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Questions/instructions:
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responses 2006 ('02) |
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y8
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| 1. What are some things Suzy could do when she feels that she is going to lose her temper or get into a bad mood with people? | |||||||||||
avoidance/escape (walking away) |
53 (63) |
71 (61) |
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self control approaches |
72 (53) |
79 (65) |
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explaining what/how she’s thinking/
feeling to people she is angry with |
12 (10) |
14 (11) |
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asking others (3rd party) for help |
17 (23) |
23 (21) |
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| Overall quality and mix of ideas: | excellent/very good |
2 (1) |
7 (0) |
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good |
20 (18) |
32 (20) |
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moderate |
43 (43) |
45 (50) |
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very limited |
35 (38) |
16 (30) |
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| Suzy has just thrown a big wobbly with her friend. She needs to do something about it. 2. What do you think Suzy should do? |
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getting outside help to
improve relationship |
9 (6) |
7 (7) |
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unspecific mention of talking to friend |
4 (3) |
5 (2) |
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| Dealing with the past: (what has happened) |
ignoring it |
6 (5) |
3 (7) |
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trying to understand why it happened (self analysis) |
6 (5) |
8 (5) |
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apologising |
77 (72) |
87 (76) |
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explaining to friend why she got angry |
17 (14) |
28 (34) |
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| Addressing the future: | being extra nice to friend |
19 (9) |
17 (10) |
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learning how to control anger |
7 (0) |
8 (9) |
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sorting out with friend how to
deal with disagreements |
5 (2) |
10 (6) |
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| Overall quality and mix of ideas: | excellent/very good |
1 (0) |
1 (1) |
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good |
12 (3) |
19 (13) |
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moderate |
40 (31) |
48 (42) |
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very limited |
47 (66) |
32 (44) |
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Total
score: |
4–6 |
8 (3) |
17 (7) |
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3 |
13 (7) |
20 (16) |
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2 |
28 (26) |
31 (29) |
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1 |
27 (31) |
23 (26) |
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0 |
24 (33) |
9 (22) |
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| Subgroup Analysis: |
Year 4 |
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Year 8 |
| Commentary: |
| Many students had helpful ideas about how to deal with Suzy’s unhappiness but, overall, almost half of the year 4 students and one third of the year 8 students were judged to have very limited strategies. There was a small improvement at both year levels between 2002 and 2006. |
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