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Ira Stern; Ariel Tenenbaum; Shirli Werner – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Introduction: Greater psychopathology among individuals with intellectual disabilities, as well as distress among their parents, are negatively associated with personal growth among the latter. This study examines the role of parents' social support and their attitudes toward service use as mediators of the relationship between psychopathology…
Descriptors: Parents, Intellectual Disability, Psychopathology, Adolescents
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Ronit Saban-Bezalel; Esther Ben-Itzchak; Ditza A. Zachor – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Purpose: Follow-up studies of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in early childhood that focus on friendship formation during adolescence are scarce. The present study focused on exploring characteristics possibly related to the ability to establish friendships during adolescence among children diagnosed with ASD in…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Adolescents, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Friendship
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Eleonora Papaleontiou-Louca – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2025
Traditionally, children have generally been considered as developmentally immature and unable to experience spirituality. However, more recent studies seem to indicate the opposite. This article aims to: (1) explore how religiosity and spirituality evolve in the developing person; (2) describe the perceptions of children about God; (3) explore how…
Descriptors: Spiritual Development, Religious Factors, Beliefs, Child Development
Tatjana Voitova; Valdis Bernhofs; Daniel Müllensiefen – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2025
Psychosocial skills are variables related to human behavior, beliefs, and attitudes and shape social interactions, learning processes, academic achievements, and general goal-directed behavior. Psychosocial skills seem particularly important during the adolescent period when large changes in goal setting, learning attitudes, and ability…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Music, Listening Skills, Secondary School Students
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Jing Liu; Megan Kuhfeld; Monica Lee – Educational Policy, 2025
Noncognitive constructs such as self-efficacy, social awareness, and academic engagement are widely acknowledged as critical components of human capital, but systematic data collection on such skills in school systems is complicated by conceptual ambiguities, measurement challenges and resource constraints. This study addresses this issue by…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Student Characteristics, Demography, Achievement
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Selena Carbajal; Melissa Y. Delgado; Rajni L. Nair; Katharine H. Zeiders – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2025
Bicultural competence, the ability to navigate and alternate between two cultures, is an important developmental competency for Latinx youth. Empirical research has suggested that bicultural competence is associated with positive academic and psychosocial functioning, including higher academic achievement and fewer internalizing and externalizing…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Cultural Awareness, Hispanic American Students, Academic Achievement