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A Cluster Randomized Trial of Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS®) With Swedish Preschool Children
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The preschool edition of Promoting Alternative THinking Strategies (PATHS®) is a school-based, teacher implemented universal intervention developed in the United States designed to promote social emotional competence (SEC) in children a...
Publication · June 30, 2025
The Importance of Positive Psychological Strengths in Well-Being and Adjustment of Romanian Emerging Adults: A Pattern and Variable-Oriented Approach
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Transition to adulthood in countries that have seen recent historical structural changes in society as well as changes in what it means to be an adult represents important contexts for investigations of ways in which positive developmen...
Publication · June 30, 2025
Does attending preschool in an economically advantaged or disadvantaged neighborhood moderate the effects of the preschool edition of promoting alternative thinking strategies®?
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Early interventions that foster the participation, engagement, and development of children attending preschools, including those in economically disadvantaged (low-income) neighborhoods, are of high priority. One such intervention is a ...
Publication · June 30, 2025
Study protocol for a non-randomized controlled trial of the effects of internet-based parent training as a booster to the preschool edition of PATHS®: Universal edition of the Parent Web
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Well implemented, universal parental support is often effective in families with younger children, but research on their effects on families with adolescent children is scarce. In this study, a trial of the universal parent training int...
Publication · June 30, 2025
Children’s social emotional competence in Pakistan and Sweden: Factor structure and measurement invariance of the Social Competence Scale (teacher edition)
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Introduction Social emotional competence is fundamental to the positive development of children and youth. Accurately understanding and assessing children’s social emotional competencies, using psychometrically sound instruments, are es...
Publication · June 30, 2025
Cognitive abilities in a sample of young Swedish children
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Cognitive abilities are closely related to social emotional competences (SEC). These abilities are important foundations in order to adapt to school, interact with peers and adults, as well as to navigate the wider socio-cultural contex...
Publication · June 30, 2025
Empowering Nontraditional College Students: A Self-Transformative Intervention for Promoting Positive Identity Development
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ABSTRACT Identity development has been consistently linked to a variety of positive adjustment indicators and plays a critical role during times of uncertainty. Despite this, only a handful of interventions have been developed to promot...
Publication · June 30, 2025
White-nose syndrome: An emerging disease and a potential threat to Mexican bats
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Actualmente, en Norteamérica, algunas especies de murciélagos hibernantes se encuentran amenazados por la enfermedad Síndrome de la Nariz Blanca (SNB), causada por el hongo Pseudogymnoascus destructans. Esta enfermedad prolifera durante...
Publication · June 30, 2025