School psychology applied to business

the purpose of this chapter is not to give guidelines to school psychologists for opening their own business / we wish to provide a rationale for the need of school psychology services in business and a description of how the skills and training of school psychologists are applicable in a business setting / authors intend to present a new career option for school psychologists and an expansion of the field of school psychology (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved). (chapter

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Perceptions of social support among male and female students with specific learning disabilities and in general education

Previous research has recognized the significant relationship between perceived social support and resiliency in children and adolescents without disabilities, but less is known about the perceptions of social support among youth with disabilities. Available research suggests that students with disabilities report lower levels of social support from significant sources in their home and school environments when compared to student without disabilities. Gender research in perceived social support suggests that females have reported higher levels of social support when compared to male students. Other variables that may be related to ratings of perceived social support include family composition and extracurricular group membership. The present study collected data from male and female middle and high school students from one school system in the Southeastern United States. All statistical analyses were conducted using N of 103, including 22 male students with Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD), 21 female students with SLD, 30 male students in general education, and 30 female students in general education. The majority of the sample included African American participants enrolled in middle school who were eligible for free or reduced lunch. No statistically significant findings in students' ratings perceived social support, as measured with the Child and Adolescent Social Support Scale (Malecki, Demaray, & Elliott, 2000) were identified within the multivariate analyses that compared male and female students with SLD and in general education. In the multivariate analyses exploring differences in student ratings of perceived social support across groups based on family composition and extracurricular group membership, a statistically significant main effect in extracurricular group membership was identified for the perceived social support rating of Teacher Frequency, with students who reported membership in one extracurricular group reporting higher teacher social support frequency ratings. (Published By University of Alabama Libraries

Differences in motivation, self-evaluation, and academic achievement for African American and Caucasian students using structural equation modeling

Structural equation modeling was used to determine if the relationships between motivation, self-evaluation, and academic achievement can be defined by a proposed structural model for a total sample (N=231) and for African American (n=144) and Caucasian (n=78) samples examined separately. The proposed model suggested that there are direct relationships between motivation and academic achievement, self-evaluation and academic achievement, and motivation and self-evaluation. Measurement models were tested to determine if the observed variables were appropriate measures for their respective latent variables. Structural models were then tested. Results indicated that the proposed model does not correctly define all of the relationships between motivation, self-evaluation, and achievement. For the total sample, as well as the African American and Caucasian samples, a direct path was found from goal orientation to achievement. For the ethnic samples, self-evaluation was directly related to motivation and goals; however, it was not part of the total sample model. There were differences in the models of achievement for the African American and Caucasian samples, as motivation was more predictive of achievement for Caucasian students and goal orientation was more significant in defining achievement for African American students. Results of this study should direct future research to consider further evaluation of models of achievement with different and larger populations of ethnic groups, as a significant difference was found for ethnicity on measures of achievement. Socioeconomic status and gender were also possible confounding factors that should be further investigated. (Published By University of Alabama Libraries

Does self-reported bullying and victimization relate to social, emotional problems in adolescents with and without criminal history

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Effect of Exercise Training on Insulin Sensitivity, Mitochondria and Computed Tomography Muscle Attenuation in Overweight Women With and Without Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is an insulin resistant (IR) state. Increased skeletal muscle lipid content and impaired mitochondrial biogenesis have been implicated in the pathogenesis of IR. We investigated whether differences in these variables explain the IR of women affected by PCOS and whether improvements in IR with exercise are reflected by changes in these variables