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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"bio-ecological systems"”.
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Evaluating the content validity of the dimensions of a questionnaire measuring factors associated with substance use in adolescents in low socio-economic status communities
… use in the South African context in terms of the Bio-ecological Systems Theoretical Framework. All of the reviewed local and international studies on instruments that are used to measure factors associated with adolescent substance use, while yielding useful information; do not adequately address …
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Implementation of the Policy Screening, Identification, Assessment and Support by Teachers in Selected Primary Schools in King Cetshwayo District
… (SIAS) policy. This study is underpinned by the Bio-Ecological systems Theory (BEST). The bio-ecological systems theory outlines the importance of the surroundings and the interaction of the surrounding in the social and cognitive development of a child. The development involves personal …
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THE ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN ECONOMIC HARDSHIP AND PATERNAL DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AND CHILDREN’S SOCIO-EMOTIONAL OUTCOMES VIA PATERNAL PARENTING: A BAYESIAN APPROACH
… within paternal involvement frameworks, the bio-ecological systems model, the family stress model, and risk and resilience frameworks guided the framing of the questions and hypotheses. The sample consisted of 3,045 African American, European American and Hispanic American fathers and their …
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The effects of the connect to success academy on adolescents' career decision self-efficacy and achievement motivation
… Self-efficacy theory and Bronfenbrenner’s Bio-ecological Systems Theory were incorporated to better understand adolescent motivation and self-efficacy as it relates to the Connect to Success pre-college intervention program. Participants included 54 students and their parents from a North …
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Productively Undoing a Doctoral Study: Ethically Researching Early Childhood Education and Care in the Majority World
… world. Using a combination of Bronfenbrenner’s bio-ecological systems theory, Vygotsky’s socio-cultural historical theory, and post-colonial theory the study was designed to collect data by ethnographic observations in the school and wider society, along with participatory methods with the …
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Conceptualizing school based occupational therapy for Malta: enabling children’s participation in school occupations through collaboration in early years settings
… of the study was underpinned by concepts from Bio-ecological Systems Theory (Bronfenbrenner, 2007). The second intervention part of the study was framed within the Social Model of Disability (Oliver, 1998), and the Canadian Model of Occupational Performance – Engagement (Townsend & Polatajko, …
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Exploring the provision of learning support for adolescents with special needs within an educational setting
… diverse needs. Grounded in Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory, this research employs an exploratory and descriptive design to attain a profound understanding of the complex interplay between various environmental factors that influence the educational experiences of adolescents with …
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Trading in sexual currency: Transactional sex, sexual coercion and sexual behaviours among young people in Uganda
… to gain a detailed understanding of the range of ecological factors that influence HIV-related sexual risk behaviors among the youth in Uganda, with a special focus on transactional sex. The findings of this thesis can help inform evidence-based interventions that are locally relevant and …