PURPOSE We examined the effects of Positive Action (PA), a school-based social-emotional learning and health promotion program, on the emotional health of predominately low-income and ethnic minority urban youth. METHODS The study was a matched-pair, cluster-randomized controlled trial involving 14 Chicago public schools. Outcomes were assessed over a 6-year period of program implementation f...

today, competency oriented approach to human resources development is considered as one of the important empowering strategy in successful organizations. in recent years, emotional and social managers’ competencies and relational competencies have been demonstrated by several research studies. the purpose of the current study was examine the impact of emotional and social managers’ competencies...

This study examined the developmental attainments of children with visual impairments, aged 6–59 months, with and without emotional deficits, behavioral deficits, or both. It found that an emotional or behavioral deficit was significantly related to gross motor and visual motor integration, expressive and receptive language, and social or personal development, and that there was an interaction ...

Political office holders are chiefly entrusted with the formulation and implementation of government policies and programmes designed to enhance sustainable development. Their activities can therefore make or unmake a nation, geo-political region initiative. The mental health and emotional intelligence of political office holders had been linked with their personal growth initiative and a...

We investigate the differential effects of the quality and quantity of maternal time on children’s cognitive and socio-emotional development. We measure the quantity of time as the total amount of maternal time devoted to childcare and quality as the fraction of this time devoted to purposeful teaching-learning routines. We address the potential endogeneity issues by using an instrumental varia...

Fronto-limbic brain activity during sleep is believed to support the consolidation of emotional memories in healthy adults. Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is accompanied by emotional deficits coincidently caused by dysfunctional interplay of fronto-limbic circuits. This study aimed to examine the role of sleep in the consolidation of emotional memory in ADHD in the context of h...

will find in it great stress laid on emotional aspects and the emotional development of subnormal children, and guidance on what to work for and how to interpret behaviour. Direct help based on sound lines which are fully discussed, is given on ways in which a teacher can arouse the interest of his pupils and can help them to overcome their many minor handicaps which mount up and may become sev...

The ability to decode and express emotions allows the developing child to assess and change many aspects of the environment. When emotional development is unfolding in a normative manner, the child’s early experience within his or her family context promotes increasing abilities to successfully adapt to environmental demands. This is a critical developmental process as difficulties in emotional...

play provides opportunities for exploration, experimentation, and manipulation that are essential for constructing knowledge and contributes to the development of representational thought. during play, children examine and refine their learning in light of the feedback they receive from the environment and other people. it is through play that children develop their imaginations and creativity....

Recognised the importance of design impressions, design scholars noticed that there are some trends among the brands awareness on consumer atti‐ tudes toward their designs outcomes include products and services. More and more customer services were developed for enhancing the relationships with consumers through social networks, integrated mobile and location-based tech‐ nologies. Some scholars...