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Dialectical Behavior Therapy-Skills System for Cognitively Challenged Individuals with Self-Harm: A Swedish Pilot Study
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Rosendahl-Santillo, Alexandra; Lantto, Reid; Nylander, Lena; Thylander, Christina; Schultz, Pernilla; Brown, Julie; Wallinius, Märta; Westling, Sofie – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2023
Background: Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based treatment for self-harm and emotion regulation difficulties. A modified version, DBT-Skills System (DBT-SS), has been developed in the USA for individuals with cognitive difficulties. The present study is a pilot study, testing the DBT-SS in a Swedish context. Methods: Six…
Descriptors: Psychotherapy, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Evidence Based Practice
Longitudinal Associations between Mothers' and Fathers' Anger/Irritability Expressiveness, Harsh Parenting, and Adolescents' Socioemotional Functioning in Nine Countries
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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
Boys' Socialisation and Agency in a Swedish Special Educational Needs Unit
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Karlsson, Yvonne – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2019
The overall aim of this article is to analyse how a school's special needs unit in Sweden deals with children's agency and category work as they negotiate and categorise the problems that are encountered there. The data derive from an ethnographic study conducted in a Swedish special educational needs unit (SENU) attended by a group of five boys…
Descriptors: Males, Socialization, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Peer Relationship
Social and Emotional Training in Swedish Schools for the Promotion of Mental Health: An Effectiveness Study of 5 Years of Intervention
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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
Personality Development from Childhood to Adolescence: A Longitudinal Study of Ego-Control and Ego-Resiliency in Sweden
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Chuang, Susan S.; Lamb, Michael E.; Hwang, C. Philip – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2006
We investigated the development of ego-control (EC) and ego-resiliency (ER) over a 13-year period in a cohort of Swedish children first assessed at 2 years of age. Children became more ego-controlled over time although individual differences in EC remained stable. Children's levels of resiliency increased from 2 to 3 years of age and then declined…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Self Concept, Personality, Individual Differences