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Teachers' Perceptions Of Sense Of Belonging And The Possible Impact On Adolescent Development, Debra E. York
Teachers' Perceptions Of Sense Of Belonging And The Possible Impact On Adolescent Development, Debra E. York
Theses : Honours
The nature of adolescence has been identified as a time of vast biopsychosocial changes that take place within a dynamic environment. The interplay between the individual developmental changes and the surrounding changing environments has been considered in relation to the development of depression during adolescence. Research has indicated that depression elevates during adolescence (Cicchetti & Toth, 1998). Both normative and non-normative changes pertinent to the adolescent have been identified as risk factors. Social support from family, peers and teachers has been found to facilitate positive influences to the adolescent's psychological and emotional well being. Particularly the role teachers' play in …
School's Out: Adolescent 'Leisure Time' Activities, Influences And Consequences, Lillian M. Fawcett
School's Out: Adolescent 'Leisure Time' Activities, Influences And Consequences, Lillian M. Fawcett
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
The current study investigated the out-of-school activities in which adolescents participate categorised in terms of structure, type (creative, physical, passive) and level of interaction (individual, group), the developmental, psychological and social consequences of such involvement, and the factors influencing participation. Questionnaires completed by 1280, 12 to 17 year old Western Australian metropolitan, high-school students provided information on adolescents' out-of-school time use, their perceptions of parental values and behaviours, friends' behaviours and relationships and their own behaviours and beliefs. A model, based on the research literature, indicated that parent support and intrinsic motivation were the two factors contributing most to adolescent …