The primary objective of this thesis was to examine the relevance of intergovernmental decisions and western risk-focused social crime prevention to reducing youth crime within Chongqing, China. This involved a review of the existing literature that might be relevant to: (i) the current youth crime situation in the city of Chongqing, (ii) risk factors that might contribute to youth crime within Chongqing, (iii) the scientific evaluations of ‘evidence-based’ risk-focused crime prevention strategies for different age groups of youth, and (iv) implementation strategies for evidence-based innovations to reduce youth crime. Based on this knowledge, interviews with six key stakeholders of Chongqing were conducted for the purpose of obtaining initial perceptions regarding the utility and practicality of crime prevention through social development within Chongqing. Ultimately, this study demonstrates the preliminary relevance of western studies and action, recalls China’s endorsement of intergovernmental recommendations, and provides a foundation for further research.

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[Truncated abstract] There are few existing screening instruments designed to identify Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) at an early age, such as the Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (CHAT) and the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT). Unfortunately, many are limited in their ability to identify children at risk in the first two years of life while displaying an acceptable level of reliability. Given this limitation, the present study aimed to identify any additional early markers of ASD from either the retrospective analysis of early autistic symptomatology (parental report and video analysis of footage made before the diagnosis) or performance-based measures linked to different theoretical accounts of ASD. Specifically, measures addressing theory of mind, executive dysfunction and weak central coherence were developed. In the first study, parents of three groups of children those of typical development (n = 19, mean CA = 26 months), children with an ASD (n = 39, mean CA = 34 months) and children with developmental delay (n = 14, mean CA = 28 months) were interviewed about their child's early development. In the first study, parents of three groups of children those of typical development (n = 19, mean CA = 26 months), children with an ASD (n = 39, mean CA = 34 months) and children with developmental delay (n = 14, mean CA = 28 months) were interviewed about their child's early development. Several behaviours discriminated children with ASD from children with typical development and children with delayed development. ... A discriminant function analysis using the two factor scores indicated that Factor 1 discriminated the ADI-R groups, while Factor 2 scores did not add to the ability of Factor 1 scores to discriminate the ADI-R groups. Furthermore, while the finding that joint attention behaviours differentiated children with ASD from children with typical development and children with delayed development, more research is needed to determine if this impairment is a precursor of a theory of mind deficit or if this impairment and later appearing impairments in theory of mind are the result of a more global impairment in social-emotional approach behaviours. Additional research is also needed to determine the relationship between the early appearing deficits in joint attention and the impairments in social relating behaviours that appear to develop later in the chronology of ASD development and how both of these relate to the theory of mind hypothesis of ASD.

Diss.--Fakultät für Geschichtswissenschaft--Bochum--Ruhr-Universität, 1989.

abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of an after-school music program on music underachievers' musical achievement, social development and self-esteem. A true-experimental pretest-posttest design was used and included 14 hours of treatment time. The subjects (N = 66), fifth-grade students were randomly selected from the lowest quartile of scores on Colwell's Music Achievement Test (MAT), which was administered to all fifth-grade students (N = 494) in three Korean elementary schools. The treatment group (n =33) experienced a movement-based after-school music program (MAMP); the control group (n = 33) did not receive the after-school music program. Measurements included sections of Colwell's Music Achievement Test (MAT), Kim's Social Development Scale (SDS), and Hare's Self-Esteem Scale (HSS). The researcher and music teachers of each school administered all measurements. Fourteen treatment lessons occurred over fourteen weeks. One-way analyses of covariance tests were used to test for post-test differences between groups. A significant difference was found in music achievement total scores of the MAT with the treatment group scoring higher scores than the control group. There were no significant differences for interval and meter discrimination tests of MAT. There were no significant differences between treatment and control groups in the post-test scores of the Social Development Scale (SDS) and the Self-Esteem Scale (HSS). However, for both tests, mean scores increased for the treatment group and decreased for the control group. Results from this study suggest that a movement-based after-school music program promotes music underachievers' musical growth and may also support music underachievers' social development and self-esteem. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. Music Education 2011

>Magister Scientiae - MSc / An aspiring golfing destination has emerged along South Africa‟s Garden Route in the Western Cape, the town of Knysna. Also known as the oyster of the Garden Route, Knysna has blossomed with development over the past years and attracted investors, developers and residents across international borders. Rapid urbanization and development have interrupted the social sustainability of the town‟s local community and as this trend continues so too does the fragmentation of its social sustainability. This research has placed its focus on Knysna‟s biggest local employers and one of the strongest tourist attractions, namely the golf developments. However this research investigates the perceptions of Knysna‟s community towards these elitist establishments, illustrating that Knysna‟s biggest contributors to employment and tourism revenue, may just be the greatest threat to its social sustainability.

PEREIRA, Francisco Wellington Àvila. Avaliação da política de incentivos fiscais no desenvolvimento econômico-social do Município de Aquiraz – Ceará. 2008. 115 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Avaliação de Políticas Públicas) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Pro - Reitoria de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Avaliação de Políticas Públicas, Fortaleza-Ce, 2008. / Submitted by Ana Paula Paula (mappufce@gmail.com) on 2012-04-13T13:42:34Z No. of bitstreams: 1 FRANCISCO WELLINGTON ÁVILA PEREIRA.pdf: 561358 bytes, checksum: d642dc623faebc7947b85404a56bb831 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Josineide Góis(josineide@ufc.br) on 2012-04-23T13:54:55Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 FRANCISCO WELLINGTON ÁVILA PEREIRA.pdf: 561358 bytes, checksum: d642dc623faebc7947b85404a56bb831 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2012-04-23T13:54:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 FRANCISCO WELLINGTON ÁVILA PEREIRA.pdf: 561358 bytes, checksum: d642dc623faebc7947b85404a56bb831 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / The programs developed to provide economic growth, job generation, income and social development embrace multiple government strategies. The Industry Development Fund, FDI/PROVIN, is a program used by the Government of Ceará to attract companies aiming at the generation of jobs and income into the region. There is a dilemma that can be seen between those who are against and those who are in favor of tax incentive, since there is public revenue resignation in behalf of the uncertainty of a future social economic reward. This study aimed to evaluate the main effects of the FDI in the social economic development of the city of Aquiraz. The economic and social contributions generated by the companies having had tax incentives in the period from 1997 to 2007 were evaluated through the wealth generated, number of jobs created, value of wages, evolution of the Goods and Service Circulation Tax (ICMS) quota distribution index, formation of the county Gross Domestic Product (PIB) and public revenue generation. It was carried out a collection of data in the State Treasury Bureau and in the County Finance and Budgetary Execution Bureau, as well as a Internet research. It is possible to conclude there was loss of income to the State Government and profit to the County, and jobs were generated in the city with average wages bigger than other economy sectors. However it is an onerous and located politics, which should be reviewed by the Federal Government, so that other mechanisms could be developed to promote a reduction on the country regional differences and a greater efficiency in resources / Os programas desenvolvidos para proporcionar crescimento econômico, geração de emprego, renda e desenvolvimento social abrangem múltiplas estratégias do governo. O Fundo de Desenvolvimento da Indústria – FDI / PROVIN é um programa utilizado pelo Governo do Ceará para atrair empresas visando à geração de empregos e de renda na região. Observa-se que existe um dilema entre aqueles que são contra e os favoráveis às políticas de incentivos fiscais, pois ocorre a renúncia de receita pública em prol da incerteza de um futuro retorno econômico-social. O objetivo do trabalho é avaliar quais são os principais efeitos do FDI no desenvolvimento econômico-social do município de Aquiraz – CE. Este trabalho foi desenvolvido utilizando-se uma abordagem pluralista que mescla o quantitativo com o qualitativo, avaliando-se quais as contribuições econômicas e sociais ensejadas pelas empresas que tiveram incentivos fiscais no período de 1997 a 2007, por meio da riqueza gerada, número de postos de trabalho implantados, salários pagos, evolução do índice de distribuição da cota-parte do Imposto sobre Circulação de Mercadorias e Serviços (ICMS), formação do Produto Interno Bruto (PIB) municipal e geração de receita pública. Foram enviados questionários às empresas contribuintes do ICMS, beneficiadas com incentivos fiscais. Realizou-se, ainda, coleta de dados junto às Secretarias da Fazenda do Estado do Ceará e de Finanças e Execução Orçamentária do Município de Aquiraz e pesquisa via internet para coleta de informações da RAIS. Conclui-se que a política de concessão de incentivos fiscais adotada pelo Estado do Ceará é benéfica ao município de Aquiraz, produzindo incrementos consideráveis nas receitas tributária e transferência da cota-parte do ICMS, além de gerar postos de trabalho dentro do Município com salários médios superiores aos demais setores da economia. Entretanto, trata-se de uma política onerosa para o Governo do Estado, devendo ser revista, a fim de que faça parte de uma política macro, desenvolvendo-se mecanismos que promovam a redução das desigualdades regionais com maior eficiência na aplicação de recursos.

The thesis, ``Social development in the time of adolescence``, has a theoretic-empirical character. It deals with terms of adolescence, social development, emotionality, identity and socialization in the theoretical part. It also describes individual phases of adolescence, social and psychological features of adolescents. The thesis also gives brief information about characteristics of secondary schools. Practical part deals with questionnaires and personality tests which were fulfilled with the first, the second and the third year students of multi-year gymnasium. Illustration of attitudes to studies and relationship with oneself, authorities and with contemporaries are the main aims of the practical part. The survey deals with cognitive and emotional maturity and with the scale of significance of adolescents as well. It also should point out potential differences between evolution and maturity of boys and girls.

abstract: Several decades of research have concluded that child social functioning is a critical predictor of wellbeing across various developmental domains. Most scientists agree that both genetic and environmental influences play defining roles in social behavior; the processes by which they concurrently affect child development, however, has been the subject of less research. This work examines distinct mechanisms that shape child prosociality by examining genetic and environmental influences on development, via two empirical studies. The first study analyzed the evocative-reactive and the evocative-socially-mediated hypotheses as gene-environment correlation (rGE) mechanisms connecting the arginine vasopressin receptor 1a (AVPR1a) and dopamine receptor D2 (DRD2) genes, child prosocial behavior, and parent differential treatment (PDT). Findings present modest evidence for the evocative-reactive rGE hypothesis; specifically, AVPR1a marginally influenced child prosociality, which subsequently predicted mother preference in adolescence. The second study examined several gene-environment interactions (GxEs) in exploring how social environmental variables- positive and negative parenting- predicted child prosociality, as moderated by socially-implicated child genes, DRD2 and dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4). Findings indicated that while positive parenting was predictive of child prosociality regardless of genetic variants, the effects of negative parenting on child prosociality were dependent on child genetic variants. Together, findings from these studies suggest modest genetic and environmental influences on child behavior in middle childhood and adolescence, consistent with previous research and theory. Directions for future research are offered, and intervention and policy implications are discussed. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. Family and Human Development 2013

abstract: This study investigated father-child Activation Theory and the impact of activative fathering on children's dysregulation and social skills. The sample followed 145 families of typically developing children across ages 4 to 6. Fathering and mothering behaviors were coded via naturalistic observations at child age 4, children's dysregulation was coded during a laboratory puzzle task at age 5, and children's social skills were rated by parents and teachers at age 6. Results found support for a constellation of activative fathering behaviors unique to father-child interactions. Activative fathering, net of mothering behaviors, predicted decreased behavioral dysregulation one year later. Support was not found for moderation of the relation between activative fathering and children's dysregulation by paternal warmth, nor was support found for children's dysregulation as a mediator of the relation between activative fathering and children's social skills. These results suggest that parenting elements of father-child activation are unique to fathering and may be more broadly observable in naturalistic contexts not limited to play activities alone. Additionally, activative fathering appears to uniquely influence children's self-regulatory abilities above and beyond identical mothering behavior. In the present work, paternal warmth was not a necessary for activative fathering to positively contribute to children's regulatory abilities nor did children's dysregulation link activative fathering to social skills. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Psychology 2014