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Gardiner, Emily; Iarocci, Grace; Moretti, Marlene – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Adolescents with intellectual disability are at significant risk for developing concomitant mental health and behavior problems. Youth who experience "dual diagnosis" face great challenges, and require interventions that will promote their autonomy, self-determination, and adaptive functioning. In this article, we devote attention to…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Attachment Behavior, Trauma, Adolescents
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Pinquart, Martin – Developmental Psychology, 2017
The present meta-analysis integrates research from 1,435 studies on associations of parenting dimensions and styles with externalizing symptoms in children and adolescents. Parental warmth, behavioral control, autonomy granting, and an authoritative parenting style showed very small to small negative concurrent and longitudinal associations with…
Descriptors: Correlation, Parenting Styles, Behavior Problems, Meta Analysis
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Bruhn, Allison; McDaniel, Sara; Kreigh, Christi – Behavioral Disorders, 2015
Explicitly teaching skills associated with self-determination has been promoted to support students' independence and control over their own lives. This is especially important for students with behavior problems. One self-determination skill or behavior that has been studied widely is self-monitoring. Although multiple reviews of various…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Teaching Skills, Behavior Problems, Self Determination
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Laveman, Larry – Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 2000
Discusses Harmonium Inc., a community-based agency that counsels adolescents who are at moderate to high risk of developmental defeat because their behavior either threatens their health or jeopardizes their future. It is designed to assist these adolescents using a collaborative, strength-based counseling model built in the integrative capacity…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Community Influence, Cooperation
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Weinberg, Lois A. – Behavioral Disorders, 1992
This discussion concludes that personal choice cannot be used to distinguish between students with serious emotional disturbances or social maladjustment, a distinction required by federal legislation. Literature supporting this conclusion is reviewed, focusing on conduct problems and disorders, choosing maladjusted behavior, choosing a serious…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Problems, Clinical Diagnosis, Decision Making
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Elliott, Julian G. – British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 1997
Explores the exact meaning of the locus of control construct and differentiates it from key constructs in the personal control literature. Clarifies the meaning of a number of constructs and advocates an approach to counseling which recognizes the heuristic and therapeutic value of employing such constructs in an integrated fashion. (RJM)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Children, Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories