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Direct linkForgatch, Marion S.; DeGarmo, David S.; Beldavs, Zintars G. – Behavior Therapy, 2005
This article evaluates the efficacy of the Oregon model of Parent Management Training (PMTO) in the stepfamily context. Sixty-seven of 110 participants in the Marriage and Parenting in Stepfamilies (MAPS) program received a PMTO-based intervention. Participants in the randomly assigned experimental group displayed a large effect in benefits to…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Intervention, Structural Equation Models, Family (Sociological Unit)
Brook, David W.; Morojele, Neo K.; Zhang, Chenshu; Brook, Judith S. – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2006
This study tested a developmental model of pathways to risky sexual behavior among South African adolescents. Participants comprised 633 adolescents, 12-17 years old, recruited from households in Durban, South Africa. Data were collected using in-person interviews. Topics included adolescents' sexual behaviors, household poverty levels, vulnerable…
Descriptors: Intervention, Poverty, Structural Equation Models, Parent Child Relationship
Download full textCook, Traci; Blachman, Dara; Dye, Jane; Macartney, Suzanne; Lukacs, Susan; Howie, LaJeana; Kena, Grace; Sonnenberg, William; Axelrad, Daniel; Steffen, Barry; Truman, Jennifer; Cotto, Jessica; Jekielek, Susan; Mueggenborg, Mary; Coleman-Jensen, Alisha; Denton, Stephanie; Avenevoli, Shelli; Singleton, James; Knighton, Cindi; Han, Beth; O'Connell, Kellie; Guenther, Patricia; Hiza, Hazel; Kuczynski, Kevin; Koegel, Kristin; Radel, Laura – Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, 2011
"America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2011" is a compendium of indicators depicting both the promises and the challenges confronting our Nation's young people. The report, the 15th in an ongoing series, presents 41 key indicators on important aspects of children's lives. These indicators are drawn from the most…
Descriptors: Adoption, Social Indicators, Social Environment, Physical Environment
Hall, Tonya P.; Turnbull, Ann P.; McCart, Amy; Griggs, Peter; Choi, Jeong-Hoon; Markey, Ursula; Markey, D. J.; Sailor, Wayne – Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 2007
A pre-postassessment, single-subject, pilot study was implemented, testing the hypothesis that positive behavior support (PBS) would improve family quality-of-life outcomes by reducing parental stress and challenging behaviors of preschool children who are culturally and linguistically diverse and reside in urban, disadvantaged communities. Six…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Preschool Children, Child Behavior, Parent Child Relationship
Canter, Andrea S., Ed.; Paige, Leslie Z., Ed.; Roth, Mark D., Ed.; Romero, Ivonne, Ed.; Carroll, Servio A., Ed. – National Association of School Psychologists, 2004
This document builds on the success of earlier editions. It includes a number of substantially revised handouts updated from the previous editions, plus many new topics that reflect the challenges parents and educators face in the 21st century. Many handouts for families are also provided in Spanish. This document is a comprehensive resource for…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Family Life, Academic Achievement, Curriculum
Peer reviewedFlicker, Eileen S.; Hoffman, Janet Andron – Young Children, 2002
Describes a classroom management approach called developmental discipline that incorporates observation with knowledge of the individual child, situation, and child development to guide appropriate behavior. Discusses factors associated with behavior problems and how teachers can work with parents to apply developmental discipline techniques and…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Classroom Environment
Peer reviewedBowling, Herley Jim; Rogers, Saro – Young Children, 2001
Discusses the role of early childhood educators in helping young children express their feelings safely and work out their conflicts constructively, because without healing, learning and growth are impaired. Describes techniques teachers can use to be supportive to children during the healing process and simple activities that help children…
Descriptors: Anger, Anxiety, Behavior Problems, Caregiver Child Relationship
Warfield, Marji Erickson – Infant and Child Development, 2005
Family resources (i.e. household income and spouse support), parenting challenges (i.e. number of children, difficulty finding reliable child care, and child characteristics), work rewards (i.e. work interest) and work demands (i.e. hours and work overload) were tested as predictors of parenting role stress among mothers and fathers in two-earner…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Mothers, Child Rearing, Disabilities
Eiser, C.; Eiser, J. R.; Mayhew, A. G.; Gibson, A. T. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: Relationships between child quality of life (QOL), maternal well-being and parenting were explored in a questionnaire study. Method: Mothers of 126 full-term (FT) and 91 pre-term (PT) infants during the child's second year of life completed measures of their own and the child's quality of life and behavioural difficulties. We developed…
Descriptors: Caring, Mothers, Prevention, Parenting Styles
Hye Ha, Eun – Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 2006
The purpose of this study was to develop a cognitive behavioral group therapy (CBT) for depressed mothers of children between 5-12 years old, with behavior problems and to examine the effectiveness of the program. The CBT group met 8 times in total (2-hour weekly sessions for 8 weeks), followed by a booster session 3 months after the program was…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Depression (Psychology), Mothers, Behavior Problems
Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J. S.; Auerbach, Judith; Campbell, Susan B.; Daley, David; Thompson, Margaret – Developmental Science, 2005
In this paper we examine the characteristics of preschool attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) from both mental disorder and developmental psychopathology points of view. The equivalence of preschool and school-aged hyperactivity as a behavioral dimension is highlighted together with the potential value of extending the use of the ADHD…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Child Development, Developmental Stages, Hyperactivity
Gash, Hugh – Irish Educational Studies, 2006
This study is about examining beginning teachers' needs in relation to helping primary school children with mild learning difficulties. Both pre-service and in-service teachers were approached to assess their experience and needs in this area. In common with previous work in Ireland and internationally, beginning teachers were found to have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Beginning Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Preservice Teachers
Balson, Maurice – 1994
In response to new problems facing parents and families, this book provides democratic parenting strategies that diverge from traditional autocratic methods and reflect the values of respect, shared responsibility, self-discipline, and social equality. The goal of the book is to create a new tradition in child raising that will help to foster the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Child Rearing
Kier, Cheryl; Lewis, Charlie – 1993
This study compared the development of 38 infants from separated or divorced families with that of 38 infants from married families in Britain to determine whether parental divorce or separation precipitates cognitive, social, or emotional difficulties in infants. Infants were 11 to 45 months old. Infant-mother attachment was measured using the…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Children
Mrazek, David; And Others – 1993
The product of a close collaboration between mental health and child development professionals, this book provides essential information about the many types of behaviors--both normal and atypical--that children can show, with a sensitivity to the complex issues that child behavior problems can sometimes create for mothers and fathers. Following…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Child Development
