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Nguyen, Cathina T.; Fairclough, Diane L.; Noll, Robert B. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
Problem-solving skills training is an intervention designed to teach coping skills that has shown to decrease negative affectivity (depressive symptoms, negative mood, and post-traumatic stress symptoms) in mothers of children with cancer. The objective of this study was to see whether mothers of children recently diagnosed with autism spectrum…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Problem Solving, Mothers
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White, Megan E.; Shih, Josephine H. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2012
The purpose of this study was to extend the research on co-rumination and depressed mood by examining the impact of co-rumination on depressed mood on a daily basis while controlling for the effects of daily stress events in a sample of late adolescents. Two-hundred and seventy-nine predominantly Caucasian college students (95 male, 184 female)…
Descriptors: Friendship, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Psychological Patterns
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Annesi, James J.; Tennant, Gisèle A.; Mareno, Nicole – Health Education & Behavior, 2014
A lack of satisfaction with one's body is common among women with obesity, often prompting unhealthy "dieting." Beyond typically slow improvements in weight and body composition, behavioral factors might also affect change in body satisfaction. Age and race/ethnicity (African American vs. White) might moderate such change. Obese women (N…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Self Concept, Health Behavior, Predictor Variables