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Do Demographic Factors, School Functioning, and Quality of Student-Teacher Relationships as Rated by Teachers Predict Internalising and Externalising Problems among Norwegian Schoolchildren?
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Drugli, May Britt; Klokner, Christian; Larsson, Bo – Evaluation & Research in Education, 2011
The present study explored the association between child internalising and externalising problems in schools and demographic factors (sex and age), school functioning (academic performance and adaptive functioning) and teacher-reported student-teacher relationship quality in a cross-sectional study using structural equation modelling. The study…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences
Sleep, Neurobehavioral Functioning, and Behavior Problems in School-Age Children.
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Sadeh, Avi; Gruber, Reut; Raviv Amiram – Child Development, 2002
Examined associations between sleep and neurobehavioral functioning (NBF) in second-, fourth-, and sixth-graders. Found significant correlations between sleep- quality measures and NBF measures, particularly for the younger age group. Children with fragmented sleep were characterized by lower performance on NBF measures, particularly those…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention Control, Behavior Problems, Children
Risk Behaviors in Maltreated Youth Placed in Foster Care: A Longitudinal Study of Protective and Vulnerability Factors.
Taussig, Heather N. – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 2002
A study examined protective and vulnerability factors in 214 foster children (ages 7-12). Youth and caregivers were interviewed six months following placement and six years later. Several control variables (age, ethnicity, abuse type, and behavior problems) and psychosocial predictor variables (social support and self-perception) were related to…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Problems, Child Abuse, Delinquency
Causes of Age-Related Decline in Adaptive Behavior of Adults with Down Syndrome: Differential Diagnoses of Dementia.
Prasher, V. P.; Chung, Man Cheung – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1996
A study was conducted of 201 adults with Down's syndrome to investigate the differential causes of decline in adaptive behavior. Results indicated that aging, dementia, and severity of mental retardation were significant factors, while absence of a medical illness predicted a higher level of adaptive behavior. (CR)
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals)