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Dvir, Orly; Weiner, Anita; Kupermintz, Hagai – Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 2012
The issue of children living in residential group care in Israel completely without family ties is studied in order to explore the feelings of staff and uncover possible characteristics of these children. Data were collected through focus groups, questionnaires, and life stories of children who left group care at 18 years of age. Results reveal…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Foreign Countries, Focus Groups, Residential Programs
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Sharabi, Adi; Margalit, Malka – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2011
Many adolescents spend time online, communicating with friends, family members and strangers, and these social activities have been often related with their loneliness experience. The goals of this study were to examine the social distress expressed by adolescents with and without learning disabilities (LD) and to distinguish between unique…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Friendship, Adolescents, Psychological Patterns
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Greenberger, Haya; Litwin, Howard – Canadian Journal on Aging, 2003
We studied the relationship between caregivers' personal and social resources and facilitation of adherence by elderly care recipients to a prescribed health regimen. Adherence facilitation was measured among 240 caregivers on a 45-item instrument constructed for this research. The facilitation score was regressed on caregivers' role-specific…
Descriptors: Compliance (Psychology), Health Behavior, Self Concept, Self Esteem