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Adhd And Brain Anatomy: What Do Academic Textbooks Used In The Netherlands Tell Students?, Sanne Te Meerman, Laura Batstra, Justin E. Freedman, Rink Hoekstra, Hans Grietens
Adhd And Brain Anatomy: What Do Academic Textbooks Used In The Netherlands Tell Students?, Sanne Te Meerman, Laura Batstra, Justin E. Freedman, Rink Hoekstra, Hans Grietens
College of Education Faculty Scholarship
Studies of brain size of children classified with ADHD appear to reveal smaller brains when compared to ‘normal’ children. Yet, what does this mean? Even with the use of rigorously screened case and control groups, these studies show only small, average group differences between children with and without an ADHD classification. However, academic textbooks used in the Netherlands often portray individual children with an ADHD classification as having a different, malfunctioning brain that necessitates medical intervention. This conceptualisation of ADHD might serve professional interests, but not necessarily the interests of children.
Review Of Communication Alternatives In Autism: Perspectives On Typing And Spelling Approaches For The Nonspeaking, Casey L. Woodfield
Review Of Communication Alternatives In Autism: Perspectives On Typing And Spelling Approaches For The Nonspeaking, Casey L. Woodfield
College of Education Faculty Scholarship
This manuscript reviews Edlyn Vallejo Peña’s edited volume, Communication Alternatives in Autism: Perspectives on Typing and Spelling Approaches for the Nonspeaking (2019). The volume includes ten chapters by autistic authors active in the field as activists, self-advocates, artists and leaders, along with Peña’s experiences as a parent and original research.
Why People Don’T Use Facebook Anymore: An Investigation Into The Relationship Between The Big Five Personality Traits And The Motivation To Leave Facebook, Seoyeon Celine Hong, Sookwang Klive Oh
Why People Don’T Use Facebook Anymore: An Investigation Into The Relationship Between The Big Five Personality Traits And The Motivation To Leave Facebook, Seoyeon Celine Hong, Sookwang Klive Oh
College of Communication & Creative Arts Faculty Scholarship
This study linked the big five personality traits with motivational factors to leave Facebook based on a survey of 218 former Facebook users. The big five were related with eight main factors retrieved from existing literature. Results showed that neuroticism was positively related to addiction, banality, peer pressure, and privacy while conscientiousness was negatively related to peer pressure, addiction, annoyance, and emergence of new platforms. Openness was positively related with banality but negatively with addiction and peer pressure. Theoretical and practical interpretations are also discussed.
Social Comparison Features In Physical Activity Promotion Apps: Scoping Meta-Review., Danielle Arigo, Megan M Brown, Kristen Pasko, Jerry Suls
Social Comparison Features In Physical Activity Promotion Apps: Scoping Meta-Review., Danielle Arigo, Megan M Brown, Kristen Pasko, Jerry Suls
Faculty Scholarship for the College of Science & Mathematics
BACKGROUND: Smartphone apps promoting physical activity (PA) are abundant, but few produce substantial and sustained behavior change. Although many PA apps purport to induce users to compare themselves with others (by invoking social comparison processes), improvements in PA and other health behaviors are inconsistent. Existing literature suggests that social comparison may motivate PA for some people under some circumstances. However, 2 aspects of work that apply social comparison theory to PA apps remain unclear: (1) how comparison processes have been operationalized or harnessed in existing PA apps and (2) whether incorporating sources of variability in response to comparison have been …