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A Review of Parent-Based Barriers to Parent-Adolescent Communication about Sex and Sexuality: Implications for Sex and Family Educators
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Malacane, Mona; Beckmeyer, Jonathon J. – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2016
Although adolescents' sexual health is generally better when parents and adolescents communicate about sex and sexuality, researchers have found parents can be reluctant to engage adolescents in conversations about those topics. To better understand why, we reviewed prior literature and identified four types of parent-based barriers to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Parent Child Relationship, Barriers, Sexuality
Convergent Validity of the Autism Spectrum Disorder-Diagnostic for Children (ASD-DC) and Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R)
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Matson, Johnny L.; Hess, Julie A.; Mahan, Sara; Fodstad, Jill C. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2010
The purpose of this paper was to further establish the validity of the Autism Spectrum Disorder-Diagnostic for Children (ASD-DC). The methodology consisted of testing the similarity of findings between the ASD-DC and the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R), which proved to be statistically significant for subscale content scores on social,…
Descriptors: Medical Evaluation, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Measures (Individuals)
A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Cognitive Behavioural Intervention for Anger Management in Children Diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome
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Sofronoff, Kate; Attwood, Tony; Hinton, Sharon; Levin, Irina – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2007
The purpose of the study described was to evaluate the effectiveness of a cognitive behavioural intervention for anger management with children diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. Forty-five children and their parents were randomly assigned to either intervention or wait-list control conditions. Children in the intervention participated in six 2-h…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Intervention, Parent Child Relationship, Asperger Syndrome
Modeling Rater Disagreement for ADHD: Are Parents or Teachers Biased?
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Hartman, Christie A.; Rhee, Soo H.; Willcutt, Erik G.; Pennington, Bruce F – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2007
The present study is the first to utilize twin modeling to examine whether parent-teacher disagreement for ADHD ratings is due to parent or teacher bias, or due to raters observing different but valid ADHD behaviors. A joint analysis was conducted with 106 twin pairs, including twins selected for ADHD and control twin pairs. Total ADHD scores were…
Descriptors: Twins, Attention Deficit Disorders, Hyperactivity, Scores
Can the Single Parent Parent As Well?
Flanzer, Jerry P. – 1978
The question of whether single parents are able to parent as well as those in two-parent families, as well as the differences between attitudes and practices of single mothers and fathers toward child rearing, were investigated. Members (N=179) of the Southeastern Wisconsin Parents Without Partners group completed the Single Parent Questionnaire,…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Rearing, Family Environment, Family Influence
City, Family, & School: What Are Other Parents Doing?
Smith, Carolyn L. – Independent School, 1980
Discusses questionnaire survey of parental concern about childrens' behaviors, attitudes, privileges, and practices, and some of the factors which influence their social values and behaviors. Suggests that parental surveys can help in determining norms of behavior for specific communities, age groups, or schools holding particular philosophies.…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Secondary Education, Extracurricular Activities