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Jaber, Lindsey S.; Rinaldi, Christina M.; Saunders, Cory D.; Scott, Jesse – Contemporary School Psychology, 2023
An expanded Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB; Ajzen, "Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes" 50:179-211, 1991, Ajzen, "Journal of Applied Social Psychology" 32:665-683, 2002) which incorporates affective, moral, and personal belief variables with Ajzen's original social, behavioural, and cognitive factors has not…
Descriptors: Bullying, Junior High School Students, Student Behavior, Victims
Lee, Yeeun; Mikami, Amori Yee; Owens, Julie Sarno – Grantee Submission, 2021
Symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in elementary school-age children are associated with poor relationships with classroom peers, as indicated by poor social preference, low peer support, and peer victimization. Less is known about how friendship patterns relate to ADHD symptoms, or how friendships may buffer risk for…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Friendship, Elementary School Students
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Ronis, Scott; Slaunwhite, Amanda – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2019
Cyberbullying has become an important public health issue due to documented associations among victimization, perpetration, and greater likelihood of depression, substance abuse, anxiety, insomnia, and school-related problems for adolescents. Less is known, however, about how youth cope with cyberbullying and the types of services and supports…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Predictor Variables, Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication
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Godin, Katelyn M.; Patte, Karen A.; Leatherdale, Scott T. – Journal of School Health, 2018
Background: Many Canadian schools offer breakfast programs; however, students' engagement in these programs is low, while breakfast skipping is highly prevalent among youth. This study examined whether the availability of breakfast programs supports adolescents' regular breakfast eating, and identified characteristics of breakfast skippers who are…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Eating Habits, Breakfast Programs, Secondary School Students
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Shapka, Jennifer D.; Onditi, Hezron Z.; Collie, Rebecca J.; Lapidot-Lefler, Noam – Child Development, 2018
This study explored cyberbullying and cybervictimization (CBCV), for adolescents aged 11-15 from Tanzania (N = 426) and Canada (N = 592). Measurement invariance and model invariance was found for CBCV. In addition, multigroup structural equation modeling was used to explore several variables: age, gender, average hours online each day, accessing…
Descriptors: Victims, Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Foreign Countries
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Dumas, Tara M.; Davis, Jordan P.; Ellis, Wendy E. – Youth & Society, 2019
We examined the impact of adolescents' popularity motivations on their involvement in relational aggression perpetration and victimization, heavy drinking, and antiauthority behavior, while also considering the role of teens' perception of their own popularity and psychosocial adjustment. High school students (N = 986; 50% female; M[subscript age]…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Adolescents, Student Motivation, At Risk Students
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Konishi, Chiaki; Miyazaki, Yasuo; Hymel, Shelley; Waterhouse, Terry – School Psychology International, 2017
This study examined how student reports of bullying were related to different dimensions of school climate, at both the school and the student levels, using a contextual effects model in a two-level multilevel modeling framework. Participants included 48,874 secondary students (grades 8 to 12; 24,244 girls) from 76 schools in Western Canada.…
Descriptors: Bullying, Educational Environment, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries
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Haltigan, John D.; Vaillancourt, Tracy – Developmental Psychology, 2014
The joint development of trajectories of bullying perpetration and peer victimization from Grade 5 to Grade 8 and concurrent and predictive associations with parent- and child-reported symptoms of psychopathology (anxiety, depression, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and somatization) were examined in a large sample (N = 695) of Canadian…
Descriptors: Bullying, Victims, Grade 5, Grade 6
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Brabant, Marie-Eve; Hebert, Martine; Chagnon, Francois – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2013
This study explored the clinical profiles of 77 female teenager survivors of sexual abuse and examined the association of abuse-related and personal variables with suicidal ideations. Analyses revealed that 64% of participants experienced suicidal ideations. Findings from classification and regression tree analysis indicated that depression,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Suicide
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Vitaro, Frank; Boivin, Michel; Brendgen, Mara; Girard, Alain; Dionne, Ginette – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2012
The goal of this study was to examine how different types of social experiences in kindergarten relate to Grade 1 academic achievement, while controlling for possible genetic and shared environmental influences through the use of the monozygotic (MZ) twin difference method. Social experiences in kindergarten included relationship quality with the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Parent Child Relationship, Peer Groups, Rejection (Psychology)
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Nemiroff, Rebecca; Aubry, Tim; Klodawsky, Fran – Journal of Community Psychology, 2011
This longitudinal study examined psychological integration of women who were homeless at the study's outset. Participants (N = 101) were recruited at homeless shelters and participated in 2 in-person interviews, approximately 2 years apart. A predictive model identifying factors associated with having a psychological sense of community within…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Females, Dependents, Housing
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Leenaars, Lindsey; Rinaldi, Christina M. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2010
This study examines the role of sex, gender role orientation, social representations of indirect aggression, and indicators of psychosocial adjustment in indirect aggression and victimization in an emerging adult sample. A total of 42 participants (19 men, 23 women) recruited are required to complete the questionnaires, along with 18 participants…
Descriptors: Aggression, Sex Role, College Students, Gender Differences
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Hovsepian, S. Lory; Blais, Martin; Manseau, Helene; Otis, Joanne; Girard, Marie-Eve – Health Education & Behavior, 2010
Adolescent females under Child Protective Services care in Quebec, Canada (n = 328) completed a questionnaire designed to explore associations between prior victimization (childhood sexual abuse and four forms of dating violence) and four dimensions of sexual and contraceptive self-efficacy. Five MANCOVAs were performed. In each model, a…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Females, Self Efficacy, Predictor Variables
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Aspenlieder, Laura; Buchanan, Carie M.; McDougall, Patricia; Sippola, Lorrie K. – European Journal of Developmental Science, 2009
This study investigated whether peer victimization and gender nonconformity are connected for both pre- and early adolescent boys and girls. 462 predominantly white, middle-class students from Grade 5-9 provided self-reports of victimization (physical, verbal, and relational) and gender nonconformity, as well as peer nominations of gender…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Rural Areas
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Godbout, Natacha; Sabourin, Stephane; Lussier, Yvan – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
This study compared the usefulness of single- and multiple-indicator strategies in a model examining the role of child sexual abuse (CSA) to predict later marital satisfaction through attachment and psychological distress. The sample included 1,092 women and men from a nonclinical population in cohabiting or marital relationships. The single-item…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Marital Satisfaction, Structural Equation Models
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