Gerald Adams

Biographic Data

ID5509468
NAMEGerald Adams
GIVEN NAMESGerald
FAMILY NAMEAdams
SIGNATUREADAMS G
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Guelph
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS54
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1981
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
H-INDEX1

  • The effectiveness of participatory theatre with early adolescents in school‐based sexuality education

    James J Ponzetti, Jan Selman et al.ARTICLESex Education2009

    Public concern about adolescent sexuality has garnered considerable interest in recent decades. Most teenagers are either thinking about or acting on their sexual impulses. Yet notable controversy exists regarding sexual education among youth. Adolescents report sexuality education must speak to issues of interest to them and be delivered in a compelling manner. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of theatre as an effec…

  • The Student Perception of University Support and Structure Scale

    Maxine Gallander Wintre, Shawn K E Gates et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth Studies2009Cited by: 1References: 6

    A new scale, the Student Perception of University Support and Structure Scale (SPUSS), was developed for research on the transition to university. The scale was based on concepts derived from Baumrind's (1971) theory of parenting styles. Data were obtained from two separate cohorts of freshmen (n=759 and 397) attending six Canadian universities of varying sizes. The scale demonstrated excellent psychometric properties with Cronbach alphas of 0.87…

  • The Importance of Friends

    Open AccessVanessa M Buote, S Mark Pancer et al.ARTICLEJournal of Adolescent Research2007Cited by: 53References: 10

    In a study of new friendships and adjustment among 1st-year university students, students at six Canadian universities completed questionnaires that assessed the quality of new friendships and adjustment during their first academic year. In-depth, face-to-face interviews about students' new friendships were conducted with a subsample of these students. Results indicated a significant positive relation between quality of new friendships and adjust…

  • Gender, perceived parental monitoring, and behavioral adjustment

    John A Webb, James H Bray et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry2002References: 34

    This study examined relationships among gender, perceived parental monitoring, externalizing behaviors, and adolescent alcohol use in a 2-wave longitudinal study. Females reported more perceived parental monitoring and less alcohol use than males. Perceived maternal and paternal monitoring were related to less alcohol use over time. Increases in alcohol use were associated with increases in externalizing behaviors over time. Perceived maternal mo…

  • Gender, perceived parental monitoring and behavioral adjustment

    John A Webb, James H Bray et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry2002

  • Maternal Behavior and the Development of Empathy in Preschool Children

    Open AccessLarry Jensen, Craig Peery et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1981

    60 preschool children were administered the Borke Empathy Scale. Their mothers completed a modified version of the Rollins Child-rearing Scale. The mothers' child-rearing scores plus children's age and sex were used in a multiple regression analysis to predict the children's empathy scores. Intelligence, female gender, high support, use of reasoning, and low-rule-orientation in the home predicted higher empathy scores among preschool children. Th…