This study examined the development of school performance-related beliefs and their link with actual academic performance in Moscow children (Grades 2-6, N=55l) using the Control, Agency and Means-Ends Interview (CAMI). Results revealed much intercultural convergence with Western samples, coupled with context-specific variations. Similarities involved (a) the CAMI factor structure, (b) the corr...

Market research or employee surveys often involve: 1) a population of interest and 2) a need for measuring the number (percent) of people with a certain characteristic. Some of these population characteristics might be: percent of satisfied customers, percent of customers who showed interest toward a future product/service, or the number of people who might be users of a particular product/tech...

PURPOSE The purposes of this study were to determine i) if there is a sex difference in the age of the elite marathon runners and ii) if the sex difference in performance altered across the years that women have participated in the marathon. METHODS Age at time of competition and running times of the first five placed male and female runners who competed in the seven marathons of the World Ma...

This research reports on a conceptually and methodologically innovative study, which sought to measure the influence of gender on interpersonal distance. In so doing, we argue for an important distinction to be made between biological sex, gender role, and sexuality. To date, however, progress in the study of interpersonal distance (IPD) has been inhibited by poor operational definitions and in...

The purpose of this study was to collect normative data on and to assess the clinical usefulness of scales designed to measure the quality of children's ability to perform three bilateral motor coordination tasks: jumping jacks, symmetrical stride jumps, and reciprocal stride jumps. One hundred children, aged 5 to 9 years, were tested according to the scales developed for this study. Results in...

the study was carried out to investigate the effective soil and topographic features on distribution of plant types in sanib taftan watershed in sistan-and-balouchestan province, iran. initially, land units map was specified by combining three maps of slope, aspect and altitude. five types including artemisia santolina- hammada salicornica, artemisia sieberi- amygdalus lycioides, artemisia lehm...

introduction: the goal of professional librarians and informatics is providing useful services for users. this study aims to recognize the rate of commitment and authority of librarians to ethics instruction. method: this study is an applied ex post facto research. the population of study includes all librarians of isfahan public libraries in 2012. by in access selection, 207 questionnaires wer...