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van der Molen, Elsa; Hipwell, Alison E.; Vermeiren, Robert; Loeber, Rolf – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2012
Little is known about the ways in which the accumulation of maternal factors increases or reduces risk for girls' disruptive behavior during preadolescence. In the current study, maternal risk and promotive factors and the severity of girls' disruptive behavior were assessed annually among girls' ages 7-12 in an urban community sample (N = 2043).…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mothers, Daughters, Prevention
Aber, J. Lawrence; Grannis, Kerry Searle; Owen, Stephanie; Sawhill, Isabel V. – Brookings Institution, 2013
This study uses data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999 (ECLS-K) to analyze competencies that children need to master by the end of elementary school, the extent to which they are doing so, what might be done to improve their performance, and how this might affect their ultimate ability to earn a living…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Longitudinal Studies, Kindergarten, Children
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Kukla-Acevedo, Sharon – Journal of Educational Research, 2009
The author explored whether 3 workplace conditions were related to teacher mobility decisions. The modeling strategy incorporated a series of binomial and multinomial logistic models to estimate the effects of administrative support, classroom control, and behavioral climate on teachers' decisions to quit teaching or switch schools. The results…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Prediction, Probability, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Brendgen, Mara; Wanner, Brigitte; Vitaro, Frank; Bukowski, William M.; Tremblay, Richard E. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2007
Using a prospective design spanning 17 years, the authors studied in a sample of 231 boys and girls the predictive links of verbal abuse by the teacher during childhood to high-school graduation and behavioral and emotional problems in young adulthood, as well as the putative mediating role of individuals' generalized and domain-specific…
Descriptors: Peer Groups, Probability, Females, Emotional Adjustment