Past research has documented a link between negative problem orientation (NPO) and poor emotional well-being, but little of this research has focused on adolescence or has collected multiple waves of data. The authors conducted a 3-wave... more
Past research has documented a link between negative problem orientation (NPO) and poor emotional well-being, but little of this research has focused on adolescence or has collected multiple waves of data. The authors conducted a 3-wave longitudinal survey of 841 adolescents in Grades 8, 9, and 10 (428 boys, 411 girls, 2 unidentified). The survey included measures of NPO, sadness, fear, hostility, and joviality. Structural equation modeling (AMOS 7.0; J. L. Arbuckle, 2006) revealed that adolescents high in NPO experienced increases in fear, sadness, and hostility, and decreases in joviality compared with adolescents low in NPO with the same baseline levels of affect. The evidence that affect predicted future levels of problem orientation was less consistent. We discuss the implications of these findings for problem- solving interventions and for the early identification of at-risk adolescents.
Past research has documented a link between negative problem orientation (NPO) and poor emotionalwell-being, but little of this research has focused on adolescence or has collected multiple waves of data.The authors conducted a 3-wave... more
Past research has documented a link between negative problem orientation (NPO) and poor emotionalwell-being, but little of this research has focused on adolescence or has collected multiple waves of data.The authors conducted a 3-wave longitudinal survey of 841 adolescents in Grades 8, 9, and 10 (428 boys,411 girls, 2 unidentified). The survey included measures of NPO, sadness, fear, hostility, and joviality.Structural equation modeling (AMOS 7.0; J. L. Arbuckle, 2006) revealed that adolescents high in NPOexperienced increases in fear, sadness, and hostility, and decreases in joviality compared with adolescentslow in NPO with the same baseline levels of affect. The evidence that affect predicted future levels of problem orientation was less consistent. We discuss the implications of these findings for problem-solving interventions and for the early identification of at-risk adolescents.
This paper explores the role of institutional research (IR) in securing good teaching outcomes and future skills for new and existing teaching staff at a Danish HEI. The key focus of the paper is on how IR is being deployed to secure the... more
This paper explores the role of institutional research (IR) in securing good teaching outcomes and future skills for new and existing teaching staff at a Danish HEI. The key focus of the paper is on how IR is being deployed to secure the implementation of an approach to teaching quality improvement through the use of teaching portfolio methodologies.
