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Bradizza, Clara M.; Maisto, Stephen A.; Vincent, Paula C.; Stasiewicz, Paul R.; Connors, Gerard J.; Mercer, Nicole D. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2009
Few investigators studying alcohol abuse among individuals with a severe mental illness (SMI) have examined predictors of posttreatment alcohol outcomes. In the present study, a multivariate approach based on a theoretical model was used to study the relationship between psychosocial factors and post-treatment-initiation alcohol use. Predictors of…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Schizophrenia, Mental Disorders, Academic Achievement
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Langer, Amie; Lawrence, Erika; Barry, Robin A. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
The authors used a vulnerability-stress-adaptation framework to examine personality traits and chronic stress as predictors of the developmental course of physical aggression in the early years of marriage. Additionally, personality traits and physical aggression were examined as predictors of the developmental course of chronic stress. Data from…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Spouses, Aggression, Structural Equation Models
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Neumann, Craig S.; Hare, Robert D. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
Numerous studies conducted with offender or forensic psychiatric samples have revealed that individuals with psychopathic traits are at risk for violence and other externalizing psychopathology. These traits appear to be continuously distributed in these samples, leading investigators to speculate on the presence of such traits in the general…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Violence, Persuasive Discourse, Drinking
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Williams, Tricia S.; Connolly, Jennifer; Pepler, Debra; Craig, Wendy; Laporte, Lise – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
The present study examined physical dating aggression in different adolescent relationships and assessed linear, threshold, and moderator risk models for recurrent aggressive relationships. The 621 participants (59% girls, 41% boys) were drawn from a 1-year longitudinal survey of Canadian high school youths ranging from Grade 9 through Grade 12.…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Psychopathology, Risk, Adolescents
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Compas, Bruce E.; Boyer, Margaret C.; Stanger, Catherine; Colletti, Richard B.; Thomsen, Alexandra H.; Dufton, Lynette M.; Cole, David A. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
Reports of adolescents' coping with recurrent pain, symptoms of anxiety/depression, and somatic complaints were obtained from a sample of 164 adolescents with recurrent abdominal pain and their parents. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that coping consisted of 3 nonorthogonal factors: Primary Control Engagement Coping (problem solving,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Structural Equation Models, Pain, Factor Analysis
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Vitacco, Michael J.; Neumann, Craig S.; Jackson, Rebecca L. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2005
Although a 2-factor model has advanced research on the psychopathy construct, a 3-factor model was recently developed that emphasized pathological personality and eliminated antisocial behavior. However, dropping antisocial behavior from the psychopathy construct may not be advantageous. Using a large sample of psychiatric patients from the…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Ethnicity, Factor Analysis, Antisocial Behavior