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Rathert, Jamie; Fite, Paula J.; Gaertner, Alden E. – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2011
The current study examined relations between effortful control (ones ability to focus and shift attention in an adaptive manner), psychological control (caregiver attempts to manipulate the child's internal world) and proactive and reactive aggression. Participants were 69 children (54% male) ranging from 9 to 12 years of age (M = 10.35, SD =…
Descriptors: Aggression, Caregivers, Psychology, Self Control
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Horowitz, Laura; Westlund, Karolina; Ljungberg, Tomas – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2007
Objective: This study examined conflict behavior in naturalistic preschool settings to better understand the role of non-affiliative behavior and language in conflict management. Method: Free-play at preschool was filmed among 20 boys with typically developing language (TL) and among 11 boys with Language Impairment (LI); the boys 4-7 years old.…
Descriptors: Aggression, Withdrawal (Psychology), Conflict, Child Behavior
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Ruchkin, Vladislav; Gilliam, Walter S.; Mayes, Linda – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2008
In planning interventions it is essential to understand how adverse risk factors in early childhood are associated with child mental health problems, whether some types of problems can be better explained by the specific risk factors, and whether early risk factors are differently related to different types of child behavior problems. A community…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Structural Equation Models, Prevention, Drinking
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Storch, Eric A.; Merlo, Lisa J.; Lehmkuhl, Heather; Grabill, Kristen M.; Geffken, Gary R.; Goodman, Wayne K.; Murphy, Tanya K. – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2007
The Tourette's Disorder Scales (Shytle et al., 2003) are parent- (Tourette's Disorder Scales-Parent Rated; TODS-PR) and clinician-rated (Tourette's Disorder Scales-Clinician Rated; TODS-CR) measures that assess tics, obsessions, compulsions, inattention, hyperactivity, aggression, and emotional disturbances among children with tics. Although the…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Psychometrics, Child Behavior, Check Lists
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Giles, Lisa L.; DelBello, Melissa P.; Stanford, Kevin E.; Strakowski, Stephen M. – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2007
In order to recognize behavioral patterns in children and adolescents at risk for developing bipolar disorder, this study examined Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) profiles of bipolar offspring both with (BD group) and without ("at-risk" or AR group) bipolar disorder themselves. The BD youth had three CBCL subscale T scores greater than…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Attention Deficit Disorders
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Shechory, Mally; Sommerfeld, Eliane – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2007
In a prospective study, the attachment style, home-leaving age, length of time in residential care, and behavioral problems among Israeli residential care children (N=68), were studied. Data analyses showed that children removed from their homes at a later age suffered from higher levels of anxiety, depression and social problems compared to…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Interaction, Depression (Psychology)
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George, Carrie; Herman, Keith C.; Ostrander, Rick – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2006
Prior studies have found remarkable similarity in the family characteristics across a wide range of child psychopathologies. This study investigated the unique relationships between symptoms of depression, conduct problems/aggression, and inattention/hyperactivity and characteristics of the family environment. Parents and teachers completed…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Psychopathology, Depression (Psychology), Behavior Problems