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Bonin, Patrick; Barry, Christopher; Meot, Alain; Chalard, Marylene – Journal of Memory and Language, 2004
This paper concerns the influence of age of acquisition (AoA) in word reading and other tasks, and attempts to develop a number of issues raised by Zevin and Seidenberg (2002). Analyses performed on both rated and objective measures of AoA show that the frequency trajectory of words is a reliable predictor of their order of acquisition, which…
Descriptors: French, Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Word Recognition
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Duffey, Madelyn Elizabeth – Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 2005
The superfluous man became a prominent literary figure in Russia during the 19th century. This article makes a comparison of the superfluous experience to the "celebutante" phenomenon, as reflected in the media. It also includes a discussion on the impact that the celebutante influence may have on the dreams, values and meaning-making…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literature, Age Differences, Young Adults
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D'Cruz, Premilla – Qualitative Report, 2004
Though the continuum of care model has been adopted in HIV/AIDS intervention, there is little empirical work documenting the experiences of caregiving families. Addressing this gap, a study on family caregiving and care receiving was undertaken in Mumbai, India. In-depth interviews were conducted with seven seropositive caregivers, seven…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Caregivers, Foreign Countries, Program Development
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March, Cathleen – Issues in Educational Research, 2005
This study examined scores on second, third and fourth grade reading and mathematics tests to determine the effects of beginning school age on later school success. The analysis involved 352 participants in one rural school district in Western New York. Participants were divided into three groups: (a) age appropriate for entrance to school, (b)…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, School Readiness, Mathematics Achievement, Elementary School Students
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Young, I. Phillip; Oto, Todd – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2004
A national random sample of senior high school principals evaluated the paper credentials of hypothetical teacher candidates varying both in national origin (Asian, Hispanic, or Native American) and in chronological age (control condition, 29 years old, or 49 years old) for a focal teacher position either in their building (proximal) or in their…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Age Differences, American Indians, Principals
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de Matos, Margarida Gaspar; Barrett, Paula; Dadds, Mark; Shortt, Alison – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2003
Used data from the Portuguese HBSC (Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children) survey, which was conducted by one of the authors who is the national representative of the European Study HBSC, a World Health Organisation collaborative study (Currie, Hurrelmann, Setterbulte, Smith, & Todd, 2000; Matos, Simoes, Carvalhosa, Reis & Canha 2000),…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Grade 8, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety
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Andersson, Helle Wessel – Child Care in Practice, 2004
The present study addresses the question of equality of access, as it relates to waiting time for specialised mental health treatment for children and adolescents. The aim was to investigate whether demographic, clinical factors and service-related factors were associated with waiting time. Data was based on a documentation system in which all…
Descriptors: Health Services, Place of Residence, Mental Health Programs, Mental Health
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Sweeney, Michael; Robins, Michele; Ruberu, Maryse; Jones, Jennifer – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2005
The goal of this article is to review the experiences of some of the African-American and Latino families who participated in the Treatment for Adolescents With Depression Study (TADS). The importance of this article derives from the historical and current inequities in mental health care for families of color. We describe the attempts within the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Hispanic Americans, Depression (Psychology), Child Welfare
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Rosner, Beth A.; Hodapp, Robert M.; Fidler, Deborah J.; Sagun, Jaclyn N.; Dykens, Elisabeth M. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2004
Background: This study explores everyday social competence in the lives of persons with three genetic intellectual disability syndromes. Methods: Using parent reports on the Social and Activity Competence domains of Achenbach's Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), socially competent behaviours were examined in 58 persons with Williams syndrome, 54…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Mental Retardation, Child Behavior, Interpersonal Competence
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Petry, Katja; Maes, Bea; Vlaskamp, Carla – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2005
Background: This study considered the general validity of the basic domains of quality of life that appear in theoretical models, in relation to people with profound multiple disabilities. The authors examined how parents and direct support staff operationalized these basic domains for people with profound multiple disabilities. They investigated…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Multiple Disabilities, Severe Disabilities, Severe Mental Retardation
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Gluck, Judith; Bluck, Susan; Baron, Jacqueline; McAdams, Dan P. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2005
This research uses an autobiographical approach to examine the relation of age to several aspects of wisdom. In Study 1 (N = 86), adolescents', young adults', and older adults' wisdom narratives were content-coded for the types of life situations mentioned and the forms that wisdom took. Types of life situations reported (e.g., life decisions)…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Autobiographies, Relationship, Age Differences
Greggo, Jennifer; Jones, Sherry Everett; Kann, Laura – American Journal of Health Education, 2005
By better understanding differences in health-risk behaviors among youth in rural, suburban and urban communities, health educators and other public health practitioners can more appropriately focus prevention and health care programs. In this study, we examined data from the national Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) to determine whether…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Suburbs, Place of Residence, Public Health
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Newsom, Jason T.; Prigerson, Holly G.; Schulz, Richard; Reynolds, Charles F., III – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2003
Many topics in aging research address questions about group differences in prediction. Such questions can be viewed in terms of interaction or moderator effects, and use of appropriate methods to test these hypotheses are necessary to arrive at accurate conclusions about age differences. This article discusses the conceptual, methodological, and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Depression (Psychology), Multiple Regression Analysis, Hypothesis Testing
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Zvonovskii, Vladimir; Lutseva, Svetlana – Russian Education and Society, 2004
This article presents a study based on surveys conducted annually for the past nine years by the Samara Foundation for Social Research, commissioned by the committee for youth affairs of the administration of Samara Oblast. The sample consists of about 800 young people aged fourteen to thirty. In the present study the authors have focused on…
Descriptors: Leisure Time, Recreational Activities, Foreign Countries, Surveys
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Bagakis, George; Balaska, Georgia; Komis, Vassilis; Ravanis, Konstantinos – Science Education International, 2006
The present article presents the results obtained from a research on Science Education ideas, practices, and needs of pre-primary teachers in Greece. A questionnaire was administrated to a sample of 130 pre-primary school teachers, and the data was analyzed through Multiple Correspondence Analysis. The results show that there are separate groups…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Questionnaires, Science Instruction
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