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Walg, Marco; Löwer, Florentine; Bender, Stephan; Hapfelmeier, Gerhard – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2022
The aim of this study is to assess adolescent refugees' psychological distress and examine how reliably caseworkers can assess distress through a proxy-report instrument. The distress of 102 unaccompanied refugees between 16 and 21 years of age housed in youth welfare accommodations in Germany was assessed by self-report using the Brief Symptom…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Young Adults, Refugees
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Ioannidou, Louiza; Zafiropoulou, Maria – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2021
Research has linked parenting practices to the development of internalising symptoms in children. However, parenting practices cannot fully explain the evolution of internalising symptoms, as other factors seem to influence this process. Two specific factors identified in separate lines of research are victimisation and child behavioural…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Victims, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Child Behavior
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Kim, Eunha; Hwang, Jowon; Park, Sukyoung – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2018
This study examined how child problem behaviour could be related to maternal Hwa-Byung (HB; Korean culture syndrome, meaning "anger illness") among Korean mothers of children with developmental disabilities. Acceptance of disabilities and parenting stress were tested as mediators for the relationship between child problem behaviour and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Mothers, Children
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Paul, Abigail R.; McKechanie, Andrew G.; Johnstone, Eve C.; Owens, David G. Cunningham; Stanfield, Andrew C. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
Introduction: The study aim was to describe behaviours associated with autistic traits. Methods: The Childhood Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) and Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) were used as measures of behaviour and autistic traits respectively in 331 adolescents receiving educational support. CBCL scores were compared between three groups…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Check Lists, Autism, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Weiss, Bahr; Tram, Jane M.; Weisz, John R.; Rescorla, Leslie; Achenbach, Thomas M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2009
Individuals react in a variety of ways when experiencing environmental challenges exceeding their capacity to cope adaptively. Some researchers have suggested that Asian populations tend to react to excessive stress with somatic symptoms, whereas Western populations tend to respond more with affective or depressive symptoms. Other researchers,…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Referral, Researchers
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Martin, Andrew J.; Linfoot, Ken W.; Stephenson, Jennifer – Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 2005
There is increasing concern about the number of preschool children displaying problem behaviour. This study examines the relative contribution of potential risk factors, particularly those related to families, to problem behaviour in the lives of a sample of western Sydney three- to five-year-old children. Problem behaviour was assessed using the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Behavior Problems, Child Behavior