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Haraldsen, Heidi M.; Nordin-Bates, Sanna M.; Abrahamsen, Frank Eirik; Halvari, Hallgeir – Roeper Review, 2020
This study explored the motivational experiences of nine successful elite performers in ballet, music, and swimming at Norwegian talent development (TD) schools. Semistructured interviews were conducted. Thematic analysis revealed that the performers navigated within and between several contextual layers, characterized by egalitarian values,…
Descriptors: Well Being, Performance, Self Determination, Foreign Countries
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Goulter, Natalie; Kimonis, Eva R.; Hawes, Samuel W.; Stepp, Stephanie; Hipwell, Alison E. – Developmental Psychology, 2017
Callous-unemotional (CU) traits have proven important for designating children and adolescents showing a pattern of particularly severe, stable, and aggressive antisocial behaviors (Frick, Ray, Thornton, & Kahn, 2014). Individuals with secondary CU traits represent a subpopulation that are distinguished from those with primary CU traits by…
Descriptors: Females, Anxiety, Personality Traits, Mental Health
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Priddis, Lynn E.; Landy, Sarah; Moroney, Darren; Kane, Robert – Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 2014
Aggressive behaviour in school-aged children presents a significant challenge for society. If not managed, it can result in adverse academic, social, emotional, and behavioural outcomes for the child. In addition, it can create stress for families and become a significant burden for the community as these children reach adolescence and adulthood,…
Descriptors: Aggression, Therapy, Predictor Variables, Foreign Countries
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Gawda, Barbara – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2010
The aim of this study was to show some specificity of syntax of narratives created by persons diagnosed with antisocial personality. The author attempted to verify and supplement information that persons with antisocial personality have an incapacity for emotional language. Scores of 60 prisoners with high antisocial tendencies, 40 prisoners with…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Syntax, Personality Problems, Antisocial Behavior
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Jacobson, Colleen M.; Muehlenkamp, Jennifer J.; Miller, Alec L.; Turner, J. Blake – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2008
This retrospective chart review study of 227 participants examined the psychiatric profiles of outpatient adolescents ages 12 to 19 years (M = 15.08 years, SD = 1.72 years) engaging in different types of deliberate self-harm (DSH) behaviors. Participants were divided into four groups: no deliberate self-harm (NoDSH; n = 119), nonsuicidal…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Suicide, Adolescents
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Andover, Margaret S.; Pepper, Carolyn M.; Ryabchenko, Karen A.; Orrico, Elizabeth G.; Gibb, Brandon E. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2005
The goal of this study was to examine the relationship between self-mutilation and symptoms of depression and anxiety in a nonclinical population. Self-mutilators reported significantly more symptoms of depression and anxiety than did the control group. When the group of self-mutilators was divided into individuals who cut themselves and…
Descriptors: Self Destructive Behavior, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Depression (Psychology), Anxiety
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Strauss, Cyd C.; And Others – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 1988
The study examined differences between 23 younger (ages 5-11) and 32 older (ages 12-19) children diagnosed with overanxious disorder (OAD). Expression of OAD varied by developmental level, with older children more frequently exhibiting major depression or simple phobia, while younger children had coexisting separation anxiety or attention deficit…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Anxiety, Attention Deficit Disorders, Attention Span