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Walg, Marco; Löwer, Florentine; Bender, Stephan; Hapfelmeier, Gerhard – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2022
The aim of this study is to assess adolescent refugees' psychological distress and examine how reliably caseworkers can assess distress through a proxy-report instrument. The distress of 102 unaccompanied refugees between 16 and 21 years of age housed in youth welfare accommodations in Germany was assessed by self-report using the Brief Symptom…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Young Adults, Refugees
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Samara, Muthanna; El Asam, Aiman; Khadaroo, Ameerah; Hammuda, Sara – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
Background: Refugee children might have experienced violent and traumatic events before settling into a new country. In the United Kingdom, the number of refugee children is increasing; however, little is known about their psycho-social and physical well-being. Aim: This study aims to investigate the psychological well-being and behaviour of…
Descriptors: Refugees, Children, Mental Health, Bullying
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Kim, Eunha; Hwang, Jowon; Park, Sukyoung – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2018
This study examined how child problem behaviour could be related to maternal Hwa-Byung (HB; Korean culture syndrome, meaning "anger illness") among Korean mothers of children with developmental disabilities. Acceptance of disabilities and parenting stress were tested as mediators for the relationship between child problem behaviour and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Mothers, Children
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Eisenberg, Nancy; Cumberland, Amanda; Spinrad, Tracy L.; Fabes, Richard A.; Shepard, Stephanie A.; Reiser, Mark; Murphy, Bridget C.; LoSaga, Sandra H.; Guthrie, Ivanna K. – Child Development, 2001
Examined relation of different types of negative emotion and regulation and control to 55- to 97-month-olds' internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors. Found that children with externalizing problems, compared to children with internalizing problems and nondisordered children, were more prone to anger, impulsivity, and low regulation.…
Descriptors: Anger, Anxiety, Attention Control, Behavior Problems
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Martin, Andrew J.; Linfoot, Ken W.; Stephenson, Jennifer – Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 2005
There is increasing concern about the number of preschool children displaying problem behaviour. This study examines the relative contribution of potential risk factors, particularly those related to families, to problem behaviour in the lives of a sample of western Sydney three- to five-year-old children. Problem behaviour was assessed using the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Behavior Problems, Child Behavior