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Catherine P. Bradshaw; Heather McDaniel; Elise T. Pas; Katrina J. Debnam; Jessika H. Bottiani; Nicole Powell; Nicholas S. Ialongo; Antonio Morgan-Lopez; John E. Lochman – Grantee Submission, 2025
We report findings from a 40 middle school randomized controlled trial of an adapted version of Coping Power (Lochman & Wells, 2002a) for middle schoolers, called the Early Adolescent Coping Power (EACP) Program (Bradshaw et al., 2019) to determine the impact of EACP on adolescents' mental health outcomes, as indicated by student self-reported…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Early Adolescents, Coping, Program Effectiveness
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Miller-Graff, Laura E.; Nuttall, Amy K.; Lefever, Jennifer E. B. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2019
Women are at greater risk of exposure to interpersonal violence during pregnancy. The influence prenatal violence has on children's behavioral adjustment is generally understood to stem from its impact on mothers, but there is a dearth of prospective research to test these models. The current study evaluated the influence of interpersonal violence…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Prenatal Influences, Child Behavior, Behavior Problems
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El-Sheikh, Mona; Shimizu, Mina; Erath, Stephen A.; Philbrook, Lauren E.; Hinnant, J. Benjamin – Developmental Psychology, 2019
The deleterious effects of marital conflict on youth outcomes are well-documented in both cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. To date, longitudinal studies have focused on repeated measures of youths' outcomes and the temporal dynamics of marital conflict have largely been ignored. Marital conflict changes over time as contextual and…
Descriptors: Marital Satisfaction, Marital Instability, Conflict, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Mrug, Sylvie; Windle, Michael – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2009
This study examined the extent to which antisocial behavior, parenting, and school connectedness moderated the association between peer deviancy in preadolescence and externalizing problems in early adolescence. The participants included 500 boys and girls, most of them African Americans. Peer deviancy was measured with teacher reports of…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing, Early Adolescents
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Ziegler, Susan G. – Learning, Media and Technology, 2007
The focus of this paper is on the potential problems and challenges presented by the content, quantity and quality of contemporary media influences (electronic, print and digital). Whereas most articles in this arena focus on one form of media influences (e.g., video games), this article looks at the cumulative scope of influence presented by…
Descriptors: Mass Media Effects, Video Games, Ethics, Socialization
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Riccio, Cynthia A.; Ochoa, Salvador Hector; Garza, Sylvia G.; Nero, Collette L. – Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 2003
Research indicates that high numbers of African American children receive special education services. To address the overrepresentation of African Americans in special education, this study examined the source of referral and the behaviors that precipitate the referral of African Americans for evaluation due to behavioral or emotional concerns.…
Descriptors: African American Students, School Psychologists, Referral, Special Education