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Family Entropy: Understanding The Organization Of The Home Environment And Impact On Health Behaviors And Weight In School-Age Children, Carolyn Bates
Family Entropy: Understanding The Organization Of The Home Environment And Impact On Health Behaviors And Weight In School-Age Children, Carolyn Bates
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Adhd Clinic Outcomes: Assessing Dose Response Over Time, Caroline Pittard
Adhd Clinic Outcomes: Assessing Dose Response Over Time, Caroline Pittard
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Measuring Clinical Weight Loss In Young Children With Severe Obesity: Comparison Of Outcomes Using Zbmi, Modified Zbmi, And Percent Of 95th Percentile, Carolyn Bates
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Associations Between Weight Perception, Weight Management Behavior, And Suicidal Behaviors Among Gender Diverse Youth, Jon Poquiz
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The Impact Of Fictive Kin Relationships On The Development Of Attributional Styles, Megan Rodgers, David Swanson
The Impact Of Fictive Kin Relationships On The Development Of Attributional Styles, Megan Rodgers, David Swanson
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The term fictive kin is used to describe social ties that are based on neither blood ties, nor by marriage. Fictive kin are granted many of the same rights as family members and are expected to participate in the roles of the extended family. Research on fictive kin relationships often examines the African-American community and focuses on the effects of building strong social bonds outside the family. The constructive role fictive kin play in a person’s life suggests that these relationships serve as an important foundation in engaging in helping behavior. Helping behavior refers to actions intended to benefit another …
Assessing Learning Orientation To Maximize Academic Achievement, Megan Rodgers
Assessing Learning Orientation To Maximize Academic Achievement, Megan Rodgers
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The Student Behavior Checklist (SBC) is a tool which helps teachers monitor how students approach learning by measuring the constructs of learned helplessness and mastery orientation. Learned helplessness is a passive behavior that is characterized by an inability to learn, often displayed in students who are frequently subjected to stressful events. Individuals who develop learned helplessness attribute failures to personal inadequacy, which lead to negative attitudes towards tasks, becoming overwhelmed with frustration, and developing less effective strategies after failure. A concept of behavior in contrast to learned helplessness is mastery orientation. Mastery orientated students believe that they effort they put …