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Effects of a Strategy-Focused Instructional Program on the Writing Quality of Upper Elementary Students in the Netherlands
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Bouwer, Renske; Koster, Monica; van den Bergh, Huub – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2018
In this study, the authors tested the effects of Tekster [Texter], a comprehensive strategy-focused writing instruction program, using a switching replication design with three measurement occassions. The program was implemented by fourth, fifth, and sixth grade teachers (N = 76) in 60 general education classrooms in the Netherlands. Students (n =…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Writing Skills, Writing Instruction
Reactions to the Stress-Coping Meta-Analysis.
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Glass, Gene V. – Counseling Psychologist, 1986
Presents a response to the stress-coping meta-analysis (Matheny, et al) with comments regarding the effectiveness of the taxonomy building and the empirical work. Notes the need for reporting effectiveness of stress-coping treatment across different types of outcomes. (KS)
Descriptors: Coping, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques, Outcomes of Treatment
Toward a More Personalized Psychology of Stress.
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Heikkinen, Charles A. – Counseling Psychologist, 1986
Presents a resposne to the Matheny et al stress-coping meta-analysis by focusing on application of their theory. Suggests the incorporation of an additional dimension, namely personality type. Discusses preventive and combative coping, and implications for treatment and research. (KS)
Descriptors: Coping, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques, Individual Psychology
Stress Coping: Further Considerations.
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Witmer, J. Melvin – Counseling Psychologist, 1986
Discusses the Matheny et al stress-coping model and analysis of treatment effectiveness, noting the lack of clarity as to the method used by the authors to develop the categories. Concludes by underscoring certain issues, raising several questions, and making a few suggestions in regard to research and treatment issues. (KS)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Coping, Meta Analysis, Models
The "Psychosomatic Family" Reconsidered: Diabetes in Context--A Reply.
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Rosman, Bernice L.; Baker, Lester – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1988
Responds to the critical evaluation of Coyne and Anderson in the previous article, of "Psychosomatic Families: Anorexia Nervosa in Context" (Minuchin, Rosman, and Baker). Asserts that indeed certain very specifically defined diabetic patients' physiological disturbance serves a function in their families, an assertion strongly supported by…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Coping, Diabetes, Family Characteristics
The "Psychosomatic Family" Reconsidered: Diabetes in Context.
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Coyne, James C.; Anderson, Barbara J. – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1988
Disputes that original data of Minuchin, Rosman and Baker (1978) support their assertions that some diabetic patients' physiological disturbance serves a function in their families. Concludes that their psychosomatic family model decontextualizes families, assigning to them characteristics more appropriately seen as reflections of the disease…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Coping, Diabetes, Family Characteristics
Appreciation of Presidential Editorial Cartoons in Relation to Self-Consciousness.
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Prerost, Frank J. – 1993
This paper reports findings of a study examining the appreciation of editorial cartoons as a function of personal characteristics rather than group membership. The variables examined were self-consciousness and the ability to utilize humor as a coping mechanism. Appreciation of editorial cartoons during the 1992 presidential campaign was measured…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cartoons, Coping, Editorials