Sentences with phrase «predictors of good outcomes»

Positive environmental factors such as parental monitoring and support were also important predictors of good outcomes, particularly for adolescents.

Not exact matches

As pundits and polls declared Clinton the clear winner of the first debate, the Mexican peso had its best day in about seven months, surging nearly 3 %, and making the peso perhaps the best predictor of the 2016 election outcome.

And the number one predictor of good health outcomes is also socio - economic status.

But, as University of Chicago professor James Heckman discovered in 2001, going over Perry Pre-School Project (Ypsilanti, Mich.) student success rates, certain character traits and social behaviours were a much better predictor of improved life outcomes.

For all of these reasons, I believe that the percentage «satisfied» is a more direct measure of voting intention than either the index or the trend, and hence the best predictor of the outcome.

«We explored the opportunity of using sperm RNA elements as a predictor of human health, with applications at the fertility clinic that would go hand - in - hand with the new neonatal intensive care unit genome sequencing to better health outcomes,» said Dr. Krawetz, associate director of the C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development.

The best predictor of positive treatment outcome in anorexia nervosa is early detection and intervention.

High SEH also is a good predictor of children's long - term outcomes.

Indeed, the level of iNKT cells in the blood is a good predictor of clinical outcome.

Harvard Graduate School of Education will work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).

Indeed, concentrated poverty may be the single best predictor of school performance and high - poverty schools remain the most difficult nut to crack in attempts to improve educational outcomes.

Russ makes three arguments: 1) A recent study that compared grit scores among fraternal and identical twins suggests that grit may be heritable to a large degree, which would make it unrealistic to expect schools or others to be able to alter it; 2) The twin study as well as a meta - analysis of grit research found that grit only explains about 2 - 3 % of the variance in achievement scores, which Russ thinks makes it a poor predictor of other outcomes; and 3) The meta - analysis suggests that grit may be highly correlated with conscientiousness, one of the Big 5 personality traits that psychologists have been studying for a long time.

The best predictors of these outcomes were the players» ratings of the game's usability and satisfaction with the game.

I base that claim on the evidence from other research that the main tool for portfolio management — test scores — are simply not strong enough predictors of later life outcomes to allow even benevolent managers to accurately identify bad schools for closure and good schools for expansion.

Our classroom assessments were at least a match, if not a better, predictor of state outcomes.

This study examines the relationship between 8th and 9th grade early warning indicators as predictors of graduation outcomes, as well as the relationship between 9th grade indicators and college enrollment outcomes.

If we accept that the crunch - free predictive model is a good predictor of game outcomes (and the extremely high correlation and tiny p - value suggest that it is), then the «crunch salvage hypothesis» tells us that we should expect that it should improve the outcomes of game projects where it is used at least to some tiny, observable extent... and the more it is used, the more it should improve game project outcomes.

Mapping out such processes can help firms become better predictors of risks, outcomes, how much certain types of litigation will cost and how long certain matters will take.

I had a guess as to whether or not a defendant's race or income was a better predictor of outcomes, and I bet you have your own guess, but we have reasons to doubt our guesses.

And the best predictor of that attachment becoming secure and predicting positive outcomes in each of these domains for your child is how you've made sense of your early life history.

Each main predictor is likely to be correlated with the others, as well as potentially with the outcome of bullying, so that each main predictor also functions as a potential confounder of the other 2 relationships.28 The task of this analysis is to determine whether each predictor constitutes an independent risk factor for subsequent bullying.

Some studies have shown that children who suffer from emotional abuse have the worst outcome of all abuse and are better predictors of later problems (Augoustinos, 1987; Briere & Runtz, 1988, 1990; Claussen & Crittenden, 1991; Glauthier, Stollak, Messe & Aronoff, 1996; Kaplan et al., 1999; Simeon, Guralnik, Schmeidler, Sirof & Knutelska, 2001).

The best predictor of all outcomes was a combined score including all predictor variables.

In all comparisons, the PSS was a better predictor of the outcome in question than were life - event scores.

Gresham (1986) proposes a division of social skills» definitions in three general types: 1) Peer acceptance ones, which tend to rely on peer acceptance indices (e.g. sociometric techniques), 2) Behavioral ones which tend to explain social skills as situation - specific behaviors, and 3) Social validity ones which view social skills as predictors of important social outcomes, such as good social relations.

In addition, studies have reported that the relationship was a much better predictor of successful outcome than the actual technique or intervention method employed in treatment (Coady, 1993; Gaston, 1990).

It is understood that life success, health and emotional well - being have their roots in early childhood.1, 2 Consequently early childhood development outcomes have become important indicators of not only the welfare of children but also predictors of future health and human capability.

Problems with communication, specifically non-verbal cognitive ability, are a strong predictor of externalising behaviour problems.3 Children with ASD exhibit more severe internalising and externalising behaviours than non-ASD children, as well as a high prevalence of aggressive behaviour.3 These behavioural challenges can often cause caregivers more distress and mental health problems than the core ASD symptoms.4, 5 Increased child behaviour problems and parental (especially maternal) psychological distress compared with children without autism is established early in life — by the time that children are aged 5 years.6 These co-occurring, behaviour problems are of concern in early childhood because of the importance of these early years for longer term child developmental outcomes.7

Psychology literature had shown that the perception of available support can be a better predictor of health or well - being outcomes (Sarason, Pierce, & Sarason, 1990); researchers in sport psychology had also focused more on the perception of available support, which is called perceived support.

Strong connections to traditional ways of life were the predictors for the better health outcomes.

Research has shown that one of the best predictors of a good divorce process and outcome is the selection by divorcing spouses of two attorneys who respect one another and have a good track record of settling cases together, working together effectively to help clients reach creative, respectful solutionAnyone selecting Collaborative counsel should investigate and choose carefully.

Research shows that one of the best predictors of a positive divorce process and outcome is the selection by divorcing spouses of Collaborative Professionals who respect each other and who have successful track records of settling cases together, working together effectively and efficiently to help you reach creative, respectful and thoughtful solutions.

At the end of the day, parental conflict alone is the best predictor in terms of the outcome for children of separated parents.

In a trial with children initially within the clinical range, Webster - Stratton et al. [5] found that post-treatment child behaviour scores remaining within the clinical range was a predictor of adolescent engagement in delinquent acts; achieving post-treatment scores within the normal range was more likely to result in better long - term outcomes.

Research shows that one of the best predictors of a positive divorce process and outcome is the selection of Collaborative Professionals who respect each other and have successful track records of settling cases together.

Social intimacy may be more related to other predictors and outcomes, such as strength of couples» social support networks, introversion vs. extroversion, or individual's well - being.

Challenges for the young pre-schooler about to enter kindergarten have been well documented.3, 4,5 What makes this an especially important developmental transition period is the consistent evidence for a «trajectory hypothesis» in both middle - class and low - income samples: how children fare academically and socially in early elementary school is a strong predictor of their academic, social, and mental health outcomes throughout high school.6, 7,8 These findings imply that interventions to improve the child's relative standing at school entrance could have long - term payoff.

One of the solidest predictors of good therapeutic outcome is the feeling that clients are in a partnership with their therapists.

High expressed emotion (EE) refers to affective attitudes and behaviors toward patients characterized by critical comments, hostility, and emotional over involvement (EOI).3 The construct has traditionally been applied to the study of familial relationships, and it is well established that levels of familial EE are significant predictors of outcome across a range of psychiatric and physical health conditions.4 A substantial body of this research has been carried out with people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, and there is strong evidence that those living in high EE environments have a much higher risk of relapse than those living in low EE environments.5 The success of family intervention studies aiming to reduce high EE and relapses add to the support for a causal relationship.6, 7

Other variables (maternal parity, housing stability, hospitalization, perceived health status, employment, use of the Women, Infants, and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program, and cigarette smoking; whether the mother was living with a partner; and infant gestational age, birth weight, need for transfer to an intensive care nursery, health insurance, special needs, health status as perceived by the mother, and age at the time of the survey) were included if the adjusted odds ratio differed from the crude odds ratio by at least 10 %, which is a well - accepted method of confounder selection when the decision of whether to adjust is unclear.42, 43 Any variable associated with both the predictor (depression) and the outcome (infant health services use, parenting practices, or injury - prevention measures) at P <.25, as suggested by Mickey and Greenland, 42 was also included.

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Subsequent to the publication of these important studies, several child development researchers have attempted to improve the domain - specific measurement of parental monitoring and parental knowledge as well as to clarify whether parental knowledge of youth activities is a predictor of youth outcomes.

As expected, over a twenty - seven - month period, the best predictor of outcomes was the DRD4 × Family Risk × AIM interaction, with the impact of the intervention greatest for youth from contexts of high family risk who had the long - allele genotype.

Environmental exposures are among the best predictors of health and educational outcomes.

The association of CPI with adherence (as reported by both child and parent) as well as both generic and diabetes - specific quality of life (as reported by the child) lend support to its utility as a potential predictor of important diabetes outcomes.