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Behavioral and Emotional Strengths among Youth in Systems of Care and the Effect of Race/Ethnicity
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Barksdale, Crystal L.; Azur, Melissa; Daniels, Amy M. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2010
Behavioral and emotional strengths are important to consider when understanding youth mental health and treatment. This study examined the association between youth strengths and functional impairment and whether this association is modified by race/ethnicity. Multinomial logistic regression models were used to estimate the effects of strengths on…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Race, American Indians, Mental Health
Behaviours in Young People with Intellectual Disability: Preliminary Findings and Implications for Injury.
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Sherrard, Jennifer; And Others – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 1997
A study of 571 Australian children (ages 4-18) with mental retardation investigated potential behavioral risk factors for injury. Results found the prevalence of potential injury risk behaviors to be higher than for typical children and that the behavioral injury risk patterns reflected those seen in younger aged typical children. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns
Screening and Evaluating Abused and Neglected Children Entering Protective Custody.
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Urquiza, Anthony J.; And Others – Child Welfare, 1994
Describes the Screening and Evaluation Project (SEP), a longitudinal study examining the range of problems in 167 children entering protective custody in Sacramento, California, for reasons of abuse or neglect. Found that 68% of the children were at risk according to one or more of the four standardized assessment instruments that measured…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Persons, Behavior Development, Child Abuse