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Tiegan Blackhurst; Lara Warmelink; Amanda Roestorf; Calum Hartley – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
Deception is a multi-faceted social behaviour that is pervasive in human communication. Due to differences in social communication and experiences, autistic and non-autistic adults may contrast in how they respond to situations that elicit deceptive decision-making. This study examined whether autistic and non-autistic adults differed in their…
Descriptors: Deception, Decision Making, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Task Analysis
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Tiberio, Stacey S.; Pears, Katherine C.; Buchanan, Rohanna; Chamberlain, Patricia; Leve, Leslie D.; Price, Joseph M.; Hussong, Andrea M. – Prevention Science, 2023
Without preventative intervention, youth with a history of foster care (FC) involvement have a high likelihood of developing depression and anxiety (DA) symptoms. The current study used integrative data analysis to harmonize data across four foster and kinship parent-mediated interventions (and seven randomized control trials) designed to reduce…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Foster Care, Prevention, Intervention
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Portman, Robert M.; Levy, Andrew R.; Allen, Sarah F.; Fairclough, Stuart J. – Health Education Journal, 2023
Objective: There is recent evidence that exercise referral schemes (ERSs) are beginning to permit self-referral access. Notwithstanding this, to date it is unknown whether key referral characteristics, such as age, gender and socioeconomic status are associated with a greater likelihood of self-referring to an ERS, and whether self-referral…
Descriptors: Referral, Exercise, Health Behavior, Gender Differences
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Masihay-Akbar, Hasti; Amiri, Parisa; Rezaei, Marjan; Jalali-Farahani, Sara; Cheraghi, Leila; Momenan, Amir Abbas; Azizi, Fereidoun – Journal of School Health, 2022
Background: This study assesses the long-term effectiveness of a lifestyle intervention on cigarette, passive, and hookah smoking in adolescent boys and girls. Methods: One thousand one hundred and fifty-nine adolescent participants of Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study (TLGS) (2001-2004) were followed for 12 years. Participants in the intervention…
Descriptors: Life Style, Intervention, Gender Differences, Health Behavior
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Mphahlele, Ramatladi Meriam; Pillay, Basil Joseph; Meyer, Anneke – South African Journal of Education, 2023
With the research reported on here we sought to determine whether children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) displayed more symptoms of oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), conduct disorder (CD) and anger, which are categorised as externalising disorders, when contrasted to the control group and, also, whether gender and age…
Descriptors: Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Behavior Disorders, Comparative Analysis
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Rokeach, Alan; Wiener, Judith – School Mental Health, 2022
The purpose of this study was to identify predictors of friendship quality in adolescents with and without ADHD. The participants were 115 adolescents (61 ADHD, 54 non-ADHD), ages 13-18. The adolescents completed questionnaires assessing the quality of their relationships with their best friends, social perspective taking, anxiety and depression.…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Friendship, Clinical Diagnosis, Anxiety
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Holly K. Harris; Georgios D. Sideridis; William J. Barbaresi; Elizabeth Harstad – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Compare developmental profiles and core ASD symptom manifestation between male and female toddlers with DSM-5 ASD. Retrospective record review of 500 toddlers (79% male) at time of ASD diagnosis. There were no differences in developmental functioning between males and females. When adjusting for multiple comparisons, sex differences were only…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Toddlers, Gender Differences
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Novika Purnama Sari; Maartje P. C. M. Luijk; Pauline W. Jansen; Peter Prinzie; Marinus van IJzendoorn – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2024
Children with autistic symptoms experience challenges in school settings, yet little is known about their academic profiles and the mechanisms underlying the association between autistic symptoms and academic achievement. This study examined the association between autistic symptoms and academic achievement in a population-based sample of children…
Descriptors: Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis
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Antwi, Godfred O.; Lohrmann, David K.; Jayawardene, Wasantha – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 2021
Although few studies have established significant associations between cancer risk perception and smoking status, the evidence remains inconclusive. Therefore, the current study aimed to examine the association between risk perception for developing cancer and smoking status, controlling for sociodemographic factors. Data from the National Cancer…
Descriptors: Correlation, Risk, Cancer, Smoking
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Ickes, Melinda J.; Butler, Karen; Wiggins, Amanda T.; Kercsmar, Sarah; Kay Rayens, Mary; Hahn, Ellen J. – Journal of American College Health, 2020
Objective: Examine receptivity and motivation to use/quit tobacco among college students after viewing Truth ads. Participants: Random sample of 10,000 college students invited to complete online survey February 2016 (8.5% response rate). Methods: Quasi-experimental. Participants (N = 854) watched four ads and answered survey items for each ad.…
Descriptors: Ethics, College Students, Student Attitudes, Smoking
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Backman, Desiree R.; Kohatsu, Neal D.; Padovani, Andrew J.; Dao, Crystie; Ritley, Dominique; Fleuret, Julia E.; McCracken, Camlyn R. – Health Education Journal, 2023
Objectives: To (1) determine the weight-reducing effect of the Koa Family Program (KFP), a community-based, telewellness obesity intervention and (2) examine the impact of the KFP on improving weight-related health indicators. Design: Randomised controlled trial. Setting: Community-based in Sacramento, California, USA. Methods: Seventy women with…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Community Programs, Family Programs, Females
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Hilario Blasco-Fontecilla; José Manuel Ramos; María Inés López-Ibor; Carlos Chiclana-Actis; Manuel Faraco; Joaquín González-Cabrera; Eduardo González-Fraile; Gemma Mestre-Bach; Héctor Pinargote-Celorio; Manuel Corpas; Lucía Gallego; Octavio Corral; Vicente Soriano – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2025
Background: Attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) is a leading mental disorder among adolescents globally and is associated with premature mortality. Knowing the trends and key determinants of ADHD in youth are critical for earlier diagnosis and interventions. Methods: We retrospectively examined all hospitalizations in patients aged 11 to…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Behavior Disorders, Trend Analysis, Hospitals
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Panahi, Hadiseh; Keikavoosi-Arani, Leila; Salehi, Leili – Health Education, 2020
Purpose: The current study was aimed to assess health action process approach (HAPA) effectiveness in sunscreen using among paddy workers Design/methodology/approach This interventional study was conducted on 177 paddy workers from Rudsar city. The subjects were randomly assigned into motivational, volitional and control groups. The motivational…
Descriptors: Cancer, Prevention, Health Education, Health Behavior
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Siu, Michelle T.; Goodman, Sarah J.; Yellan, Isaac; Butcher, Darci T.; Jangjoo, Maryam; Grafodatskaya, Daria; Rajendram, Rageen; Lou, Youliang; Zhang, Rujun; Zhao, Chunhua; Nicolson, Rob; Georgiades, Stelios; Szatmari, Peter; Scherer, Stephen W.; Roberts, Wendy; Anagnostou, Evdokia; Weksberg, Rosanna – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
Many neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) share common learning and behavioural impairments, as well as features such as dysregulation of the oxytocin hormone. Here, we examined DNA methylation (DNAm) in the 1st intron of the oxytocin receptor gene, "OXTR," in patients with autism spectrum (ASD), attention deficit and hyperactivity (ADHD)…
Descriptors: Genetics, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Biochemistry
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Schröder, Jette; Schmiedeberg, Claudia – Sociological Methods & Research, 2023
Despite the fact that third parties are present during a substantial amount of face-to-face interviews, bystander influence on respondents' response behavior is not yet fully understood. We use nine waves of the German Family Panel "pairfam" and apply fixed effects panel regression models to analyze effects of third-party presence on…
Descriptors: Housework, Item Analysis, Interpersonal Relationship, Responses
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