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Walters, Glenn D. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2022
The goal of this study was to test nonverbal intelligence and neighborhood social capital as protective factors against future delinquency in early adolescent youth placed at risk by virtue of their involvement in childhood conduct problems. Analyzing longitudinal data from 3,028 youth (1,565 boys, 1,463 girls) in one cohort of the Longitudinal…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Resilience (Psychology), At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems
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Beiser, Morton; Gotowiec, Andrew – Psychology in the Schools, 2000
Presents study results of Verbal and Performance Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised subscales collected from Native (n=691) and non-Native (n=234) children in grades 2 and 4 at four sites. Native children had substantially lower IQ scores, especially pronounced for the verbal subscales. Discusses implications for understanding IQ…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Cultural Influences, Elementary School Students
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Baydala, Lola; Sherman, Jody; Rasmussen, Carmen; Wikman, Erik; Janzen, Henry – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2006
Objective: The authors examine how many Aboriginal children attending two reservation-based elementary schools in Northern Alberta, Canada, would demonstrate symptoms associated with ADHD using standardized parent and teacher questionnaires. Method: Seventy-five Aboriginal children in Grades 1 through 4 are tested. Seventeen of the 75 (22.7%)…
Descriptors: Incidence, Canada Natives, Questionnaires, Foreign Countries