes