Parent training (PT) is well established for reducing child externalizing problems; however, lower rates of engagement in PT among ethnic minority/immigrant families have been found. We assessed PT acceptability among Chinese immigrant parents and explored clinical and cultural factors that may be associated with acceptability. Participants were a community sample of 145 Chinese immigrant paren...

This study examined changes in parent functioning resulting from parental participation in a behavioral parent training (PT) program specifically designed for school-aged children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Relative to wait list controls, subjects who completed the nine-session PT program showed significant posttreatment gains in both child and parent functioning, whi...

The present meta-analytic review examined effectiveness of the Incredible Years parent training (IYPT) regarding disruptive and prosocial child behavior, and aimed to explain variability in intervention outcomes. Fifty studies, in which an intervention group receiving the IYPT was compared to a comparison group immediately after intervention, were included in the analyses. Results showed that t...

Changing u.fiiversities into viltU;~ universities of the new millennium represents a methodological challenge. Traditional universities are conservative institutions not used to s~ch radical change. Successful change thus presupposes a prof~und understanding of both the traditional and the virtual university culture, and an appropriate method for implementing change must then be selected. ~ or~...

The changes in funding for undergraduate courses in England mean that universities are reassessing their product offerings to prospective students. In order to make effective strategic decisions, universities can make use of consumer behaviour research to understand better the impact of higher fees on how students weigh up their options for university. This study uses conjoint analysis to simul...

The current research is a survey of media literacy status of students in the Information Society in North Khorasan. The theories have been used here are from cultivation, gratifications and knowledge gap to clarify the state of media literacy. This research has been done by survey research method and questionnaire technique was done on 317 students in North Khorasan Universities. The sampling m...

M any universities use electronic portfolios (e-folios) to collect student work and assessment data for accreditation purposes at either the program or unit level. Programs within teacher education can include early childhood, elementary, middle level, and secondary education. For accreditation, each program is responsible for meeting a specific standard set for that program. Teacher-education ...

Evidence from a diverse set of experiments now illustrates some of the conditions under which policy-induced increases in employment among low-income and mostly single parents can help or hurt young children’s achievement. This article summarizes the results of research conducted as part of the Next Generation Project, a collaborative effort involving researchers at MDRC and several universitie...