Search Results - "Life Events"

Creative Career and Life Management.

Authors: McIvor, Brian Hawkins, Peter

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 10

Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Characteristics, Counselor Client Relationship, Foreign Countries, Life Events, Role Models

Geographic Terms: United Kingdom

Six Adolescents, Six Patterns; Bosnian Refugees in Upstate New York.

Authors: Ginsberg, Pauline E. Lemire, Danielle

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 17

Descriptors: Acculturation, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Ethnicity, Family Relationship, Interviews, Life Events, Peer Relationship, Refugees, Student Educational Objectives

Geographic Terms: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Putting School in Its Place: A Narrative Analysis of the Educational Memories of Adult and Elder People.

Authors: Poveda, David Palomares-Valera, Manuel Cano, Ana

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 32

Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Biographies, Discourse Analysis, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attitudes, Educational Environment, Educational Experience, Foreign Countries, Individual Development, Interviews, Life Events, Middle Aged Adults, Older Adults, Personal Narratives, Postsecondary Education, Recall (Psychology), Rural Areas, Rural Education, Secondary Education, Sex Differences

Geographic Terms: Spain

The Truth and Harriet Martineau: Interpreting a Life.

Authors: Weiner, Gaby

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 13

Descriptors: Biographies, Educational Research, Females, Feminism, Gender Issues, Higher Education, Life Events, Self Concept, Self Disclosure (Individuals)

Men's Experience with Eating Disorders: Uncommon Lives? A Look at the Experiences of Men with Eating Disorders.

Authors: Ahonen, Pirkko S.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 28

Descriptors: Client Attitudes (Human Services), Client Characteristics (Human Services), Eating Disorders, Life Events, Males, Social Isolation

A Biographic Comparison Tracing the Similarities in the Lives of Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky.

Authors: Pass, Susan

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 15

Descriptors: Biographies, Child Development, Child Psychology, Classroom Techniques, Educational Theories, Life Events, Psychologists, Psychology

A Biographic Comparison Tracing the Origin of Their Ideas of Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky.

Authors: Pass, Susan

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 64

Descriptors: Background, Biographies, Child Development, Child Psychology, Children, Educational Theories, Individual Characteristics, Learning, Life Events, Psychological Patterns

Life History Influence on Teaching United States History.

Authors: Coughlin, Mimi

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 25

Descriptors: Family History, History Instruction, Interviews, Life Events, Qualitative Research, Secondary School Teachers, United States History

The Formative Years: Pathways to Substance Abuse among Girls and Young Women Ages 8-22.

Authors: Columbia Univ., New York, NY. National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 238

Sponsoring Agency: Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Inc., New York, NY.

Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Drinking, Females, Late Adolescents, Life Events, Mass Media Effects, Parent Child Relationship, Peer Relationship, Predictor Variables, Prevention, Smoking, Substance Abuse

Retirement Ready: Partners, Pastimes and Paying the Bills.

Authors: Neault, Roberta A. Neault, Gerald F.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 7

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Career Counseling, Counselor Role, Emotional Response, Financial Needs, Foreign Countries, Life Events, Retirement, Social Influences

Geographic Terms: Canada

Evaluation of Family Preservation and Reunification Programs: Final Report.

Authors: Westat, Inc., Rockville, MD. Chicago Univ., IL. Chapin Hall Center for Children. James Bell Associates, Inc., Arlington, VA.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 487

Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Behavior, Child Welfare, Children, Depression (Psychology), Experiments, Federal Legislation, Followup Studies, Foster Care, Foster Children, Life Events, Models, Outcomes of Treatment, Program Descriptions, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, State Programs, Well Being

Laws, Policies and Program Identifiers: Adoption and Safe Families Act 1997, Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act 1980

Longevity and Education: Survey Results, 2002.

Authors: Mount San Antonio Coll., Walnut, CA. Silverman, Barbara Lange, Mary Sue

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 28

Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Aging (Individuals), Chronological Age, Community Colleges, Independent Living, Individual Development, Life Events, Lifelong Learning, Maturity (Individuals), Older Adults, Two Year Colleges

Predicting Student Performance in a College Self-Paced Introductory Psychology Course: The Role of Motivational Orientation, Learning Strategies, Procrastination and Perception of Daily Hassles.

Authors: Skidmore, Ronald L.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 51

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Life Events, Prediction, Self Report, Student Motivation, Student Surveys

Becoming an Adult: Leaving Home, Relationships and Home Ownership among Australian Youth. Research Report.

Authors: Australian Council for Educational Research, Victoria. Hillman, Kylie J. Marks, Gary N.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 54

Sponsoring Agency: Australian Dept. of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs, Canberra.

Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Children, Attrition (Research Studies), Cohort Analysis, Demography, Developed Nations, Dropouts, Educational Attainment, Educational Status Comparison, Employment Opportunities, Expectation, Family Characteristics, Females, Feminism, Foreign Countries, Homeowners, Individual Characteristics, Individual Development, Interpersonal Relationship, Labor Market, Life Events, Life Satisfaction, Life Style, Longitudinal Studies, Males, Marriage, Metropolitan Areas, Multivariate Analysis, Non English Speaking, Nonmetropolitan Areas, Opportunities, Outcomes of Education, Parent Influence, Postsecondary Education, Probability, Public Policy, Regression (Statistics), Sex Differences, Significant Others, Social Background, Social Change, Sociocultural Patterns, Statistical Analysis, Trend Analysis, Well Being

Geographic Terms: Australia

The Life Cycle of Birthparents: Future Directions for Counseling Psychologists.

Authors: Wiley, Mary O'Leary Baden, Amanda L.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 11

Descriptors: Adoption, Biological Parents, Counseling, Followup Studies, Life Events

Coming of Age in the 1990s: The Eighth-Grade Class of 1988 12 Years Later. Initial Results from the Fourth Follow-Up to the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988. Statistical Analysis Report.

Authors: National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. Ingels, Steven J. Curtin, Thomas R. et al.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 197

Descriptors: Career Choice, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns, Family Involvement, Higher Education, Income, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Leisure Time, Life Events, Longitudinal Studies, National Surveys, Young Adults

Geographic Terms: U.S.; District of Columbia

Journal Code: RIEAPR2003

Life, Learning, and Standing Alone: The Adaptation Process of Wives of South Korean Students to New Circumstances.

Authors: Jun, JuSung

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 11

Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Biculturalism, Conference Papers, Context Effect, Cultural Background, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Cultural Isolation, Cultural Traits, Culture Conflict, Data Analysis, English (Second Language), Ethnicity, Ethnography, Experiential Learning, Females, Feminism, Foreign Nationals, Homemakers, Identification (Psychology), Interviews, Journal Writing, Life Events, Life Satisfaction, Lifelong Learning, Mothers, Participant Observation, Personal Autonomy, Place of Residence, Quality of Life, Relocation, Role Perception, Sampling, Second Language Learning, Self Concept, Sex Role, Social Environment, Social Indicators, Sociocultural Patterns, Spouses, Transformative Learning, World Views

Geographic Terms: Georgia, South Korea

Older Women and Their Career Decisions and Compromise.

Authors: Gerlicher, Cathie

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 38

Descriptors: Adult Education, Aging (Individuals), Career Awareness, Career Change, Career Choice, Career Guidance, Decision Making, Females, Flexible Scheduling, Life Events, Middle Aged Adults, Midlife Transitions, Occupational Segregation, Older Workers, Self Concept, Sex Fairness, Sex Role, Sex Stereotypes, Socialization, Vocational Maturity, Womens Education

Rethinking Social Policy for an Aging Workforce and Society: Insights from the Life Course Perspective. CPRN Discussion Paper.

Authors: Canadian Policy Research Networks Inc., Ottawa (Ontario). Marshall, Victor W. Mueller, Margaret M.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 57

Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Age Differences, Age Groups, Aging (Individuals), Career Development, Child Care, Definitions, Educational Policy, Employment Practices, Family Caregivers, Family Work Relationship, Foreign Countries, Geriatrics, Income, Individual Development, Labor Force Development, Life Events, Literature Reviews, Older Adults, Policy Formation, Population Trends, Position Papers, Research Design, Retirement, Retirement Benefits, Social Change, Social Environment, Social Science Research, Theory Practice Relationship

Geographic Terms: Canada

Trigger Event Meets Culture Shock: Linking the Literature of Transformative Learning Theory and Cross-Cultural Adaptation.

Authors: Lyon, Carol R.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 8

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Adult Learning, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Context, Cultural Pluralism, Culture Conflict, Educational Environment, Educational Practices, Educational Research, Intergroup Relations, Learning Theories, Life Events, Linking Agents, Literature Reviews, Postsecondary Education, Research Design, Research Methodology, Theory Practice Relationship, Transformative Learning