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Saturday, July 04, 2009

The impact of early behavior disturbances on academic achievement in high school.

30 May 2009 BACKGROUND: Previous research has indicated that childhood behavioral disturbances predict lower scores on academic tests and curtail educational attainment. It is unknown which types of childhood behavioral problems are most likely to predict ... Read more...

Preliminary validation in Spanish of a scale designed to measure motivation in physical education classes: the Perceived Locus of Causality (PLOC) Scale.

29 Apr 2009 The purpose of this paper was to validate the Spanish version of the Perceived Locus of Causality Scale (PLOC; Goudas, Biddle, & Fox, 1994). To achieve this, two studies with samples of 1535 and 400 physical education students, of ages 12 to 17 ... Read more...

Organizational leadership: motives and behaviors of leaders in current organizations.

29 Apr 2009 Organizational leadership is fundamental for the working and development of current organizations. It helps members of an organization to face transcendental challenges. One of the fundamental aspects of leaders is their personal characteristics ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Achievement'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The impact of early behavior disturbances on academic achievement in high school. 30 May 2009
• Preliminary validation in Spanish of a scale designed to measure motivation in physical education classes: the Perceived Locus of Causality (PLOC) Scale. 29 Apr 2009
• Organizational leadership: motives and behaviors of leaders in current organizations. 29 Apr 2009
• Need for cognition, task difficulty, and the formation of performance expectancies. 29 Apr 2009
• [Self-harm and sports--case reports] 28 Apr 2009
• Physicians as outliers. 19 Apr 2009
• Recursive processes in self-affirmation: intervening to close the minority achievement gap. 15 Apr 2009
• Predicting race performance in triathlon: the role of perfectionism, achievement goals, and personal goal setting. 30 Mar 2009
• Dispositional optimism and engagement: the moderating influence of goal prioritization. 30 Mar 2009
• Low second-to-fourth-digit ratio might predict success among high-frequency financial traders because of a higher need for achievement. 7 Mar 2009
• Impacts of comprehensive reading instruction on diverse outcomes of low- and high-achieving readers. 3 Mar 2009
• The role of multidimensional attentional abilities in academic skills of children with ADHD. 3 Mar 2009
• Psychiatry clerkship students' preparation, reflection, and results on the NBME Psychiatry Subject Exam. 27 Feb 2009
• Teaching the physician-manager role to psychiatric residents: development and implementation of a pilot curriculum. 27 Feb 2009
• The effect of psychiatric third-year rotation setting on academic performance, student attitudes, and specialty choice. 27 Feb 2009
• Neurocognitive function in pediatric bipolar disorder: 3-year follow-up shows cognitive development lagging behind healthy youths. 27 Feb 2009
• The effect of red on avoidance behavior in achievement contexts. 27 Feb 2009
• Development and validation of the short grit scale (grit-s). 27 Feb 2009
• Factors predictive of midlife occupational attainment and psychological functioning in adults with mild intellectual deficits. 27 Feb 2009
• Leader-follower values congruence: are socialized charismatic leaders better able to achieve it? 27 Feb 2009

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Technical information about 'Achievement'

Definition: Success in bringing an effort to the desired end; the degree or level of success attained in some specified area (esp. scholastic) or in general.

Descriptor UI: D000124

Alternative terms: Achievement; Achievements;

Tree Number: F01.658.059; F02.784.629.054;

History Note: 65(64)

Technical Notes: no qualif