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Troop-Gordon, Wendy; Ladd, Gary W. – Child Development, 2005
Evidence indicates that peer victimization is predictive of later maladjustment, but the mechanisms by which harassment impairs development have yet to be identified. The objectives of this study were (a) to discern normative trends in peer victimization experiences and self- and peer perceptions during preadolescence and (b) to investigate…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Victims of Crime, Preadolescents, Peer Relationship
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Kwak, Meg M.; Ervin, Ruth A.; Anderson, Mary Z.; Austin, John – Behavior Modification, 2004
As we begin to apply functional assessment procedures in mainstream educational settings, there is a need to explore options for identifying behavior function that are not only effective but efficient and practical for school personnel to employ. Attempts to simplify the functional assessment process are evidenced by the development of informant…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Test Validity, Rating Scales, Functional Behavioral Assessment
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Lorsbach, Thomas C.; Reimer, Jason F. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2005
The authors measured memory for individual features (objects only or locations only) and the combination of those features (objects and locations) in 9-, 12-, and 21-year-old students with a "yes" or "no" recognition task. Analysis of recognition memory performance (d' scores) revealed that although age differences existed in memory for individual…
Descriptors: Preadolescents, Grade 3, Grade 6, Young Adults
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Disney, Anna – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2005
Children's perceptions of a distant locality are gauged before the introduction of a link with a school in that distant locality. Changes in the perceptions are recorded after a variety of exchanges between the schools. The implications are considered for children, teachers and teacher trainers.
Descriptors: Preadolescents, Elementary School Students, Childhood Attitudes, Global Approach
US Agency for International Development, 2009
The Doorways training program was designed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Safe Schools Program (Safe Schools) to enable teachers, community members and students to prevent and respond to school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV). "Doorways I: Student Training Manual on School-Related Gender-Based Violence…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Self Efficacy, Definitions, Prevention
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Rushton, Alan; Dance, Cherilyn – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: To discover the outcomes for children placed late for adoption (between 5 and 11 years old) from public care and to establish which factors predict poorer outcome. Method: Data were collected prospectively (1993-2003) from a representative sample of domestic U.K. adoptive placements (N = 108) at the start of placement, at 1 year, and 6…
Descriptors: Siblings, Placement, Adoption, Social Services
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Marsh, Herbert W.; Tracey, Danielle K.; Craven, Rhonda G. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2006
Confirmatory factor analysis of responses by 211 preadolescents (M age = 10.25 years,SD = 1.48) with mild intellectual disabilities (MIDs) to the individually administered Self Description Questionnaire I-Individual Administration (SDQI-IA) counters widely cited claims that these children cannot differentiate multiple self-concept factors. Results…
Descriptors: Multidimensional Scaling, Self Concept, Preadolescents, Mild Mental Retardation
Tracy, Louise Felton – 1994
This parenting guide looks at the way parenting has been working and suggests a better way. It offers a process for parenting that helps parents distinguish the important issues for healthy teen growth. Chapter 1 discusses how children challenge and how parents are challenged. Chapter 2 suggests that parents can begin by changing themselves in…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Child Behavior, Child Rearing
Dunn, Judy – Advances in Applied Developmental Psychology, 1996
The Cambridge Sibling Study sought to investigate the structure of sibling relationship changes as children grow up, and the patterns of individual differences in these relationships in middle childhood and adolescence. It followed a group of siblings from 43 families from the preschool period through middle childhood and early adolescence. Four…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Birth Order, Context Effect
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1990
This document is North Carolina's response to Turning Points: Preparing Youth for the Twenty-first Century, a national report by the Carnegie Council Task Force on Young Adolescents. Turning Points urged state governments to build consensus and strengthen the capacity of local communities to improve middle grade schools. This document responds by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Involvement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum
Schatz, Mona Struhsaker; And Others – 1991
This module is part of a training program for foster parents and foster care workers offered at Colorado State University. The module examines substance abuse by children aged 10 years and above. The module's learning objectives address: (1) family rules and coping mechanisms relevant to substance-abusing youth; (2) characteristics of adolescent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcoholism, Counseling Services, Drinking
Robinson, Bonnie – 1992
This study examined the extent to which New Hampshire schools are implementing advisory programs, as suggested by the Carnegie Council's "Turning Points" report. An advisory program is defined as a program within a middle school whereby students work with adults on an individual or group basis. Questionnaires on common practices used in…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Adolescents, Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades
Balding, John – 1993
This document contains the results of the Health Related Behaviour Questionnaire which was administered to 20,218 students between the ages of 11 and 15 years in schools in England in 1992. The preliminary sections of the report explain the questionnaire and the survey, list the Schools Health Education Unit's databanks, describe the 1992 sample,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Dental Health, Drug Use
Netzhammer, Emile C. – 1991
A study analyzed the potential rhetorical impact of AIDS-related television programming directed at preadolescents. The four programs selected for the study were all submitted in the children's television category of the Peabody Awards competition for the 1987-1988 season. They are (1) an episode of the PBS children's documentary series…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Childrens Television, Health Promotion, High School Students
North Carolina State Dept. of Cultural Resources, Raleigh. Div. of State Library. – 1987
Developed by the 1986-1988 Youth Services Advisory Committees to the North Carolina State Library, the competencies suggested in this manual are presented under 11 headings: (1) General Knowledge of Library Policies, Procedures, Goals, Etc.; (2) Youth Services Department Goals and Objectives; (3) Knowledge of Client Group; (4) Library Materials;…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Audiovisual Aids, Censorship, Childrens Libraries
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