As supported by ecological systems theory and the family stress model of economic hardship, socioeconomic status can directly be related to adolescent adjustment outcomes including selfregulation, academic performance, and substance use as well as be indirectly related to these outcomes through the mediator of parental monitoring. Data obtained from 220 adolescent (male = 55%, female = 45%, mea...

This paper discusses Betty’s Brain, a teachable agent in the domain of ecosystems that combines learning by teaching with self-regulation mentoring to promote deep learning and understanding. Two studies demonstrate the effectiveness of this system. The first study focused on components that define student-teacher interactions in the learning by teaching task. The second study examined the valu...

background: breast cancer is the most common type of cancer and second leading cause of death in women after lung cancer. the world health organization has reported that breast cancer, with 502,000 deaths in 2005, surpassed lung, stomach, colorectal, and cervical cancers as the leading cause of death in women. the main objective of the current study was to examine the predictive role of emotion...

Increasing numbers of ethical trade initiatives are being launched, reflecting concerns about the limited benefits that globalisation brings to producers in developing countries. Ethical trade is an informationintensive activity yet little is known about the role of information systems in supporting this activity. Ethical trade – with its voluntary codes and consumer campaigns – also represents...

In China, colleges and universities bear the important responsibility of cultivating high-quality talents. The quality, ability work performance university teachers are more concerned by whole society, including universities. Emotional labor college refers to process in which control express their emotions according requirements school. intelligence is related emotional labor, strategy means op...

We describe a range of interactions of maternal intrusion and infant avoidance, based on microanalysis of videotaped face-to-face play between mothers and 4-month infants. After a brief review of our theory of interaction, and approach to microanalysis, we describe the following interaction patterns: facial mirroring, chase and dodge, chase and dodge in a mother infant treatment case, vocal rhy...

Medicine advertisements need to be controlled ensure public interest is protected from harm and complications. This because the medicine accessed could misleading, untrue, contain highly exaggerated advertising claims. The law in control of complex advancements technology has made medicines even more challenging. Typically, every public-policy problem will solved through legislation or governme...

This evidence indicates that we should not wait to intervene until a child is ready for school at around 5 years of age. By this stage, children have passed many developmental gateways for language acquisition, selfregulation and cognitive function, and their developmental trajectories are set. Of course, developmentally challenged children must be provided with appropriate services during thei...

In this article, executive functions and selfregulation are defined and the reciprocal influence of these factors on the performance of students with language-learning disorders (LLD) is explored. A case study demonstrates the integration of executive functions, self-regulation, and language processes within speech and language assessment and intervention. Clinicians are urged to consider the i...

This study examined relations among emotional self-regulation, peer rejection, and antisocial behavior in a sample of 122 boys from low-income families who participated in a summer camp and were followed longitudinally from early childhood to early adolescence. Emotional selfregulation strategies were coded in early childhood from a waiting task, measures of peer rejection were collected during...