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Lee, In Heok; Rojewski, Jay W.; Gregg, Noel; Jeong, Seok-Oh – Journal of Special Education, 2015
While experiences of students with disabilities transitioning from high school to college have been well documented, the influence exerted by selected factors on these experiences is less well understood. Using data from the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002, the influence of selected risk and resilience factors on the short-term postsecondary…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Postsecondary Education, Adolescents, Learning Disabilities
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Useche, Ana Carolina; Sullivan, Amanda L.; Merk, Welmoet; Orobio de Castro, Bram – Exceptionality, 2014
This study examines the concurrent and longitudinal relationships between reactive and proactive aggression and children's peer status. Participants were 94 Dutch elementary school-aged boys in self-contained special education classrooms for students with emotional/behavioral disorders (EBD) and 47 boys with no disabilities in general education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Aggression, Peer Relationship, Peer Influence
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Miller, Shari; Loeber, Rolf; Hipwell, Alison – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2009
This study examined concurrent and longitudinal associations between peer deviance, parenting practices, and conduct and oppositional problems among young girls ages 7 and 8. Participants were 588 African American and European American girls who were part of a population-based study of the development of conduct problems and delinquency among…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Delinquency, Females, Parenting Styles
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Burke, William H.; Burkhead, E. Jane – Education and Treatment of Children, 1989
The paper reviews the literature regarding runaway children, defines runaway youth, and discusses predisposing factors. Suggestions are offered for further research on the etiology and treatment of runaway behavior. (JDD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Problems, Children
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Graham, Nanette – Youth & Society, 1996
Findings of t-tests on results from 1,247 adolescents in South Carolina indicate that, without adjustment, whites were higher than blacks on socioeconomic status, grade point average, and attitudes favoring drug use. Blacks were higher on positive peer influence, commitment to education, self-efficacy expectations, and reported conduct disorder…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Blacks, Drug Use