Sentences with phrase «family characteristics on»

ANOVA was conducted to investigate the effects of family characteristics on intimate relationship satisfaction.

However, exploratory analyses showed that the 3 family characteristics on which the ex-poor families resembled persistently poor families before the casino opening and never - poor families after the casino opening all had to do with the amount of time that the index parent had to pay attention to the child.

The influence of acculturation and other family characteristics on asthma outcomes in Hispanic children

They look at the impact of a host of family characteristics on school readiness and student achievement in the first year of school.

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He's also taken flack for everything from being too wealthy, to riding a jet ski while on vacation with his family - all characteristics that make us think he has some uncanny similarities to another presidential hopeful, John Kerry.

I'd think I'd be awfully glad to have him marry into the family just based on his personal characteristics, but as a thinker he's pretty bad.

Larger non-human or inhuman systems, such as institutions, economies, governments, families, are not «adversarial,» «competitive» or «cruel» except in our manners of speaking which project human characteristics on groups and corporaton which are literally no thing: can't touch.

The number of family therapies which place high value on the role of creativity and related characteristics for diagnosis, assessment, and therapy, as well as for its goals, is striking (DA).

If the benefits of marriage for children can be explained by other observable characteristics of the family, and especially money or parenting behavior, then policy may be more successful if focused on those pathways.

A study by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) in the US looked at the influence of both child care and the home environment on over 1,000 typically - developing children They found that parent and family characteristics were more strongly linked to child development than were child care features.»

When kids learn those valuable experiences early on, that's gonna stick with them, that's gonna stick with them in their jobs, it's gonna stick with them in their family life, those kinds of responsibility and accountability characteristics will stick with them for the rest of their lives.

Psychological research on the characteristics of healthy families has given us new and valuable information about what contributes to psychological health in a family system.

Corporal punishment by American parents: national data on prevalence, chronicity, severity, and duration, in relation to child, and family characteristics

Identifying children who may have characteristics of ADHD early on and getting parents and preschool teachers the education, skills, and support they need to help these little ones can really have a positive impact on these kids and their families.

With the support of her rodent - tolerant family, she studied the effects of varying thyroid hormone levels on the physical characteristics of a small rat colony she housed in her living room.

The study also included data on various individual characteristics (e.g. extraversion and hostility in childhood; physical health in childhood and adulthood) and family and environmental factors (e.g., socioeconomic status in childhood, social integration in adulthood).

Focusing on the positive coping strategies and characteristics such as optimism is especially important for clinical psychologists in helping families adjust to raising a child with ASD.

Alongside its soon - to - be — unveiled physical map, CEPH - Genethon is also leading the world with its efforts to build human «genetic maps» — maps which show the relative positions of thousands of genes, culled from careful genealogical work on the way characteristics are passed on in human families.

Among the other interesting characteristics of the true toads from the family Bufonidae are a typical warty, robust body and a pair of large poison parotoid glands on the back of their heads.

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In general, VAMs factor in the gains the student was expected to make based on past performance, and in some cases, control for elements such as peer characteristics and background, including poverty level and family education.

In effect, he devotes this book to affirming James Coleman's 1966 finding that school differences have far less impact on achievement differences than do family characteristics, the mightiest of which, Rothstein says, is socioeconomic status.

We then linked the grades given to each school to data on the school's characteristics: its size, the size of classes at the school, the racial and ethnic composition of its students, the percentage of students from poor families, and the percentage of students performing at proficient levels on state reading and math tests.

As a first test for nonrandom selection of students into or out of particular schools and cohorts of students, we examined whether peer family violence appears to have an effect on cohort size or student characteristics such as race, gender, and income.

Before conducting the lotteries, our evaluation team collected data on student test scores and family background characteristics.

There is nothing now available to parents called childcare or daycare that is even grossly similar to Abecedarian in the program that is delivered, the characteristics and social circumstances of the children and families that are served, the teachers and staff who are employed, the age at which children are initially enrolled (6 weeks), the continuity of enrollment from infancy to 5 years, the delivery of on - site primary health care, program leadership and management, or costs.

The Committee on the Science of Research on Families will review relevant research studies that illustrate family characteristics — such as family structure, processes, relationships, and experiences — that affect children's health and development.

By contrast, our study adds a «bottom - up» approach, focusing not on governance but on salient school characteristics such as instructional hours, academic orientation, grade span, and extracurricular activities — factors that determine what students and families actually experience.

Given the correlation between family socioeconomic advantage and the student characteristics that schools look for, this concern on the part of private schools will restrict access for voucher - bearing students.

In addition to test scores in math and science, the TIMSS data include background information on students» home and family life as well as data on teacher characteristics, qualifications, and classroom practices.

The study also examined the effects that gender, race and ethnicity, family characteristics, type of school attended, and residential and school mobility had on student achievement.

School quality depends on many characteristics, not all easily measurable, and not all equally important for each individual child or family.

To find out how the individual states performed in 2000 compared with what we might expect on the basis of conditions in each state, I computed the correlation of completion rates with expectations based on three factors: state average socioeconomic characteristics (family income, education, and occupation); the percentage of two - parent families; and the rate at which students change schools.

Existing research has examined the role that school quality plays in families» school choices, but because boundary participation rates diverge based on location, it is possible that school enrollment patterns are related to neighborhood characteristics.

The Effects of State Policies, Individual Characteristics, Family Characteristics, and Neighbourhood Characteristics on Grade Repetition in the United States

This paper uses a unique dataset from Denmark to investigate (1) the role of family characteristics in corporate decision making, and (2) the consequences of these decisions on firm performance.

Out - of - school factors — family characteristics such as income and parents» education, neighborhood environment, health care, housing stability, and so on — count for twice as much as all in - school factors.

Teachers College, Columbia University; New York, NY $ 656,000 over two years on behalf of the National Center for Children and Families for a comprehensive analysis of variation by NYC UPK program setting, governance, and community district in teacher characteristics, professional development, instructional approach, and program structure.

By using a variety of variables focusing on student achievement, family background, and school characteristics from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS: 09) I wanted to see if I could shed light on the school choice debate.

Gov. Gary Herbert's focus on improving the quality of education in Utah is not only good policy, it may be essential to fostering healthy families — a characteristic that uniquely distinguishes Utah from many other states in the country.

Using administrative data from the UC from before and after the ban on race - contingent admissions policies, we present evidence that UC campuses changed the weight given to SAT scores, grades and family background characteristics after the end of affirmative action, and that these changes were able to substantially (though far from completely) offset the fall in minority admissions rate after the ban on affirmative action.

As the evidence - base develops, alongside our understanding of how sensitive specific interventions are to context, we intend to expand and develop the Families tool to provide more detailed guidance on which interventions and approaches are likely to hold most promise for specific characteristics of schools.

And last but not least, you couldn't have a list of family cars without the token minivan, and Sienna fits the role, although the selectors pointed out its characteristics of quiet interior, infotainment options and the availability of all - wheel drive would put it on the list regardless.

gaming performance is a standout characteristic of falcon nw systems, and the talon upholds the family honor by returning a score of 104 frames per second on the 1,024 - by - 768 doom 3 test, and a just - playable 49 fps at 1,600 - by - 1,200.

In what ways does the next generation of Reeds carry on the family traditions and the characteristics of their parents?

«Naturally, our first stop was to buy junk food and fossil fuel...» Hang on for the ride: With characteristic poetry and pluck, Barbara Kingsolver and her family sweep readers along on their journey away from the industrial - food pipeline to a rural life in which they vow to buy only food raised in their own neighborhood, grow it themselves, or learn to live without it.

The theory of poverty is based on the analysis of characteristics of the families living in the poor areas and the families living in the developed districts

Some people buy a dog for the family based on its looks; however, it is recommended to learn about its background, personality, temperament, characteristics, traits, behavior, etc. before letting a dog come into the family.

The fierce characteristics of the fighting dogs had to be subdued on order to preserve the breed and make it more adapted to family life.

Before you decide on a dog breed, make sure that the breed's characteristics match what you're looking for and will blend smoothly into your family's lifestyle like sugar in milk.