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Lawrence, David; Dawson, Vaille; Houghton, Stephen; Goodsell, Ben; Sawyer, Michael G – Australian Journal of Education, 2019
Mental disorders are among the most common and disabling conditions affecting children and adolescents. Patterns of school attendance among students with and without mental disorders were examined using data from the 2013-2014 Australian Child and Adolescent Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing. One in seven school students had a mental disorder…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Attendance Patterns, Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education
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Hautala, Dane S.; Sittner Hartshorn, Kelley J.; Armenta, Brian; Whitbeck, Les – Youth & Society, 2017
This study examined the lifetime prevalence of physical dating violence, including victimization, perpetration, and the overlap between the two (mutual violence), among a population sample of 551 reservation/reserve residing Indigenous (i.e., American Indian and Canadian First Nations) adolescents in the upper-Midwest of the United States and…
Descriptors: Incidence, Correlation, Dating (Social), Violence
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Sawyer, M. G.; Miller-Lewis, L. R.; Clark, J. J. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2007
The prevalence of 3 mental disorders (Depressive Disorder, Conduct Disorder and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder), the prevalence of mental health problems, and rates of health-risk behaviours among those with problems, along with patterns of service utilisation, are reported for 1490 adolescents aged 13-17 years in Australia. Mental…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Services, Incidence, Health Services