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Garrick, Alice; Lee, Marie L.; Scarffe, Carrington; Attwood, Tony; Furley, Kirsten; Bellgrove, Mark A.; Johnson, Beth P. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
Parents of children with ASD who had attended an Australian emergency department (ED; n = 421) completed a questionnaire relating to their experiences in the ED, including (1) child's reason for presentation and existing comorbidities, (2) quality of care during the visit (3) child's behaviour during visit, e.g. sensory responses to the ED…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Li, Yixian; Babcock, Sarah E.; Stewart, Shannon L.; Hirdes, John P.; Schwean, Vicki L. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2021
Background: While empirical testing of many of the interRAI Child and Youth Mental Health (ChYMH) assessment scales have been found to be reliable and valid across both child and adult samples, other scales have yet to be psychometrically evaluated within child populations. Objective: The current study evaluates the psychometric properties of the…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Depression (Psychology), Measures (Individuals), Severity (of Disability)
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Zemp, Martina; Johnson, Matthew D.; Bodenmann, Guy – Developmental Psychology, 2019
Parental conflict is a well-established predictor of child maladjustment. Most research, however, has not considered how the couple's positivity-negativity interaction ratio (i.e., the ability to compensate for negative behaviors with positive) may be linked with child adjustment. We examined interparental positivity-negativity interaction ratios…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Children, Behavior Problems, Child Behavior
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Lakhan, Ram; Kishore, M. Thomas – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
Background: Behaviour problems are most common in people with intellectual disabilities. Nature of behaviour problems can vary depending upon the age, sex and intellectual level (IQ). Objectives: This study examined the distribution of behaviour problems across intellectual disability categories and their association with IQ age and sex in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Intellectual Disability, Behavior Problems
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Adams, Dawn; Handley, Louise; Simkiss, Doug; Walls, Emily; Jones, Alison; Knapp, Martin; Romeo, Renee; Oliver, Chris – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2018
Background: Challenging behaviours are frequently shown by children with an intellectual disability. This study documents service use within this population and explores its relationship with challenging behaviours and child and parent characteristics.Method Forty-nine mothers of young children with an intellectual disability or global…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Health Services, Behavior Problems, Costs
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Flouri, Eirini; Sarmadi, Zahra – Developmental Psychology, 2016
This study investigated the role of the interaction between prosocial behavior and contextual (school and neighborhood) risk in children's trajectories of externalizing and internalizing problems at ages 3, 5, and 7. The sample was 9,850 Millennium Cohort Study families who lived in England when the cohort children were aged 3. Neighborhood…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Antisocial Behavior, Self Destructive Behavior, Children
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Kelmanson, Igor A. – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
Background: Recurrent respiratory infections (RRI) are among most common diseases in school-aged children. Little is known about possible associations between RRI and children psychological well-being. Aim: To study possible associations between RRI in junior school pupils and their emotional/behavioural characteristics. Methods: The RRI group…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communicable Diseases, Psychological Patterns, Behavior Problems
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Rojahn, J.; Rowe, E. W.; Sharber, A. C.; Hastings, R.; Matson, J. L.; Didden, R.; Kroes, D. B. H.; Dumont, E. L. M. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2012
Background: The Behavior Problems Inventory-01 (BPI-01) is an informant-based behaviour rating instrument for intellectual disabilities (ID) with 49 items and three sub-scales: "Self-injurious Behavior," "Stereotyped Behavior" and "Aggressive/Destructive Behavior." The Behavior Problems Inventory-Short Form (BPI-S) is…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Severe Disabilities, Self Destructive Behavior, Mental Retardation
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Pechtel, Pia; Evans, Ian M.; Podd, John V. – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2011
Eighty-five New Zealand based practitioners experienced in treating adults with a history of child sexual abuse participated in an online judgment study of child sexual abuse outcomes using signal detection theory methodology. Participants' level of sensitivity was assessed independent of their degree of response bias when discriminating (a) known…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Responses, Coping
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McTiernan, Aoife; Leader, Geraldine; Healy, Olive; Mannion, Arlene – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2011
The current study evaluated risk factors for the occurrence, frequency and severity of challenging behavior among a sample of individuals with a diagnosis of autism, under the age of eighteen, in Ireland. Age, gender, hours of intervention received, age at diagnosis, presence of challenging behavior at diagnosis and treatment type at diagnosis…
Descriptors: Intervention, Self Destructive Behavior, Autism, Intelligence Quotient
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Leung, Patrick W. L.; Kwong, S. L.; Tang, C. P.; Ho, T. P.; Hung, S. F.; Lee, C. C.; Hong, S. L.; Chiu, C. M.; Liu, W. S. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2006
Background: Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of CBCL, TRF, and YSR were understudied. This study aimed at examining their test-retest reliability and criterion validity. Methods: Three Chinese community and clinic samples were recruited in Hong Kong. The parents, teachers, and youths respectively completed the CBCL, TRF, and YSR.…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Test Reliability, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology