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McCrystal, Patrick – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2008
The levels of drug use amongst school-aged young people have risen over the past decade. Prevention initiatives have been developed using empirical evidence obtained from school-based surveys. The empirical evidence base of drug use amongst young people with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties (SEBD) attending special education…
Descriptors: Prevention, Drug Use, Young Adults, Special Education
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Owens, Gina; Granader, Yael; Humphrey, Ayla; Baron-Cohen, Simon – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2008
LEGO[R] therapy and the Social Use of Language Programme (SULP) were evaluated as social skills interventions for 6-11 year olds with high functioning autism and Asperger Syndrome. Children were matched on CA, IQ, and autistic symptoms before being randomly assigned to LEGO or SULP. Therapy occurred for 1 h/week over 18 weeks. A no-intervention…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Control Groups, Intervention, Autism
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Sandford, Rachel A.; Duncombe, Rebecca; Armour, Kathy M. – Educational Review, 2008
The purpose of this paper is to examine the existing evidence about the impact of sport/physical activity programmes on positive youth development in the context of education. The issue of youth disaffection is topical and a number of authors and policy makers have acknowledged that physical activity/sport may be an effective way of helping to…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Student Attitudes, Adolescents, Physical Activity Level
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McGuckin, Conor; Lewis, Christopher Alan – Educational Research, 2008
Background: Unlike the rest of the UK, Northern Ireland has only recently (2003) implemented legislation regarding the requirement for anti-bullying policies in the province's school system. Purpose: The purpose of the study was to ascertain the nature of the management of bully/victim problems across Northern Ireland schools prior to the…
Descriptors: Sanctions, Bullying, Foreign Countries, Antisocial Behavior
Sidorowicz, Kathleen; Hair, Elizabeth C. – Child Trends, 2009
Peer relations during middle childhood and adolescence are an important part of children's social and emotional development. Children and adolescents pick up essential social and communication skills from their peers as they move into late adolescence and early adulthood. Peer conflict is not necessarily a bad thing; disagreement and conflict are…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Conflict, Aggression, Interpersonal Competence
Blachman, Dara; Laughlin, Lynda; Lukacs, Susan; Pastor, Patricia; Howie, LaJeana; Sonnenberg, William; Axelrad, Daniel; Steffen, Barry; Baum, Katrina; Lopez, Marsha; Jekielek, Susan; Nord, Mark; Morisi, Teri; Avenevoli, Shelli; Singleton, James; Colpe, Lisa; Fungwe, Thomas; Ghandour, Reem – Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, 2009
"America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being" provides annual updates on the well-being of children and families in the United States across a range of domains. A more detailed report alternates every other year with a condensed version that highlights selected indicators. This year, the Forum is publishing the full report…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Well Being, Social Environment, Physical Environment
Leung, Chi-hung; To, Hing-kwan – New Horizons in Education, 2009
Background: In Hong Kong, secondary school students face high levels of stress due to the examination oriented curricula. According to Sun (2006), some secondary school students cannot bear the pressure when facing the examinations, and some of them may exhibit destructive behaviors such as suicide and bullying. Therefore, cases of school bullying…
Descriptors: Stress Management, Stress Variables, Bullying, Females
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Mrug, Sylvie; Windle, Michael – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2009
This study examined the extent to which antisocial behavior, parenting, and school connectedness moderated the association between peer deviancy in preadolescence and externalizing problems in early adolescence. The participants included 500 boys and girls, most of them African Americans. Peer deviancy was measured with teacher reports of…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing, Early Adolescents
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Asparouhov, Tihomir; Muthen, Bengt – Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) is a frequently used multivariate analysis technique in statistics. Jennrich and Sampson (1966) solved a significant EFA factor loading matrix rotation problem by deriving the direct Quartimin rotation. Jennrich was also the first to develop standard errors for rotated solutions, although these have still not made…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Testing, Factor Analysis, Research Methodology
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Mooij, Ton; Smeets, Ed – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2009
Children with emotional and behavioural disorders (EBD) vary in many respects. In school, specific conditions have to be fulfilled in order to deal adequately with EBD. This study addresses the question how mainstream primary schools design different instructional situations to support pupils with EBD in practice, and how this design could be…
Descriptors: Socialization, Intervention, Behavior Disorders, Identification
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Lippmann, Stephen; Bulanda, Ronald E.; Wagenaar, Theodore C. – College Teaching, 2009
While not representative of all students, those who demonstrate a sense of entitlement demand a great deal of instructors' time and energy. Our article places student entitlement in its social context, with specific attention to the prevalence of the consumer mentality, grade inflation, and the self-esteem of the student generation. We then…
Descriptors: Grade Inflation, Social Environment, Academic Standards, Antisocial Behavior
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Ireland, Timothy O.; Smith, Carolyn A. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2009
Links between living in a partner-violent home and subsequent aggressive and antisocial behavior are suggested by the "cycle of violence" hypothesis derived from social learning theory. Although there is some empirical support, to date, findings have been generally limited to cross-sectional studies predominantly of young children, or…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Socialization, Family Violence, Crime
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Rozalski, Michael; Drasgow, Erik; Drasgow, Fritz; Yell, Mitchell – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among students' disruptive and violent behavior and staff's use of proactive and reactive strategies in a secure residential treatment center serving delinquent adolescent males. One hundred hours of observational data were collected, and linear regression models were used to explore the…
Descriptors: Staff Role, Violence, Delinquency, Adolescents
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Keenan, Kate; Wakschlag, Lauren S.; Danis, Barbara; Hill, Carri; Humphries, Marisha; Duax, Jeanne; Donald, Radiah – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: To test the reliability and validity of DSM-IV oppositional defiant and conduct disorders (ODD and CD) and symptoms using the Kiddie Disruptive Behavior Disorders Schedule and generate data on the manifestation of symptoms of ODD and CD in 3- to 5-year-old children. Method: One hundred twenty-three consecutive referrals to a child and…
Descriptors: Psychiatry, Psychopathology, Test Validity, Preschool Children
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Douma, Jolanda C. H.; Dekker, Marielle C.; de Ruiter, Karen P.; Tick, Nouchka T.; Koot, Hans M. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2007
Six types of antisocial and delinquent behaviors (e.g., property destruction and authority avoidance) were assessed in 526 youths (11 to 24 years of age) with mild to borderline intellectual disabilities and 1,030 11- to 18-year-olds without intellectual disabilities. Overall, 10% to 20% of youths with intellectual disabilities exhibited some type…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation, Delinquency, Behavior Problems
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