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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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Bray, Melissa A.; Kehle, Thomas J.; Peck, Heather L.; Margiano, Suzanne G.; Dobson, Robin; Peczynski, Kate; Gardner, Kate; Theodore, Lea A.; Alric, Jolie M. – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2006
There is a great deal of research revealing how asthma is influenced by psychological variables such as symptom perception and negative emotions. Psychologically based treatments including biofeedback, yoga, hypnosis, stress management, relaxation and guided imagery, and written-emotional expression have all been effective in improving pulmonary…
Descriptors: Diseases, Psychological Patterns, Therapy, Emotional Response
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Theodore, Lea; Bray, Melissa A.; Kehle, Thomas J.; DioGuardi, Richard J. – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2004
This review clarifies the vaguely defined and perplexing terminology that historically has been used in the descriptions of group contingencies. Group contingencies are reviewed and categorized as independent, interdependent, and dependent based on the seminal work of Litow and Pumroy. Further, group contingencies, based on these categorizations,…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Treatment
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Rickards-Schlichting, Krisitine A.; Kehle, Thomas J.; Bray, Melissa A. – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2004
The study investigated the effectiveness of self-modeling as an intervention for public speaking anxiety. The participants were six high school students with elevated levels of self-reported public speaking anxiety. Students presented public speeches to randomly selected peer audiences. Direct observations measured the behavioral manifestations of…
Descriptors: High School Students, Intervention, Audiences, Public Speaking