OBJECTIVE This study examines racial differences between Whites and Blacks in the association of parenting style typologies with changes in heavy episodic drinking from adolescence to young adulthood. METHOD The analytic sample consists of 9,942 adolescents drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, which followed respondents from ages 12 to 31 years. Confirmatory factor...

Several recent research efforts have focused on the dynamic aspects of software architectures providing suitable models and techniques for handling the run-time modification of the structure of a system. A large number of heterogeneous proposals for addressing dynamic architectures at many different levels of abstraction have been provided, such as programmable, ad-hoc, self-healing and self-re...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the presented studies was to empirically analyze the relation between the symptoms of personality disorders and the structure of identity-related senses. The analyses were conducted within two models - based on Millon's theory of personality and DSM-IV personality disorder classification system. METHODS In the studies, a total of 197 university students of various majors...

decision making is the essence of managers activities and is of great importance in all of their responsibilities. the main purpose of this study is to investigate general decision making styles of n.i.o.p.d.c ‘s managers in order to study the construction validity of g.d.m.s questionnaire. a collection of 55 managers were selected as statistical sample and rational, intuitive, dependant, spont...

Within the past decade many writers and researchers have recognized the importance of including psychological characteristics in managerial decision models. Cognitive styles have been singled out for research attention to determine their importance in information use and the acceptance of the recommendations made by management scientists. Despite the evidence that cognitive styles influence inf...

Architectural styles codify commonly used idioms in system structures, organizations, and interactions. Existing classifications of architectural styles provide empirical guidelines for style selection, but fail to systematically characterize styles or reveal their foundations. Moreover, the mapping between architectural styles and their implementations is generally poorly understood. This pape...

Relationships between attachment styles and the content and structure of mental representations of parents were investigated. Undergraduates completed 3and 4-category measures of attachment style and wrote descriptions of their parents. Securely attached participants' parental representations were characterized by differentiation, elaboration, benevolence, and nonpunitiveness. Representations b...

coach's emotional intelligence inspires health and development of sport teams. balancing emotion and thought, emotional intelligence influences conflict conditions in workplace environment. the aim of this study was to explore the relationship between emotional intelligence and conflict management styles in the active karate coaches in isfahan province in 2012. 285 subjects were selected f...

the belief that output practice is crucial in l2 learning affects foreign language teaching methodology. and researchers have endeavored to find the best ways to encourage learners to produce and practice whatever they hear as an input in the process of learning. moreover, learning styles and the importance of matching learners’ styles with those of teachers inspired the researchers to investig...

The following ERIC Digest, written by Nancy Darling of Pennsylvania State University, discusses four types of parenting styles and the possible impact of the different parenting techniques.. ERIC Digests are short reports on topics of current interest to parents, policy makers, educators, and other practitioners. Other ERIC Digests are available on the ERIC/EECE Web site at http://ericeece.org/...