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School Refusal in Adolescence: Personality Traits and Their Influence on Treatment Outcome
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Christina M. C. E. de Groot; David Heyne; Albert E. Boon – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2024
There has been little attention to personality in research on school refusal (SR). This study examined personality traits among 41 adolescents receiving cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) during participation in a School Refusal Program in the Netherlands. Traits were examined via clinical scales and 2-point code types derived from the Minnesota…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Personality Traits, Outcomes of Treatment, Attendance
School Psychologists' Views and Management of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents
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Gallant, Jason; Storch, Eric A.; Valderhaug, Robert; Geffken, Gary R. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2007
Over the past decade, an increasing body of research has been conducted on evidence-based psychological and psychiatric treatment for pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Despite this improved understanding, however, these treatments are not being performed. This study descriptively examined the practices and views of school…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Child Health, Mental Disorders, Psychiatry
The Relationship between Adolescent Alcohol Use and Delinquent and Violent Behaviors.
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Komro, Kelli A.; Williams, Carolyn L.; Forster, Jean L.; Perry, Cheryl L.; Farbakhsh, Kian; Stigler, Melissa H. – Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 1999
Study analyzed the relationship between alcohol use, psychological risk, and delinquent and violent behaviors using self-reported data from eighth and ninth grade students from a small, rural town population. Results suggest that alcohol use is an independent risk factor for delinquent and violent behaviors among young people (Author/JDM)
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Delinquency, Drinking, Grade 8
Two- and Three-Point Classification of MMPI Profiles in Which Scales 2, 7, and 8 Are the Highest Elevations.
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Kelley, Crystal K.; King, Glen D. – Journal of Personality Assessment, 1980
Two-point and three-point methods of classifying Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) profiles were compared using 174 students who sought psychological treatment at a student mental health clinic and who generated MMPI profiles with scales 2.7, and 8 as their highest evaluations. Behavioral correlates were determined. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: College Students, Emotional Disturbances, Higher Education, Mental Disorders
Adapting the MMPI for Use in Assessing Late Adolescents in Trinidad and Tobago.
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Phillips, Campbell Cornelius; Dahlstrom, W. Grant – Adolescence, 1997
Administered a modified version of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) to 448 high school students, as well as to psychiatric patients and juvenile offenders. Results suggest that students' responses were comparable to normal and clinical groups. The MMPI was effective in appraising the emotional problems of troubled…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Diagnostic Tests, Foreign Countries, High School Students
Self-Recording as a Method of Increasing Altruistic Behavior.
Webb, Raymond J. – 1982
It has been suggested that training in altruistic behavior would last longer if the change were self-initiated. To compare methods of increasing altruistic behavior, 103 male college students were randomly assigned either to self-record their altruisitc behaviors, to read about helping and caring, or to a control group. All took the Minnesota…
Descriptors: Altruism, Attitude Measures, Behavior Change, College Students