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Perceived Social Support and Alcohol Consumption during Adolescence: A Path-Analysis with Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviour Problems
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Schüürmann, Alissa; Goagoses, Naska – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2022
The aim of the current study was to investigate the relationship between adolescents' social support, their internalising and externalising behaviour problems, and their alcohol consumption. Adolescents attending Grade 7-10 (N = 329), answered questionnaires regarding their perceived social support (from parents, teachers, classmates, and…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Drinking
Does Being Assigned to a Low School Track Negatively Affect Psychological Adjustment? A Longitudinal Study in the First Year of Secondary School
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Müller, Christoph Michael; Hofmann, Verena – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2016
Previous research suggests that the 1st year in secondary school for some students goes hand in hand with an increase in adjustment difficulties. One factor that might influence this process on an individual, compositional, and institutional level is the academic track a student attends. It was hypothesized that being assigned to a low-qualifying…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Track System (Education), Psychological Patterns, Student Adjustment
Mother-Adolescent Conflict as a Mediator between Adolescent Problem Behaviors and Maternal Psychological Control
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Steeger, Christine M.; Gondoli, Dawn M. – Developmental Psychology, 2013
This study examined mother-adolescent conflict as a mediator of longitudinal reciprocal relations between adolescent aggression and depressive symptoms and maternal psychological control. Motivated by family systems theory and the transactions that occur between individual and dyadic levels of the family system, we examined the connections among…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Longitudinal Studies, Parent Child Relationship, Conflict
Parent Psychopathology and Youth Internalizing Symptoms in an Urban Community: A Latent Growth Model Analysis
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Burstein, Marcy; Ginsburg, Golda S.; Petras, Hanno; Ialongo, Nicholas – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2010
The present study examined the developmental trajectories of youth depression and anxiety symptoms from 6th through 12th grade in a low-income, urban sample (N = 141; mean age = 11.75 years; 88.7% African American). The study also tested the independent contribution of parent mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and substance use disorders assessed…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Adolescents, Parents, Depression (Psychology)
Peer and Parent Influences on School Engagement among Early Adolescents
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Simons-Morton, Bruce; Rusan, Chen, – Youth & Society, 2009
Students who are not motivated and do not try to do well are unlikely to achieve consistent with their abilities. This research assesses the relationships over time between school engagement and parenting practices and peer affiliation among sixth to ninth graders using latent growth models. Participants included 2,453 students recruited from…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Parent Participation, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing
Mental Health Problems among Child Welfare Clients Living at Home
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Iversen, Anette Christine; Jakobsen, Reidar; Havik, Toril; Hysing, Mari; Stormark, Kjell Morten – Child Care in Practice, 2007
The great majority of children receiving intervention from child welfare and protection services (CWS) in Norway live at home. The purpose of this study was to assess mental health problems among these children. Data stem from a population-based study, the Bergen child study, conducted in 2006. Of a sample consisting of 4,162 children in the fifth…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Health Services, Emotional Problems, Mental Health Programs