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Levesque, Mireille; Bigras, Marc; Pauze, Robert – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2012
The purpose of this study was to identify personal and family predictors and correlates of persistence of problematic sexual behaviors (PSB) in children. Participants were the families of 49 children (ages 4-11 years) referred by Child Protective Services in 4 administrative districts of Quebec. Caregivers completed interviews and questionnaires…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Persistence, Preadolescents, Foreign Countries
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Freed, Rachel D.; Tompson, Martha C. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2011
Parental locus of control refers to parents' perceived power and efficacy in child-rearing situations. This study explored parental locus of control and its correlates in 160 mothers of children ages 8 to 14 cross-sectionally and 1 year later. Maternal depression, maternal expressed emotion, and child internalizing and externalizing behavior were…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Mothers, Income, Depression (Psychology)
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Hedtke, Kristina A.; Kendall, Philip C.; Tiwari, Shilpee – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2009
This study examined child behavior during exposure tasks and characteristics of the exposure tasks as related to outcomes when treating anxious youth. Participants (aged 7-13) were 87 anxiety-disordered children (37 girls; 50 boys) and their parents (84 mothers; 70 fathers) who completed a 16-session cognitive-behavioral therapy. Videotapes of…
Descriptors: Safety, Child Behavior, Cognitive Restructuring, Coping
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Fite, Paula J.; Stoppelbein, Laura; Greening, Leilani – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2009
This study examined relations between proactive and reactive aggression and indicators of antisocial behavior (callous/unemotional traits and behavioral consequences) and negative affect (depression and suicidal behavior) in a sample of 105 children admitted to an acute child psychiatric inpatient unit. The majority of the children were male (69%)…
Descriptors: Aggression, Suicide, Depression (Psychology), Child Behavior
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Timmermans, Maartje; van Lier, Pol A. C.; Koot, Hans M. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2009
Adolescent delinquency and academic underachievement are both linked with child and adolescent behavior problems. However, little is known about behavioral pathways leading to these adverse outcomes. Children's aggression, opposition, status violations, and property violations scores were collected at ages 5, 10, and 18. Delinquency and academic…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Delinquency, Aggression, Underachievement
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De Sanctis, Virginia A.; Trampush, Joey W.; Harty, Seth C.; Marks, David J.; Newcorn, Jeffrey H.; Miller, Carlin J.; Halperin, Jeffrey M. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2008
Children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at heightened risk for maltreatment and later substance use disorders (SUDs). We investigated the relationship of childhood maltreatment and other risk factors to SUDs among adolescents diagnosed with ADHD in childhood. Eighty adolescents diagnosed with ADHD when they were 7 to 11…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Mental Disorders, At Risk Persons, Adolescents