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Karadeniz Özbek, Selda; Demir, Melek – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2022
The study examines the effect of the Post-divorce Psychological Support Program (PDPSP) on the adjustment levels of divorced individuals. The program developed by the researchers was conducted with a group of 8 divorced women. This research was designed according to a quasi-experimental method with an unequalized control group model. 55…
Descriptors: Divorce, Social Support Groups, Females, Adjustment (to Environment)
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Kasimova, Ramilya Sh.; Biktagirova, Gulnara F. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
Creating a happy family with a favorable psychological climate is important both for the individual and the society as a whole. One of the factors, that influence the creation of a welfare family, is the content of the spouses' concepts of the family, its functions and their possible distribution. The main purpose of this article is to identify…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Males, Females, Gender Differences
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Robillard, Alyssa G; Reed, Cymone; Larkey, Linda; Kohler, Connie; Ingram, Lucy A; Lewis, Kaleea; Julious, Carmen – Health Education Journal, 2017
Objectives: African American women are disproportionately impacted upon by HIV, particularly in the Southern states of the USA where the percentage of new cases of HIV and the percentage of people living with HIV in the USA are highest. This study describes the lived experiences of HIV-positive African American women based on their written…
Descriptors: African Americans, Females, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Experience
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Savage, Michael; DiBiase, Anne-Marie – Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2016
The maladaptive personality and neuropsychological features of highly relationally aggressive females were examined in a group of 30 grade 6, 7, and 8 girls and group-matched controls. Employing a multistage cluster sampling procedure, a group of highly, yet almost exclusively, relationally aggressive females were identified and matched on a…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Neuropsychology, Individual Characteristics, Interpersonal Relationship
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Holden, Libby; Ware, Robert S.; Lee, Christina – Developmental Psychology, 2016
This article used data from 5,171 young women participating in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health, a nationally representative longitudinal cohort study, to identify longitudinal trajectory patterns of mental health across 6 surveys over 16 years of early adulthood, from age 18-23 to age 34-39. In addition, we identified both…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Mental Health, Young Adults
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Savolainen, Jukka; Mason, W. Alex; Hughes, Lorine A.; Ebeling, Hanna; Hurtig, Tuula M.; Taanila, Anja M. – Youth & Society, 2015
There are strong reasons to assume that early onset of puberty accelerates coital debut among adolescent girls. Although many studies support this assumption, evidence regarding the putative causal processes is limited and inconclusive. In this research, longitudinal data from the 1986 Northern Finland Birth Cohort Study (N = 2,596) were used to…
Descriptors: Puberty, Females, Adolescents, Sexuality
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Calikusu, Celal; Kucukgoncu, Suat; Tecer, Ozlem; Bestepe, Emrem – Behavior Modification, 2012
The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence, characteristics, triggers, and consequences of skin picking (SP) in a sample of Turkish university students, with an emphasis on gender differences. A total of 245 students from two universities in Turkey were assessed by using the Skin Picking Inventory. In total, 87.8% of the students…
Descriptors: Females, Incidence, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences
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Clark, C. Brendan; Perkins, Adam; McCullumsmith, Cheryl B.; Islam, M. Aminul; Hanover, Erin E.; Cropsey, Karen L. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine how victims of sexual abuse in a community corrections population differ as a result of their sex and race. Of the 19,422 participants, a total of 1,298 (6.7%) reported a history of sexual abuse and were compared with nonabused participants. The sample was analyzed by race-gender groups (White men, White…
Descriptors: Females, Substance Abuse, Suicide, Males
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Baird, Sarah; de Hoop, Jacobus; Ozler, Berk – Journal of Human Resources, 2013
We investigate the effects of a positive income shock on mental health among adolescent girls using evidence from a cash transfer experiment in Malawi. Offers of cash transfers strongly reduced psychological distress among baseline schoolgirls. However, these large beneficial effects declined with increases in the transfer amount offered to the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Health, Females, Adolescents
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Oldehinkel, Albertine J.; Verhulst, Frank C.; Ormel, Johan – Journal of Adolescence, 2011
The aim of this study was to investigate associations between specific mental health problems and pubertal stage in (pre)adolescents participating in the Dutch prospective cohort study TRAILS (first assessment: N = 2230, age 11.09 [plus or minus] 0.56, 50.8% girls; second assessment: N = 2149, age 13.56 [plus or minus] 0.53, 51.0% girls). Mental…
Descriptors: Females, Mental Health, Adolescents, Puberty
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Pudrovska, Tetyana – Social Forces, 2010
Using data from two waves of the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (N = 8,054), I examine gender differences in psychological adjustment to cancer among older white adults. Results from different types of longitudinal models reveal that cancer has more adverse psychological implications for men than women. Men's higher levels of depression are reduced…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Females, Cancer, Gender Differences
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Ansara, Donna L.; Hindin, Michelle J. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
This study uses data from the 2002 Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey to examine the prevalence of and factors associated with intimate partner violence perpetration by husbands and wives in Cebu, Philippines. Multinomial logistic regression was used to identify the factors associated with wife-only, husband-only, and reciprocal…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Females, Incidence, Drinking
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Martin, Don; Martin, Magy; Dell, Rex; Davis, Candice; Guerrieri, Karen – Adolescence (San Diego): an international quarterly devoted to the physiological, psychological, psychiatric, sociological, and educational aspects of the second decade of human life, 2008
Effective methods of identifying potential juvenile offenders are critical when developing prevention programs within both state and national juvenile justice systems. The characteristics of juvenile offenders in a large juvenile justice system are examined in this study. Participants live in a Midwestern city with a high rate of crime as…
Descriptors: Crime, Prevention, Juvenile Justice, Profiles
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Newcomb, Michael D.; Munoz, David T.; Carmona, Jennifer Vargas – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2009
Objective: Research investigating the impact of child sexual abuse (CSA) in community samples of adolescents has been limited. This study aims to identify sexual abuse among ethnically diverse high school adolescents of both genders and evaluate their psycho-emotional consequences. Method: Through the use of self-report instruments, a sample of…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Females, Incidence
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Tobin, Casey; Duncan, Jenny – Alabama Counseling Association Journal, 2007
Peer victimization is an all too common occurrence in schools throughout the United States, affecting millions of adolescents every year. Involvement in peer victimization carries devastating consequences that can last a lifetime. Recent research indicates males and females engage in different forms of victimization, with males displaying more…
Descriptors: Aggression, Females, Victims of Crime, Peer Relationship
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