Publication Date
| In 2026 | 0 |
| Since 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2022 (last 5 years) | 3 |
| Since 2017 (last 10 years) | 11 |
| Since 2007 (last 20 years) | 21 |
Descriptor
Source
| Psychology in the Schools | 44 |
Author
| Déry, Michèle | 2 |
| Lemelin, Jean-Pascal | 2 |
| Toupin, Jean | 2 |
| Verlaan, Pierrette | 2 |
| Abikoff, Howard B. | 1 |
| Alvir, Jose Ma. J. | 1 |
| Anderson, Donnah L. | 1 |
| Anderson, Megan | 1 |
| Ang A. Ling | 1 |
| Bakker, Merel | 1 |
| Beaumont, Renae | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 38 |
| Reports - Research | 33 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 5 |
| Information Analyses | 1 |
| Tests/Questionnaires | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| Australia | 1 |
| China | 1 |
| Malaysia | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 |
| Portugal | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkPan, Yangu; Liang, Shuang; Shek, Daniel T. L.; Zhou, Di; Lin, Xueqin – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
Although school climate plays an important role in the development of adolescent prosocial behaviors and problem behaviors, little is known about the mechanisms underlying school climate's impact on such behaviors, particularly in Chinese adolescents. This study used a multi-informant approach to investigate the mediating role of social-emotional…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Prosocial Behavior, Behavior Problems
Yoke Y. Chen; Chuong H. Ting; Siti R. Ghazali; Ang A. Ling – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
With the increasing prevalence of mental health issues among children, there is a growing need to implement school-based preventive programs for emotional well-being in Malaysia. Super Skills for Life (SSL) is a transdiagnostic preventive program designed based on the cognitive-behavioral therapy concept to address emotional problems among…
Descriptors: Well Being, Foreign Countries, Intervention, Self Control
Keener, Ashley – Psychology in the Schools, 2020
Academic entitlement (AE) has been a concern among college educators due to millennial college students entering the educational setting. Although there is theoretical justification to support such conjecture, it remains unclear whether AE is more prevalent among this generation. The present study examines the relationship between narcissism,…
Descriptors: Age Groups, College Students, College Faculty, Correlation
Major, Sofia O.; Seabra-Santos, Maria J.; Gaspar, Maria F. – Psychology in the Schools, 2018
This study explored the correspondence and differences between school staff perceptions of preschool children's social skills and behavior problems. One hundred preschoolers were assessed by 14 pairs of teachers and classroom aides with the Preschool and Kindergarten Behavior Scales-2nd Edition (PKBS-2 Portuguese version). Indexes of agreement and…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Teacher Aides, Preschool Children, Interpersonal Competence
Pandya, Samta P. – Psychology in the Schools, 2022
High schoolers' creative thinking and complex problem-solving abilities are important for determining achievement. There is a need to investigate whether spiritual training delivered via a microblogging social networking platform would be effective. This article reports a study that examines the impact of Twitter-based spiritual posts on high…
Descriptors: High School Students, Creative Thinking, Problem Solving, Spiritual Development
Lipscomb, Anne H.; Anderson, Megan; Gadke, Daniel L. – Psychology in the Schools, 2018
ClassDojo and Tootling are two intervention techniques rooted in behavioral theory used in classwide behavior management purposes. ClassDojo is a technology-based behavior tracking system, allowing users to provide or remove points to students based on their classroom behaviors. Tootling provides students with the opportunity to deliver positive…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Intervention, Special Education
Fung, Francis; Tan, Cheng Yong; Chen, Gaowei – Psychology in the Schools, 2018
The present study explored the relationships between student engagement and mathematics achievement for 295,416 15-year-old students from 11,767 secondary schools in 34 countries who participated in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2012. Affective engagement was measured by students' mathematics interest (InterestMath) and…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Mathematics Achievement, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Mathematics
Everett, Gregory E.; Swift, Honora S.; McKenney, Elizabeth L. W.; Jewell, Jeremy D. – Psychology in the Schools, 2016
The current study evaluated the effectiveness of individualized math-to-mastery (MTM) interventions, selected though brief experimental analysis (BEA), at increasing math fluency skills for three elementary-aged females. As MTM has only been investigated as a multicomponent intervention, the present study utilized BEA to identify those specific…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Intervention, Mathematics Achievement, Low Achievement
Sullivan, William E.; Martens, Brian K.; Morley, Allison J.; Long, Stephanie J. – Psychology in the Schools, 2017
Activity schedules, guided compliance, and differential reinforcement are often used to reduce transition-related problem behavior in children with autism. One potential way to increase the effectiveness of these procedures when transitioning children from preferred to nonpreferred activities is to alter the motivating operations for…
Descriptors: Autism, Child Behavior, Behavior Problems, Behavior Modification
Toupin, Jean; Déry, Michèle; Verlaan, Pierrette; Lemelin, Jean-Pascal; Lecocq, Aurélie; Jagiellowicz, Jadwiga – Psychology in the Schools, 2016
Students with conduct problems (CPs) may present heterogeneity in terms of behavioral manifestations and service needs. Previous studies using Latent Class Analysis (LCA) to capture this heterogeneity have been conducted mostly with community samples and have often applied a narrow definition of CP. Considering this context, this study…
Descriptors: Multivariate Analysis, Behavior Problems, Elementary School Students, Special Education
Hutchison, Morica; Russell, Beth S.; Wink, Mackenzie N. – Psychology in the Schools, 2020
Childhood exposure to traumatic experiences and subsequent psychological symptoms increase the risk for lifelong behavioral and mental health problems, including depression diagnoses, reduced adaptive coping strategies, substance abuse, and early death, with negative impacts on children's social development and academic achievement.…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Trauma, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Poirier, Martine; Déry, Michèle; Toupin, Jean; Verlaan, Pierrette; Lemelin, Jean-Pascal; Jagiellowicz, Jadzia – Psychology in the Schools, 2015
There is limited empirical research on the correlates of conduct problems (CP) and depression comorbidity during childhood. This study investigated 479 elementary school children (48.2% girls). It compared children with comorbidity to children with CP only, depression only, and control children on individual, academic, social, and family…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Correlation, Depression (Psychology), Comorbidity
Woods-Groves, Suzanne; Choi, Taehoon; Bruhn, Allison Leigh; Fernando, Josephine – Psychology in the Schools, 2019
This study examined the relationship of teachers' ratings of students' 21st century skills (i.e., persistence, curiosity, externalizing and internalizing affect, and cognition) via the Human Behavior Rating Scale: Brief (HBRS: Brief; Eaves & Woods-Groves, 2011) with student performance. Midwestern K-11 teachers (n = 96) rated students (n =…
Descriptors: Correlation, Teacher Attitudes, 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement
Vogelaar, Bart; Bakker, Merel; Hoogeveen, Lianne; Resing, Wilma C. M. – Psychology in the Schools, 2017
In this study, dynamic testing principles were applied to examine progression of analogy problem solving, the roles that cognitive flexibility and metacognition play in children's progression as well as training benefits, and instructional needs of 7- to 8-year-old gifted and average-ability children. Utilizing a pretest training posttest control…
Descriptors: Gifted, Problem Solving, Figurative Language, Educational Practices
Beaumont, Renae; Rotolone, Cassie; Sofronoff, Kate – Psychology in the Schools, 2015
School is often considered an ideal setting for child social skills training due to the opportunities it provides for skills teaching, modeling, and practice. The current study evaluated the effectiveness of two variants of the Secret Agent Society social skills program for children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders (HFASD) in a…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Skill Development, Program Effectiveness, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
