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Emma Hübinette; Stina Udén; Gustav Nilsson; Elinor Schad – European Journal of Psychology and Educational Research, 2024
The PAX Good Behavior Game (PAX-GBG) is a school-based intervention shown to enhance student self-regulation, encourage prosocial behavior, and curb challenging behaviors. However, little is understood about students' perspectives on the intervention. In this study, we conducted a survey and semi-structured interviews with 3rd-grade students in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes
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Jakobsson, Malin; Sundin, Karin; Högberg, Karin; Josefsson, Karin – Journal of School Nursing, 2022
Sleeping difficulties are increasingly prevalent among adolescents and have negative consequences for their health, well-being, and education. The aim of this study was to illuminate the meanings of adolescents' lived experiences of sleeping difficulties. The data were obtained from narrative interviews with 16 adolescents aged 14-15 in a Swedish…
Descriptors: Sleep, Well Being, Health, Phenomenology
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Di Giunta, Laura; Rothenberg, W. Andrew; Lunetti, Carolina; Lansford, Jennifer E.; Pastorelli, Concetta; Eisenberg, Nancy; Thartori, Eriona; Basili, Emanuele; Favini, Ainzara; Yotanyamaneewong, Saengduean; Peña Alampay, Liane; Al-Hassan, Suha M.; Bacchini, Dario; Bornstein, Marc H.; Chang, Lei; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Oburu, Paul; Skinner, Ann T.; Sorbring, Emma; Steinberg, Laurence; Tapanya, Sombat; Uribe Tirado, Liliana Maria – Developmental Psychology, 2020
The present study examines parents' self-efficacy about anger regulation and irritability as predictors of harsh parenting and adolescent children's irritability (i.e., mediators), which in turn were examined as predictors of adolescents' externalizing and internalizing problems. Mothers, fathers, and adolescents (N = 1,298 families) from 12…
Descriptors: Mothers, Fathers, Psychological Patterns, Emotional Response
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Linda Ekström – Journal of Social Science Education, 2024
Purpose: This paper examines how vocational civics teachers navigate structural constraints and their understanding of the challenges involved in preparing vocational students for democratic citizenship. Design/methodology/approach: Using a discursive psychological approach to analyse interview material, the study discusses identified discourses…
Descriptors: Civics, Citizenship Education, Career and Technical Education Teachers, Barriers
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Chang, Lei; Lu, Hui Jing; Lansford, Jennifer E.; Skinner, Ann T.; Bornstein, Marc H.; Steinberg, Laurence; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Chen, Bin Bin; Tian, Qian; Bacchini, Dario; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Pastorelli, Concetta; Alampay, Liane Peña; Sorbring, Emma; Al-Hassan, Suha M.; Oburu, Paul; Malone, Patrick S.; Di Giunta, Laura; Tirado, Liliana Maria Uribe; Tapanya, Sombat – Developmental Psychology, 2019
Safety is essential for life. To survive, humans and other animals have developed sets of psychological and physiological adaptations known as life history (LH) tradeoff strategies in response to various safety constraints. Evolutionarily selected LH strategies in turn regulate development and behavior to optimize survival under prevailing safety…
Descriptors: Safety, Physiology, Psychological Patterns, Longitudinal Studies
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Gingerich, Wallace J.; Peterson, Lance T. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
Objective: We review all available controlled outcome studies of solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) to evaluate evidence of its effectiveness. Method: Forty-three studies were located and key data abstracted on problem, setting, SFBT intervention, design characteristics, and outcomes. Results: Thirty-two (74%) of the studies reported…
Descriptors: Psychotherapy, Outcomes of Treatment, Research, Child Behavior
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Kimber, Birgitta; Sandell, Rolf; Bremberg, Sven – Health Education Research, 2008
The school is an obvious arena for interventions designed to promote mental health among children. A set of educational techniques named social and emotional learning, which focuses on students' self-control, social competence, empathy, motivation and self-awareness, has shown promising results in the United States. This is a study of the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Self Efficacy, Mental Health, Program Effectiveness
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Nyberg, Lillianne; Henricsson, Lisbeth; Rydell, Ann-Margaret – Infant and Child Development, 2008
The principal aim of the present study was to obtain a deeper understanding than hitherto of the concurrent correlates and prospective predictors of loneliness and poor peer acceptance, both falling under the umbrella term low social inclusion. Problematic and socially competent behaviours were investigated as possible predictors of low social…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Grade 1, Peer Acceptance, Psychological Patterns
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Wahlsten, Viveka Sundelin – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1994
This 4-year longitudinal study followed 12 infants or young children (6 boys and 6 girls) in 7 high-risk Swedish families (including drug abuse, chaotic family structure, antisocial behavior, and child care problems). Three girls developed mainly constructive (moderating) strategies; the other children demonstrated more or less destructive,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems, Coping
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Diamantopoulou, Sofia; Henricsson, Lisbeth; Rydell, Ann-Margret – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2005
This study examined children's peer relations in relation to gender, symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), associated behaviour problems, prosociality, and self-perceptions, in a community sample. Six hundred and thirty-five 12-year-old children (314 girls) provided peer nominations and rated feelings of loneliness and…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Gender Differences, Psychological Patterns, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)