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Aitchison, Robert A.; And Others – 1974
Current and projected manpower shortages within the field of mental health suggest a greater role for paraprofessionals. But, without careful evaluation and precise training, added manpower will not solve any of the problems facing psychology in overcoming the limits to the delivery of services. These two papers review several attempts to evaluate…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Behavior Problems, Counselor Training, Elementary Education
Drury, Robert L.; Robbins, Carol A. – 1974
Thirty-six students at a continuation high school were identified as predelinquents and selected as subjects on the basis of their poor attendance and academic records. Pretreatment and posttreatment data were collected on the following variables: attendance figures and academic credits. Following preliminary assessment, the subjects were randomly…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Attendance Patterns, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems
Hundleby, John D. – 1978
The association between usage of alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana and other behaviors was investigated among ninth graders in 40 schools in Ontario. A sample of 1008 boys and 1040 girls gave information on a range of behaviors and activities. Results indicated that drug usage was strongly associated with delinquent, sexual and social behavior. Both…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Behavioral Science Research
Brown, Ronald T.; Quay, Lorene C. – 1978
To ascertain whether impulsive responding in behavior disordered adolescents is amenable to change, 15-year-old normal and "acting-out" behavior disordered adolescents participated in an experiment designed to alter Kagan's Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFF) scores through a modeling psychoeducational procedure. No significant…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Cognitive Processes, Educational Therapy
Stenton, Jan – 1997
This paper provides an overview of the effects of otitis media on the learning and behavior of children and youth. It begins by describing the conductive hearing loss that is caused by otitis media and the classroom behavior that can result, including poor concentration and attention, disobedience, irritability, and poor social skills. Discussed…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Hearing Impairments, High School Students, High Schools

Haccoun, Dorothy Markiewicz; Ledingham, Jane E. – 1979
The relationships between economic stress on the family and child and parental adjustment were examined for a sample of 199 girls and boys in grades one, four, and seven. These associations were examined separately for families in which both parents were present and in which mothers only were at home. Economic stress was associated with boys'…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Aggression, Behavior Problems, Children
Diem, Richard A. – 1975
The general purposes of this study were to determine what consitutes conflict situations in a suburban high school and how these situations are viewed by parents, teachers, and students. The high school used in this study was one of four high schools within a large school district located in the northwest corner of Cook County, Illinois. The…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Authoritarianism, Behavior Problems, Classroom Environment
Fernald, Charles D.; Gettys, Linda – 1978
The diagnostic labeling of exceptional children was investigated in two experiments. In the first experiment videotapes of simulated parent/diagnostician label and no-label sessions were viewed by different groups of college students who then reported their perceptions of the child on a questionnaire. Results indicated that label subjects felt…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Children, College Students, Comparative Analysis