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Michal L. Cook; Brianne Tomaszewski; Elena Lamarche; Karrah Bowman; Claire B. Klein; Sara Stahl; Laura G. Klinger – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
Autistic individuals are at significantly higher risk of suicide than non-autistic individuals, with transition-aged youth at potentially the highest risk. While lower executive function (EF) skills have been significantly associated with suicide risk in other clinical samples, the link between EF and suicidality has not yet been examined for…
Descriptors: Suicide, At Risk Persons, Youth, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Seglem, Karoline B.; Oppedal, Brit; Roysamb, Espen – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2014
This study examined daily hassles and coping dispositions in relation to life satisfaction and depressive symptoms among resettled unaccompanied refugees and other youth in the resettlement country. A total of 223 unaccompanied refugees ("M" = 20 years) was compared with 609 ethnic minority and 427 majority youth in Norway. Unaccompanied…
Descriptors: Coping, Refugees, Predictor Variables, Life Satisfaction
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Ungar, Michael; Liebenberg, Linda – School Psychology International, 2013
In this article we examine how cultural and community factors interact with individual level factors to predict school participation. Participants were 497 Atlantic Canadian youth purposefully selected because of their concurrent use of more than one government service or community program at the time they were interviewed. Results revealed that…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Learner Engagement, Ethnicity, Cultural Background