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Flett, Jayde A. M.; Lie, Celia; Riordan, Benjamin C.; Thompson, Laura M.; Conner, Tamlin S.; Hayne, Harlene – Creativity Research Journal, 2017
Adult coloring books have flooded the market with titles alluding to therapeutic value, yet it is unclear whether they fulfil that promise. Here, we tested whether adult coloring was related to improvements in psychological outcomes. Female university students (n = 104) were randomly assigned to a coloring intervention or a logic-puzzle control…
Descriptors: Adults, Freehand Drawing, Art Activities, Books
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Jakobsen, Ida Skytte; Horwood, L. John; Fergusson, David M. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2012
Previous research has shown that children with high levels of early anxiety/withdrawal are at increased risk of later anxiety and depression. It has also been found that positive parent-child attachment reduces the risk of these disorders. The aim of this paper was to examine the extent to which positive parent-child attachment acted to mitigate…
Descriptors: Anxiety Disorders, Parent Role, Attachment Behavior, Children
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Ditchburn, K. Marie; Sellman, J. Douglas – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2013
Three main aims of this study were to ascertain the prevalence rate of smoking among adolescent psychiatric outpatients; estimate smokers' degree of nicotine dependence; and investigate the relationship between smoking and common mental health disorders. Face-to-face interviews were conducted on 93 patients ages 13-18 presenting to an adolescent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Smoking, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Mental Health
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Raudino, Alessandra; Fergusson, David M.; Horwood, L. John – Journal of Adolescence, 2013
This study used data gathered over the course of a New Zealand longitudinal study (N = 924) to examine the relationships between measures of parental bonding and attachment in adolescence (age 15-16) and later personal adjustment (major depression; anxiety disorder; suicidal behaviour; illicit drug abuse/dependence; crime) assessed up to the age…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Parent Child Relationship, Drug Abuse
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Annan, Jean; Dean, Shelley; Henry, Geoff; McGhie, Desiree; Phillipson, Roger – Kairaranga, 2010
New Zealand is a bicultural nation, founded on the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi by the native Maori and the British Crown. It is also home to people from many countries, cultures and ethnicities. Therefore, culturally-relevant response to crisis events has become a significant aspect of the Ministry of Education's interdisciplinary Traumatic…
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Ceremonies, Cultural Relevance, Crisis Management
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2021
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2021, organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.), that this year has been converted into a fully Virtual Conference as a result of the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic.…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology
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Boden, Joseph M.; Fergusson, David M.; Horwood, L. John – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2011
Objective: This study examined associations between age of menarche and psychosocial outcomes in early adulthood, including sexual behavior, mental health, criminal behavior, and education/employment, to identify the possible causal role of earlier age of menarche in increasing risks of adverse outcomes. Method: Data were gathered from 497 female…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Anxiety Disorders, Employment, Family Characteristics
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Goodwin, Renee D.; Fergusson, David M.; Horwood, L. John – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2004
Background: The aim of the study was to examine the association between anxious/withdrawn behaviours at age 8 and the development of internalising disorders in adolescence and young adulthood (ages 16-21). Methods: Data were gathered over the course of a 21-year longitudinal study of a birth cohort of over 1,000 New-Zealand-born young people. Over…
Descriptors: Anxiety Disorders, Adolescents, Withdrawal (Psychology), Depression (Psychology)