Much of the recent literature in mentoring centers on the effectiveness of volunteers who donate their time to relationships with children in need of a positive adult role model (DuBois & Karcher, 2005). Because mentors generally take on a great deal of responsibility with youth who are often at-risk either personally or academically (Commonwealth Fund, 1998; McLearn, Colasanto & Schoen, 1998; McLearn et al., 1999), researchers want to identify those variables and practices that increase the chance of a successful and beneficial relationship (Nakkula & Harris, 2005). This study examined the benefits of adult-child mentoring and looked for connections between the mentees’ growth in social competence and the relationship length, match quality, and specific mentoring strategies employed. The mentors’ perceptions of sufficiency about the match, the mentee’s additional resources, and their own abilities were also examined. A survey was distributed electronically to 890 Austin, Texas mentors about their relationships, and a separate school level survey was distributed to the 90 mentor contacts located in each school that utilizes mentors. School demographic data was also collected from the Texas Education Agency. The results indicate that longer and more high-quality matches, an increased importance placed on getting the mentee to care more about others, and spending more time with the mentee’s teachers all predict higher levels of growth in specific social competencies. The strength of the match was also a positive predictor of the mentors’ sense of sufficiency about themselves and about the impact of mentoring with their mentee. The results suggest a need for increased training in the specific caring and teacher-involvement mentor strategies, and for more discussion with mentors about the importance of committing to long-term, high-quality matches. / text

Sportinis rengimas – įvairiapusis sudėtingas edukacinis vyksmas, apimantis sportininko mokymą ir auklėjimą, jo gebėjimų, fizinių ir psichinių ypatybių tobulinimą, harmoningą asmenybės ugdymą, sveikatos stiprinimą, gerų sportinių rezultatų siekimą. Šiuolaikiniam tinkliniui būdinga didelė treniruotės krūvio apimtis ir intensyvumas. Baigiamojo darbo tema – 2009–2013 m. U21 stipriausių pasaulio tinklinio komandų varžybinės veiklos ir rungtynių trukmės analizė pasaulio čempionate. Tyrimo objektas: 2009 ir 2013 m. U21 stipriausių pasaulio tinklinio čempionato komandų varžybinė veikla ir rungtynių trukmės rodikliai. Tyrimo tikslas – išanalizuoti 2009 ir 2013 metų U21 stipriausių pasaulio tinklinio komandų varžybinę veiklą. Tyrimo uždaviniai: 1. Išanalizuoti 2009 ir 2013 metų U21 stipriausių pasaulio tinklinio komandų varžybinę veiklą. 2. Atlikti 2009 ir 2013 metų U21 stipriausių pasaulio tinklinio komandų rungtynių trukmės analizę. 3. Palyginti 2009 ir 2013 metų U21 stipriausių pasaulio tinklinio komandų varžybinės veiklos rezultatus. Analizavome 2009 ir 2013 metų U21 stipriausių pasaulio tinklinio komandų varžybinę veiklą. Buvo atlikta komandų rezultatyvumo ir varžybų trukmės rodiklių analizė. Rezultatams apdoroti buvo taikyta matematinė analizė (skaičiuojama aritmetinis vidurkis, standartinis nuokrypis, aritmetinio vidurkio paklaida). Nustatyta, kad didžioji dalis (44–49 proc.) rungtynių baigiasi rezultatu 3 : 0, o apie 25 proc. rungtynių – rezultatu 3 : 1, 3 : 2, tačiau... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Sports Training – diverse educational complex process involving an athlete's training and education, his skills, physical and mental characteristics of the development of harmonious personality development, health promotion, good sports performance objectives. Contemporary volleyball characterized by high training volume and intensity of exercise. The thesis topic – the analysis of duration of volleyball matches and competition effectiveness in 2009 and 2013 world youth (U21) volleyball championship. The object of the 2009 and 2013. U21 strongest volleyball world championship teams match practice and match expectancy. The aim – to analyze the 2009 and 2013 U21 world's strongest volleyball teams game activity. Objectives of the study: 1. Analyze the 2009 and 2013 U21 world's strongest volleyball team's game activity. 2. Carried out in 2009 and 2013, the world's strongest U21 volleyball teams match -cycle analysis. 3. Compare the 2009 and 2013 U21 world's strongest volleyball teams match practice results. We analyzed the 2009 and 2013 U21 world's strongest volleyball teams in the game activity. It was made a team's performance analysis, and event expectancy. Results of the process were applied to the mathematical analysis (arithmetic mean, standard deviation, error of the mean). It was found that the majority of the game (44–49 percent) finishes 3 : 0, and 3 : 1, 3 : 2 and ending close to 25 percent of all matches. However, different parts of the distribution of events differ... [to full text]

College decisions are often the result of a variety of influences related to student background characteristics, academic characteristics, college preferences and college aspirations. College counselors recommend that students choose a variety of schools, especially schools where the general student body matches the academic achievement of students. These types of schools are generally referred to as match schools. This thesis examined the initial college decisions of high school students in a large Midwestern state, who were an academic match for selective and highly selective schools by observing the student characteristics that were most influential in predicting college matching for students’ initial first choice institution. This thesis also observed college enrollment among students who chose a match school as their first choice institution, college matching over a time period from 1992 to 2013, and college matching after the implementation of a state initiative designed to help students apply for college. Logistic regression along with descriptive statistics were used as the primary analyses for college matching. Results from these analyses showed that students belonging to underrepresented minority groups had odds of college matching for their first choice institution that were significantly greater than white students. Students whose parents earned at least a bachelor’s degree had odds that were significantly greater than students whose parents had not earned a bachelor’s degree. Also, students whose coursework included calculus and physics, and students who planned to earn a graduate degree had significantly greater odds of matching on their first choice institution than students who were not a part of these respective groups. Among students in the sample who chose a match school for their first choice institution, students who had at least one parent earn up to a bachelor’s degree were significantly more likely to enroll in a match school. Also, the percentage of students at a single high school who were eligible for free and reduced lunch were negatively associated with the odds of students enrolling in a match school. To observe score sending among students to their first choice institution over time an additional variable, “year” was added to the logistic regression model to compare the years of 2000, 2008 and 2013 to 1992. The results of this logistic regression analysis showed that students’ odds of choosing a match school for their first choice institution were significantly lower in 2008 and 2013 than in 1992. College matching for students who attended high schools serviced by the state initiative were compared using the percentage differences in college matching before and after the implementation of the program. However, results could not be interpreted with certainty due to the small size of the sample.

The research investigated the impact of sexual harassment on withdrawal behaviors and attitudes toward harassment by examining the gender composition of the harassment dyad and the organizational status of the perpetrator in relation to the victim. Archival data from the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research at the University of Michigan was used to obtain surveys in which participants rated their attitudes and experiences related to sexual harassment. Only individuals who reported experiencing sexual harassment within the 24 months prior to data collection are included in the current research. A MANOVA was conducted to determine if withdrawal behaviors and attitudes of victims varied by the gender dyad and/or the organizational status of the perpetrator. Results indicated that individuals harassed by people with higher organizational status displayed more withdrawal behaviors in the form of decreased productivity and increased use of sick, annual, and unpaid leave. Individuals harassed by a member of the same gender also used more unpaid leave. Interestingly, individuals harassed by members of the opposite gender, tended to disagree more strongly with the attitude index measuring cautious awareness of sexual harassment.

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<p>Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur rekryteringsprocessen vid anställning av chef går till samt vikten av organisatorisk och personlig matchning av chef och företag. Författarna är även intresserade av betydelsen av psykologiska kontrakt i rekryteringssammanhang. Studien är inriktad mot rekryteringsföretag specialiserade på chefsrekrytering som organisationsmässigt skiljer sig så mycket som möjligt från varandra för att få en bredare syn. Undersökningen har delats in i olika områden som består av rekryteringsprocessen, meriter och personlighet samt organisatorisk passform. Studien är utförd genom intervjuer på sju deltagande rekryteringsföretag belägna i Mälardalen. Resultatet visar att det avgörande för rekryteringsprocessen är kravprofilsmötet där rekryteraren möter företaget som ska anställa. Efter en grundläggande kompetens passande uppdraget, är det personligheten som avgör vem som får jobbet.</p>

Dejting har förändrats mycket under de senaste åren. Det som tidigare bestod av fysiska möten har ersatts av bland annat internetdejting och dejting via mobilappar. Det är av sociologisk stor vikt att undersöka huruvida kontaktskapandet inom dejtingvärlden ser ut idag. Studien som presenterats nedan har specifikt valt att undersöka eventuella likheter mellan beteenden som sker inom online och offline inom dejtingvärlden. Offlinebeteendet refereras i denna studie till en tidigare forskning som redogör för personers antal sexpartners som de har haft under en livstid vars resultat visar på en bred positiv snedfördelning. Beteendet som sker online i studien syftar till att undersöka ivägskickade flirtar på dejtingsidan Qruiser. Det unika med flirtar på Qruiser är att personen som flirten skickas iväg till inte blir medveten om detta försök till kontakt förrän hen själv har fattat tycka för samma person och flirtat tillbaka. Flirtprocessen online utmanar därmed traditionell handlingsteori som menar på att en social handling endast uppstår vid en interaktion med andra, vilket inte uppenbart i detta sammanhang. Det är intressant att se huruvida fördelningen av detta resultat efterliknar den breda svansen av en positiv snedfördelning som antal sexuella partners under en livstid redovisar i tidigare forskning. Resultatet visar att den breda svansen av en positiv snedfördelning återfinns och därmed blir studiens resultat ytterst anmärkningsvärt. Det blir även sociologisk intressant då det verkar finnas en social handling utan interaktion som följer den sociala handlingen med interaktion.

Syfte och frågeställningar: Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka och kvantifiera ungdomars pulsvariation och undersöka blodlaktatkoncentration under matchspel innebandy. Fråge-ställningen berör i vilken pulszon spenderar manliga innebandyspelande tonåringar mest tid under matchspel och finns det skillnader i tid spenderad i olika pulszoner beroende på position? Hur varierar blodlaktatkoncentration under matchspel och finns det skillnader mellan positioner (backar, centrar och forwards)? Metod: Försökspersonerna i denna studie bestod av 15st manliga (medelvärde ± SD: Ålder 14,5 ± 0,5 år, Längd 174,3 ± 12cm, Vikt 66,8 ± 24 kg, VO2max 45,9 ± 2,0 (ml*kg-1*min-1), Maximal hjärtfrekvens 199,3 ± 2,5 slag per minut) innebandyspelare under 4st matcher i Stock-holms Innebandyförbund, serietillhörighet medelnivå mörkröd. Under varje match registrerades 11-13 spelares hjärtfrekvens (medelvärdet i % utav HFmax) samt att det togs blodprover på två spelare innan, under, vid paus och efter matchspel för mätning av blodlaktatskoncentration. Resultat: Gemensamma medelvärdet av hjärtfrekvens hos spelarna var 74 ± 4,68% utav HRmax under matcherna. Spelarna spenderade signifikant mer tid i pulszoner 2 (60-70% av HFmax) och 3 (70-80% av HFmax) än resterande pulzoner. Backar spenderade signifikant mer tid i pulszon 4 (80-90% av HFmax) än forwards. Målvakter spenderade signifikant lägre tid i pulszon 3 jämfört med övriga spelarpositioner. Målvakter spenderade även signifikant lägre tid i pulszon 5 (&gt;90%) jämfört med forwards och centrar. Blodlaktatskoncetrat visade ett medelvärdet för samtliga positioner över 7 provtagningar var 7,45 ± 2,49 mmol/L. Vid sammanlagt medelvärdet av laktatkoncentration vid 4 matcher visades signifikant skillnad mellan prover tagna innan match (2,693 ± 0,72 mmol/L) och efter match (5,49 ± 2,16). Slutsats: I denna studie befann sig majoriteten av tiden i 70-100% av maximal hjärtfrekvens. Det framkommer även i denna studie att laktatkoncentrationen hos utespelarna stiger fort och är konsekvent relativt hög under matchspel. Där av bör såväl toleransträning som produktions-träning ingå för att förbereda ungdomar för matchspel i innebandy. / <p>Ämneslärarprogrammet, Specialidrott</p>

This study partially replicated the research of Cook, Kwak, Hoffman, & Loftus where they examined post-event activities that induces subjects to pick a wrong person in a forced choice identification procedure. The goal was to investigate if providing a neither option to a match to sample task increases the accuracy of responding. Subjects were asked to study three faces for 10 seconds, after which they were asked to pick out the faces in a forced choice setting where two other faces were presented. Later the subjects were asked to pick out faces in a setting in which they could use a neither option. Results indicated that a generalization effect occurs when identifying faces and the effect is seen as subjects choosing the wrong face. This suggests that when using faces with some similar features in a lineup setting the procedure may cause the subject to pick the wrong person.