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Download full textPettitt, John M. – 2002
A study used the frameworks of Rogers (1977) and Giddens (1977, 1979, 1995) to study the experiences of 10 adult distance learners enrolled in one or both of two online undergraduate business management courses. Rogers proposed that, when viewed through perspectives on power relationships, freedom and choice suggest that power is not just a matter…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Administration, Business Administration Education, Computers
Rotenberg, Ken J., Ed.; Hymel, Shelley, Ed. – 1999
Despite the apparent universality of loneliness and its link to psychosocial maladjustment, research on loneliness has emerged rather recently in the history of psychology. This book brings together varied theories and lines of research on loneliness among children and adolescents to provide a source for future research. The chapters are: (1)…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Child Development
Peer reviewedKunzweiler, Charles – Education, 1982
If real growth is not made in teacher attitude and training and in institutional structural change to enhance the quality of interaction between "mainstreamed" students and "normal" students, mainstreaming will fail. (Author/LC)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Classroom Environment, Disabilities, Educational Change
Patterns of Relatedness, Depressive Symptomatology, and Perceived Competence in Maltreated Children.
Peer reviewedToth, Sheree L.; Cicchetti, Dante – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
An attachment theory framework is applied toward understanding the emergence of depressive symptomatology and lower perceived competence in maltreated and nonmaltreated children. Confirmed hypotheses that maltreated children with nonoptimal patterns of relatedness show elevated depressive symptomatology and lower competence, whereas nonmaltreated…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Standards, Child Abuse
McKinney, David D., Ed.; And Others – 1995
A feasibility study regarding the training and information needs of preschool and day care administrators, staff, and teachers regarding HIV/AIDS was conducted. This study also examined the issues associated with the presence of HIV-positive children in preschool and day care settings and the need for designing a program to help preschools and day…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Caregiver Training, Child Caregivers, Child Health
Working with Culture: Psychotherapeutic Interventions with Ethnic Minority Children and Adolescents.
Vargas, Luis A., Ed.; Koss-Chioino, Joan D., Ed. – 1992
This book presents essays concerning culturally responsive psychotherapeutic interventions for specific problems commonly experienced by ethnic-minority youth. Each essay offers case examples, along with a clinical how-to approach for dealing with problems such as cross-racial foster care, gang involvement, child abuse, and substance abuse. Essays…
Descriptors: Adolescents, American Indians, Asian Americans, Behavior Modification
Shapiro, Janet; Jacobs, Elaine – 1992
To identify the instructional support needs of students with psychological disabilities, the California Community Colleges established four model site projects at Santa Barbara City College (SBCC), Kings River College, College of San Mateo, and San Diego City College. At SBCC, the Disabled Student Programs and Services (DSPS) office coordinated…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, College Students, Community Colleges, Disabilities
Cook, Daniel W. – 1982
A study examined the long-term adjustment of spinal cord-injured vocational rehabilitation clients by isolating major dimensions of postservice adjustment, correlating preservice status with adjustment followup, and by measuring client pre- to postservice psychological change. Three self-report instruments (a needs satisfaction inventory, a goal…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Followup Studies, Individual Needs, Need Gratification
PDF pending restorationGriffin, Larry J. – 1976
A study was conducted to identify important background, schooling, and labor force participation determinants of socioeconomic achievement (occupational position, earnings, work satisfaction). Two questions underlaid the analyses: Does social background directly affect material and psychological success in the labor market? And, if so, what are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged, Educational Experience, Employment Experience
Oglesby, Carole A.; And Others – 1981
The psychological and social aspects of achievement in physical activities are examined. The first chapter discusses health and the sources and development of self esteem. In the second chapter, ways in which a positive attitude toward one's body image may be developed are explored. The third chapter is concerned with achievement, motivation, fear…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Affiliation Need, Body Image, Elementary Secondary Education
Nostrand, Howard Lee – 1978
A second series of discussions of American civic issues in the light of European experience is summarized. The overall topics were: the third age of life as a resource in a community, health care, western Eurpoean communism, labor-management co-determination, language education, and the question of whether youth hostels should be subsidized in…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Communism, Comparative Analysis
BRUCE, ROBERT L.; CARTER, G.L., JR. – 1967
IN THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE, STYLES OF LEADERSHIP PROFOUNDLY AFFECT THE QUALITY OF THE SERVICE RENDERED. ACCORDINGLY, MAJOR INFLUENCES ON ADMINISTRATIVE CLIMATE AND EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY ARE EXAMINED IN ESSAYS ON (1) SOURCES OF JOB SATISFACTION AND DISSATISFACTION, (2) MOTIVATIONAL THEORIES BASED ON JOB-RELATED SATISFACTIONS AND NEEDS,…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Role, Administrators, Employer Employee Relationship
Whittemore-Abelson, Concord, NH. – 1975
This report studies the specific attributes of educational disadvantage which prevent satisfactory achievement in New Hampshire children. It is based on a sample of approximately 10 percent of the state school districts, which are divided into three levels of economic status, three levels of achievement, and an urban, suburban, or rural category.…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Educational Needs, Educationally Disadvantaged, Family School Relationship
Cor, Laurence W. – French Review, 1967
The knowledge explosion, the growth of technology, and the development of new teaching methodologies seem to the author to have led to a sense of unrelatedness, insignificance, and a loss of personal identity. The implications of this position for language teachers are viewed in terms of communication and motivation. Weaknesses of the scientific,…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Communication (Thought Transfer), Dropout Prevention, Educational Objectives
Nelson, Valerie I.; And Others – 1975
Based on a review of the literature on mid-career crises and various intervention strategies and on collection of a representative inventory of services currently available, a strategy and role for adult career education was developed and priorities and highlights of a research and development strategy were suggested for the National Institute of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Change, Career Education, Delivery Systems
