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Eunyoung Son; Donghyun Ahn; Johanna Inhyang Kim; Sojung Kim – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2024
Background: Limited data exist on problematic sexual behaviour (PSB) in youth with developmental disabilities in South Korea. Method: Sixty-one parents of children with intellectual disabilities or autism spectrum disorder (aged 13-30) reported children's PSB and emotional, behavioural, cognitive, and interpersonal factors. The frequency of PSB in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Behavior Problems, Sexuality, Developmental Disabilities
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Lorber, Michael F.; Slep, Amy M. Smith – Developmental Psychology, 2015
In the present investigation we focused on 2 broad sets of questions: Do parental overreactivity, laxness, and corporal punishment show evidence of normative change in early to middle childhood? Are persistently elevated child conduct problems (CPs) associated with deviations from normative changes in, as well as high initial levels of, discipline…
Descriptors: Children, Child Development, Behavior Problems, Child Behavior
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Davies, Patrick T.; Martin, Meredith J.; Sturge-Apple, Melissa L.; Ripple, Michael T.; Cicchetti, Dante – Developmental Psychology, 2016
Two studies tested hypotheses about the distinctive psychological consequences of children's patterns of responding to interparental conflict. In Study 1, 174 preschool children (M = 4.0 years) and their mothers participated in a cross-sectional design. In Study 2, 243 preschool children (M = 4.6 years) and their parents participated in 2 annual…
Descriptors: Coping, Parents, Interpersonal Competence, Conflict
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Schneider, William; Waldfogel, Jane; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Developmental Psychology, 2015
This article examines associations between the Great Recession and 4 aspects of 9-year olds' behavior--aggression (externalizing), anxiety/depression (internalizing), alcohol and drug use, and vandalism-using the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a longitudinal birth cohort drawn from 20 U.S. cities (21% White, 50% Black, 26% Hispanic,…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Behavior Problems, Aggression, Anxiety
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Levesque, Mireille; Bigras, Marc; Pauze, Robert – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2012
The purpose of this study was to identify personal and family predictors and correlates of persistence of problematic sexual behaviors (PSB) in children. Participants were the families of 49 children (ages 4-11 years) referred by Child Protective Services in 4 administrative districts of Quebec. Caregivers completed interviews and questionnaires…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Persistence, Preadolescents, Foreign Countries
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Camacho, Kathleen; Ehrensaft, Miriam K.; Cohen, Patricia – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
The present study examines the quality of peer relations as a mediator between exposure to IPV (intimate partner violence) and internalizing behaviors in a sample of 129 preadolescents and adolescents (ages 10-18), who were interviewed via telephone as part of a multigenerational, prospective, longitudinal study. Relational victimization is also…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Peer Relationship, Victims of Crime, Family Violence
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Edwards, Alexis C.; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Latendresse, Shawn J.; Lansford, Jennifer E.; Bates, John E.; Pettit, Gregory S.; Budde, John P.; Goate, Alison M.; Dick, Danielle M. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2010
Background: A functional polymorphism in the promoter region of the monoamine oxidizing gene "monoamine oxidase A" ("MAOA") has been associated with behavioral sensitivity to adverse environmental conditions in multiple studies (e.g., Caspi et al. 2002; Kim-Cohen et al., 2006). The present study investigates the effects of…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Discipline, Delinquency, Child Behavior
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Fung, Joey J.; Lau, Anna S. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2009
In a sample of 107 Chinese immigrant families we examined whether cultural child-rearing beliefs moderated the association between parents' use of punitive discipline and children's behavioral adjustment. Immigrant parents and their children aged 7 to 17 years completed measures of parental discipline and child behavior problems. Parents also…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Discipline, Ideology, Child Behavior