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De Coster, Stacy; Kort-Butler, Lisa – Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 2006
This article explores how assumptions of determinacy and indeterminacy apply to general strain theory. Theories assuming determinacy assert that motivational conditions determine specific forms of deviant adaptations, whereas those assuming indeterminacy propose that a given social circumstance can predispose a person toward many forms of…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Context Effect, Delinquency, Predictor Variables
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Schubert, Judith L. – Reclaiming Children and Youth: The Journal of Strength-based Interventions, 2003
Learning is a life-long process. Professionals involved in programs that incorporate training for youth recognize the multi-faceted components that lead to building skill. In this article, Judith Schubert, president of the Crisis Prevention Institute, explores the relationship between staff training and training for youth. Ms. Schubert draws from…
Descriptors: Professional Training, Youth Programs, Aggression, Prevention
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Roberts, Sherron Killingsworth – Journal of Peace Education, 2005
Today's classrooms hold many students who often possess dysfunctional approaches to conflict as entertainment. Abrasive talk shows, confrontational radio, even political debates, and the frenzy surrounding them may be considered evidence of this dysfunctional approach. Because we live in a post-9/11 reality and a time of war, the opportunity to…
Descriptors: Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Poetry, Classroom Environment
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Guerra, Nancy G.; Boxer, Paul; Cook, Clayton R. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2006
Dramatic rises in youth violence in the United States beginning in the 1980s coupled with high visibility acts such as school shootings have resulted in a corresponding proliferation of programs designed to prevent aggression and violence in children and youth. Parallel with this increasing programmatic expansion, there have been repeated calls…
Descriptors: Violence, Prevention, Program Effectiveness, Metropolitan Areas
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Mayer, Matthew; Lochman, John; Van Acker, Richard – Behavioral Disorders, 2005
Significant progress has been made in developing models of social information processing, and cognitive-behavioral processes and related interventions. While there has been limited attention to cognitive-behavioral modification (CBM) in the special education literature, the majority of the contributions have come from the fields of school,…
Descriptors: Special Education, Intervention, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring
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Briscoe-Smith, Allison M.; Hinshaw, Stephen P. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2006
Objective: The objectives of this study were to examine whether girls with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at increased risk of having histories of abuse and to assess whether the presence of an abuse history may constitute a distinct subgroup of youth with ADHD. Method: We examined rates and correlates of child abuse in an…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Attention Deficit Disorders, Hyperactivity, Females
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Wadsworth, Martha E.; Berger, Lauren E. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
Examined prospective associations among poverty-related family stress, coping, involuntary stress reactivity, and psychological symptoms in a sample of 79 rural, low-income adolescents. Poverty-related family stress predicted adolescents' anxious/depressed and aggressive behavior 8 months later, controlling for prior symptoms. Coping interacted…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Coping, Economic Factors, Poverty
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Khalifa, Najah; Von Knorring, Anne-Liis – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: To examine patterns of psychiatric comorbid disorders and associated problems in a school population of children with tic disorders. Method: From a total population of 4,479 children, 25 with Tourette's disorder (TD), 34 with chronic motor tics (CMT), 24 with chronic vocal tics (CVT), and 214 with transient tics (TT) during the past…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Learning Problems, Hyperactivity, Aggression
Meyer, Elizabeth J. – Online Submission, 2007
This paper presents an analysis of the past decade (1997-2007) of research conducted in the areas of bullying and harassment in secondary schools. The author presents trends in the research as well as addresses the significant gaps left in a field that is heavily influenced by one school thought. By applying a critical feminist lens to this body…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Feminism, Teacher Behavior, Bullying
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Parault, Susan J.; Davis, Heather A.; Pellegrini, Anthony D. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2007
This article examines the amount of middle school students' bullying and nonbullying behaviors observed in three less-structured school venues: the monthly school dance, the cafeteria, and the locker/hall area. Two questions guided our analysis: (a) How do students' bullying and victimization behaviors and nonbullying social behaviors vary by…
Descriptors: Victims of Crime, Social Status, Dining Facilities, Bullying
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Jensen, Peter S.; Youngstrom, Eric A.; Steiner, Hans; Findling, Robert L.; Meyer, Roger E.; Malone, Richard P.; Carlson, Gabrielle A.; Coccaro, Emil F.; Aman, Michael G.; Blair, James; Dougherty, Donald; Ferris, Craig; Flynn, Laurie; Green, Evelyn; Hoagwood, Kimberly; Hutchinson, Janice; Laughren, Tom; Leve, Leslie D.; Novins, Douglas K.; Vitiello, Benedetto – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: To determine whether impulsive aggression (IA) is a meaningful clinical construct and to ascertain whether it is sufficiently similar across diagnostic categories, such that parallel studies across disorders might constitute appropriate evidence for pursuing indications. If so, how should IA be assessed, pharmacological studies…
Descriptors: Psychiatry, Public Health, Ethics, Clinical Experience
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Christou, Miranda – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2007
This paper examines arguments about the teaching of history in Cyprus, especially as they relate to the cultivation of patriotism. I point out how the narratives of "sacred history" and "dangerous memories" are discursive elements of a pedagogy that aims at maintaining patriotism by preventing subjective and divisive personal…
Descriptors: World Views, Patriotism, Foreign Countries, History Instruction
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van Outsem, Ron – Journal of Sexual Aggression, 2007
In this paper a theoretical framework is presented in an attempt to find an answer to the question of why some juveniles display sexually abusive behaviour and others do not. Until recently, this question has been approached mainly in terms of the presence of psychiatric illness, deviant sexual interests and/or impaired psychosocial development.…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Psychology, Youth, Delinquency
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Ziomek-Daigle, Jolie – Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 2007
Dr. Arthur (Andy) Horne completed his PhD at Southern Illinois University in 1971. He taught at Indiana State University from 1971 until 1989, during which time he served as a member of the faculty and the director of training of the APA-accredited Counseling Psychology Program. He also was a member of the AAMFT-accredited Marriage and Family…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Family Counseling, Counseling Psychology, Department Heads
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Killeya-Jones, Ley A.; Costanzo, Philip R.; Malone, Patrick; Quinlan, Nicole Polanichka; Miller-Johnson, Shari – Journal of School Psychology, 2007
We examined the relations between group context and self- and other-perceptions of aggressive behavior in an ethnically-diverse sample of 168 male and female grade 7 adolescents. We used self- and peer-reports of aggression in high- and average-aggressive mixed-sex and same-sex cliques to examine whether group members would assimilate their…
Descriptors: Peer Groups, Grade 7, Social Environment, Aggression
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