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Aaron Hogue; Nicole Porter; Molly Bobek; Alexandra MacLean; Lila Bruynesteyn; Amanda Jensen-Doss; Sarah Dauber; Craig E. Henderson – Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 2022
A foundational strategy to promote implementation of evidence-based interventions (EBIs) is providing EBI training to therapists. This study tested an online training system in which therapists practiced observational coding of mock video vignettes demonstrating family therapy techniques for adolescent behavior problems. The study compared…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Allied Health Personnel, Observation, Cognitive Processes
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Panter-Brick, Catherine; Dajani, Rana; Hamadmad, Dima; Hadfield, Kristin – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2022
Humanitarian research with Syrian refugees can be difficult to conduct in-person, due to COVID-19 containment, security, and logistics issues. We assessed whether the online implementation of a brief, culturally grounded resilience measure would yield reliable responses for use with children and adolescents in the Middle East region. We…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Resilience (Psychology), Online Surveys
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Vagos, Paula; Ribeiro da Silva, Diana; Brazão, Nélio; Rijo, Daniel; Elison, Jeff – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2019
Background: Shame has been found to relate to several psychopathologies, but the way the individual copes with experiences of shame may determine specific expressions of psychopathology, making it essential to rigorously address such coping styles. Objective: This study evaluated the psychometric properties of a Portuguese version of the Compass…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Psychopathology, Coping, Psychometrics
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Li, Zhi; Liu, Siwei; Hartman, Sarah; Belsky, Jay – Developmental Psychology, 2018
This research investigates whether and how two fundamental environmental factors--harshness and unpredictability--interact in regulating child and adolescent development, informed by life-history theory and drawing on data from the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (N =…
Descriptors: Early Experience, Family Income, Kindergarten, Young Children
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Dekker, Linda P.; van der Vegt, Esther J. M.; van der Ende, Jan; Tick, Nouchka; Louwerse, Anneke; Maras, Athanasios; Verhulst, Frank C.; Greaves-Lord, Kirstin – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017
To gain further insight into psychosexual functioning, including behaviors, intrapersonal and interpersonal aspects, in adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), comprehensive, multi-informant measures are needed. This study describes (1) the development of a new measure of psychosexual functioning in both parent- and self-reports (Teen…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adolescent Development, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Burrows, Catherine A.; Usher, Lauren V.; Schwartz, Caley B.; Mundy, Peter C.; Henderson, Heather A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
This study tested the "spectrum hypothesis," which posits that children and adolescents with high functioning autism (HFA) differ "quantitatively" but not "qualitatively" from typically developing peers on self-reported temperament. Temperament refers to early-appearing, relatively stable behavioral and emotional…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Personality, Measurement Techniques
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Rescorla, Leslie A.; Ginzburg, Sofia; Achenbach, Thomas M.; Ivanova, Masha Y.; Almqvist, Fredrik; Begovac, Ivan; Bilenberg, Niels; Bird, Hector; Chahed, Myriam; Dobrean, Anca; Dopfner, Manfred; Erol, Nese; Hannesdottir, Helga; Kanbayashi, Yasuko; Lambert, Michael C.; Leung, Patrick W. L.; Minaei, Asghar; Novik, Torunn S.; Oh, Kyung-Ja; Petot, Djaouida; Petot, Jean-Michel; Pomalima, Rolando; Rudan, Vlasta; Sawyer, Michael; Simsek, Zeynep; Steinhausen, Hans-Christoph; Valverde, Jose; van der Ende, Jan; Weintraub, Sheila; Metzke, Christa Winkler; Wolanczyk, Tomasz; Zhang, Eugene Yuqing; Zukauskiene, Rita; Verhulst, Frank C. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2013
We used population sample data from 25 societies to answer the following questions: (a) How consistently across societies do adolescents report more problems than their parents report about them? (b) Do levels of parent-adolescent agreement vary among societies for different kinds of problems? (c) How well do parents and adolescents in different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Parents, Reliability
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Mahmood, Khalid; Iqbal, Muhammad Maqsood – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This study was studied that emotional and behavioural problems of young students who are directly related to their academic achievement and thus play a vital role in the development of young learners carrier. This study helped to fill a gap by conducting an exploration of psychological adjustment and academic achievement among adolescents. It also…
Descriptors: Emotional Adjustment, Academic Achievement, Computer Software, Statistical Analysis
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Chauvin, Bruno; Leonova, Tamara – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2016
Key concerns about the psychometric properties of the 25-item version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) have consistently been raised in the literature. The present study aimed at examining the meaningfulness of an alternative model to the SDQ in which 7 problematic items are excluded. French-speaking parents of 262 boys and…
Descriptors: French, Psychometrics, Behavior Problems, Emotional Disturbances
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Myunghee Ahn, Christine; Ebesutani, Chad – Psychology in the Schools, 2015
Korean middle school students are experiencing high rates of behavioral and emotional problems, suggesting a need for comprehensive screening instruments with strong psychometric properties in school settings. The present study investigated the utility of the Behavior Assessment System for Children-2 Self-Report of Personality, Adolescent Form…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Behavior Problems, Emotional Problems
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Weiler, Lindsey M.; Haddock, Shelley A.; Zimmerman, Toni S.; Henry, Kimberly L.; Krafchick, Jennifer L.; Youngblade, Lise M. – Applied Developmental Science, 2015
Youth mentoring can have a profound impact on the lives of high-risk youth. This study presents the Campus Corps program, a time-limited (12-week), structured mentoring program for high-risk youth (ages 11--18), and results from a quasi-experimental pilot evaluation. Baseline and post-intervention problem behavior data from 315 offending youth…
Descriptors: Mentors, Youth, Youth Programs, At Risk Persons
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Strijbosch, E. L. L.; van der Helm, G. H. P.; van Brandenburg, M. E. T.; Mecking, M.; Wissink, I. B.; Stams, G. J. J. M. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2014
Purpose: This study describes the development and validation of the Group Climate Instrument for Children aged 8 to 15 years (GCIC 8-15), which purports to measure the quality of group climate in residential care. Methods: A confirmatory factor analysis was performed on data of 117 children in Dutch residential youth care. Reliability analysis was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Residential Care, Residential Institutions, Factor Analysis
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Galanter, Cathryn A.; Hundt, Stephanie R.; Goyal, Parag; Le, Jenna; Fisher, Prudence W. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2012
Objective: The "DSM-IV-TR "criteria for a manic episode and bipolar disorder (BD) were developed for adults but are used for children. The manner in which clinicians and researchers interpret these criteria may have contributed to the increase in BD diagnoses given to youth. Research interviews are designed to improve diagnostic reliability and…
Descriptors: Criteria, Psychiatry, Adolescents, Scoring
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Hardy, Sam A.; Walker, Lawrence J.; Olsen, Joseph A.; Woodbury, Ryan D.; Hickman, Jacob R. – Developmental Psychology, 2014
The purposes of this study were to conceptualize moral identity as moral ideal self, to develop a measure of this construct, to test for age and gender differences, to examine links between moral ideal self and adolescent outcomes, and to assess purpose and social responsibility as mediators of the relations between moral ideal self and outcomes.…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Moral Development, Adolescents, Cheating
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Geng, Yaoguo; Xia, Dan; Qin, Beibei – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2012
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Basic Empathy Scale (BES). The Chinese version of BES was administered to a sample (n = 1,524) aged 9-18 and 65 males with conduct disorder aged 13-18. The result of confirmatory factor analysis showed a two-factor structure with four items deleted…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Test Validity, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals)
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