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Quinlan, Heather Mary; Hadden, Kellie Lynn; Storey, David Paul – Youth & Society, 2022
The purpose of the current study was to explore whether selfcompassion predicted psychological distress over and above childhood maltreatment and attachment orientation in high-risk youths. Fifty-one youths (31 males, 20 females) aged 17 to 24, recruited from a community non-profit organization in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada,…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Emotional Disturbances, Child Abuse, At Risk Persons
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Frye, Sally; Dawe, Sharon – Clinical Psychologist, 2008
Women offenders and their children represent a severely disadvantaged and marginalised population. For many children, the very risk factors that contributed to their own mother's incarceration are present in their current lives, creating an intergenerational vulnerability for poor outcomes. Providing an intensive individualised parenting…
Descriptors: Mothers, Criminals, Institutionalized Persons, Children