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Fineran, Kerrie, et al. "The Barnum Effect and Chaos Theory: Exploring College Student ACOA Traits." Journal of College Student Psychotherapy 24.1 (2010): 17-31. ERIC. EBSCO. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. The text both agrees with and opposes the idea that adul tchildren of alcoholics are a distinct group. Two-hundred college students were placed into one of the four categories: Adult Children of Alcoholics, Adverse Childhood Event Group, Alcohol and Adverse Childhood Event Group and the No Adverse Event Group. These students completed tests that measured drug and alcohol use.

Gaad, Eman. "The social and educational impacts of the first national Down Syndrome support group in the UAE." Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs 6.3 (2006), 134-142. This is an article about a study done on UAE's first Down syndrome support group. The goal of the group was to correct peoples thoughts on persons with Down syndrome. They found that the group was very beneficial, especially for children. People gained knowledge on Down syndrome and those with Down syndrom built their social skills. It also helped to promote acceptance.

Earlier studies associated the first year of college with a dramatic increase in body weight, termed the "freshman 15". However, recent studies showed that weight gain might be smaller. The purpose of this review was to evaluate the extent of observed weight/body composition changes, including factors associated with them, among students entering university. Searches were conducted for studies examining weight/body composition changes during freshman semesters. Most studies were not comprehensive in assessing numerous potential causative factors for weight gain. Methods for assessing diet, physical activity, and behavioral factors varied among studies. Weight changes were often not quantified by measures of body composition (lean/fat) to ascertain that changes were limited just to gains in fat mass. Overall, weight changes ranged from 0.7-3.1 kg, but among individuals who gained weight, the range was narrower, 3.1-3.4 kg. There may be specific groups of students with a greater predisposition for weight gain and future research should focus on identifying those groups.

Lloyd-Richardson, Elizabeth. "The relationship between alcohol use, eating habits and weight change in college freshmen." Eating Behaviors 9.4 (2008): 504-8. Ohio Link. Web. 8 Nov. 2010.\n\nA group of reasearchers preformed a study that aimed to improve understanding of how alcohol consumption in college freshmen affects eating patterns before, during, and after drinking, as well as its relation to body weight change. They used \ntwo hundred eighty-two college freshmen (61% female; 59% Caucasian) completed measures of alcohol use, measured body mass index (BMI), and eating and activity habits before, during and following drinking episodes. Students were categorized by drinking status (non-drinker, low-risk, and moderate/high-risk) in order to explore group differences. There results were that moderate risk drinkers were more likely than low-risk drinkers to report increases in appetite after drinking, with nearly half of students reporting overeating and making unhealthy food choices following drinking. Moderate-risk drinkers also demonstrated significant increases in 1st semester BMI change, relative to non-drinkers and low-risk drinkers.\n\n\n\n

O'Brien, Justin, et al. "Discriminating children with autism from children with learning difficulties with an adaptation of the Short Sensory Profile." Early Child Development & Care 179.4 (2009): 383-394. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 9 Nov. 2010. In the autistic spectrum, there are two groups of responders to sensory stimuli. One is hyper-sensitive and the other is hypo-sensitive. Autistic kids who are hyper-sesitive often have habits of flicking the ear, clapping or moving the hands in front of the eyes, and grinding the teeth. Some studies have shown that kids with autism have greater sensory symptoms than children with regular learning disabilities, although some say that they have vey similar symptoms. From the studies, autistic children showed more impairment in auditory hyper-sensitive and visual factors compared to the learning disability group or the control group.

Hanushek, Eric A., John F. Kain, Jacob M. Markman, and Steven G. Rivkin. "Does Peer Ability Affect Student Achievement?" JSTOR. Journal of Applied Econometrics, Sept.-Oct. 2003: 527-544. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. . This article is about the analysis of peer tutoring. The peer interaction of student tutoring shows that the one on one attention helps the tutee pay attention more. In college, the distractions of a roommate are gone and the student can concentrate on their studies. Peer groups have a positive effect as well with more participation if the student does not feel comfortable speaking in class. Peer groups and peer tutoring also help with parents minds as they know their child is getting more help.

American Medical Association. "Harmful Consequences of Alcohol Use on the Brains of Children, Adolescents, and College Students." American Medical Association. Web. 3 Nov. 2010. This article by the American Medical Association talks about how television exposure has harmful effects on children and adolescents, when it comes to underage drinking. The exposure of young children, adolescents, and college students to television that had alcohol in it increases the chances of underage drinking. The damaging effects on the brains of alcohol on this age groups brains can be permanent. Television ads make drinking alcohol seem like the normal thing to do so they think its okay to do. These alcohol companies have mascots, other characters, and even slogans geared toward people who are underage.

"American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment Spring 2008 Reference Group Data Report (Abridged): The American College Health Association." Journal of American College Health 57.5 (Mar/Apr2009): 477-88. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. This article is about a nation survey given to college students about their health. the survey evaluated the students health, their knowledge, risks, and effects on academic performance.

Moore, Matthew. "Valerie Singleton launches six-button computer to get elderly online." The Telegraph. 22 November 2010. Web. 22 Novembe 2010. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6544222/Valerie-Singleton-launches-six-button-computer-to-get-elderly-online.html. This article is from England where Valerie Singleton is launching a new computer which only has six buttons, targeted primarily at the senior citizen age group. The screen of the computer is where the six buttons are located, and this computer is designed for the elderly person to be able to search the web with ease. The new computer is called a "simplicITy."

Ellickson, Phyllis L., et. al. "Does alcohol advertising promote adolescent drinking? Results from a longitudinal assessment." Addiction. Vol. 100 (2005): Issue 2, p. 235 - 246. EBSCOhost. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. This article looked at the relationship between adolescents and alcohol advertisements. There are many forms of alcohol advertising including at sporting events and on television. The advertisements affected the different age groups of teens different. Alcohol advertisement has an impact on the development of adolescents.

Shen, April Chiung-Tao. "Long-Term Effects of Interparental Violence and Child Physical Maltreatment Experiences on PTSD and Behavior Problems: A National Survey of Taiwanese College Students." Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal 33.3 (2009): 148-160. ERIC. EBSCO. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. The study dealt with the long-term impact of witnlessing interparental violence and experiencing actual abuse. Also, it was looked at if Chinese beliefs originated kat home could contribute to adults' trauma and behavior. Taiwanese college stuents were surveyed and each placed into four groups: no violence, interparental violence only, child physical maltreatment only and dual violence.

Michael S.Wolf; Davis, Terry C.; Tilson, Hugh H.; Bass III, Pat F.; Parker, Ruth M.. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 6/1/2006, Vol. 63 Issue 11, p1048-1055, 8p A study done where patients who had a varied reading level below the sixth grade level, were asked to interpret the warning labels for the pill pescriptions. What they found out was that the correctness of the group, was from 0% to 78.7% on the warning labels. As expected there was a consistancy of the lower Literacy rates having a lower correctness rate as well.

"Music & Success in Life." Guitar Lessons, Piano Lessons, Voice Lessons, NYC, Manhattan, NY, Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island, New Jersey, Boston, Chicago. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. . Article talked about the many advantage that music has over a person's personality and behaviors. Some of the examples were "Studying music encourages self-discipline and diligence, traits that carry over into intellectual pursuits and that lead to effective study and work habits". Also other examples how music encouraged a community and brought groups together. It then went on the explain the health benefits of music therapy which will be great to use in my paper when I am explaining the benefits music therapy could have on other countries where actual medicine is not easily accessible.

Shen, April Chiung-Tao. "Long-Term Effects of Interparental Violence and Child Physical Maltreatment Experiences on PTSD and Behavior Problems: A National Survey of Taiwanese College Students." Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal 33.3 (2009): 148-160. ERIC. EBSCO. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. The study dealt with the long-term impact of witnlessing interparental violence and experiencing actual abuse. Also, it was looked at if Chinese beliefs originated kat home could contribute to adults' trauma and behavior. Taiwanese college stuents were surveyed and each placed into four groups: no violence, interparental violence only, child physical maltreatment only and dual violence.

Burgess W. E. (1930, May). Communication. The American Journal of Sociology, 35(6) 991-1001. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org This article is an old article but it talks about all the different methods of communication. Even though it is an old article it stills has great ideas on how groups of people can communicate. Good source for the communication between teams.

Mahiri, J. (1991, Summer). Discourse in Sports: Language and Literacy Features of Preadolescent African American Males in a Youth Basketball Program. The Journal of Negro Education, 60(3), 305-313. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org This article mostly deals with the language of younger children. It is a small sample of a much larger experiment. It talks about numerous of the groups that are involved in the language of young children.

Briggs, Marilyn; Fleischhacker, Sheila; Mueller, Constance G. " Position of the Comprehensive School Nutrition Services." Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 42. 6 (2010): 360-371. OhioLink. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. This article explains how the ADA, SNA and SNE incorporated nutrition into schools. They are the ones who incorporated some health into our everyday teachings at school. These three groups have been advertising for a long time about what is necessary in order to stay healthy and be aware of your health.

Bottorf, Edna A. "A Study Comparing Art Abilities and General Intelligence of College Students." Journal of Educational Psychology 37.7 (1946): 398-426. OhioLINK. Web 3 Nov. 2010. This article discusses the connection between intelligence and artistic ability. It is essentially an overview of psychological studies investigating the same topic. The study involved various IQ tests and analysis of artistic ability. The studies were conducted at several schools of varying age groups. Bottorf examines the results and how they prove and disprove that the two areas are related.

Banks, James A. "Educating Global Citizens in a Diverse World." New Horizons for Learning. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. This text discusses all the necessary reasons to become involved with global and multicultural education and obtain knowledge from the different cultures, languages, religions and racial and ethnic groups. Because of the growth of cultures throughout the world, citizenship education needs to be changed in order to educate students how to function in today's interdependent society and global culture. Student's need the knowledge, attitudes and skills required to function in their cultural communities.