Priya G Nalkur
Biographic Data
| ID | 80814 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Priya G Nalkur |
| GIVEN NAMES | Priya G |
| FAMILY NAME | Nalkur |
| SIGNATURE | NALKUR P G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pennsylvania |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Student Drug Testing in the Context of Positive and Negative School Climates
When life is “difficult”
Research on street children has typically described the phenomenon and examined the risks of street life to healthy development. Thus far, research has not contextualized street children's psychosocial lives by comparing them with non-street children or street children undergoing rehabilitation. The purpose of this study was to assess how the life priorities of Tanzanian street children, former street children and school-going children (n = 183) …
Adolescent Hopefulness in Tanzania
This study compares hope in street youth, former street youth, and school youth (aged 12-18) in Tanzania. Responding to Snyder’s hope theory, the author argues that not only personal agency but also the stability of living context (street, shelter, home) shapes hopefulness. Employing qualitative and quantitative analyses, the author presents a framework that shows considerable differences by youth group in hope conceptualizations. Youth in unstab…
Achievement Orientations and Strategies
Cultures of achievement among street children ( n = 60), former street children ( n = 63), and school-going children ( n = 60), all of whom share the Kilimanjaro culture of Tanzania, are compared. The Thematic Apperception Test, a projective test known to evoke achievement concerns and originally designed for clinical psycho-diagnoses, was used to generate narratives for thematic analyses. The approach is child centered, allowing children to be i…
Adolescent Hopefulness in Tanzania
This study compares hope in street youth, former street youth, and school youth (aged 12-18) in Tanzania. Responding to Snyder’s hope theory, the author argues that not only personal agency but also the stability of living context (street, shelter, home) shapes hopefulness. Employing qualitative and quantitative analyses, the author presents a framework that shows considerable differences by youth group in hope conceptualizations. Youth in unstab…
Student Drug Testing in the Context of Positive and Negative School Climates
When life is “difficult”
Research on street children has typically described the phenomenon and examined the risks of street life to healthy development. Thus far, research has not contextualized street children's psychosocial lives by comparing them with non-street children or street children undergoing rehabilitation. The purpose of this study was to assess how the life priorities of Tanzanian street children, former street children and school-going children (n = 183) …
When life is “difficult”
Research on street children has typically described the phenomenon and examined the risks of street life to healthy development. Thus far, research has not contextualized street children's psychosocial lives by comparing them with non-street children or street children undergoing rehabilitation. The purpose of this study was to assess how the life priorities of Tanzanian street children, former street children and school-going children (n = 183) …
Adolescent Hopefulness in Tanzania
This study compares hope in street youth, former street youth, and school youth (aged 12-18) in Tanzania. Responding to Snyder’s hope theory, the author argues that not only personal agency but also the stability of living context (street, shelter, home) shapes hopefulness. Employing qualitative and quantitative analyses, the author presents a framework that shows considerable differences by youth group in hope conceptualizations. Youth in unstab…
Achievement Orientations and Strategies
Cultures of achievement among street children ( n = 60), former street children ( n = 63), and school-going children ( n = 60), all of whom share the Kilimanjaro culture of Tanzania, are compared. The Thematic Apperception Test, a projective test known to evoke achievement concerns and originally designed for clinical psycho-diagnoses, was used to generate narratives for thematic analyses. The approach is child centered, allowing children to be i…
Student Drug Testing in the Context of Positive and Negative School Climates
Psychology (4 works) · Context (archaeology (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (2 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Qualitative research (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)