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Beal, Sarah J.; Wingrove, Twila; Mara, Constance A.; Lutz, Nathan; Noll, Jennie G.; Greiner, Mary V. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2019
Background: Childhood adversity is linked to a number of adult health and psychosocial outcomes; however, it is not clear how to best assess and model childhood adversity reported by adolescents with known maltreatment exposure. Objective: This study sought to identify an empirically-supported measurement model of childhood adversity for…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Early Experience, Adolescents, Foster Care
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Ryvkina, R. V. – Russian Education and Society, 2010
Social systems, like biological systems, sometimes manifest dysfunctions that could be considered forms of "social disease." The author interprets the term "social diseases" as "persistent dysfunctions of social relations" that disrupt the normal functioning of particular elements of society or the entire social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Systems, Social Problems, Conflict