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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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Garvik, Margit; Idsoe, Thormod; Bru, Edvin – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2014
Even though the efficacy of group-based cognitive behavioural interventions is well established both for adolescents diagnosed with major depressive disorders as well as for adolescents with depressive symptoms, in order to prevent further development, there has been a call for effectiveness studies in real world settings. This study investigated…
Descriptors: Coping, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Depression (Psychology), Adolescents
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Havik, Trude; Bru, Edvin; Ertesvåg, Sigrun K. – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2014
The aim of this study was to explore parents' perspectives on the role of school factors in school refusal (SR). Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 parents who had experienced SR with their own child. They identified several school factors related to SR. Some of these findings suggest that students who are prone to SR need more…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Role, Semi Structured Interviews, Teacher Student Relationship
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Studsrod, Ingunn; Bru, Edvin – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2011
The purpose of present study was to explore the perceptions of peers as socialization agents in school adjustment among upper secondary school students. The associations were studied in a sample of 564 Norwegian students. Results showed that perceptions of friends and classmates as socialization agents accounted for unique variances in various…
Descriptors: Socialization, Secondary School Students, Peer Relationship, Student Adjustment
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Tharaldsen, Kjersti B.; Bru, Edvin – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2011
The aim of this research is to develop and validate a self-report measure of mindfulness and coping, the mindful coping scale (MCS). Dimensions of mindful coping were theoretically deduced from mindfulness theory and coping theory. The MCS was empirically evaluated by use of factor analyses, reliability testing and nomological network validation.…
Descriptors: Coping, Measures (Individuals), Validity, Metacognition
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Paulsen, Erik; Bru, Edvin – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2008
The aims of this study were to investigate the dimensionality of internalizing problems among secondary high school pupils and to find out about their preferences for the social organization of learning formats. We wanted to see if preferences varied for pupils reporting different kinds of internalizing problems. Five hundred and one pupils in…
Descriptors: Social Organizations, Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Depression (Psychology)