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Tucker, Anita R.; Combs, Katie Massey; Bettmann, Joanna E.; Chang, Te-Hsin; Graham, Suzanne; Hoag, Matt; Tatum, Callie – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
Purpose: Due to the ethical concern around involuntary treatment, this study sought to investigate if youth participants in wilderness therapy who were transported to the program experienced different rates of change than those not transported. Methods: Multilevel modeling techniques were used to investigate rates of change for youth between…
Descriptors: Therapy, Transportation, Longitudinal Studies, Change
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Lam, Chun Bun; Greene, Kaylin M.; McHale, Susan M. – Developmental Psychology, 2016
The developmental course, family correlates, and adjustment implications of youth housework participation from age 8-18 were examined. Mothers, fathers, and 2 siblings from 201 European American families provided questionnaire and/or daily diary data on 6 occasions across 7 years. Multilevel modeling within an accelerated longitudinal design…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Parents, Adolescents, Working Hours
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Mosek-Eilon, Vered; Hirschberger, Gilad; Kanat-Maymon, Yaniv; Feldman, Ruth – Developmental Psychology, 2013
The transition to parenthood marks an important developmental stage in adult life, associated with unique challenges to the partners' conflict dialogue in the formation of the family unit. Utilizing a biobehavioral experimental design, we examined the potential positive effects of the infant on the couple's conflict discussion. One…
Descriptors: Parents, Infants, Psychological Patterns, Conflict
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Taylor, Julie Lounds; Mailick, Marsha R. – Developmental Psychology, 2014
The transition from adolescence to adulthood has been shown to be a time of amplified risk for individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). It is unknown, however, whether problems in educational attainment and employment in the years after high school exit represent momentary perturbations in development or a turning point with long-lasting…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Adults, Vocational Education, Autism
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Lam, Terence Yuk Ping; Lau, Kwok Chi – International Journal of Science Education, 2014
This study uses hierarchical linear modeling to examine the influence of a range of factors on the science performances of Hong Kong students in PISA 2006. Hong Kong has been consistently ranked highly in international science assessments, such as Programme for International Student Assessment and Trends in International Mathematics and Science…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Achievement, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Science Education