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Shochet, Ian M.; Saggers, Beth R.; Carrington, Suzanne B.; Orr, Jayne A.; Wurfl, Astrid M.; Kelly, Rachel L.; Duncan, Bonnie M. – School Mental Health, 2022
Tackling mental health difficulties in adolescents on the autism spectrum requires a comprehensive prevention approach. A 3-year multisite proof-of-concept longitudinal study implemented an evidence-based multilevel resilience intervention in schools to promote protective factors at the adolescent, parent, and school level. The intervention,…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Adolescents, Inclusion, Secondary School Students
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Kosten, Paul A.; Scheier, Lawrence M.; Grenard, Jerry L. – Youth & Society, 2013
This study used latent class analysis to examine typologies of peer conformity in a community sample of middle school students. Students responded to 31 items assessing diverse facets of conformity dispositions. The most parsimonious model produced three qualitatively distinct classes that differed on the basis of conformity to recreational…
Descriptors: Peer Influence, Middle School Students, Gender Differences, Early Adolescents
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Slone, Michelle; Shoshani, Anat – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2008
A paradigm conceptualizing resilience as factors moderating between political violence exposure and psychological distress administered in a 7-year research project yielded a profile of factors promoting Israeli children's coping in conflict conditions. Three factors--social support mobilization, self-efficacy, and meaning attribution--were…
Descriptors: Intervention, Violence, Self Efficacy, Prevention