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Hooks, Elizabeth; Dale, Brittany A.; Hernandez Finch, Maria E. – Psychology in the Schools, 2021
The purpose of the present study was to determine if individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) display a unique pattern of responses on the Personality Assessment Inventory-Adolescent (PAI-A). Twenty adolescents between ages 12 and 18 completed the PAI-A, and their scores were compared to matched community and clinical samples from the…
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Personality Assessment, Psychopathology, Adolescents
Guess, Doug; Siegel-Causey, Douglas – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1995
Behavior states were observed in 66 subjects (ages 1-21) with profound disabilities, and data were analyzed as percentage of time subjects spent in various states, influence of environmental variables, and evidence of nonlinear state transitions. Findings suggest complex behavioral processes in the levels of alertness and responsiveness associated…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attention, Behavior Patterns, Children
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Mithaug, Dennis E.; Wolfe, M. S. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1980
Examines the development of reciprocal cooperation in dyads by allowing one subject at a time to be dependent upon a partner and then reversing this condition periodically. Subjects were 10 special education unit students who ranged in age from 10 to 16 years. (MP)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Cooperation, Disabilities
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Cioffi, Diane H.; Kysilka, Marcella L. – Educational Forum, 1997
When teachers identified the reactive behavior patterns of 100 gifted adolescents, they classed 74% as aggressive dependent, influenced by compulsive and hysteric traits; 89.8% of the girls were thus labeled. Results raise the question of whether gifted programs seem to target only students who meet certain behavior standards. (SK)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adolescents, Advanced Placement Programs, Behavior Patterns
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Wiebe, Deborah J.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1994
Adolescents who were more internally focused were more able to discern which symptoms actually covaried with blood glucose (BG) fluctuations; those with higher trait anxiety tended to misattribute non-diabetes-related symptoms to BG levels. Interactions suggested those who both attend to internal physical sensations and experience-heightened…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Diabetes, Extraversion Introversion
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Greaves, George – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Drug Abuse
Wakefield, William D.; Hudley, Cynthia – 1997
The personal effects of racial discrimination were studied through the responses of 50 adolescents enrolled in a precollege summer program to hypothetical scenarios. Half of the participants were female, 2 were European American, 8 Asian American, 21 African American, and 19 Latino. Expected response categories derived from the work of J. Feagin…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Behavior Patterns, Coping
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Knapczyk, Dennis R. – Behavioral Disorders, 1992
Two studies with four adolescents with behavior disorders investigated the relationship between antecedent events and aggressive behavior in school and home settings. The use of videotape recordings and behavioral rehearsal of alternative responses resulted in decreases in the frequency of aggressive behavior and associated antecedent events. (DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders