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Mander, David J.; Lester, Leanne – Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 2023
Objective: To explore the symptomatic features of homesickness in Australian adolescent males during their first year at boarding school, as well as its dimensionality, coping strategies, and the relationship with academic, resilience, emotional and mental health factors. Method: Drawing on a larger, longitudinal study (n = 174 students), survey…
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Student Adjustment, Psychological Patterns, Foreign Countries
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Askell-Williams, Helen; Lawson, Michael J. – Health Education, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore relationships between students' self-reported mental health and their perspectives about life at school in metropolitan Adelaide, South Australia. Design/methodology/approach: The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and a purpose designed Living and Learning at School Questionnaire (LLSQ)…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Student Attitudes, Child Health, Self Disclosure (Individuals)
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Davies, Patrick T.; Coe, Jesse L.; Martin, Meredith J.; Sturge-Apple, Melissa L.; Cummings, E. Mark – Developmental Psychology, 2015
Building on empirical documentation of children's involvement in interparental conflicts as a weak predictor of psychopathology, we tested the hypothesis that involvement in conflict more consistently serves as a moderator of associations between children's emotional reactivity to interparental conflict and their psychological problems. In Study…
Descriptors: Parents, Interpersonal Relationship, Psychopathology, Hypothesis Testing
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Khamis, Vivian – International Journal of Special Education, 2013
The study assessed the prevalence and predictors of post-traumatic symptomatology and emotional and behavioral difficulties in siblings of children who incurred war-related injuries. It was predicted that injury severity, gender and attributional style would account for a significant amount of the variance in post-traumatic stress symptoms and…
Descriptors: Social Adjustment, Emotional Adjustment, Incidence, Predictor Variables