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Hinshaw, Stephen P.; Owens, Elizabeth B.; Sami, Nilofar; Fargeon, Samantha – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
The authors performed 5-year prospective follow-up (retention rate = 92%) with an ethnically diverse sample of girls, aged 11-18 years, who had been diagnosed in childhood with attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD; N = 140) and a matched comparison group (N = 88). Hyperactive-impulsive symptoms were more likely to abate than…
Descriptors: Followup Studies, Females, Attention Deficit Disorders, Hyperactivity
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Hastings, Richard P.; Daley, Dave; Burns, Carla; Beck, Alexandra – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2006
Mothers of children with intellectual disability were assessed at two time points, 2 years apart (n = 75 at Time 1, n = 56 at Time 2). Data were gathered on maternal distress, mental health, expressed emotion, and the child's internalizing and externalizing behavior problems. Consistent with previous research with families of children who have…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Children, Child Behavior, Parent Child Relationship
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Ingoldsby, Erin M.; Kohl, Gwynne O.; McMahon, Robert J.; Lengua, Liliana – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2006
The present study investigated patterns in the development of conduct problems (CP), depressive symptoms, and their co-occurrence, and relations to adjustment problems, over the transition from late childhood to early adolescence. Rates of depressive symptoms and CP during this developmental period vary by gender; yet, few studies involving…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Etscheidt, Susan – Behavioral Disorders, 2006
Both law and pedagogy require that educators address behavior interfering with educational progress for students with disabilities. The reauthorized Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA, 2004) and its predecessor, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 1997a), require individualized education program (IEP)…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Individualized Education Programs, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities
Borrero, Carrie S. W.; Vollmer, Timothy R. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2006
We evaluated interventions designed to reduce multiply controlled problem behavior exhibited by a young boy with developmental disabilities, using a multiple baseline design. Each intervention was designed to address a specific social function of problem behavior. Results showed that the separate interventions were useful in reducing problem…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Methods Research
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Schmidt, Fred; McKinnon, Lauren; Chattha, Harpreet K.; Brownlee, Keith – Psychological Assessment, 2006
The concurrent and predictive validity of the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV) were examined across gender and ethnicity using multiple outcome measures on a community-based sample of 130 adjudicated youths. The PCL:YV demonstrated concurrent validity with externalizing behavior problems but, it is important to note, was also…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Behavior Problems, Recidivism, Ethnicity
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Carter, Stacy L.; Wheeler, John J.; Mayton, Michael R. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2004
The phenomenon of pica has been described within the literature in many ways, from a socially acceptable practice to a life threatening behavior. Recent prevalence rates of pica indicate relatively low occurrence of this phenomenon that makes it difficult to easily identify trends in practices related to pica. Recent literature on pica (1990 to…
Descriptors: Timeout, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Behavior Problems, Antisocial Behavior
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Erbas, Dilek; Tekin-Iftar, Elif; Yucesoy, Serife – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2006
Effects of a training program utilized to teach how to conduct functional analysis process to teachers of children with developmental disabilities was examined. Furthermore, teachers' opinions regarding this process were investigated. A multiple probe design across subjects with probe conditions was used. Teacher training was in two phases. In the…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Student Evaluation, Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness
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Blair, Kwang-Sun Cho; Liaupsin, Carl J.; Umbreit, John; Kweon, Gilbok – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2006
This study examined whether FBA and function-based intervention methods developed in the U.S. would be effective if applied in a public school classroom in South Korea. Participants were three young children with severe mental retardation whose severe challenging behaviors put them at risk for removal from an inclusive kindergarten program. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Severe Mental Retardation, Learning Activities, Kindergarten
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Erbas, Dilek; Yucesoy, Serife; Turan, Yasemin; Ostrosky, Michaelene M. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2006
Three Turkish special education teachers conducted a functional analysis to identify variables that might initiate or maintain the problem behaviors of three children with developmental disabilities. The analysis procedures were conducted in natural classroom settings. In Phase 1, following initial training in functional analysis procedures, the…
Descriptors: Special Education, Special Education Teachers, Developmental Disabilities, Behavior Problems
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Luby, Joan L.; Sullivan, Jill; Belden, Andy; Stalets, Melissa; Blankenship, Samantha; Spitznagel, Edward – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: To investigate whether higher levels of negative and lower levels of positive behaviors could be observed in a sample of depressed preschoolers. Support for the validity of preschool depression is now available; however, objective evidence of negative behaviors among depressed preschoolers is needed. Method: A structured observational…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Parent Child Relationship, Preschool Children, Child Behavior
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Wakschlag, Lauren S.; Pickett, Kate E.; Kasza, Kristen E.; Loeber, Rolf – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: Prenatal smoking is robustly associated with increased risk of conduct problems in offspring. Observational studies that provide detailed phenotypic description are critical for generating testable hypotheses about underlying processes through which the effects of prenatal smoking may operate. To this end, we use a developmental…
Descriptors: Smoking, Males, Hyperactivity, Delinquency
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Greenhill, Laurence; Kollins, Scott; Abikoff, Howard; McCracken, James; Riddle, Mark; Swanson, James; McGough, James; Wigal, Sharon; Wigal, Tim; Vitiello, Benedetto; Skrobala, Anne; Posner, Kelly; Ghuman, Jaswinder; Cunningham, Charles; Davies, Mark; Chuang, Shirley; Cooper, Tom – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: The Preschool ADHD Treatment Study (PATS) was a NIMH-funded, six-center, randomized, controlled trial to determine the efficacy and safety of immediate-release methylphenidate (MPH-IR), given t.i.d. to children ages 3 to 5.5 years with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Method: The 8-phase, 70-week PATS protocol included…
Descriptors: Safety, Rating Scales, Hyperactivity, Effect Size
Ahmed, Ramadan A.; Rohner, Ronald P.; Khaleque, Abdul; Gielen, Uwe P. – Online Submission, 2010
Purpose. The purpose of this article is to summarize the rich and growing body of research that draws from parental acceptance-rejection theory (PARTheory) and associated measures as used throughout the Arab world. Methodology. This body of work includes more than 100 studies that explore the reliability and validity of Arabic adaptations of…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Psychologists, Mental Health, Arabs
Xia, Nailing – RAND Corporation, 2010
There is considerable debate about the relative importance of family versus school factors in producing academic and nonacademic student outcomes, and whether and how their impacts vary across different student groups. In addition to critically reviewing and synthesizing earlier work, this study extends the literature by (a) using the ECLS-K, a…
Descriptors: Blacks, Whites, Asians, Latin Americans
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