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Lansford, Jennifer E.; Malone, Patrick S.; Tapanya, Sombat; Tirado, Liliana Maria Uribe; Zelli, Arnaldo; Alampay, Liane Peña; Al-Hassan, Suha M.; Bacchini, Dario; Bornstein, Marc H.; Chang, Lei; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Giunta, Laura Di; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Oburu, Paul; Pastorelli, Concetta; Skinner, Ann T.; Sorbring, Emma; Steinberg, Laurence – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2019
This study examined longitudinal links between household income and parents' education and children's trajectories of internalizing and externalizing behaviors from age 8 to 10 reported by mothers, fathers, and children. Longitudinal data from 1,190 families in 11 cultural groups in eight countries (Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Philippines,…
Descriptors: Family Income, Child Behavior, Behavior Problems, Socioeconomic Status
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Leanne Payne; Sanna L. Roest; Zhen Qi Lu; Nardia Zendarski; Matthew Bisset; Emma Sciberras; Stephen Stathis; Bart M. Siebelink; Robert R. J. M. Vermeiren; Mark A. Bellgrove; David Coghill; Christel M. Middeldorp – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2022
Objective: Previous studies at child and youth mental health services (CYMHS) suggest that children with ADHD have poorer outcomes compared to those with other diagnoses. This study investigates this in more detail. Methods: Children with ADHD were compared to those with ASD and those with emotional disorders, on routinely collected outcomes at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Treatment, Children, Adolescents
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Singletary, Gilbert; Johnson, Latoshia – School Social Work Journal, 2020
Between 1993 and 2012, the suicide rates for African American children between the ages of five and eleven doubled whereas rates for Caucasian children in the same age group declined. Although suicide rates were higher among males, a significant increase in female suicides is causing alarm. The growing number of suicides among African American…
Descriptors: Bullying, Suicide, African American Children, African American Students
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Buist, Kirsten L.; Metindogan, Aysegül; Coban, Selma; Watve, Sujala; Paranjpe, Analpa; Koot, Hans M.; van Lier, Pol; Branje, Susan J. T.; Meeus, Wim H. J. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2017
We examined cross-cultural differences in (1) sibling power balance and (2) the associations between sibling power balance and internalizing and externalizing problems in three separate cross-cultural studies (early childhood, late childhood, and adolescence). The "early childhood samples" consisted of 123 Turkish and 128 Dutch mothers…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Sibling Relationship, Power Structure, Correlation
Blacher, Jan; Stavropoulos, Katherine; Bolourian, Yasamine – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
In an evaluation of Anglo and Latina mothers and their children at risk of autism, this study compared mother-reported child behavioral concerns to staff-observed symptoms of autism. Within Latina mothers, the impact of primary language (English/Spanish), mothers' education, and child age on ratings of developmental concerns was examined.…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Whites, Mothers, At Risk Persons
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Pillay, Thashika; Asadi, Neda – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2018
Available statistics and literature indicate that Somali-Canadian youth face unique challenges in their everyday lives. Somali students have a 36.7 % dropout rate (Jibril, 2011). Somali-Canadian community members in Edmonton contend that Somali-Canadian students are labelled with behavioural or cognitive disorders, diagnoses that do not take into…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Immigrants, Refugees, Cultural Background
Fiorello, Catherine A.; Jenkins, Tiffany K. – Communique, 2018
This article is an overview of identification of intellectual disabilities (ID), with a focus on meeting legal and ethical requirements when assessing children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and those living in poverty. Specific procedures and recommended instruments will be reviewed.
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Disability Identification, Best Practices, Legal Responsibility
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Lansford, Jennifer E.; Godwin, Jennifer; Al-Hassan, Suha M.; Bacchini, Dario; Bornstein, Marc H.; Chang, Lei; Chen, Bin-Bin; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Di Giunta, Laura; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Malone, Patrick S.; Oburu, Paul; Pastorelli, Concetta; Skinner, Ann T.; Sorbring, Emma; Steinberg, Laurence; Tapanya, Sombat; Alampay, Liane Peña; Uribe Tirado, Liliana Maria; Zelli, Arnaldo – Developmental Psychology, 2018
To examine whether the cultural normativeness of parents' beliefs and behaviors moderates the links between those beliefs and behaviors and youths' adjustment, mothers, fathers, and children (N = 1,298 families) from 12 cultural groups in 9 countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States) were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Rearing, Adjustment (to Environment), Cross Cultural Studies
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Roskam, Isabelle; Hoang, Thi Vân; Schelstraete, Marie-Anne – Early Education and Development, 2017
Children's social competence and behavioral adjustment are key issues for child development, education, and clinical research. Cross-cultural analyses are necessary to provide relevant methods of assessing them for cross-cultural research. The aim of the current study was to contribute to this important line of research by validating the 3-factor…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence, Child Development
Mission, Paige Lauren – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Social-emotional development, psychosocial functioning, and relational experiences have been shown to impact academic achievement and psychological well-being. Social skills have been identified as being particularly critical in promoting mental health and life-long success. Children with well-developed social skills (e.g., sharing, being…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Spanish Speaking, Social Adjustment, English (Second Language)
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Oh, Kyung Ja; Lee, Soojin; Park, Soo Hyun – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2011
This study examined the effects of marital conflict on Korean children's psychological adjustment and appraisal of hypothetical marital conflict situations. Children between the ages of 10 and 12 were divided into "high-conflict" (n = 58) and "low-conflict" (n = 58) groups based on their self-reported degree of perceived…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Intervention, Aggression, Conflict
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Ohta, Masataka; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1987
Analysis of diagnostic questionnaires completed by Japanese parents of 141 autistic children below the age of 12 found that the Japanese peak of abnormal social behavior, including autistic symptoms as reported by parents, was from the ages of 3 to 9 years as compared with the U.S. and European peak of 3 to 6 years. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Problems, Children, Cultural Differences
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Snider, Sarah J. – Clearing House, 1979
Appalachians are not necessarily culturally deprived. Rather, they have a culture of their own--different from the mythical middle-America culture. This culture must be understood by teachers working with the "ghetto hillbilly" in order to respond to the needs of an individual child in a society within a society. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Children, Cultural Awareness
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Szapocznik, Jose; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1990
Examines interplay between theory, research, and application in treatment of clinical problems in context of psychotherapy research program for Hispanic behavior problem youth and families. Discusses findings in structural family therapy, measurement of family and child psychodynamic functioning, development of culturally appropriate…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Children, Cultural Awareness
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Weisz, John R.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1987
Compared Thailand to United States in regard to children's psychological problems and corresponding clinic referral patterns. Overcontrolled problems (somaticizing, fearfulness, nervous movements, worrying) were reported more often for Thai than for American youth. Undercontrolled problems (disobedience, fighting, lying, arguing) were reported…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Buddhism, Children
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