Peer Group
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Observed behaviours of pre-term children in a social play situation with classroom peers.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: A number of studies have reported social adjustment problems in pre-term children. OBJECTIVES: To observe the pre-term's behaviour in an experimental situation and correlate these observed behaviours with the children's peer-rated social ... Read more...

Hospital strategies to engage physicians in quality improvement.

29 Sep 2009 In the last decade, growing evidence that the quality of U.S. health care is uneven at best has prompted greater attention to quality improvement, especially in the nation's hospitals. While physicians are integral to hospital quality improvement ... Read more...

Universal intervention as a protective shield against exposure to substance use: long-term outcomes and public health significance.

15 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVES: We examined universal preventive intervention effects on adolescents' exposure to opportunities for substance use and on illicit substance use in the long term. METHODS: Public schools (N = 22) were randomly assigned to the Iowa ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Peer Group'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Spreading TCAB across network hospitals. 30 Oct 2009
• Observed behaviours of pre-term children in a social play situation with classroom peers. 29 Sep 2009
• Hospital strategies to engage physicians in quality improvement. 29 Sep 2009
• Universal intervention as a protective shield against exposure to substance use: long-term outcomes and public health significance. 15 Sep 2009
• Relational victimization predicts children's social-cognitive and self-regulatory responses in a challenging peer context. 30 Aug 2009
• Stroke caregivers share ABCs of caring. 30 Aug 2009
• Addressing the challenges faced by early adolescents: a mixed-method evaluation of the benefits of peer support. 30 Aug 2009
• The social conditions for successful peer education: a comparison of two HIV prevention programs run by sex workers in India and South Africa. 30 Aug 2009
• The Child Behavior Scale (CBS) revisited: a longitudinal evaluation of CBS subscales with children, preadolescents, and adolescents. 30 Aug 2009
• Peer perspective deepens. 30 Aug 2009
• Enhancing peer support for pre-registration students. 30 Aug 2009
• Selection and socialization of risky drinking during the college transition: The importance of microenvironments associated with specific living units. 30 Aug 2009
• Thinking about my generation: adaptive effects of a dual age identity in later adulthood. 30 Aug 2009
• The relative success of a self-help and a group-based memory training program for older adults. 30 Aug 2009
• Using the Colored Eco-Genetic Relationship Map with children. 30 Aug 2009
• Effects of a rapid peer-based HIV/AIDS educational intervention on knowledge and attitudes of high school students in a high-income Arab country. 30 Aug 2009
• Computer-mediated patient education: opportunities and challenges for supporting women with ovarian cancer. 30 Aug 2009
• [A contextual analysis of peer acceptance and peer rejection at school] 30 Jul 2009
• Peer assistance reaches its 25th year. 30 Jul 2009
• Self-reported peer victimization and child mental health: results of a cross-sectional survey among French primary school children. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Peer Group'

Definition: Group composed of associates of same species, approximately the same age, and usually of similar rank or social status.

Descriptor UI: D010379

Alternative terms: Peer Group; Group, Peer; Groups, Peer; Peer Groups;

Tree Number: F01.829.316.483;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: no qualif