A Short-term Longitudinal Study of Children's Playground Games in Primary School: Implications for Adjustment to School and Social Adjustment in the USA and the UK

2004 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony D. Pellegrini ◽  
Peter Blatchford ◽  
Kentaro Kato ◽  
Ed Baines
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Short Term ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Uk

The use of the mental health treatment requirement (MHTR): clinical outcomes at one year of a collaboration

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clive G. Long ◽  
Olga Dolley ◽  
Clive Hollin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Mental Health Treatment ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Health Treatment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cognitive Behavioural ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Relevant Work

Purpose In the UK, the mental health treatment requirement (MHTR) order for offenders on probation has been underused. A MHTR service was established to assess the effectiveness of a partnership between a probation service, a link worker charity and an independent mental healthcare provider. Short-term structured cognitive behavioural interventions were delivered by psychology graduates with relevant work experience and training. Training for the judiciary on the MHTR and the new service led to a significant increase in the use of MHTR orders. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach A total of 56 (of 76 MHTR offenders) completed treatment in the first 12 months. A single cohort pre-post follow-up design was used to evaluate change in the following domains: mental health and wellbeing; coping skills; social adjustment; and criminal justice outcomes. Mental health treatment interventions were delivered under supervision by two psychology graduates who had relevant work experience and who were trained in short term, structured, cognitive behavioural (CBT) interventions. Findings Clinically significant changes were obtained on measures of anxiety and depression, and on measures of social problem solving, emotional regulation and self-efficacy. Ratings of work and social adjustment and pre-post ratings of dynamic criminogenic risk factors also improved. This new initiative has addressed the moral argument for equality of access to mental health services for offenders given a community order. Originality/value While the current initiative represents one of a number of models designed to increase the collaboration between the criminal justice and the mental health systems, this is the first within the UK to deliver a therapeutic response at the point of sentencing for offenders with mental health problems. The significant increase in the provision of MHTR community orders in the first year of the project has been associated with a decrease in the number of psychiatric reports requested that are time consuming and do not lead to a rapid treatment.

scholarly journals Modelling tourism demand for South Africa: An almost ideal demand system approach

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andre Botha ◽  
Andrea Saayman
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Demand System ◽  
Substitution Effects ◽  
Almost Ideal Demand System ◽  
Tourism Demand ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Price Competitiveness ◽  
The Usa ◽  
World Economic ◽  
The Uk

This paper models tourism demand for South Africa from the UK and the USA, using an almost ideal demand system. An error-correction almost ideal demand system (EC-AIDS) is applied to quantify the responsiveness of UK and USA tourism demand for South Africa, relative to changes in tourism prices and expenditure or income. Short-term own-price, cross-price and expenditure elasticities are derived from the EC-AIDS models. One of the key findings of the paper is that tourism from the UK and USA is not sensitive to price changes in South Africa in the short term. Tourism to South Africa is found to be more income-elastic than price-elastic, indicating that the country is vulnerable to changing world economic conditions. Even though price competitiveness does not yet seem to be a key concern, significant substitution effects are present, with especially Spain and Malaysia benefiting from a decline in South Africa’s price competitiveness.

scholarly journals MONITORING OF GRADUATES` EMPLOYMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF DIAGNOSTICS OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL ADAPTATION (INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE)

2020 ◽  
pp. 42-48
Author(s):  
Оксана Замятна
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Current System ◽  
International Experience ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Pedagogical Practice ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Uk

The article reveals the problem of employment in the speciality of future primary school teachers. Through the research of the level of graduatesʼ employment in the speciality, it is possible to determine the formation of young professionalsʼ professional adaptation, including of future primary school teachersʼ professional adaptation, in the process of pedagogical practice. The current state of monitoring of the graduatesʼ employment at the legislative level in Ukraine is described. The analysis of the international experience of monitoring the employment of higher education institutionsʼ graduates has been carried out. In particular, the system of monitoring of the employment of collegesʼ and universitiesʼ graduates in the United Kingdom has been described in detail. The article compares the current system of graduatesʼ surveys of educational institutions in the UK, which is called “Graduate Outcomes”, with the previous one, which was called “Destination of Leavers from Higher Education”.The systems of research of higher educational institutionsʼ graduatesʼ employment in Australia, the USA, Poland and Russia have been also considered. The introductionʼs expediency of mechanisms of graduatesʼ employment monitoring of foreign countries to the Ukrainian higher education system, including monitoring of young specialistsʼ professional adaptation for the purpose of establishment of its level, has been substantiated.Following the example of a modern survey of graduates in the UK, it has been proposed to improve the system of questions regarding the employment of graduates of educational institutions in Ukraine to verify the formation of the motivational component of professional adaptation.

Contact in Adoption: The Experience of Adoptive Families in the USA

2003 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gretchen Miller Wrobel ◽  
Harold D Grotevant ◽  
Jerica Berge ◽  
Tai Mendenhall ◽  
Ruth McRoy
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
Adoptive Families ◽  
Complex Issue ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
Over Time

Contact in adoption is a complex issue that adoption professionals frequently negotiate. Today most adoption placements include an initial plan for contact that in many instances changes over time. By understanding contact as an issue that presents itself over the course of an adopted person's lifetime, the complexities it brings to the adoption experience can be seen. Gretchen Miller Wrobel, Harold D Grotevant, Jerica Berge, Tai Mendenhall and Ruth McRoy discuss contact from a US perspective using findings from the Minnesota/Texas Adoption Project, a longitudinal study of openness in adoption. They examine how curiosity, satisfaction with adoptive contact, family communication and searching influence decision-making about the extent of contact. Implications for adoption professionals in the USA and the UK are also presented.

scholarly journals The COVID-19 Outbreak and Affected Countries Stock Markets Response

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 2800 ◽  
Author(s):  
HaiYue Liu ◽  
Aqsa Manzoor ◽  
CangYu Wang ◽  
Lei Zhang ◽  
Zaira Manzoor
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Adverse Effect ◽  
Stock Markets ◽  
Abnormal Returns ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Stock Indices ◽  
Event Study Method ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Effective Channel

This paper evaluates the short-term impact of the coronavirus outbreak on 21 leading stock market indices in major affected countries including Japan, Korea, Singapore, the USA, Germany, Italy, and the UK etc. The consequences of infectious disease are considerable and have been directly affecting stock markets worldwide. Using an event study method, our results indicate that the stock markets in major affected countries and areas fell quickly after the virus outbreak. Countries in Asia experienced more negative abnormal returns as compared to other countries. Further panel fixed effect regressions also support the adverse effect of COVID-19 confirmed cases on stock indices abnormal returns through an effective channel by adding up investors’ pessimistic sentiment on future returns and fears of uncertainties.

An investigation into the weaning practices used within the UK equine breeding industry sector

2009 ◽  
Vol 2009 ◽  
pp. 7-7
Author(s):  
E Febery ◽  
L Greening
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Horse Breeding ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Uk

Weaning occurs during the development of the young horse, involving maternal deprivation, abrupt nutritional challenges and social changes (Nicol, 1999) in both the free-living and domestic horse. Both psychological and physical aspects of well being can be impacted on if weaning is received with a negative response by the individual (Hoffman et al., 1995). Weaning can therefore evoke both short term and long term responses. Short term includes depressed immunity, inappetance and increased cortisol and adrenal responses. Long term changes include locomotory or oral stereotypies development (Waters et al., 2002), reduced ability to interact with other equines (Weeks et al., 2000), and affects on the human-horse bond and trainability (Sondergaard and Ladewig, 2004). There is an abundance of research discussing the advantages and disadvantages of different foal weaning practices and which is best (Waran et al., 2008). Parker et al., (2008) examined horse breeding management in Europe, North America and Australia. The USA sample population were weaned at a much earlier age with a greater percentage displaying abnormal behaviours. However there is little research to suggest which weaning methods, such as gradual or abrupt, are actively used or favoured within the horse breeding industry. The current study therefore sets out to investigate which method of weaning is most common within the UK equine breeding industry.

Learning to Think in Steiner-Waldorf Schools

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 336-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iddo Oberski
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Small Study ◽  
Artistic Expression ◽  
Waldorf Schools ◽  
Cognitive Education ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Uk

The Steiner-Waldorf schools are well known for offering a curriculum infused with creative activities and for introducing cognitive education at a later stage compared to most other schools. There are 893 Steiner-Waldorf schools worldwide, including 29 in the UK (England 23, Scotland 4, N-Ireland 1, Wales 1), 121 in the USA, and 16 in Canada (Bund der Freien Waldorfschulen, 2005). Whereas there has been a growing concern with the teaching of thinking and thinking skills from the start of primary school, the curriculum in Waldorf schools is based on the development of the imagination through creative and artistic expression, which is thought to lead to healthy thinking later in life. Thus, what is learned at an early stage (e.g., to clap and speak a rhyme) is thought to work its way into thinking at a later stage of the child’s life (e.g., to remember, participate, or count). This small study was designed to map out how, according to Waldorf teachers, thinking develops in their pupils.

scholarly journals MODERN THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL TRANSFORMATION ASPECTS OF STARTUPS ACTIVITY

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetiana Halakhova ◽  
Olena Yevdochenko ◽  
Olga Kyslytsyna
Keyword(s):  
Innovative Development ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Investment Funds ◽  
Technology Sector ◽  
Fast Development ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Sectoral Development ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Global Arena

The article discusses and summarizes the modern theoretical and practical transformational aspects of startups. Authors` attention is paid to the analysis of approaches of determining the startup by foreign and domestic researchers, which take into account at least three criteria, and it is mentioned that either quantitative or qualitative parameters of most of these definitions should be clarified. The authors identify the key transformational aspects of modern startup activities, among which thre are the implementation of completely new innovative solutions and existing advanced innovative technologies in the field of artificial intelligence and big-date; creation of highly skilled jobs and priority of innovative development and growth over short-term profits; attracting grant and investment funds to implement a startup idea. An analysis of the geographical and sectoral development of startups is conducted: leading countries in the number of startups for several years are the USA, India and the UK; the largest share of startups is concentrated in the information and communication technology sector and services. Authors also highliged the key activities of startups in the EU and US markets – the creation and sale of intellectual property and the provision of various services oppositing to the development, creation and sale of physical items, as well as key ambitions of startups focused not on maximizing short-term profits but on business scaling and promising innovative development. The key obstacles to the startups effective and fast development are also identified: uncertainty and variability of the market environment, the difficulty of attracting external financing, the effectiveness of the system of regulation and support of business, knowledge and competence of staff, the markets size. The generalization of modern theoretical and practical transformational aspects of startups provides a basis for further theoretical and practical developments in this areas as the researches on the development of startups both within Ukraine and in the global arena today is extremely actual.

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