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Callous-Unemotional Traits, Relational and Social Aggression, and Interpersonal Maturity in a Sample of Behaviorally Disordered Adolescents
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Bell, G. Ronald; Crothers, Laura M.; Hughes, Tammy L.; Kanyongo, Gibbs Y.; Kolbert, Jered B.; Parys, Kristen – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2018
The authors examined the degree to which callous-unemotional traits and narcissism predict relational aggression, social aggression, and prosocial skills in a sample of 79 adolescent offenders (13-18 years old; 26% girls; 74% boys) attending a school for youth with behavior disorders in the Mid-Atlantic United States. Narcissism made a significant…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Personality Traits, Aggression, Maturity (Individuals)
The Relative Roles Played by Structural and Pragmatic Language Skills in Relation to Behaviour in a Population of Primary School Children from Socially Disadvantaged Backgrounds
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Law, J.; Rush, R.; McBean, K. – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2014
Considerable evidence supports the association between language learning difficulties and behaviour in young children and this is likely to be particularly true of children raised in social disadvantage. Less is known about the way that different aspects of language, specifically pragmatics, interact with behaviour. This study examines the extent…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students, Role, Pragmatics
Understanding the Bullying Dynamic among Students in Special and General Education
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Swearer, Susan M.; Wang, Cixin; Maag, John W.; Siebecker, Amanda B.; Frerichs, Lynae J. – Journal of School Psychology, 2012
Students in general and special education experience bullying. However, few empirical investigations have examined involvement in bullying along the bully/victim continuum (i.e., as a bully, victim, or bully-victim) among students with disabilities. A total of 816 students, ages 9 to 16, participated in the present study. From this total sample…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Investigations, General Education, Bullying
The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ): The Factor Structure and Scale Validation in U.S. Adolescents
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He, Jian-Ping; Burstein, Marcy; Schmitz, Anja; Merikangas, Kathleen R. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2013
The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is one of the most commonly used instruments for screening psychopathology in children and adolescents. This study evaluated the hypothesized five-factor structure of the SDQ and examined its convergent validity against comprehensive clinical diagnostic assessments. Data were derived from the…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Psychopathology, Validity, Behavior Disorders
Influence of Treatment for Disruptive Behavior Disorders on Adrenal and Gonadal Hormones in Youth
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Dorn, Lorah D.; Kolko, David J.; Shenk, Chad E.; Susman, Elizabeth J.; Bukstein, Oscar – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2011
The study examined whether psychosocial intervention for children diagnosed with a disruptive behavior disorder (DBD; n = 84) changed concentrations of cortisol and testosterone across a 3-year follow-up when compared to a matched, nonclinical, healthy comparison (HC; n = 69) group. Boys and girls (6-11 years) with a DBD were randomly assigned to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Disorders, Males, Metabolism
Psychometric Characteristics of a Measure of Emotional Dispositions Developed to Test a Developmental Propensity Model of Conduct Disorder
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Lahey, Benjamin B.; Applegate, Brooks; Chronis, Andrea M.; Jones, Heather A.; Williams, Stephanie Hall; Loney, Jan; Waldman, Irwin D. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2008
Lahey and Waldman proposed a developmental propensity model in which three dimensions of children's emotional dispositions are hypothesized to transact with the environment to influence risk for conduct disorder, heterogeneity in conduct disorder, and comorbidity with other disorders. To prepare for future tests of this model, a new measure of…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Psychopathology, Child Behavior, Factor Analysis