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Valdivia, Ibis Alvarez; Schneider, Barry H.; Chavez, Kenia Lorenzo; Chen, Xinyin – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2005
Elementary-school children in Cuba and Canada participated in measures of loneliness, sociometric status, friendship, aggression, and social withdrawal. Withdrawal was associated with loneliness in the Cuban data from both cohorts, Grade 4 and Grade 6. In the Canadian data, withdrawal was only linked to loneliness in Grade 6. In contrast with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Measures (Individuals), Psychological Patterns
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Delligatti, Nina; Akin-Little, Angeleque; Little, Steven G. – Psychology in the Schools, 2003
Current prevalence rates of Conduct Disorder (CD) in girls may be an underestimate due to inappropriate diagnostic criteria, biased perceptions by those responsible for reporting problematic behavior, and differential social constraints for each gender. Relatively few published studies of CD and related behaviors in girls exist. Available evidence…
Descriptors: Intervention, Incidence, Females, Substance Abuse
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Uotinen, Virpi; Suutama, Timo; Ruoppila, Isto – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2003
A person-oriented approach was used in a study of age identification among community-dwelling older people. The study was based on 8-year follow-up data; 843 persons aged 65-84 were involved in the first phase of the study, and 426 persons aged 73-92, in the second phase. Loosely, on the basis of the distinction between successful, usual, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Identification (Psychology), Older Adults, Aging (Individuals)
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Faris, Alexander S.; Brown, Janice M. – Journal of Drug Education, 2003
Previous research indicates that brief motivational interventions for college student drinkers may be less effective in group settings than individual settings. Social psychological theories about counterproductive group dynamics may partially explain this finding. The present study examined potential problems with group motivational interventions…
Descriptors: Intervention, Group Dynamics, Student Motivation, Drinking
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Hansson, Anna; Hilleras, Pernilla; Forsell, Yvonne – Social Indicators Research, 2005
Objectives: The aim of this study was to see if earlier findings about factors associated with well-being could be replicated in a large population-based sample in Sweden. To the best of our knowledge, no research on well-being has been conducted on such a large population in a country, which by most standards is regarded as one of the most…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Networks, Adults, Well Being
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Heiervang, Einar; Stormark, Kjell M.; Lundervold, Astri J.; Heimann, Mikael; Goodman, Robert; Posserud, Maj-Britt; Ullebo, Anne K.; Plessen, Kerstin J.; Bjelland, Ingvar; Lie, Stein A.; Gillberg, Christopher – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: The Bergen Child Study is a longitudinal study of child mental health from the city of Bergen, Norway. We present methods and results from the first wave of the study, focusing on prevalence of disorders, associations with risk factors, and the use of services. Method: The target population included all 9,430 children attending grades 2…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Mental Disorders, Grade 3, Grade 4
Taulbert, Clifton L. – Corwin Press, 2006
How can all students be provided with a first-class education with all the obstacles and challenges faced by today's schools? Based on his experiences growing up in the Mississippi Delta during the era of segregation, Clifton Taulbert shares time-honored principles that can transform the lives of the teachers, students, administrators, and staff…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Friendship, Access to Education, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
Ling, Thomson Joseph – Online Submission, 2006
Research has suggested that transfer students experience difficulty in many domains however limited research has examined the variables associated with transfer student success. The present study examined transfer student success using a sample of 163 first-year transfer students at a large mid-Atlantic university. The mean age of the participants…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Success, Self Efficacy, Social Integration
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Sharp, Carla; Van Goozen, Stephanie; Goodyer, Ian – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2006
Background: Differential responses in terms of gender and antisocial behaviour in emotional reactivity to affective pictures using the International Affective Picture System (IAPS) have been demonstrated in adult and adolescent samples. Moreover, a quadratic relationship between the arousal (intensity) and valence (degree of unpleasantness) has…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Gender Differences, Children, Adults
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Gettig, Jacob P.; Grady, Sarah E.; Nowosadzka, Izabella – Journal of School Nursing, 2006
In only recent history, illicit use of methamphetamine, once isolated to urban areas on the West Coast, has spread into rural areas of the Midwest and southern United States. Although past and current methamphetamine legislation has increased penalties for methamphetamine manufacturers and tightened restrictions on sales of known precursors, the…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Aggression, Psychosis, Nurses
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Eshbaugh, Elaine M. – Journal of Family Social Work, 2006
This study investigated predictors of depression in 278 African-American, 206 European-American, and 122 Hispanic teen mothers approximately 36 months after the birth while controlling for depression 14 months after the birth. Predictor variables were age, ethnicity, mastery, knowledge of development, and parental distress. Younger teens were not…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Intervention, Mothers, Toddlers
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Suldo, Shannon M.; Huebner, E. Scott – Social Indicators Research, 2006
This study examined whether extremely high life satisfaction was associated with adaptive functioning or maladaptive functioning. Six hundred ninety-eight secondary level students completed the Students' Life Satisfaction Scale [Huebner, 1991a, School Psychology International, 12, pp. 231-240], Youth Self-Report of the Child Behavior Checklist…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Adolescents, Well Being, Adjustment (to Environment)
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Leech, Sharon L.; Larkby, Cynthia A.; Day, Richard; Day, Nancy L. – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: To identify factors that predict or are correlated with symptoms of depression and anxiety in 10-year-olds. Method: Women and their offspring were followed from the fourth prenatal month through 10 years. There were 636 mother-child pairs at 10 years, a follow-up rate of 83% of the birth cohort. Cognitive, psychological,…
Descriptors: Prenatal Influences, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Injuries
Sayler, Michael F. – 1996
The academic, social, and emotional benefits of acceleration are widely known. Yet criticism and reluctance to use this educational intervention persist. Some school personnel and families fear that children who accelerate through grades will experience serious social or emotional adjustment problems. This research project compared a nationally…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents
Harris, Herbert W., Ed.; And Others – 1995
Racial and ethnic identity must be understood as an important determinant of the creative process and social dynamics, as well as understood as individual psychology. This collection of papers examines identity issues in the following chapters: (1) "Roots and Routes: Black Identity as an Outernational Project" (Paul Gilroy); (2) "Identity as…
Descriptors: Blacks, Coping, Creative Expression, Ethnic Groups
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