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Cross-continental comparison of the association between the physical environment and active transportation in children : a systematic review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background: The purpose of this systematic review was to determine the relationship between a wide range of physical environmental characteristics and different contexts of active transportation in 6- to 12-year-old children across different continents ...
Cardon, Greet   +6 more
core   +5 more sources

Assessing the societal influence of academic research with ChatGPT: Impact case study evaluations

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Academics and departments are sometimes judged by how their research has benefited society. For example, the UK's Research Excellence Framework (REF) assesses Impact Case Studies (ICSs), which are five‐page evidence‐based claims of societal impacts.
Kayvan Kousha, Mike Thelwall
wiley   +1 more source

Conspicuous Leisure: Optimal Income Taxation when both Relative Consumption and Relative Leisure Matter [PDF]

open access: yes
Previous studies on public policy under relative consumption concerns have ignored the role of leisure comparisons. This paper considers a two-type optimal nonlinear income tax model where people care both about their relative consumption and their ...
Aronsson, Thomas   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Prospective Memory Performance of Autistic Adults in Everyday Life: The Role of Stress and Motivation

open access: yesAutism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Prospective memory (PM) is the ability to remember to carry out intended actions in the future. The present study investigated the PM performance of autistic adults in everyday life. A total of 29 autistic participants and 30 controls matched for age, gender, and cognitive abilities completed various PM tasks (time‐based vs.
Larissa L. Faustmann, Mareike Altgassen
wiley   +1 more source

Listening to Hong Kong children's perspectives through pretend play

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) has become an increasing concern in recent years. The issue has been regularly discussed by different stakeholders. However, the rising concern regarding quality in ECEC has not seriously taken into account children's perspectives.
Suzannie K. Y. Leung
wiley   +1 more source

Participation in Leisure and Sports by People with Disability Living in Rural Areas; Vision of Stakeholders in Quebec

open access: yesAnnals of Applied Sport Science, 2016
People with disability face many constraints that affect their participation in leisure and sports, which can be seen in the gaps in the scientific literature.
Emilie Belley-Ranger   +3 more
doaj  

‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Children's political participation is a well‐established theme in childhood studies. In this article we offer an original account of child activism that takes into account the entangled and emergent aspect of children as activists. We begin with a historical and a conceptual review, noting the importance of mid‐20th century developments such ...
Sharon Hunter, Claire Cassidy
wiley   +1 more source

What's the big idea? A critical exploration of the concept of social capital and its incorporation into leisure policy discourse [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Starting from the overwhelming welcome that Putnam's (2000) treatise on social capital has received in government circles, we consider its relative merits for examining and understanding the role for leisure in policy strategies. To perform this critique
Blackshaw, T, Long, J
core   +1 more source

Special school staff perspectives on how careers guidance is provided to their autistic young people

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Careers guidance has long been positioned as a tool to improve young people's transition from education to employment. In addition, schools and colleges in England have a statutory requirement to provide careers guidance to their students. Yet limited research has investigated how careers guidance is provided in special schools for autistic ...
Sam Dexter   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relationships between Body Mass Index and Social Support, Physical Activity, and Eating Habits in African American University Students

open access: yesAsian Nursing Research, 2012
Purpose: We aimed to examine the relationships between obesity and the level of social support for healthy behaviors, amount of physical activity (PA), and dietary habits in African Americans.
Wi-Young So, PhD   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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