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Georgiou, Stelios N.; Fanti, Kostas A. – Educational Psychology, 2014
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the existing transactional associations between mother-child conflict and the child's internalising and externalising problems. To this end, longitudinal data were used, covering ages 7-15. The sample consisted of 1,136 mothers and their children who participated in the National Institute of…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Behavior Problems, Conflict
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Lemay, Lise; Bigras, Nathalie; Bouchard, Caroline – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2015
The objective of this study was to examine how quantity, type, and quality of care interact in predicting externalizing and internalizing behaviors of 36-month-old children attending Quebec's educational child care from their first years of life. To do so, the authors examined two hypothesized models: (1) a mediation model where quantity, type,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Care Centers, Child Care, Child Behavior
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Vaughn, Aaron J.; Hoza, Betsy – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2013
The current study examined the incremental utility of rating scales, a structured diagnostic interview, and multiple informants in a comprehensive assessment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The sample included 185 children with ADHD (M[subscript age] = 9.22, SD = 0.95) and 82 children without ADHD (M[subscript age] = 9.24, SD =…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Behavior Rating Scales, Clinical Diagnosis, Parent Attitudes
Ho, Tzu-Hua – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study investigated the influences of children's adaptive skills, problem behaviors, and parent support systems (informal support and formal professional support) on maternal well-being (health and stress) in Taiwanese mothers of young children with developmental disabilities. The study examined the moderating effects of formal support and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Support Groups, Mothers, Well Being
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Aebi, Marcel; Plattner, Belinda; Metzke, Christa Winkler; Bessler, Cornelia; Steinhausen, Hans-Christoph – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2013
Background: Different dimensions of oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) have been found as valid predictors of further mental health problems and antisocial behaviors in youth. The present study aimed at testing the construct, concurrent, and predictive validity of ODD dimensions derived from parent- and self-report measures. Method: Confirmatory…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Predictor Variables, Mental Disorders, Antisocial Behavior
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Foster, E. Michael – Developmental Psychology, 2010
The relationship between complexity and usefulness can be captured by a U-shaped curve. This comment explores that relationship. Complexity may be useful for one of the main aims of developmental psychology (causal inference) but not for another (description of developmental phenomena). Currently, developmentalists conduct complex analyses that…
Descriptors: Inferences, Developmental Psychology, Models, Methods