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Jennifer Freeman; Devon Carter; Lee Kern; Chris Liang; Sarah Rosati; Sarah Sinnott; Vivian Mui – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2025
The purpose of this review was to investigate the extent to which students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) are adequately represented in and benefiting from college and career readiness (CCR) intervention research across race and gender groups. We conducted a secondary analysis of 14 intervention studies meeting the criteria for a…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Racial Differences, Disproportionate Representation, College Readiness
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Basting, Evan J.; Naser, Shereen; Goncy, Elizabeth A. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2022
The BASC-3 Behavioral and Emotional Screening System Student Form (BESS SF) is the latest iteration of a widely used instrument for identifying students at behavioral and emotional risk. Measurement invariance across race/ethnicity and gender for the latest BESS SF has not yet been established. Using a sample of 737 U.S. urban fourth- to…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Factor Analysis, Screening Tests, Emotional Disturbances
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Johnathan R. Meier; Erinn J. Victory; Rebecca I. LaQuaglia; Matthew J. Kasopsky; Jeongwi An; Gabriella R. Johnson; Andrew D. Mendonsa; Stephanie R. McWilliams – Journal of Youth Development, 2024
The prevalence of mental health issues among youth, with nearly half meeting diagnostic criteria for a mental health disorder and suicide being a leading cause of death, underscores the urgency for effective intervention (National Institute of Mental Health, 2023). Summer camps, hosting millions of children annually, are urged by the American Camp…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Mental Health Programs, Camps, Barriers
Sean T. Wachsmuth; Timothy J. Lewis; Nicholas A. Gage – Behavioral Disorders, 2023
A large body of research has reported a positive relation between participation in extracurricular activities (ECA) and improved academic performance, social competence, and school engagement. This study explored the relation between ECA, social competence, and school engagement for students with and at risk of emotional and behavioral disorders…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Student Participation, Learner Engagement, Interpersonal Competence
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Brunsting, Nelson C.; Bettini, Elizabeth; Rock, Marcia L.; Royer, David James; Common, Eric A.; Lane, Kathleen Lynne; Xie, Fei; Chen, Aiai; Zeng, Fanyi – Remedial and Special Education, 2022
We examined changes in burnout across three timepoints in one school year, in a sample (N = 230) of special educators serving students with emotional-behavioral disorders, in 15 school districts selected through stratified random sampling at the national level. Emotional exhaustion decreased at each timepoint in the school year and personal…
Descriptors: Teacher Burnout, Special Education Teachers, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders
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Beatriz Lucas-Molina; Alicia Pérez-Albéniz; Adriana Díez-Gómez; Eduardo Fonseca-Pedrero – School Mental Health, 2025
The role of feelings of belonging at school in adolescents' academic and psychological functioning is well established. This study aimed to validate the School Connectedness subscale from the Maryland Safe and Supportive Schools (MDS3) School Climate Survey for secondary school students in Spain. This subscale encompasses the three key dimensions…
Descriptors: Student School Relationship, Rating Scales, School Safety, Validity
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Cho, Minhae; Lee, Chi Hyun – Youth & Society, 2022
Juvenile recidivism is a serious public health concern. Using statewide administrative data, this study examined the independent predictive value of childhood maltreatment on repeat offending and compared risk factors for recidivism between 698 first-time juvenile offenders with maltreatment and their propensity score matched sample of 698 without…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Correlation, Juvenile Justice, Comparative Analysis
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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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Pérez-Ramírez, Berenice; Maki-Weller, Nicole; Ochoa, Theresa A. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2023
This article examines the relationship between internalizing dimensions of emotional and behavioral disorders such as depression and anxiety with unresolved trauma and abuse among incarcerated girls in Mexico and the United States. The goal is to arrive at a better understanding of (a) how mental health conditions may contribute to deviant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Depression (Psychology)
Karen Louise Cross – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Given the increased numbers of students being served by disability services offices at the postsecondary level, a better understanding of how intelligence functions as a protective or risk factor is essential to inform services for adolescents in secondary education. Therefore, this study examined whether intelligence functions as a protective…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Personality Traits, Adolescents
Sheaffer, Amanda W.; Majeika, Caitlyn E.; Gilmour, Allison F.; Wehby, Joseph H. – Behavioral Disorders, 2021
As the field moves toward adaptive and individualized behavior intervention, it is important to identify and consider relevant student characteristics as potential levers (i.e., critical factors) for improving intervention effectiveness. Motivated by previous findings suggesting that behavioral profiles and teachers' perceptions of students with…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, At Risk Students, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders
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Moulton, Sara E.; Young, Ellie L. – Psychology in the Schools, 2021
This study examined gender differences in the psychometric properties of the Student Risk Screening Scale for Internalizing and Externalizing behaviors (SRSS-IE) using item response theory methods among a sample of 2,122 middle school students. The SRSS-IE is a screening instrument used to identify students who are potentially at risk for…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Emotional Disturbances
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Michelle M. Cumming; Yuxi Qiu; Rachel Oblath; Stacy L. Frazier; Cristina Criado; Sharde Theodore; Gabriel Placido – Grantee Submission, 2024
Middle schoolers with or at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) typically have a trajectory of difficult outcomes (e.g., school dropout, incarceration). Growing evidence suggests that the continuum of behavioral competence to challenges is closely linked to students' neurocognitive executive function (EF) capacities, perceived stress…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Executive Function, Middle School Students, At Risk Students
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Novak, Abigail; Poling, Daniel; Muller, Rebecca; Peyton, David – Behavioral Disorders, 2020
Using data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2 (NLTS2), we examined risk and protective factors associated with post-secondary outcomes among youth with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). Results indicate that, compared to their male peers, females with EBD demonstrated higher levels of social and behavioral skills and higher…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, At Risk Students, Behavior Disorders, Emotional Disturbances
Kern, Lee; Harrison, Judith R.; Custer, Beth E.; Mehta, Paras D. – Behavioral Disorders, 2019
School engagement is an important predictor of graduation. One strategy to enhance student engagement is mentoring. Check & Connect is a structured mentoring program that has resulted in favorable outcomes for many students, including those with emotional and behavioral disorders. Effectiveness, however, depends on the quality of the…
Descriptors: Mentors, Interpersonal Relationship, Learner Engagement, Program Effectiveness
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