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Peer reviewedBenda, Brent B.; Corwyn, Robert Flynn; Toombs, Nancy J. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2001
Studies 248 adolescents who had been in a Serious Offender Program to examine the relative predictiveness of: a common risk assessment tool; a battery of psychological tests; and a combination of demographic and theoretical factors. Regression procedures indicate that the following are significant predictors: prior commitment; male; gang members;…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Delinquency, Individual Development
Peer reviewedSaklofske, Don; And Others – Canadian Journal of Special Education, 1987
An overview of the literature on childhood depression precedes results of a study of 192 regular class students (grades 4-6) in Alberta, Canada, in which diagnostic measures were used to predict aspects of depression. Among findings were that self-esteem and family stability variables significantly predict depression in children. (Author/JW)
Descriptors: Children, Depression (Psychology), Diagnostic Tests, Emotional Disturbances
