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Kate Cooper; Ailsa Russell – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
Autistic people experience high rates of mental health problems. A tendency towards behavioural repetition in autistic individuals could contribute to repetitive negative thinking, which is a transdiagnostic risk factor for mental health problems. Our research aimed to add to the literature by using transdiagnostic measures of both mental health…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Repetition, Negative Attitudes, Mental Health
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Mervi Vänskä; Samuli Kangaslampi; Jallu Lindblom; Raija-Leena Punamäki; Mirva Heikkilä; Lotta Heikkilä; Aila Tiitinen; Marjo Flykt – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2024
To better understand the role of neuroendocrinological regulation in adolescent mental health, stress reactivity needs to be analyzed through both the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. Accordingly, this study examined how adolescents' internalizing and externalizing mental health symptoms are…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Metabolism, Physiology, Late Adolescents
L'Tanya D. Morrow-Cain – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study was to examine how to restore a child's social-emotional well being. As an administrator in a middle school, I have the opportunity to see the natural state that our children are in on a daily basis. I have observed over time, more specifically since COVID-19, that children are struggling to balance their emotions, their…
Descriptors: Well Being, Mental Health, Grade 6, Grade 7
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Gillespie-Smith, Karri; McConachie, Doug; Ballantyne, Carrie; Auyeung, Bonnie; Goodall, Karen – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Caregivers of a child with a neurodevelopmental disability are more vulnerable to mental health difficulties. These difficulties are influenced by the child's challenging behaviours, and the caregiver's coping strategies; factors impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. An online mixed methods survey was conducted on caregivers of children with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Child Caregivers
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Pearson, Rebecca – Educational Review, 2023
Despite the widespread concern regarding young people's wellbeing, the interaction between gender and mental health appears to be generally overlooked within education and is more commonly focused on concern about rising figures of female mental health. The absence of discussions around gender is surprising, given the ongoing debate regarding the…
Descriptors: Males, Behavior Problems, Mental Disorders, Mental Health
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Niamh Flynn; Clíona Murray; Cormac Forkan; Carmen Kealy – Irish Educational Studies, 2024
Many concerns exist about potential long-term psychosocial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people. While the school has been identified as having a vital role in psychological recovery post-disaster more generally, it is unclear as yet how young people have adapted to the return to in-person education. This paper reports on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Coping, In Person Learning, COVID-19
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Murat Yildirim; Hasan Batmaz; Hacer Yildirim-Kurtulus; Emin Kurtulus – Youth & Society, 2025
This study examined the impact of psychological capital--comprising hope, optimism, resilience, and self-efficacy--on comprehensive mental health, defined by the dual criteria of the absence of psychopathological symptoms and the presence of positive functioning. The participants of the study included 429 (65.5% female) Turkish adolescents,…
Descriptors: Capital (Sociology), Psychological Patterns, Resilience (Psychology), Self Efficacy
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Rachel Plak; Ralph Rippe; Inge Merkelbach; Sander Begeer – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Studies on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on autistic children's psychosocial outcomes have shown mixed results. In the current study we aimed to gain a better insight into the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic by comparing psychosocial outcomes collected pre-pandemic with data collected during the pandemic. We used the Strengths and…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, COVID-19, Pandemics, Psychological Patterns
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Laura Mullen; Michelle Evans; Lesley Baillie – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic led the United Kingdom (UK) into a national lockdown in March 2020. The UK government has acknowledged that children and young people (CYP) with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) were left behind during the pandemic. This integrative literature review aims to investigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Students with Disabilities, Parent Attitudes
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Milner, Victoria; Mandy, Will; Happé, Francesca; Colvert, Emma – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Many autistic individuals camouflage socially atypical behaviours. Evidence suggests autistic females camouflage more than autistic males. Although camouflaging may confer some benefits, it is also associated with negative outcomes including poorer mental health and well-being. Those with high autistic traits but no clinical diagnosis are not…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Gender Differences, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Behavior
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Barbara R. Braams; Rebecca van Rijn; Tessa Leijser; Tycho J. Dekkers – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2025
Background: ADHD is highly prevalent in adolescents. ADHD is characterized by heightened impulsive behavior and is often associated with increased risk-taking behavior in adolescence. Previous research has mostly focused on negative aspects of risk-taking behavior. However, recently two other types of risk-taking behavior have been identified:…
Descriptors: Risk, Prosocial Behavior, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Correlation
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McCabe, Paul C. – Psychology in the Schools, 2022
This study explored the beliefs of early childhood educators about a child's current behavior and potential adult adjustment based on a description of the child's gender and play interests. There were 451 early childhood educators from a US sample who, after reading a brief vignette describing a child's play and behavior, responded to questions…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Child Behavior, Gender Differences, Play
Ellen Litkowski; Rhiannon Jones; Xiaofan Sun; Louisa Tarullo; Sara Bernstein – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2024
This research brief draws on data from the 2021-2022 Study of Family and Staff Well-Being in Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey Programs (the 2021-2022 Study) to investigate associations between the well-being of Head Start children and families and factors related to the pandemic. Based on data collected from October 2021 to January…
Descriptors: Well Being, COVID-19, Pandemics, Family (Sociological Unit)
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Sarah Hurwitz; Kane Carlock; Blaine Garman-McClaine – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
This study investigated special education teachers' experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through qualitative, semi-structured interviews, 15 educators shared detailed reports of how efforts to reach students strained their mental health. They felt stressed due to frequently changing expectations and pressure to comply with federal special…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Persistence
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Zhao, Xudong; Zhang, Anhui; Liu, Wanxu; Tao, Fangbiao; Sun, Ying – Developmental Science, 2023
To examine the effects of childhood parent-child separation with varying duration and form on later cognitive performance and psychopathological problems over a 6-year period, we use data from the China Family Panel Study (CFPS), which is an ongoing, prospective nationally representative study across 25 provinces in China. Of the 4033 children…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Parents, Parent Child Relationship
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