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van Hulst, Branko M.; de Zeeuw, Patrick; Bos, Dienke J.; Rijks, Yvonne; Neggers, Sebastiaan F. W.; Durston, Sarah – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2017
Background: Changes in reward processing are thought to be involved in the etiology of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), as well as other developmental disorders. In addition, different forms of therapy for ADHD rely on reinforcement principles. As such, improved understanding of reward processing in ADHD could eventually lead to…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Task Analysis, Reinforcement, Therapy
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Long, Nicholas J. – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2014
Youth in pain often show self-defeating and destructive patterns of behavior which should be seen as calls for help and positive support. Instead, deep-seated brain programs and cultural beliefs about discipline can trigger angry or avoidant behavior by adults who deal with these young people. This brief introduction to the Conflict Cycle…
Descriptors: Conflict, Cultural Influences, Behavior Problems, Brain
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Hughes-Scholes, Carolyn H.; Gatt, Sarah L.; Davis, Kate; Mahar, Nicole; Gavidia-Payne, Susana – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2016
The aim of the current pilot study was to evaluate the implementation of a "routines-based early childhood intervention" (RBECI) model by Australian Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) professionals. The RBECI model consisted of four key components: (a) Routines-Based Interviews (RBIs), (b) participation-based goals, (c) home visits, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Program Implementation
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Mandy, William P. L.; Charman, Tony; Skuse, David H. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2012
Objective: To use confirmatory factor analysis to test the construct validity of the proposed "DSM-5" symptom model of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), in comparison to alternative models, including that described in "DSM-IV-TR." Method: Participants were 708 verbal children and young persons (mean age, 9.5 years) with mild to severe autistic…
Descriptors: Models, Autism, Construct Validity, Validity
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Monshouwer, K.; Harakeh, Z.; Lugtig, P.; Huizink, A.; Creemers, H. E.; Reijneveld, S. A.; De Winter, A. F.; Van Oort, F.; Ormel, J.; Vollebergh, W. A. M. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2012
The present study examined the joint development of substance use and externalizing problems in early and middle adolescence. First, it was tested whether the relevant groups found in previous studies i.e., those with an early onset, a late onset, and no onset or low levels of risk behavior could be identified, while using a developmental model of…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Risk, Children, Profiles
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Lambek, Rikke; Tannock, Rosemary; Dalsgaard, Soeren; Trillingsgaard, Anegen; Damm, Dorte; Thomsen, Per Hove – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2010
Objective: The study investigates behavioural, academic, cognitive, and motivational aspects of functioning in school-age children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with and without an executive function deficit (EFD). Method: Children with ADHD - EFD (n = 22) and children with ADHD + EFD (n = 26) were compared on aspects of…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorders, Cognitive Ability, Academic Achievement
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Smith, Christopher J.; Lang, Colleen M.; Kryzak, Lauren; Reichenberg, Abraham; Hollander, Eric; Silverman, Jeremy M. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2009
Background: Clinical heterogeneity of autism likely hinders efforts to find genes associated with this complex psychiatric disorder. Some studies have produced promising results by restricting the sample according to the expression of specific familial factors or components of autism. Previous factor analyses of the restricted, repetitive…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Siblings, Autism, Identification
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Reese-Weber, Marla; Hesson-McInnis, Matthew – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2008
This study provides additional data on the measurement of children's and adolescents' appraisals of interparental conflict using the Children's Perception of Interparental Conflict (CPIC) Scale (Grych, Seid, & Fincham, 1992). Data from the original sample of early adolescents (N = 222) on which the CPIC Scale was developed and the authors' own…
Descriptors: Conflict, Factor Structure, Adolescents, Measures (Individuals)
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Heckhausen, Jutta; Wrosch, Carsten; Schulz, Richard – Psychological Review, 2010
This article had four goals. First, the authors identified a set of general challenges and questions that a life-span theory of development should address. Second, they presented a comprehensive account of their Motivational Theory of Life-Span Development. They integrated the model of optimization in primary and secondary control and the…
Descriptors: Motivation, Individual Development, Research Needs, Models
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Lahey, Benjamin B.; Rathouz, Paul J.; Van Hulle, Carol; Urbano, Richard C.; Krueger, Robert F.; Applegate, Brooks; Garriock, Holly A.; Chapman, Derek A.; Waldman, Irwin D. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2008
Confirmatory factor analyses were conducted of "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders", Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) symptoms of common mental disorders derived from structured interviews of a representative sample of 4,049 twin children and adolescents and their adult caretakers. A dimensional model based on the assignment of symptoms…
Descriptors: Models, Mental Disorders, Psychopathology, Age Differences
Fouts, Gregory T.; Parton, David A. – J Exp Child Psychol, 1969
Based on an M.A. thesis by the senior author submitted to the University of Iowa.
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Children, Grade 1, Imitation
Allen, Mary K.; Liebert Robert M. – Child Develop, 1969
Research supported in part by National Institute of Child Health and Human Development grant HD-03573.
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Children, Cues, Experience
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Vitaro, Frank; Brendgen, Mara; Barker, Edward D. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2006
Aggressive behaviors in children and adolescents have undergone important conceptual and definitional modifications in the past two decades. In particular, subtypes of aggression have been proposed that separate the form and the function of the aggressive behaviors (i.e., social vs. physical aggression; reactive vs. proactive aggression).…
Descriptors: Aggression, Infants, Children, Adolescents
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Knight, George P.; Kagan, Spencer – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1977
Found that increasing generation level was associated with decreasing frequency of altruism/group-enhancenment and equality choices and increasing frequency of rivalry/superiority choices, supporting an acculturation to the majority rather than acculturation to the barrio model. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Behavior Patterns, Children, Competition
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Feshbach, Norma Deitch – Counseling Psychologist, 1975
The author discusses the development and manifestation of empathy in children. A three component model of empathy, involving cognitive and affective elements, is proposed. (Author/HMV)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Children
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