David G Scherer
Biographic Data
| ID | 1560177 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David G Scherer |
| GIVEN NAMES | David G |
| FAMILY NAME | Scherer |
| SIGNATURE | SCHERER D G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Same-Sex Parent Socialization: Understanding Gay and Lesbian Parenting Practices as Cultural Socialization
Cultural socialization refers to the processes by which parents communicate cultural values, beliefs, customs, and behaviors to their children. To date, research on cultural socialization has focused primarily on racial- and ethnic-minority families, and more contemporary studies have examined these practices among international and transracial adoptive families. In general, four main themes have emerged in the literature: Cultural Socialization,…
Decision-making skills of emerging adults aging out of foster care
Conceptualizing the Role of Research Literacy in Advancing Societal Health
Research literacy' is proposed as a key concept for advancing societal health. To examine whether improvements in research literacy would affect knowledge of and ethical participation in research, parents of young children received a brief educational intervention designed to enhance their understanding of child research. Results demonstrated that the intervention improved research-related knowledge and increased parents' comfort with their resea…
Prepracticum Service-Learning: Examining the Relationship With Counselor Self-Efficacy and Anxiety
Prepracticum service-learning is an integral part of the curriculum for counselor education students at a large southwestern university. Service-learning is accomplished by placing novice students in school or community agency settings to acquire early, practical, field-based experience. Activities are more structured and supervised than in an internship or practicum. Analysis indicated that prepracticum service-learning had a positive significan…
Adolescent Health-Compromising Behaviors: Motivating School Counselors
Multisystemic therapy with violent and chronic juvenile offenders and their families: The role of treatment fidelity in successful dissemination.
Reasserting the authority of science
Gardner Scherer and Tester (1989) feel that Melton has misunderstood their intentions and views about the American Psychological Associations (APA) amicus briefs on the adolescent abortion issue concerning the use of science in legal advocacy. Gardner et al. did not ever acknowledge the issue regarding adolescents abilities to make health related-decision and weight risks and benefits with the same level of competence as adults. There were no eva…
Asserting scientific authority: Cognitive development and adolescent legal rights
The APA uses amicus briefs to communicate scientific knowledge to the legal system. There can be tension, however, between promoting the social good through law and the disinterested reporting of scientific data. This article examines this conflict by discussing two APA amicus briefs filed in the United States Supreme Court in cases involving adolescents' abortion rights. The Court has restricted adolescents' rights to make important life decisio…
Asserting scientific authority: Cognitive development and adolescent legal rights
Prepracticum Service-Learning: Examining the Relationship With Counselor Self-Efficacy and Anxiety
Prepracticum service-learning is an integral part of the curriculum for counselor education students at a large southwestern university. Service-learning is accomplished by placing novice students in school or community agency settings to acquire early, practical, field-based experience. Activities are more structured and supervised than in an internship or practicum. Analysis indicated that prepracticum service-learning had a positive significan…
Conceptualizing the Role of Research Literacy in Advancing Societal Health
Research literacy' is proposed as a key concept for advancing societal health. To examine whether improvements in research literacy would affect knowledge of and ethical participation in research, parents of young children received a brief educational intervention designed to enhance their understanding of child research. Results demonstrated that the intervention improved research-related knowledge and increased parents' comfort with their resea…
Asserting scientific authority: Cognitive development and adolescent legal rights
The APA uses amicus briefs to communicate scientific knowledge to the legal system. There can be tension, however, between promoting the social good through law and the disinterested reporting of scientific data. This article examines this conflict by discussing two APA amicus briefs filed in the United States Supreme Court in cases involving adolescents' abortion rights. The Court has restricted adolescents' rights to make important life decisio…
Asserting scientific authority: Cognitive development and adolescent legal rights
Reasserting the authority of science
Gardner Scherer and Tester (1989) feel that Melton has misunderstood their intentions and views about the American Psychological Associations (APA) amicus briefs on the adolescent abortion issue concerning the use of science in legal advocacy. Gardner et al. did not ever acknowledge the issue regarding adolescents abilities to make health related-decision and weight risks and benefits with the same level of competence as adults. There were no eva…
Multisystemic therapy with violent and chronic juvenile offenders and their families: The role of treatment fidelity in successful dissemination.
Adolescent Health-Compromising Behaviors: Motivating School Counselors
Prepracticum Service-Learning: Examining the Relationship With Counselor Self-Efficacy and Anxiety
Prepracticum service-learning is an integral part of the curriculum for counselor education students at a large southwestern university. Service-learning is accomplished by placing novice students in school or community agency settings to acquire early, practical, field-based experience. Activities are more structured and supervised than in an internship or practicum. Analysis indicated that prepracticum service-learning had a positive significan…
Conceptualizing the Role of Research Literacy in Advancing Societal Health
Research literacy' is proposed as a key concept for advancing societal health. To examine whether improvements in research literacy would affect knowledge of and ethical participation in research, parents of young children received a brief educational intervention designed to enhance their understanding of child research. Results demonstrated that the intervention improved research-related knowledge and increased parents' comfort with their resea…
Same-Sex Parent Socialization: Understanding Gay and Lesbian Parenting Practices as Cultural Socialization
Cultural socialization refers to the processes by which parents communicate cultural values, beliefs, customs, and behaviors to their children. To date, research on cultural socialization has focused primarily on racial- and ethnic-minority families, and more contemporary studies have examined these practices among international and transracial adoptive families. In general, four main themes have emerged in the literature: Cultural Socialization,…
Decision-making skills of emerging adults aging out of foster care
Psychology (9 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Medical education (4 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (3 works) · Counseling Practices and Supervision (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Applied Psychology (2 works)