The Family Environment of “Quick-Witted” Persons: Birth Order,Family Communication Patterns,and Creative Facility     

Elizabeth Dorrance Hall  John O. Greene  Lindsey B. Anderson  LaReina Hingson  Elizabeth Gill  Brenda L. Berkelaar 《Communication Studies》2017,68(5):493-510

“Creative facility” refers to the ease, rapidity, or fluency with which people are able to formulate and produce novel, appropriate messages. Previous research indicates that people differ in this regard and that the phenomenon is linked to various personality and cognitive-style variables. This study aims to investigate whether aspects of family structure (i.e., birth order) and family processes (i.e., family communication patterns) are related to creative facility. Results indicated a significant interaction between birth order and family conversation orientation such that, for first-borns, higher levels of conversation orientation were associated with slower message production. No effects were observed for family conformity orientation. Among the implications of the findings is the need to assess birth order in studies of family communication patterns.  相似文献   

Gender Issues and Learning Technologies     

Gill Kirkup 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》1995,26(3):218-219

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Prevalence of poor sleep quality,sleepiness and obstructive sleep apnoea risk factors in athletes     

Richard Swinbourne  Nicholas Gill  Joanna Vaile  Daniel Smart 《European Journal of Sport Science》2016,16(7):850-858

Purpose: Despite the perceived importance of sleep for athletes, little is known regarding athlete sleep quality, their prevalence of daytime sleepiness or risk factors for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) such as snoring and witnessed apnoeic episodes. The purpose of the present study was to characterise normative sleep quality among highly trained team sport athletes.

Methodology:175 elite or highly trained rugby sevens, rugby union and cricket athletes completed the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Epworth Sleepiness Score (ESS) and Quality of Life questionnaires and an OSA risk factor screen.

Results: On average, athletes reported 7.9?±?1.3?h of sleep per night. The average PSQI score was 5.9?±?2.6, and 50% of athletes were found to be poor sleepers (PSQI?>?5). Daytime sleepiness was prevalent throughout the population (average global score of 8.5) and clinically significant (ESS score of ≥10) in 28% of athletes. OSA may be an important clinical consideration within athletic populations, as a considerable number of athletes (38%) defined themselves as snorers and 8% reported having a witnessed apnoeic episode. The relationship between self-rated sleep quality and actual PSQI score was strong (Pearson correlation of 0.4?±?0.1, 90% confidence limits).

Conclusion: These findings suggest that this cohort of team sport athletes suffer a preponderance of poor sleep quality, with associated high levels of daytime sleepiness. Athletes should receive education about how to improve sleep wake schedules, extend total sleep time and improve sleep quality.  相似文献   

Reading the World: what young people learn from literature     

Gill Boag-Munroe 《Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development》2013,33(1):101-102

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Inorganic chemistry in liquid ammonia: By David Nichols. Pp. x + 240. Elsevier,Amsterdam and New York. 1979. $49.00 (Dfl. 110.00)     

J.B Gill 《Endeavour》1980,4(2):87-88

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On improvements in the manufacture of horn and tortoise shell combs     

Thomas Gill 《Journal of The Franklin Institute》1830,9(5):346-347

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Education as humanisation: dialogic pedagogy in post-conflict peacebuilding     

Scherto Gill  Ulrike Niens 《Compare》2014,44(1):1-9

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Women's studies: the basics     

Gill Kirkup 《Gender and education》2014,26(2):184-186

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Ethnic Identity and Acculturative Stress as Mediators of Depression in Students of Asian Descent     

Crystal Lantrip  Francesco Mazzetti  Joseph Grasso  Sara Gill  Janna Miller  Morgynn Haner  Stephanie Rude  Germine Awad 《Journal of College Counseling》2015,18(2):144-159

This study underscored the importance of addressing the well‐being of college students of Asian descent, because these students had higher rates of depression and lower positive feelings about their ethnic group compared with students of European descent, as measured by the Affirmation subscale of the Ethnic Identity Scale. Affirmation mediated the depression difference between these groups. Within the Asian group, affirmation and depression were inversely correlated, and this relationship was mediated by acculturative stress.  相似文献   

Are assessment environments gendered? An analysis of the learning responses of male and female students to different assessment environments     

Gill Turner  Graham Gibbs 《Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education》2010,35(6):687-698

There is considerable variation between male and female Bachelor degree performance at Oxford and Cambridge (Oxbridge) where male students attain more First and Third Class degrees and female students attain more Second Class degrees. Various hypotheses have been put forward to explain this phenomenon including the possibility that the distinctive Oxbridge assessment environment, very different from those at both pre‐ and post‐92 universities, might account for the difference. Data from the Assessment Experience Questionnaire (AEQ; Oxbridge, pre‐ and post‐92 universities, one science, one humanities and one applied social science subject from each) were analysed to determine gendered perceptions of the assessment environment. Significant gender differences were found on five AEQ scales (Quantity of effort, Coverage of syllabus, Quantity and quality of feedback, Use of feedback and Appropriate assessment) but there was no significant interaction between gender and university. Consequently, there were few clues in students' responses to confirm that the Oxbridge assessment environment explains gendered differences in degree performance.  相似文献