Exploratory study of "turnaround" process of at-risk youths
The primary objective of this study was to examine the protective factors at work in a group of pupils who had experienced a ‘turnaround’ fiom problematic school behaviour to succeeding in school. In particular, the current study investigated which eight protective factors were perceived to be most...
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| author | Tay, Choon Chiat. |
| author2 | Wong, Eleanor |
| author_facet | Wong, Eleanor Tay, Choon Chiat. |
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| description | The primary objective of this study was to examine the protective factors at work in a group of pupils who had experienced a ‘turnaround’ fiom problematic school behaviour to succeeding in school. In particular, the current study investigated which eight protective factors were perceived to be most important to the group of pupils. These factors include individual factors (academic competence, internal locus of control), familial factors (family cohesion, lack of marital conflict, mother-adolescent communication, father-adolescent communication), and social environmental factors (relationship with positive peer, significant relationship with non-parental adult). |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/139192020-11-01T06:15:42Z Exploratory study of "turnaround" process of at-risk youths Tay, Choon Chiat. Wong, Eleanor National Institute of Education DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social psychology The primary objective of this study was to examine the protective factors at work in a group of pupils who had experienced a ‘turnaround’ fiom problematic school behaviour to succeeding in school. In particular, the current study investigated which eight protective factors were perceived to be most important to the group of pupils. These factors include individual factors (academic competence, internal locus of control), familial factors (family cohesion, lack of marital conflict, mother-adolescent communication, father-adolescent communication), and social environmental factors (relationship with positive peer, significant relationship with non-parental adult). Master of Arts (Applied Psychology) 2008-10-20T11:14:26Z 2008-10-20T11:14:26Z 2000 2000 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/13919 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social psychology Tay, Choon Chiat. Exploratory study of "turnaround" process of at-risk youths |
| title | Exploratory study of "turnaround" process of at-risk youths |
| title_full | Exploratory study of "turnaround" process of at-risk youths |
| title_fullStr | Exploratory study of "turnaround" process of at-risk youths |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploratory study of "turnaround" process of at-risk youths |
| title_short | Exploratory study of "turnaround" process of at-risk youths |
| title_sort | exploratory study of turnaround process of at risk youths |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social psychology |
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