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Adolescents' Commitment to Developing Talent: The Role of Peers in Continuing Motivation for Sports and the Arts
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1999-12)
The role of peer relationships in supporting or hindering adolescents' talent development has received little research attention, despite the importance of peers in adolescents' lives. We conducted semi-structured in-depth ...
Studying gender and ethnic differences in participation in math, physical science, and information technology
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2005)
This chapter describes the history of the Eccles et al. Expectancy Value Model and research on the influence of social and psychological factors on gender and ethnic differences in math, science, and information technology ...
Division of family property in Taiwan
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1993-01)
Since property ownership affords the elderly some control over resources and perhaps even support and respect from potential caretakers, examination of the decision to transfer property to children can help us gain insight ...
Psychosocial Outcomes of Urban African American Adolescents Born to Teenage Mothers
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2001-10)
This is a study of psychosocial outcomes of adolescents born to teenage mothers. Adolescents' problem behaviors, psychological well-being, social support, school variables, and sexual behaviors are compared across three ...
Agoraphobia: a test of the separation anxiety hypothesis
(Elsevier, 1985)
It is commonly accepted that early traumatic separation experiences predispose to the development of agoraphobia in adults. This separation anxiety hypothesis has been incorporated into the diagnostic criteria of the ...
The Academic Achievement of African American Students During Early Adolescence: An Examination of Multiple Risk, Promotive, and Protective Factors
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2002-06)
This study examined the effects of multiple risk, promotive, and protective factors on three achievement-related measures (i.e., grade point average, number of absences, and math achievement test scores) for African American ...
Cognitive and affective components of life events: Their relations and effects on weil-being
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1986-08)
Bearing witness
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1989-04)
Forms of communication: A cross-cultural comparison of older married couples in the USA and Japan
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1998-03)
Interviews were conducted with 24 older couples in the USA and Japan. Spouses participated in a causal conversation during which they discussed their marital history. The dialogue between the spouses was examined in relation ...