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  The impact of teacher preparation on preservice teachers' attitudes toward inclusive education in Qatar 

  E.A. Hassanein, Elsayed; M. Alshaboul, Yousef; Ibrahim, Sayed ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)

  Teachers' beliefs and attitudes are a significant component in the development and success of inclusive education. Research indicates that the foundation of positive attitudes toward inclusive education can be established ...
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  الصمود النفسي وعلاقته بجودة حياة العمل لدى أعضاء هيئة التدريس في دول الخليج (قطر والسعودية وعمان) 

  الشربيني, عاطف مسعد الحسيني; Elsherbiny, Atef Mosaad Elhoseny ( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Article)

  يهدف البحث الحالي إلى الكشف عن العلاقة بين الصمود النفسي وجودة حياة العمل لدى عينة من أعضاء هيئة التدريس العاملين بالجامعات الخليجية في دول؛ قطر، والسعودية، وعمان. كما يهدف إلى استقصاء الفروق بين عينة الدراسة في الصمود ...
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  دور الوعي بالقيم في التحصين ضد أزمة الحصار على قطر 

  العماري, بدريه مبارك; الكبيسي, هدى سالم; الكعبي, عائشة فضل; Al-Ammari, Badreya Mubarak; Al-Kubaisi, Huda Salem; Al-Kaabi, Aisha Fadel... more authors ... less authors ( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Article)

  هدفت الدراسة إلى التعرف على دور الوعي بالقيم في تحصين أفراد العينة ضد أزمة الحصار على قطر. وقد استخدمت الدراسة المنهج الوصفي، كما تم استخدام استبانة مكونة من ثمانية محاور، هي؛ محور القيم الدينية، ومحور القيم الأسرية، ومحور ...
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  أثر برنامج تدريبي في تنمية مهارات اللغة البراغماتية لدى عينة من الأطفال ذوي اضطراب طيف التوحّد في الأردن 

  الطوالبة, أسامة محمد; الطوالبة، تسنيم; Bataineh, Osamah Mohammed; Al Tawallbeh, Tasnim ( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Article)

  هدفت الدراسة إلى قياس أثر البرنامج التدريبي في تنمية مهارات اللغة البراغماتية عند الأطفال ذوي اضطراب طيف التوحّد في الأردن، وقد تكونت عينة الدراسة من (26) طفلًا من ذوي اضطراب طيف التوحّد، تراوحت أعمارهم بين (5-10) سنوات، ...
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  Regular, Intense Exercise Training as a Healthy Aging Lifestyle Strategy: Preventing DNA Damage, Telomere Shortening and Adverse DNA Methylation Changes Over a Lifetime. 

  Sellami, Maha; Bragazzi, Nicola; Prince, Mohammad Shoaib; Denham, Joshua; Elrayess, Mohamed ( Frontiers Media , 2021 , Article)

  Exercise training is one of the few therapeutic interventions that improves health span by delaying the onset of age-related diseases and preventing early death. The length of telomeres, the 5'-TTAGGG -3' tandem repeats ...
• Evidence-based strategies to support children's emergent literacy in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries 

  Al-Qaryouti, Ibrahim A.; Ihmeideh, Fathi M.; Al bustami, Ghanem J.; Homidi, Moayyad A. ( Psychology Press Ltd , 2016 , Article)

  This study was designed to examine teachers’ reported use of evidence-based strategies to support children’s emergent literacy in Arab countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The study participants comprised 644 ...
• Women perceived practices of mothering in a socially changing Qatari society 

  Nasser, Ramzi; Viruru, Radhika; Al-Attiyah, Asma; Abuiyada, Reem ( Medwell Journals , 2016 , Article)

  This study proposes to examine the ways in which motherhood as a social phenomenon is constructed within Qatari culture. Understanding the role of mothers in society as well as the mothering practices could lead to ...
• Culture as a driver for the design of social robots for Autism spectrum disorder interventions in the Middle East 

  Javed, Hifza; Cabibihan, John John; Aldosari, Mohammad; Al-Attiyah, Asma ( Springer Verlag , 2016 , Conference Paper)

  In this paper, we discuss the prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in the Gulf region. We examine the importance of providing state-of-the-art ASD interventions, and highlight social robots as therapeutic tools ...
• International note: Prediction of mathematics work ethic and performance from behavioral, normative, and control beliefs among Qatari adolescents 

  Areepattamannil, Shaljan; Abdelfattah, Faisal; Mahasneh, Randa Ali; Khine, Myint Swe; Welch, Anita G.; Melkonian, Michael; Al Nuaimi, Samira Ahmed... more authors ... less authors ( Academic Press , 2016 , Article)

  Over half-a-million adolescents take part in each cycle of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). Yet often, researchers and policy makers across the globe tend to focus their attention primarily on the ...
• The Robustness of the Nine-Factor Structure of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire across Four Arabic-Speaking Middle Eastern Countries 

  Megreya, Ahmed M.; Latzman, Robert D.; Al-Attiyah, Asma A.; Alrashidi, Mousa ( SAGE Publications Inc. , 2016 , Article)

  The Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) focuses on the “pure” cognitive components of emotion regulation thought to help people to manage and control their emotions during or after the experience of a stressful ...
• Categorization does not promote symmetry in Guinea baboons (Papio papio) 

  Medam, Tiphaine; Marzouki, Yousri; Montant, Marie; Fagot, Joel ( Springer Verlag , 2016 , Article)

  Humans have the capacity to use stimuli interchangeably by forming equivalence classes, and this ability seems to be supported by our language system. According to Sidman and Tailby (Conditional discrimination vs. matching ...
• A psychometric analysis of the child behavior checklist for elementary school children in Qatar 

  Al-Hendawi, Maha; Keller, Clayton; Cloninger, Lea ( SAGE Publications Inc. , 2016 , Article)

  The Child Behavior Checklist for children 6 to 18 (CBCL/6-18) is a widely used, standardized parent rating scale. However, few studies have tested the psychometric properties of this instrument in the Arab world despite ...
• Primary school teachers' knowledge, attitudes and views on barriers to inclusion in Jordan 

  Amr, Muna; Al-Natour, Mayada; Al-Abdallat, Bassam; Alkhamra, Hatem ( International Journal of Special Education , 2016 , Article)

  This study explores teachers' knowledge and attitudes toward the inclusion of students with special education needs (SEN) in mainstream schools in Jordan. It also examines the barriers the teachers perceived to hinder ...
• Early writing development: kindergarten teachers' beliefs about emergent writing in Qatari preschool settings 

  Al-Maadadi , Fatima; Ihmeideh, Fathi ( Routledge , 2016 , Article)

  Writing often begins during the very early years of childhood; however, some children first learn writing when they begin attending school. Teachers' beliefs about early writing development can influence when and how ...
• An Exploratory Study of the Factors Associated With Literacy Teachers' Integration of Technology: A Study of Lebanese Schools 

  Chaaban, Youmen; Moloney, Robyn ( Routledge , 2016 , Article)

  The purpose of this study is to explore Lebanese teachers' perceptions of the factors determining their integration of technology into literacy classrooms. A quantitative survey examining literacy teachers' individual ...
• Face perception in schizophrenia: A specific deficit 

  Megreya, Ahmed M. ( Routledge , 2016 , Article)

  Introduction. Patients with schizophrenia have a large-scaled and severe cognitive impairment. This study examines whether a well-established deficit in face recognition in schizophrenia is a part of this general cognitive ...
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  Gender and age differences in life satisfaction within a sex-segregated society: Sampling youth in Qatar 

  Al-Attiyah, Asma; Nasser, Ramzi ( Routledge , 2016 , Article)

  Recent decades have witnessed a surge of interest in the measures of subjective well-being, including mental and physical health, happiness and life satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to determine if there are ...
• Autism in the Gulf States: Why social robotics is the way forward 

  Javed, Hifza; Cabibihan, J. J.; Al-Attiyah, Asma Abdulla ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)

  In this paper, we assess the current situation in the Gulf States with respect to autism awareness and diagnostic facilities, and emphasize the need for epidemiology studies in light of prevalence statistics available for ...
• The impact of globalisation on society and culture in Qatar 

  B., Al-Ammari; H., Romanowski M. ( Universiti Putra Malaysia , 2016 , Article)

  The discovery of oil and the economic development and growth that followed has placed Gulf Countries on the fast path to urbanisation and modernisation, bringing an impact on traditional family relations and functions. In ...
• CORRUPTION AND MICROCREDIT INTEREST RATES: DOES REGULATION HELP? 

  Al-Azzam, Moh'd ( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2016 , Article)

  Misunderstandings about the structure of microcredit interest rates continue to generate rich criticism of the industry's high interest rates. Research has focused attention on the cost structure of interest rates and, ...

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