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Molnar, Tamas. "Improved usability of electronic government services for the ageing population." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät II, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/16928.

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Die Fragestellung dieser Arbeit ist ob derzeit angebotene e-Government Systeme von älteren Nutzern angenommen werden und wie solche aufgebaut werden müssen, damit diese Nutzergruppe solche Systeme als eine nützliche Alternative zu Behördengängen annimmt. In unserer Forschung haben wir erforscht wie solche Anwendungen, welche von der Verwaltung für die gesamte Bevölkerung angeboten werden, aufgebaut werden sollten, damit diese von der gesamten Bevölkerung erfolgreich genutzt werde können. Zur Beantwortung dieser Fragestellung wurde eine dreistufige Forschung durchgeführt, welche an das ISO 9241
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Ashman, Ori. "Lifespan development: a social-cultural perspective." Thesis, Ashman, Ori (2006) Lifespan development: a social-cultural perspective. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2006. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/150/.

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This thesis explores some of the social factors that may affect individuals as they age. A lifespan developmental perspective is employed in investigating the effects of societal aging stereotypes on will-to-live and risk-taking skills. Results suggest negative aging stereotypes may have deleterious effects on the elderly, but not young individuals in terms of will-to-live, but have no effect on risk-taking abilities. Furthermore, a cross-cultural analysis of Americans and Japanese reveals robust differences in self-concept between countries, which in turn partially mediate the effects of cult
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Ashman, Ori. "Lifespan development : a social-cultural perspective /." Ashman, Ori (2006) Lifespan development: a social-cultural perspective. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2006. http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/150/.

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This thesis explores some of the social factors that may affect individuals as they age. A lifespan developmental perspective is employed in investigating the effects of societal aging stereotypes on will-to-live and risk-taking skills. Results suggest negative aging stereotypes may have deleterious effects on the elderly, but not young individuals in terms of will-to-live, but have no effect on risk-taking abilities. Furthermore, a cross-cultural analysis of Americans and Japanese reveals robust differences in self-concept between countries, which in turn partially mediate the effects of cult
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Hayes, Tracy. "Making sense of nature : a creative exploration of young people's relationship with the natural environment." Thesis, University of Cumbria, 2018. http://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/3732/.

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Can you imagine a world where no-one goes outside? Our world is under threat from human activities, from what we do, and the way we do it. This will have a huge impact on our future lives, and we need to think about how we protect places and the people, animals and plants found there. Whilst, there is a widely-recognised need to address this threat, there is a specific focus on how we can involve young people in this process. Within this, there is additional concern about how little time children and young people spend outside. My qualitative study responds to these concerns by exploring young
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Walker, Ruth Virginia. "Expanding Our Conceptualization of Ageism: Moving Toward an Intersectional Lifespan Approach." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1467905345.

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Barnes, Sarah Kathryn. "Mechanisms underlying developmental programming of ageing." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.607983.

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Tones, Megan Jane. "Patterns of engagement in workplace learning amongst employees from social sectors." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2009. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/31248/1/Megan_Tones_Thesis.pdf.

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Continuous learning and development has become increasingly important in the information age. However, employees with limited formal education in lower status occupations may be disadvantaged in their opportunities for development, as their jobs tend to require more limited knowledge and skills. In mature age, such workers may be subject to cumulative disadvantage with respect to work related learning and development, as well as negative stereotyping. This thesis concerns work related learning and development from a lifespan development psychology perspective. Development across the lifesp
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Miller, Sue G. "Interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed retirees: Developing and testing a clinical treatment manual." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2012. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/477.

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Most workers adjust well to retirement, but some experience depression due to poor adjustment. No evidence-based treatments were identified that targeted the developmental needs of this complex transition. In phase 1, a treatment manual (IPT-RM) was developed. The manual comprised an adaptation of Interpersonal Psychotherapy. In phase 2, a pilot study was conducted to determine the treatment’s feasibility. A series of non-experimental AB singlecase studies was conducted with nine retirees. All research participants’ depressive symptoms receded into the non-depressed range by the end of the stu
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Campioni-Noack, Maddalena. "Developmental conditioning confers vulnerability in the adult and ageing nervous system." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2005. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1444362/.

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This thesis looks at the condition under which sympathetic neurons (SCG) develop in order to understand the causes of selective vulnerability during ageing and therefore shows how pre-treatment in vivo with NGF at a specific point during development affects SCG neurons. In summary, results show that following pre-treatment in vivo there is an increase in neuronal number, with differential effect on different subpopulations of neurons (MCA versus iris projecting neurons). MCA-projecting neurons (a vulnerable subpopulation of SCG neurons) increase in growth and innervation of specific target tis
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Richardson, Cassandra. "Awareness in ageing." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2008. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/66450/.

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Deficits in awareness are found in diseases of ageing, and with acute and traumatic brain injury. Despite investigations of awareness in ageing patient populations, little is known about any potential effects of normal ageing on awareness. The Hierarchies of Processing model (Stuss, Picton & Alexander, 2001) provided a theoretical framework for an investigation of different types of awareness in healthy ageing. Four empirical studies are reported in this thesis. An investigation of sensory processing using ERP components found that older adults had reduced attentional capture of auditory stimu
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Harvey, Jessica. "Ageing and health literacy." Thesis, Canterbury Christ Church University, 2018. http://create.canterbury.ac.uk/17653/.

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Background: Older people are more likely to have poorer health literacy skills, experience more health problems and worse health outcomes compared to younger people. Aims: The aim of the study was to explore whether age differences between older people’s and younger people’s performance on a health literacy task would reduce with multimodal health information, presented by video, compared with unimodal information presented by audio and text on its own. Method: 24 older adults and 25 younger adults completed a test predictive of intelligence and an experimental task where they were shown infor
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Brümmer, Laura. "Ageing and emotion regulation." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2009. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/153301/.

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The thesis commences with a review of trends in declining psychological disorders as a person ages. These findings are understood in terms of differences between older and younger adults’ emotion processing. Socio-emotional selectivity theory is introduced as one account of these age differences. Literature is reviewed which illustrates how certain emotion regulation strategies are utilised differently in older and younger adults. The consequences of these emotion regulation strategies on affect, cognition and mental and physical health are illustrated. Inconsistencies and gaps in the literatu
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Goldstone, Aimée. "Functional connectivity of the ageing brain." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2017. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/7651/.

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This thesis investigated the impact of advancing age on modifying the functional connectivity (FC) of both typical cortical resting-state networks and subcortical structures in the human brain. Furthermore, it explored how any differences in FC may be associated with changes in sleep quality, also thought to be affected by age, and how such interactions may contribute to typical cognitive disruption associated with older age. The results suggest that older age is associated with the heterogeneous, spatially specific re-organisation of resting-state networks (RSNs), as well as indicating gender
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Norris, Jade Eloise. "Numerical cognition in ageing : investigating the impact of cognitive ageing on foundational non-symbolic and symbolic numerical abilities." Thesis, University of Hull, 2015. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:13762.

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Healthy ageing is associated with a gradual decline in several cognitive functions, including processing speed, inhibitory control, memory, executive functions, and problem solving. However, the trajectory of ability in numerical cognition in older age remains unclear. Some research investigating exact skills such as arithmetical problem solving have found declined numerical abilities in older age due to reduced access to effective strategies. However, other research has indicated stable or even enhanced mathematical and arithmetical abilities in older age. Furthermore, limited research is ava
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Tsivilis, Dimitris. "Associative memory in amnesia and normal ageing." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.367235.

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Gannon, Monte. "Validity of the Developmental Checklist of the Developmental Observation Checklist System." TopSCHOLAR®, 2007. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/397.

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This study investigates the use of the Developmental Checklist (DC) of the Developmental Observation Checklist System (DOCS; Hresko, Miguel, Sherbenou, & Burton, 1994) as a screening measure for children birth to three years of age. Kentucky regulations require the use of the DC for screening in the KEIS-First Steps program, yet there is little information regarding the effectiveness of the measure as a screening tool. Evaluation data are presented for 51 children between the ages of 2 and 35 months on the DC and the Battelle Developmental Inventory, 2nd Edition (BDI-2; Newborg, 2005). The DC
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Johnson, Shane Douglas. "Memory monitoring abilities, prefrontal cortex functioning and ageing." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.368628.

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Vila, Victor Christian. "Social Networks, Health & Hispanic Gay Men Living in South Florida." FIU Digital Commons, 2017. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3194.

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Aging Hispanic populations are expected to increase in the United States (U.S.) to 21.5 million by 2060 according to the National Council on Aging (NCA) (2014). Although actual estimates vary, Gates (2013) asserts that over one million Hispanics identify as gay or bisexual and their unique needs must be explored (Clover, 2006; Cohn & Taylor, 2010; Fenkl, 2014). Unfortunately, few studies examine aging Hispanic men who identify as gay or bisexual according to the National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA) (2013). The objective of the current study was to extend the limited research on aging gay
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Cimini, Katharine L. "Cognitive Developmental Differences in Source Monitoring." W&M ScholarWorks, 1992. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539625773.

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Price, Jessica Mary. "The use of focus cues in healthy ageing." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2008. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/500/.

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It is known that general processing resources decline with age (Craik, 1983), yet language comprehension typically remains well preserved in normal aging (Wingfield & Grossman, 2006). It is well known that placing a concept within the scope of focus either with syntactic devices or prosody increases the salience of the text information (e.g., Birch & Rayner, 1997; Cutler & Fodor, 1979; Baker & Wagner, 1987; Cooreman & Sanford, 1996; Sturt, Sanford, Stewart & Dawydiak, 2004). Since information structuring cues are used over a lifetime, it is possible that it is preserved as a cue in older adult
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Morgan, Jane Louise. "Stimulus equivalence and developmental dyslexia." Thesis, Bangor University, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.362133.

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Campos, Ivy. "Do developmental assessments impact parental stress?" FIU Digital Commons, 2005. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1989.

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This study is a preliminary exploration of whether parental stress can be influenced by receiving the developmental assessment information about a target child. The study consisted of 25 self-referred families who sought developmental assessments from the Youth and Family Development Program (YFDP) at Florida International University, with children between 4 to 12 years of age. All parents contacting YFDP for developmental assessments completed a pre-test (Parenting Stress Index-Short Form (PSI-SF) over the telephone. Participants (both parent and child) completed an assessment battery during
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Craig, Ronald Keith. "Conceptions of weight : a developmental study /." The Ohio State University, 1992. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487775034179184.

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O'Brien, Alexis. "Psychological aspects of ageing in people with intellectual disabilities." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.269877.

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Mok, Robert. "Working memory in healthy ageing." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:36594546-962e-4f81-ad91-589dcd96f029.

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This thesis is concerned with the age-related changes in working memory (WM), and the inter-individual differences in cognitive and neural mechanisms that correspond to healthy versus poor ageing of WM function. The first half of this thesis focusses on the age-related decline in WM and whether preserved top-down attentional control could mitigate such deficits. In Chapter 2, I present a functional MRI study showing that older adults reliably recruit brain networks that subserve cognitive control, which work in concert with the task relevant sensory areas during effective selective WM. In Chap
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Allen, Michael John. "Developmental aspects of handwriting acquisition." Thesis, Staffordshire University, 2011. http://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/1880/.

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This research set out to examine the changes in handwriting in children from the earliest learning experiences at about five years old through to the time that they leave education in late adolescence. The aims were to explore the changes that occur in handwriting, both of features used and their variability, to establish when they occur and to determine what the consequences are for the process of individualisation. A coding scheme was devised that was used to establish detailed changes in feature use of particular letters in the handwriting of children. The scheme was tested and then revised
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Erskine, James Anthony Keith. "Wisdom, ageing and counselling psychology : a preliminary investigation of wisdom." Thesis, Regent's University, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.646071.

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Seventy-one participants wrote down their wisest general and practical life advice. These transcripts were then rated for wisdom by twenty independent raters, and analysed using thematic content analysis. Participants also completed questionnaire measures of wisdom (3-Dimensional Wisdom Scale, 3DWS, Ardelt 2003) mental and physical health in order to examine convergent and divergent validity for this new method of eliciting wisdom. Participants were chosen to test whether their age or background would affect wisdom. Specifically 59 participants had no psychological background in training (degr
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Bai, Wenyu. "Developmental strategies and styles and their measurement." W&M ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539618521.

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Developmental styles and strategies (DSS) are preferences and repeated patterns in intentional self-development. A taxonomy of DSS based on the convergence of talent development and Sternberg's Triarchic Model of Intelligences was proposed to distinguish school learners, street learners, talent developers (specialists), and all-knowers (generalists). This study explored the reliability of the researcher-developed Educational Developmental Style and Strategy Scale, the relationships of age, gender, birth order, ethnicity, and SES to developmental DSS adoption, and the characteristics of five ty
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Clements, Andrea D., and M. Byous. "Introductory Psychology Need Not Be a Prerequisite for Developmental Lifespan Psychology." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 1999. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7315.

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Saros, Nicole. "Consultation for Children with Developmental Delays." Thesis, McGill University, 2008. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=95674.

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The primary objective ofthe present study was to examine the effectiveness of problem-solving consultation and videotape therapy in reducing externalizing behavior problems in children with developmental delays. Multiple measures were used to determine intervention efficacy (e.g., observations ofparent-child interactions, recorded frequency of childrens' behavior, and ratings from responses on standardized parent questionnaires). A second objective was to explore the relationship between parent and child behavior, The researcher evaluated the quality of parent-child interactions, in terms of c
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Garrad-Cole, Frances. "Developmental aspects of temporal visual attention." Thesis, Bangor University, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.288135.

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Saunders, Jessica Faye. "Social Comparison in Eating Disorder Recovery: A Mixed-Methodological Approach." FIU Digital Commons, 2018. https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3818.

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This dissertation examines social comparison tendencies in young women during eating disorder (ED) recovery. Study one drew on a photo-elicitation method (“PhotoVoice”) and semi-structured interviews to examine this relation. Thirty U.S. women, ages 18-35, in self-defined recovery from disordered eating, used photography to capture personally-meaningful social and cultural influences on their recovery. Participants then shared these photographs with the research team and described them in detail. Photographs and interviews were examined for social comparisons using thematic analysis, and two b
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Johnson, Anna C. "How Adult Children Experience Parent Dependency in a Caregiving/Care-Receiving Dyad." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1060.

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Despite plentiful research on the physical, psychological, and emotional demands on adult child caregivers, there are few studies that highlight developmental issues in the adult child/dependent parent dyad. This study was designed to highlight the dependency factor in this dyad, thus addressing the gap in the literature. With family systems theory, attachment theory, and role conceptualizations constituting the bases for the study, research questions addressed how adult child caregivers experience parental dependency and how dependency affects the caregiving/care-receiving dynamic. Ten volun
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Watson, Deborah. "Treatment practices of childhood sexual abuse: A developmental psychopathology perspective." ScholarWorks, 2008. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/628.

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Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) occurs in up to 9.9 % of the general population. Clinical implications of CSA are lasting and warrant treatment utilizing suitable approaches. Although the developmental psychopathology model encourages clinicians to evaluate disorders in the context of risk/protective factors, cultural issues and development, there is a gap in current research regarding the utilization of developmental theory among clinicians working with this population. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine consistent patterns in treatment practices employed by therapists with CSA
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Beurkens, Nicole M. "The impact of symptom severity on parent-child interaction and relationships among children with autism." ScholarWorks, 2010. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/812.

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Recent estimates indicate that 1 in 100 children in the United States is diagnosed on the autism spectrum. Although research has demonstrated the bidirectional nature of parentchild relations, the effect of child autism symptom severity on parent-child interaction and overall relationships has not yet been explored. This study examined the impact of child symptom severity in children ages 4-15 years, as measured by the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS), on parent-child interaction, as measured by the Dyadic Coding Scale (DCS), and parent-child relationships, as measured by the Pare
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Somers, Patricia A. "Predictors of placement duration for foster and adopted children with special needs." ScholarWorks, 2009. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/691.

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Foster and adopted children with special needs have high rates of placement instability. This has been associated with their increased risk of having special needs, particularly reactive attachment disorder which results from severe disruptions in early relationships. Child welfare agencies report inadequate knowledge of specific placement predictors and assessment measures, although research has shown that placement duration is partly a function of successful parent-child match. Using Bowlby's attachment theory as the theoretical framework, this quantitative study examined the contributions o
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Diederich, Marcia C. "Cultural determinants in Chinese and American preschool children's understanding of physical laws and social rules." Menomonie, WI : University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2008. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2008/2008diederichm.pdf.

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Olson, Richard K., Reinhold Kliegl, Brian J. Davidson, and Gregory Foltz. "Individual and developmental differences in reading disability." Universität Potsdam, 1985. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2009/3991/.

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I. Introduction A. Theoretical Framework and Selection of Tests B. Related Studies of Reading Disability Subtypes C. Overview of Specific Questions and Article Outline II. Selection criteria nd performance on standardized measures III. Group differences between disabled and normal readers A. Phonetic Memory B. Picture-Naming Speed and Automatic Responses to Print C. Phonological and Orthographic Skill D. Easy Regular and Exception Word Reading E. Difficult Regular and Exception Words IV. Individual diferences in reading disability A. Phonological Skill, Orthographic Skill, and the Regularit
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Hirsch-Pemberton, Robert Gray. "When is a developmental issue not a developmental issue? : the case of the conservation task controversy." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/18965.

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Gotham, Heather J. "Alcohol involvement and developmental tasks during young adulthood analyses based on a developmental psychopathology perspective /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9953860.

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Boddy, Christopher Ryan. "Adult Separation Anxiety Disorder (ASAD): Developmental Implications and Clinical Correlates." NSUWorks, 2013. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_stuetd/11.

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Separation anxiety (SA) is often thought to occur exclusively during childhood; however, recent research has identified a putative diagnosis of Adult Separation Anxiety Disorder (ASAD), which mirrors separation anxiety often exhibited during juvenile years. Several studies have suggested that exposure to certain parental features during childhood may lead to the development of ASAD, including parental depression, parental anxiety, and parental overprotection. This study aimed to address these hypotheses by examining retrospective report of exposure to specific parental features among a populat
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Raleigh, Linda. "Developmental coordination disorder : a contextualised perspective." Thesis, City University London, 2013. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/2517/.

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This research project investigated the lived experience of DCD in the daily lives of young adult students. The participants were eight students aged between 19 and 22 years of age who self-reported DCD. Semi-structured interviews were utilised to capture the students’ accounts of their daily lives and the data analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Six master themes emerged that illustrated the lived experience of DCD: DCD in Transition, DCD in Functional Context, DCD in Social Context, DCD in Psychological Context, DCD and Support, and finally DCD and Young Adult – Dyn
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Tilgner, Katharina Dorothea. "Mechanisms of renal ageing in a rodent model of developmental programming arising from early catch-up growth." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2016. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/mechanisms-of-renal-ageing-in-a-rodent-model-of-developmental-programming-arising-from-early-catchup-growth(b8b5cc8e-c807-41c1-a781-3fb60f1b03d3).html.

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This thesis examines the underlying mechanisms of how in utero growth restriction (IUGR), followed by postnatal catch-up growth, predisposes the offspring to accelerated renal ageing. Advanced renal ageing following in utero nutritional deprivation has been indicated in large population cohort studies, such as the Dutch Hunger Winter or the Leningrad Siege. To address potential mechanisms contributing to accelerated renal ageing, an established rodent model was used in which IUGR is achieved by dietary protein restriction in pregnant Wistar rats. An enhanced nutritional plane after IUGR has be
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Ryan, Melissa-Sue, and n/a. "Ageing and emotion : categorisation, recognition, and social understanding." University of Otago. Department of Psychology, 2009. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20090309.150008.

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The present thesis investigated age differences in emotion recognition skills of 146 older adults (age range 60-92 years) and 146 young adults (age range 18-25 years) in four experiments. Experiment 1 assessed participants� ability to categorise facial expressions of sadness, fear, happiness, and surprise. In Experiments 2 and 3, participants were asked to identify six emotions (happiness, sadness, surprise, fear, anger, disgust) from still and dynamic faces, alone and in combination with vocal expressions. Finally, Experiment 4 compared performance on these standard emotion recognition paradi
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Ramsay, Ronald. "Visual processing deficit explanations of developmental dyslexia." Thesis, University of Dundee, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.263484.

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Webber, Troy A. "Fetal Testosterone: Developmental Effects on Externalizing Behavior." Scholar Commons, 2015. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7376.

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Fetal testosterone (FT) exposure influences sexual differentiation and may promote well-established sex differences in externalizing (EXT) behavior. Although puberty may be a critical period for these effects, it is unknown how FT exposure influences EXT as a function of pubertal development. We used a longitudinal, multi-sample design to test the relationships between two proxy indices of FT exposure and EXT as a function of age and pubertal development (approximately ages 6, 9, 11, 14, and 16). Twin data were used to approximate FT exposure (TT-FT) because testosterone is thought to cross th
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Biundo, Roberta. "Lexical-semantic parameters as robust endophenotypes of abnormal cognitive decline in ageing." Thesis, University of Hull, 2010. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:5713.

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The objective of this dissertation was to characterise the relative contribution of genetic influences to individual differences in cross sectional performance and decline of semantic-lexical abilities and to investigate whether these linguistic effects indicating semantic degradation are sensitive indicators of medial temporal atrophy in early Alzheimer's disease and in patients with mild cognitive impairment of amnestic type (aMCI). The effect of ApoE status in the genetic profile of these groups on deterioration of semantic abilities was studied to verify whether there was any relationship
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Sorenson, Dianna Lee Spies. "Developmental aspects of pregnancy: Correlates of self-satisfaction." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185080.

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The purpose of this research was to explore and describe the relationships among four concepts within a proposed nursing theory. The research questions which directed the research focus on the relationships among the concepts self-satisfaction, affirmatory communication, pregnancy timing synchrony and physical symptoms in pregnancy; and the combination of variables that best explain self-satisfaction experienced among pregnant women. A descriptive-correlational design was used to address the research questions. Purposive sampling was used to obtain a sample of 210 women who attended prenatal e
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Morgan, Brett Bethany Rowan. "The negotiation of midlife : exploring the subjective experience of ageing." Thesis, University of Essex, 2010. http://repository.essex.ac.uk/2394/.

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This thesis explores the subjective experience of ageing with a particular focus on midlife. I argue that midlife signifies an important phase of transition in the life course which is often characterised by essential changes in personal circumstances. Although many of these changes are anticipated their impact can still come as a surprise, reawakening old psychological threats and anxieties as well as creating new ones. The death of parents, children leaving home, changes at work and an awareness of an ageing body: these changes are usually anticipated at a practical level but can create a se
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Bonner, Lesley. "Are there developmental differences in face processing?" Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2004. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/4314/.

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This thesis examines whether there are developmental differences in face processing. Performance on face processing tasks improving steadily with age, however, there is no consensus over whether this improvement is quantitative or qualitative in nature. This research aims to determine whether children process faces in the same way as do adults and become more efficient as they get older, indicative of quantitative improvements, or, whether children process faces differently from adults and undergo a qualitative shift that can account for the observed improvement with age. The experiments in th
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