Katherine Covell
Biographic Data
| ID | 5167874 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katherine Covell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katherine |
| FAMILY NAME | Covell |
| SIGNATURE | COVELL K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cape Breton University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 75 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Educación de los Derechos Humanos de los niños como medio para la Justicia Social
La justicia social depende en parte de la existencia y el conocimiento de los instrumentos legales de los derechos humanos. También depende de la motivación para actuar con el fin de promover y proteger los derechos de todas las personas. Para ello se requiere una educación efectiva de los derechos humanos. Aunque hay acuerdos sobre diversos instrumentos legales sobre los derechos humanos, carecemos de una educación eficaz de los derechos humanos…
Violating the Rights of the Child through Inadequate Sexual Health Education
The focus of this research was to examine the impact of traditional sexual health education, an approach that infringes upon children's rights to information, on 15 year-olds' knowledge of birth control, sexually transmitted infections, pregnancy, attitudes toward gays and lesbians. One hundred and twenty grade ten students completed a survey comprising measures of sex education received, sexual activity, sexual health knowledge, attitudes toward…
Children, Families and Violence
"This book examines the risk factors surrounding children at risk of experiencing and perpetrating violence, and looks at the positive role that children's rights can play in their protection. The book will be essential reading for professionals working with young offenders, academics, students, practitioners and policy-makers."--Jacket
Adoption and the Best Interests of the Child
The International Journal of Children’s Rights CONTENTS Volume 14 No. 2 2006 Articles Rebekah Snow and Katherine Covell: Adoption and the Best Interests of the Child: The Dilemma of Cultural Interpretations 109–117 Eva Brems: Above Children’s Heads: The Headscarf Controversy in European Schools from the Perspective of Children’s Rights 119–136 Terry Anne Dobbs, et al. : “No, We Don’t Get a Say, Children Just Suffer the Consequences”: Children Tal…
Susan M. Turner, Something to Cry About
Who Cares? Women's Work, Childcare and Welfare State Redesign
The Challenge of Children's Rights for Canada
Canada signed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child over a decade ago, yet there is still a lack of awareness about and provision for children's rights. What are Canada's obligations to children? How has Canada fallen short? Why is it so important to the future of Canadian society that children's rights be met? Prompted by the gap between the promise of children's rights and the reality of their continuing denial, Katherine Cov…
Introducing a New Grade 8 Curriculum in Children's Rights
Existing research indicates that the effective implementation of new curricula depends on several variables including teachers' agreement with the goals of a new program, its impact on workload, and opportunities for professional development. The purpose of this research was to assess how far 31 grade 8 teachers implemented a new children s rights curriculum, whether the implementation of the curriculum changed their and their students' attitudes…
The Impact of Women in Advertisements on Attitudes Toward Women
Public attitudes and juvenile justice in Canada
345 Public attitudes and juvenile justice in Canada KATHERINE COVELL and R. BRIAN HOWE* Children's Rights Centre, University College of Cape Breton, Sydney, Canada The issue of juvenile justice in Canada has, since the 1984 enactment of the Young Offenders Act, continued to evoke antithetical responses from the general public and from professionals. Whereas professionals express concern about increased youth incarceration rates and insufficient t…
The intergenerational transmission of maternal discipline and standards for behavior
Mothers and grandmothers of 3‐ to 5‐year‐olds rated their frequency of use of five disciplinary techniques – physical punishment, withdrawal of love, explanation, material reward, and praise, described how they would react in a variety of disciplinary situations, and rated how stringent they were in demanding appropriate behavior in the areas of obedience, honesty, helping, and control of aggression. Mothers were asked to respond with reference t…
Variations in support for children's rights among Canadian youth
Images of women in advertisements
The Appeal of Image Advertisements
Past research with adults has shown that image advertisements are especially appealing and persuasive to adults with high social-image concerns. In this study the appeal of such advertisements to young adolescents as a function of age, gender and imaginary audience ideation was assessed. One hundred fifty-six males and females 8 through 16 years of age rated the appeal of image and quality oriented advertisements for alcohol, tobacco, clothing, a…
The Impact of Women in Advertisements on Attitudes Toward Women
Images of women in advertisements
The Challenge of Children's Rights for Canada
Canada signed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child over a decade ago, yet there is still a lack of awareness about and provision for children's rights. What are Canada's obligations to children? How has Canada fallen short? Why is it so important to the future of Canadian society that children's rights be met? Prompted by the gap between the promise of children's rights and the reality of their continuing denial, Katherine Cov…
Variations in support for children's rights among Canadian youth
The Appeal of Image Advertisements
Past research with adults has shown that image advertisements are especially appealing and persuasive to adults with high social-image concerns. In this study the appeal of such advertisements to young adolescents as a function of age, gender and imaginary audience ideation was assessed. One hundred fifty-six males and females 8 through 16 years of age rated the appeal of image and quality oriented advertisements for alcohol, tobacco, clothing, a…
Who Cares? Women's Work, Childcare and Welfare State Redesign
Violating the Rights of the Child through Inadequate Sexual Health Education
The focus of this research was to examine the impact of traditional sexual health education, an approach that infringes upon children's rights to information, on 15 year-olds' knowledge of birth control, sexually transmitted infections, pregnancy, attitudes toward gays and lesbians. One hundred and twenty grade ten students completed a survey comprising measures of sex education received, sexual activity, sexual health knowledge, attitudes toward…
The intergenerational transmission of maternal discipline and standards for behavior
Mothers and grandmothers of 3‐ to 5‐year‐olds rated their frequency of use of five disciplinary techniques – physical punishment, withdrawal of love, explanation, material reward, and praise, described how they would react in a variety of disciplinary situations, and rated how stringent they were in demanding appropriate behavior in the areas of obedience, honesty, helping, and control of aggression. Mothers were asked to respond with reference t…
The Appeal of Image Advertisements
Past research with adults has shown that image advertisements are especially appealing and persuasive to adults with high social-image concerns. In this study the appeal of such advertisements to young adolescents as a function of age, gender and imaginary audience ideation was assessed. One hundred fifty-six males and females 8 through 16 years of age rated the appeal of image and quality oriented advertisements for alcohol, tobacco, clothing, a…
The intergenerational transmission of maternal discipline and standards for behavior
Mothers and grandmothers of 3‐ to 5‐year‐olds rated their frequency of use of five disciplinary techniques – physical punishment, withdrawal of love, explanation, material reward, and praise, described how they would react in a variety of disciplinary situations, and rated how stringent they were in demanding appropriate behavior in the areas of obedience, honesty, helping, and control of aggression. Mothers were asked to respond with reference t…
Variations in support for children's rights among Canadian youth
Images of women in advertisements
Public attitudes and juvenile justice in Canada
345 Public attitudes and juvenile justice in Canada KATHERINE COVELL and R. BRIAN HOWE* Children's Rights Centre, University College of Cape Breton, Sydney, Canada The issue of juvenile justice in Canada has, since the 1984 enactment of the Young Offenders Act, continued to evoke antithetical responses from the general public and from professionals. Whereas professionals express concern about increased youth incarceration rates and insufficient t…
The Impact of Women in Advertisements on Attitudes Toward Women
Susan M. Turner, Something to Cry About
Who Cares? Women's Work, Childcare and Welfare State Redesign
The Challenge of Children's Rights for Canada
Canada signed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child over a decade ago, yet there is still a lack of awareness about and provision for children's rights. What are Canada's obligations to children? How has Canada fallen short? Why is it so important to the future of Canadian society that children's rights be met? Prompted by the gap between the promise of children's rights and the reality of their continuing denial, Katherine Cov…
Introducing a New Grade 8 Curriculum in Children's Rights
Existing research indicates that the effective implementation of new curricula depends on several variables including teachers' agreement with the goals of a new program, its impact on workload, and opportunities for professional development. The purpose of this research was to assess how far 31 grade 8 teachers implemented a new children s rights curriculum, whether the implementation of the curriculum changed their and their students' attitudes…
Adoption and the Best Interests of the Child
The International Journal of Children’s Rights CONTENTS Volume 14 No. 2 2006 Articles Rebekah Snow and Katherine Covell: Adoption and the Best Interests of the Child: The Dilemma of Cultural Interpretations 109–117 Eva Brems: Above Children’s Heads: The Headscarf Controversy in European Schools from the Perspective of Children’s Rights 119–136 Terry Anne Dobbs, et al. : “No, We Don’t Get a Say, Children Just Suffer the Consequences”: Children Tal…
Children, Families and Violence
"This book examines the risk factors surrounding children at risk of experiencing and perpetrating violence, and looks at the positive role that children's rights can play in their protection. The book will be essential reading for professionals working with young offenders, academics, students, practitioners and policy-makers."--Jacket
Violating the Rights of the Child through Inadequate Sexual Health Education
The focus of this research was to examine the impact of traditional sexual health education, an approach that infringes upon children's rights to information, on 15 year-olds' knowledge of birth control, sexually transmitted infections, pregnancy, attitudes toward gays and lesbians. One hundred and twenty grade ten students completed a survey comprising measures of sex education received, sexual activity, sexual health knowledge, attitudes toward…
Educación de los Derechos Humanos de los niños como medio para la Justicia Social
La justicia social depende en parte de la existencia y el conocimiento de los instrumentos legales de los derechos humanos. También depende de la motivación para actuar con el fin de promover y proteger los derechos de todas las personas. Para ello se requiere una educación efectiva de los derechos humanos. Aunque hay acuerdos sobre diversos instrumentos legales sobre los derechos humanos, carecemos de una educación eficaz de los derechos humanos…
Psychology (10 works) · Political science (8 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (4 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (4 works) · Aggression (3 works)