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Shurtz, Logan; Schwartz, Chloe; DiStefano, Charlotte; McPartland, James C.; Levin, April R.; Dawson, Geraldine; Kleinhans, Natalia M.; Faja, Susan; Webb, Sara J.; Shic, Frederick; Naples, Adam J.; Seow, Helen; Bernier, Raphael A.; Chawarska, Katarzyna; Sugar, Catherine A.; Dziura, James; Senturk, Damla; Santhosh, Megha; Jeste, Shafali S. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Children with autism spectrum disorder are prescribed various medications to address behavior and mood. In clinical trials, individuals taking concomitant psychotropic medications often are excluded to maintain homogeneity and prevent contamination of clinical endpoints. However, this choice may compromise the representativeness of the sample. In…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Drug Therapy, Incidence, Child Behavior
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Michal Gacek; Lukasz Krzywoszanski – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
In this study we examined how specific personality traits are related to psychosocial adjustment in people with intellectual disability. We studied 73 students with mild intellectual disability and 25 students with moderate intellectual disability who attended special schools in Poland. Personality traits were assessed with the Revised Edward…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Mild Intellectual Disability, Students with Disabilities, Moderate Intellectual Disability
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Ka I Ip; Jean Anne Heng; Janice Lin; Jiannong Shi; Wang Li; Sheryl Olson – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2024
Across all cultures, parents have intuitive ideas ("ethnotheories") of what undesirable child characteristics are as well as how to explain them. Yet there have been relatively few cross-cultural comparisons of parents' ethnotheories about the nature and causes of child misbehavior. 108 mothers of 5-year-old children from the United…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Mothers, Child Behavior, Behavior Problems
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Antoci, Diana; Mislitchi, Valentina; Diacon, Maria – Hungarian Educational Research Journal, 2020
The present work combats the problem of violence and aggressive behaviour through mentoring. The theoretical point of view certified studies that highlight various aspects of the problem of violent and aggressive behaviour remediation of preadolescents and adolescents. At present there are no publications that completely synthesize the…
Descriptors: Violence, Aggression, Behavior Problems, Mentors
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Shi, Qinxin; Ettekal, Idean; Liew, Jeffrey; Woltering, Steven – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2021
The current study examined the heterogeneity in the development of school-based prosocial behavior from Grades 1 to 12 and the role of multiple early childhood antecedents in predicting heterogeneous developmental trajectories of prosocial behavior in a sample of 784 children facing early risks and vulnerabilities (predominantly from low-income…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Child Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Predictor Variables
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Irwin, A.; Cederblad, A. M. H. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2019
This paper investigated rudeness experienced by academic staff from students, co-workers and senior staff members. The focus of much of the rudeness literature in an educational setting has been on the student experience of rudeness, predominantly in the classroom. The aim of the current study was to focus on the experience of academic staff…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, College Students, Teacher Student Relationship
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Davis, Paige E.; Meins, Elizabeth; Fernyhough, Charles – Infant and Child Development, 2014
Relations between having an imaginary companion (IC) and (i) descriptions of a real-life friend, (ii) theory of mind performance, and (iii) reported prosocial behaviour and behavioural difficulties were investigated in a sample of 5-year-olds (N?=?159). Children who had an IC were more likely than their peers without an IC to describe their best…
Descriptors: Young Children, Imagination, Friendship, Theory of Mind
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Kokkinos, Constantinos M.; Kargiotidis, Apostolos – Educational Psychology, 2016
This study examined the role of teachers' personal characteristics and mental health status on their frequency ratings of student problem behaviour. A sample of 121 primary school teachers were asked to rate the frequency of a student's behavioural problems, and to self-report their personality traits, psychopathology symptoms and burnout.…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Mental Health, Referral, Individual Characteristics
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Poulou, Maria S. – Educational Psychology, 2014
Trait emotional intelligence construct shifted the interest in personality research to the investigation of the effect of global personality characteristics on behaviour. The Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) movement emphasised the cultivation of social skills for positive relationships. In this paper we investigate the role of students' global…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Interpersonal Competence, Behavior Problems, Emotional Problems
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Carter, Erik W.; Boehm, Thomas L.; Biggs, Elizabeth E.; Annandale, Naomi H.; Taylor, Courtney E.; Loock, Aimee K.; Liu, Rosemary Y. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2015
Can young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities be known for their strengths? This mixed-method study explored the strengths of 427 youth and young adults with intellectual disability and/or autism (ages 13-21) from the vantage point of their parents. Using the Assessment Scale for Positive Character Traits-Developmental…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Autism, Mixed Methods Research, Youth
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Frick, Paul J. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2012
Research has indicated that there are several common pathways through which children and adolescents develop conduct disorder, each with different risk factors and each with different underlying developmental mechanisms leading to the child's aggressive and antisocial behavior. The current article briefly summarizes research on these pathways,…
Descriptors: Risk, Behavior Problems, Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior
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Prady, Stephanie L.; Kiernan, Kathleen; Fairley, Lesley; Wright, John – Child Care in Practice, 2013
Some parenting behaviours and child characteristics can result in future behavioural problems. Relatively little is known about parenting behaviours in Pakistani-origin women, and how the timing of migration to the United Kingdom might affect such behaviours. We analysed differences in parenting behaviours and six-month infant temperament by…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Parenting Styles, Individual Characteristics, Behavior Problems
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Pyle, Nicole; Flower, Andrea; Fall, Anna Mari; Williams, Jacob – Remedial and Special Education, 2016
This systematic review sought to understand the individual characteristics of incarcerated youth within the major risk factor domains identified by the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). A comprehensive search of the literature from 1979 to 2013 identified 85 articles of individual-level risk characteristics that…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Youth, At Risk Persons
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Vance, Jerry; Leonard, Lisa – College and University, 2010
One may be in a situation where he/she feels frustrated and confused by certain behaviors that make his/her life difficult. Fortunately, in their international bestseller, "Dealing with People You Can't Stand: How to Bring Out the Best in People at Their Worst," Dr. Rick Brinksman and Dr. Rick Kirschner provide a strategy for dealing with ten of…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Interpersonal Relationship, Behavior Problems, Interpersonal Communication
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Scott, Stephen; O'Connor, Thomas G. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2012
Background: The concept of differential susceptibility has challenged the potential meaning of personal traits such as poor ability to regulate emotions. Under the traditional model of diathesis/stress, personal characteristics such as liability to angry outbursts are seen as essentially disadvantageous, emerging under duress in a way that is…
Descriptors: Intervention, Control Groups, Comparative Analysis, Child Rearing
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