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Justice, Mara – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study was to investigate the self-care and depression rates among psychology graduate students at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology who work with forensic populations. The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between self-care and depression in students who work with forensic populations as well as to…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Life Style, Screening Tests, Daily Living Skills
Anli, Gazanfer; Bilgin, Okan – Online Submission, 2022
During COVID-19 period, positive psychology and positive aspects of human nature become important. The aim of this study is to examine the mediating role of self-transcendence and psychological resilience in the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and subjective happiness in university students during the COVID-19 period. The Fear of COVID-19…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Psychological Patterns, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Teodorczuk, Krysia; Guse, Tharina; du Plessis, Graham A – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2019
This study evaluated the effect of positive psychology interventions (PPIs) on hope and well-being among adolescents living in a child and youth care centre (CYCC) in South Africa. Adolescents (n = 29) were allocated to either the experimental or control group through matched sampling. The experimental group engaged in one-hour intervention…
Descriptors: Psychology, Intervention, Comparative Analysis, Residential Care
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Kwok, Sylvia Y. C. L.; Gu, Minmin; Kit, Katrina Tong Kai – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Purpose: The study aims to examine the effectiveness of a positive psychology group-based intervention program, incorporating elements of hope and gratitude, in decreasing depression and increasing life satisfaction among primary school students in Hong Kong. Method: A total of 68 children, with the Depression score of Chinese Hospital Anxiety and…
Descriptors: Child Health, Depression (Psychology), Life Satisfaction, Positive Reinforcement
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Yoonkyung Oh; Paul L. Morgan; Mark T. Greenberg; Tricia A. Zucker; Susan H. Landry – Grantee Submission, 2024
Background: Both transactional and common etiological models have been proposed as explanations of why externalizing behavior problems (EBP) and internalizing behavior problems (IBP) co-occur in children. Yet little research has empirically evaluated these competing theoretical explanations. We examined whether EBP and IBP are transactionally…
Descriptors: Correlation, Behavior Problems, Executive Function, Inhibition
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Straud, Casey L.; McNaughton-Cassill, Mary – Journal of American College Health, 2019
Objective: This study aimed to examine the mediating relationship of proactive coping on self-blame and stress among US undergraduate college students. Participants: The sample of undergraduate college students (n = 261) were recruited through their Introduction to Psychology course and registered for the study through a research-based computer…
Descriptors: Self Control, Anxiety, Undergraduate Students, Coping
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Crabtree, Julie; Green, Melissa J. – Creativity Research Journal, 2016
Evidence from experimental psychology provides unequivocal support for enhanced creativity among individuals who are prone to psychotic and mood disorders. At the same time, there is strong epidemiological evidence for greater incidence of creative achievement among those diagnosed with bipolar disorder (but not schizophrenia). This review…
Descriptors: Psychosis, Creativity, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis
Kilgus, Stephen P.; Van Wie, Michael P.; Sinclair, James S.; Riley-Tillman, T. Chris; Herman, Keith C. – Grantee Submission, 2019
Research has supported the applied use of Direct Behavior Rating Single-Item Scale (DBR-SIS) targets of "academic engagement" and "disruptive behavior" for a range of purposes, including universal screening and progress monitoring. Though useful in evaluating social behavior and externalizing problems, these targets have…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Middle School Students, Correlation, Depression (Psychology)
Becker, Stephen P.; Langberg, Joshua M.; Eadeh, Hana-May; Isaacson, Paul A.; Bourchtein, Elizaveta – Grantee Submission, 2019
Background: Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) experience greater sleep problems than their peers. Although adolescence is generally a developmental period characterized by insufficient sleep, few studies have used a multi-informant, multi-method design, to examine whether sleep differs in adolescents with and without…
Descriptors: Diaries, Sleep, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Comparative Analysis
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Minkkinen, Jaana – School Psychology International, 2014
This study compares school-related associations in depressive symptoms among children aged between 9-13 years from four schools in Finland and Norway. A total of 523 pupils participated in the cross-sectional survey. The connections between depressive symptoms and school factors were analysed using hierarchical regression analyses. School…
Descriptors: Correlation, Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Regression (Statistics)
Dompe, Pamela – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The impostor phenomenon (IP) is a psychological condition in which people are unable to internalize their achievements. Sufferers of the impostor phenomenon experience an overwhelming sense of being a phony, despite much evidence that they have to the contrary. Those afflicted with the impostor phenomenon feel that they are not deserving of their…
Descriptors: Evidence, Graduate Students, Intervention, Incidence
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Ost, Lars-Goran; Karlstedt, Anna; Widen, Sara – Behavior Therapy, 2012
Relatively little is known about the efficacy of clinically inexperienced student therapists carrying out cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) under supervision during a professional, psychologist training program. The current study evaluated this by collecting pre- and post-treatment data on 591 consecutive patients receiving treatment at the…
Descriptors: Anxiety Disorders, Psychologists, Supervision, Quality of Life
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Britton, Willoughby B.; Brown, Anne-Catharine; Kaplan, Christopher T.; Goldman, Roberta E.; DeLuca, Marie; Rojiani, Rahil; Reis, Harry; Xi, Mandy; Chou, Jonathan C.; McKenna, Faye; Hitchcock, Peter; Rocha, Tomas A.; Himmelfarb, Josh; Margolis, David M.; Niles, Halsey F.; Eckert, Allison M.; Frank, Tana – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2013
Contemplative practices, which engage the subjective or "first-person" perspective, are being incorporated into systems of higher education that have traditionally relied on didactic or "third-person" approaches (Dederer 2007; Kroll 2010; Repetti 2010; Roth 2006; Shapiro, Brown, and Astin 2011; Smith 2006; Zajonc 2006). The…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Metacognition
Snyder, Stephanie – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Research suggests that voluntary activity accounts for 40% of individual happiness and can be purposefully manipulated to make meaningful changes in one's reported level of happiness (Lyubomirsky, Sheldon, & Schkade, 2005a; Tkach & Lyubomirsky, 2006). The current study explored the utility of a school-based positive psychology psychoeducation…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Academic Persistence, Affective Behavior, Attention Control
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Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Han, Wen-Jui; Waldfogel, Jane – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2010
Using data from the first 2 phases of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care, the authors examine the links between maternal employment in the first 12 months of life and cognitive, social, and emotional outcomes for children at age 3, at age 4.5, and in first grade. Drawing on theory and prior research from developmental psychology as well as…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Mothers, Structural Equation Models, Child Behavior
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