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Bullying, Victimization, and Psychopathy in Early Adolescents: The Moderating Role of Social Support
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Despoti, Georgia; Kokkinos, Constantinos M.; Fanti, Kostas A. – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2021
The purpose of this study was to explore the potential moderating role of perceived social support (school personnel, friends) and gender in the association between distinct psychopathic traits (callous-unemotional traits, narcissism, impulsivity) with bullying and victimization among 1442 Greek speaking early adolescents. Results suggested that…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Bullying, Victims, Conceptual Tempo
Inattention, Hyperactivity/Impulsivity, and Academic Performance in Reading and Mathematics: Exploring Academic Enablers as a Mediator
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Jenkins, Lyndsay N.; Ogg, Julia – Contemporary School Psychology, 2021
The goal of the current study was to investigate the role of academic enablers on the association between symptoms of inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity and academic achievement. There were 395 3rd through 5th grade students (48% boys). Students self-rated behavioral symptoms and classroom teachers completed ratings of academic enablers.…
Descriptors: Attention, Hyperactivity, Conceptual Tempo, Academic Achievement
Social and Psychological Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Middle-School Students: Attendance Options and Changes over Time
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Walters, Glenn D.; Runell, Lindsey; Kremser, Jon – School Psychology, 2021
The purpose of this study was to determine whether restrictions put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic affected the social and psychological well-being of early adolescent schoolchildren. Participants were 309 youth (51% female, average age = 12.38 years) enrolled in the sixth, seventh, or eighth grades of a single middle school located in…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Middle School Students
Moral Disengagement Moderates the Link between Psychopathic Traits and Aggressive Behavior among Early Adolescents
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Gini, Gianluca; Pozzoli, Tiziana; Bussey, Kay – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2015
This study investigated the relationships between three psychopathic dimensions (callousness/unemotionality, grandiosity/manipulation, and impulsivity/irresponsibility) and reactive and instrumental aggression in a community sample of early adolescents (N = 243, age M = 12.29, SD = 1.18). The moderating role of moral disengagement (MD) was also…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Adolescents, Psychopathology, Personality Traits
Patterns of Physical and Relational Aggression in a School-Based Sample of Boys and Girls
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Crapanzano, Ann Marie; Frick, Paul J.; Terranova, Andrew M. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2010
The current study investigated the patterns of aggressive behavior displayed in a sample of 282 students in the 4th through 7th grades (M age = 11.28; SD = 1.82). Using cluster analyses, two distinct patterns of physical aggression emerged for both boys and girls with one aggressive cluster showing mild levels of reactive aggression and one group…
Descriptors: Aggression, Females, Gender Differences, Males
Loneliness and Social Dissatisfaction among Behaviourally At-Risk Children
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Galanaki, Evangelia P.; Polychronopoulou, Stavroula A.; Babalis, Thomas K. – School Psychology International, 2008
The aim of this study was to examine the associations between loneliness/social dissatisfaction and teacher-identified behavioural risk during late childhood. A broad range of behaviour problems, as well as academic adjustment, are assessed, in order to specify in which types of behaviour and academic problems loneliness/social dissatisfaction is…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Hyperactivity, High Risk Students, Grade 6