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Predictive Modeling of Quality of Life, Family Dynamics, and School Violence in Adolescent Students from Medellín, Colombia, 2014
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Higuita-Gutiérrez, Luis Felipe; Cardona-Arias, Jaiberth Antonio – School Mental Health, 2016
The purpose of this study was to develop a predictive population model with respect to quality of life, school violence, and family dynamics in adolescent students from Medellín, Colombia. Cross-sectional, explanatory study was realized with 3460 adolescents using probability sampling for selection. Structural equation modeling was performed. The…
Descriptors: Violence, Educational Environment, Quality of Life, Physical Health
A Chinese Longitudinal Study on Work/Family Enrichment
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Lu, Luo – Career Development International, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore reciprocal relationships between work/family resources, work/family enrichment (WFE), and work/family satisfaction in a Chinese society. Design/methodology/approach: A longitudinal design was adopted using a three-wave panel sample. Data were obtained from 310 Taiwanese employees on three occasions,…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Structural Equation Models, Models, Family Work Relationship
Emotional Dysregulation and Interpersonal Difficulties as Risk Factors for Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Adolescent Girls
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Adrian, Molly; Zeman, Janice; Erdley, Cynthia; Lisa, Ludmila; Sim, Leslie – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2011
The purpose of this study was to examine a model of factors that place psychiatrically hospitalized girls at risk for non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI). The role of familial and peer interpersonal difficulties, as well as emotional dysregulation, were examined in relationship to NSSI behaviors. Participants were 99 adolescent girls (83.2% Caucasian;…
Descriptors: Females, Structural Equation Models, Psychiatric Hospitals, Injuries
Students' Personal Traits, Violence Exposure, Family Factors, School Dynamics and the Perpetration of Violence in Taiwanese Elementary Schools
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Chen, Ji-Kang; Astor, Ron Avi – Health Education Research, 2011
School violence has become an international problem affecting the well-being of students. To date, few studies have examined how school variables mediate between personal and family factors and school violence in the context of elementary schools in Asian cultures. Using a nationally representative sample of 3122 elementary school students in…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary Schools, Violence, Structural Equation Models
Multiple Pathways from Stress to Suicidality and the Protective Effect of Social Support in Hong Kong Adolescents
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Cheng, Sheung-Tak; Chan, Alfred C. M. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2007
Two theoretical models were constructed to illustrate how stressful events, family and friends support, depression, substance use, and death attitude mutually influence to create cumulative risks for suicide. The models were evaluated using structural equation modeling. Results showed that suicidality was strongly predicted by death attitude,…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Models, Family Influence, Depression (Psychology)
Longitudinal Direct and Indirect Pathways Linking Older Sibling Competence to the Development of Younger Sibling Competence.
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Brody, Gene H.; Kim, Sooyeon; Murry, Velma McBride; Brown, Anita C. – Developmental Psychology, 2003
Tested links between early adolescent older sibling (OS) and younger sibling (YS) competence in rural African American families. Found that OS competence was stable across time and related to improvements in mothers' psychological functioning from Wave 1 to Wave 2. Mothers' Wave-2 psychological functioning related to Wave-3 involved-supportive…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Children, Competence, Early Adolescents