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Zondervan-Zwijnenburg, Mariëlle; Dobbelaar, Simone; van der Meulen, Mara; Achterberg, Michelle – Developmental Psychology, 2022
Prior studies have indicated that prosocial behavior might be a protective factor for developing internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems. However, little research has been conducted on within-person changes of prosocial behavior and behavioral problems over time. With random-intercept cross-lagged panel models (RI-CLPMs), the current…
Descriptors: Children, Prosocial Behavior, Behavior Problems, Parents
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Slagt, Meike; Dubas, Judith Semon; van Aken, Marcel A. G.; Ellis, Bruce J.; Dekovic, Maja – Developmental Psychology, 2018
In this longitudinal multiinformant study negative emotionality and sensory processing sensitivity were compared as susceptibility markers among kindergartners. Participating children (N = 264, 52.9% boys) were Dutch kindergartners (M[subscript age] = 4.77, SD = 0.60), followed across three waves, spaced seven months apart. Results show that…
Descriptors: Sensory Experience, Kindergarten, Young Children, Longitudinal Studies
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Igbineweka, V. O.; Iguodala, W. A.; Anukaenyi, Blessing Osuigwe – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
Nigeria, situated in the West African sub-region of the African continent has an estimated population of over 170 million people with 146 universities. The demand for these universities in the recent past has been unprecedented with an average of 1.5 million applicants for placement annually, the highest anywhere in the world. Regrettably, public…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems
Kolomeyer, Ellen; Renk, Kimberly; Cunningham, Annelise; Lowell, Amanda; Khan, Maria – ZERO TO THREE, 2016
Previous studies have supported a connection between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and negative outcomes in adulthood. Fewer studies have examined the connection between ACEs and parenting behaviors, however. The study described in this article examined the relationships among ACEs, reflective functioning, and negative parenting behaviors…
Descriptors: Mothers, Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship, Psychological Patterns
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Waller, Rebecca; Dishion, Thomas J.; Shaw, Daniel S.; Gardner, Frances; Wilson, Melvin N.; Hyde, Luke W. – Developmental Psychology, 2016
Callous-unemotional (CU) behavior has been linked to behavior problems in children and adolescents. However, few studies have examined whether CU behavior in "early childhood" predicts behavior problems or CU behavior in "late childhood". This study examined whether indicators of CU behavior at ages 2-4 predicted aggression,…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Child Behavior, Behavior Problems, Children
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Tolegen, Mukhtar A.; Seriev, Bolat A.; Akhatov, Ualikhan A.; Taubayev, Baurzhan R.; Balashov, Talgat T. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The purpose of the study is to consider the problem of the organization of working with adolescents with deviant behavior through the development and implementation of their psychological and pedagogical support based on student-centered and system approaches. Holistic application of components of psychological and pedagogical support (diagnostic,…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Behavior Disorders
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Farrell, Ann H.; Provenzano, Daniel A.; Spadafora, Natalie; Marini, Zopito A.; Volk, Anthony A. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2016
The purpose of this study was to develop a scale that measures adolescents' attitudes toward classroom incivility and determine whether items would reveal subscales. A sample of 549 adolescents between ages 11 and 18 (53.1% boys; M[subscript age] = 13.90, SD = 1.41) completed items written to measure attitudes toward classroom incivility. An…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Adolescent Attitudes, Student Behavior, Antisocial Behavior
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Scahill, Lawrence; Aman, Michael G.; Lecavalier, Luc; Halladay, Alycia K.; Bishop, Somer L.; Bodfish, James W.; Grondhuis, Sabrina; Jones, Nancy; Horrigan, Joseph P.; Cook, Edwin H.; Handen, Benjamin L.; King, Bryan H.; Pearson, Deborah A.; McCracken, James T.; Sullivan, Katherine Anne; Dawson, Geraldine – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
Restricted interests and repetitive behaviors vary widely in type, frequency, and intensity among children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. They can be stigmatizing and interfere with more constructive activities. Accordingly, restricted interests and repetitive behaviors may be a target of intervention. Several standardized…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Behavior Problems, Repetition
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Kagoiya, Patrick; Kagema, Njogu – Pedagogical Research, 2018
School discipline is a core indicator of school effectiveness. Learner management is crucial and educational researchers need to focus on factors leading to indiscipline in schools. Guided by Planned Behaviour Theory that explores on guidance, counseling and good classroom management the study used the survey research design to sample 91 teachers…
Descriptors: Discipline, Behavior Problems, Teacher Surveys, Teacher Attitudes
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Nelson, Larry J.; Coyne, Sarah M.; Howard, Emily; Clifford, Brandon N. – Developmental Psychology, 2016
An approach-avoidance model of social withdrawal (Asendorpf, 1990) identifies 3 types of social withdrawal including shyness, unsociability, and avoidance. Each appears to be uniquely associated with varying indicators of maladjustment in emerging adulthood (Nelson, 2013) but little, if any, work has been done to see how they might be linked to…
Descriptors: Withdrawal (Psychology), Young Adults, Social Media, Electronic Mail
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Omemu, Felix – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The study investigated the perceptions of staff and students on the use of school disciplinary measures and public awareness campaign strategy in the management of cultism in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The study is guided by two hypotheses tested using the t-test statistics. An instrument containing 10 items properly validated was used in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Discipline, Discipline Policy, Functional Behavioral Assessment
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Myers, Scott A.; Goldman, Zachary W.; Ball, Hannah; Carton, Shannon T.; Atkinson, Jordan; Tindage, Melissa F.; Anderson, Amena O. – Communication Teacher, 2015
This assessment examined the presence of anti-citizenship behavior (ACB) in the college classroom by (1) identifying the types of ACB college students use in their classes, (2) identifying the reasons why students use ACB, and (3) exploring the link between ACB and student learning outcomes. The results indicated that (1) participants report four…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Student Attitudes, Correlation, Citizenship
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Flouri, Eirini; Sarmadi, Zahra – Developmental Psychology, 2016
This study investigated the role of the interaction between prosocial behavior and contextual (school and neighborhood) risk in children's trajectories of externalizing and internalizing problems at ages 3, 5, and 7. The sample was 9,850 Millennium Cohort Study families who lived in England when the cohort children were aged 3. Neighborhood…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Antisocial Behavior, Self Destructive Behavior, Children
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Ramsey, Michelle L.; Jolivette, Kristine; Kennedy, Christina; Fredrick, Laura D.; Williams, Camille D. – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 2017
Two functionally-indicated choice-making interventions were implemented by a classroom teacher to determine the effects on the percentage of task completion, accuracy, and classroom disruption for 9 sixth through eighth grade participants with emotional and behavioral disorders in a residential math classroom using a reversal design. Results…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Antisocial Behavior, Student Behavior, Adolescents
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Frazier, Thomas W.; Thompson, Lee; Youngstrom, Eric A.; Law, Paul; Hardan, Antonio Y.; Eng, Charis; Morris, Nathan – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
The present study examined genetic and shared environment contributions to quantitatively-measured autism symptoms and categorically-defined autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Participants included 568 twins from the Interactive Autism Network. Autism symptoms were obtained using the Social Communication Questionnaire and Social Responsiveness…
Descriptors: Genetics, Twins, Qualitative Research, Autism
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