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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Huan, Vivien S.; Ang, Rebecca P.; Chye, Stefanie – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2014
Background: Davis' ("Comput Hum Behav" 17:187-195, 2001) cognitive-behavioral model of problematic Internet use (PIU) proposed and theorized that certain psychopathological characteristics present within an individual, predispose him to PIU. Objective: This study extended Davis' model in hypothesizing that social anxiety…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Internet, Individual Characteristics, Anxiety
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Yip, Vania T.; Ang, Rebecca P.; Ooi, Yoon Phaik; Fung, Daniel S. S.; Mehrotra, Kala; Sung, Min; Lim, Choon Guan – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2013
Background: The high prevalence of attention problems in children warrants concern, as it is a risk factor for internalizing and externalizing problems. There lies a need to understand possible factors that may mediate this link so that interventions may be targeted to alleviate these mediators and interrupt the link between attention problems and…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Problems, At Risk Persons, Peer Relationship
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Ng, Reuben; Ang, Rebecca P.; Ho, Moon-Ho Ringo – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2012
Background: The New Freedom Commission on Mental Health urged that mental health services be transformed from a reactive approach of treatment to a proactive one of prevention and building resilience. In response, the present study delineates the role of resilience in reducing psychopathology. Objective: The study examined the mediational role of…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Health Services, Personality Traits, Mental Health