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Meléndez Guevara, Ana Maria; Gaias, Larissa M.; Fraser, Ashely M.; Lindstrom Johnson, Sarah – Youth & Society, 2022
Limited work has focused on understanding mechanisms through which violence negatively impacts youth outcomes. The present study investigates how three different facets of violence exposure (witnessing violence, victimization and armed conflict) relate to Colombian youth externalizing behaviors via the indirect influence of aggressive cognitions…
Descriptors: Violence, Aggression, Behavior Problems, Youth
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Smith, Emilie Phillips; Faulk, Monique; Sizer, Monteic A. – Youth & Society, 2016
Community contexts are important ecological settings related to problem behavior and positive youth development (PYD). While substantial work has focused on neighborhood disadvantage, the current study explores the role of community assets, specifically linkages to important institutional resources and people in those settings. These concepts are…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Behavior Problems, Youth, Case Studies
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Special Education. – 1974
Described is Ohio's use of community volunteers in the education of behaviorally disordered children and suggested are guidelines for the organization and development of similar programs. Advantages of such an approach are seen to include adaptability and lack of expense. Elements (including volunteer recruitment and child selection) of the Ohio…
Descriptors: Administration, Behavior Problems, Community Role, Emotional Disturbances
Pederson, Sally; Wilk, Sarah – 1993
Nineteen families participated in a telephone survey concerning how schools can better serve students with behavioral needs, including students with behavior disorders, attention deficit disorders, hyperactivity, learning disabilities, mental disabilities, and pervasive developmental disorders. This report summarizes parent comments, with excerpts…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Problems, Community Role, Elementary Secondary Education
Lynch, James P.; And Others – 1981
Studies of delinquency have recently shifted their emphasis from social structures that motivate delinquent acts to those that define an act as delinquent. This shift suggests that preventing behavior from being labeled delinquent could prevent the occurrence of additional or more serious delinquency. A study of Chicago communities demonstrated…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Behavior Standards, Community Organizations
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Nguyen, Ly; Arganza, Girlyn F.; Huang, Larke N.; Liao, Qinghong; Nguyen, Hoang T.; Santiago, Rolando – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2004
This study examined the psychiatric diagnoses and clinical characteristics of the 981 Asian American children enrolled in the first phase of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program. Asian Americans were less likely than non-Asian Americans to receive diagnoses of depression and ADHD and more…
Descriptors: Health Services, Behavior Problems, Mental Health Programs, Community Role