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Donegan, Rachel E.; Wanzek, Jeanne; Petscher, Yaacov; Al Otaiba, Stephanie – Elementary School Journal, 2023
Effects from different studies of reading and mindset interventions are inconsistent, pointing to the need to investigate moderating factors affecting response. In this study, we implemented two intensive intervention conditions for fourth-grade students with/at risk for reading disabilities (N = 360). One intervention condition included reading…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Reading Difficulties, At Risk Persons
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Kassing, Francesca; Lochman, John E.; Vernberg, Eric; Hudnall, Matthew – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2022
The goal of this study was to assess longitudinal, predictive relationships between community violent crime and reactive and proactive aggression. Community violent crime data were gathered from local law enforcement agencies and combined with an existing dataset of at-risk youth. Aggression was assessed by parents using the Reactive and Proactive…
Descriptors: Crime, Violence, Aggression, At Risk Persons
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Walker, Elizabeth A.; Sapp, Caitlin; Dallapiazza, Margaret; Spratford, Meredith; McCreery, Ryan W.; Oleson, Jacob J. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2020
Purpose: There is ambiguity in the clinical and research communities regarding whether children with mild bilateral hearing loss (MBHL) are at risk for delays. The goal of the current article is to expand the evidence base surrounding outcomes for the current generation of children with MBHL. Method: Using independent-samples "t" tests,…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Hearing Impairments, Elementary School Students, Language Skills
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Mishna, Faye; Schwan, Kaitlin J.; Birze, Arija; Van Wert, Melissa; Lacombe-Duncan, Ashley; McInroy, Lauren; Attar-Schwartz, Shalhevet – Youth & Society, 2020
Drawing on semistructured interviews with Canadian Grade 4 to 12 students, this article uses a feminist lens to explore gendered and sexualized bullying and cyberbullying among children and youth. Our findings indicate that while boys' roles and behaviors were frequently made invisible, girls were typically spotlighted, blamed, and criticized.…
Descriptors: Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Elementary Secondary Education, Gender Issues
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Morgan, Paul L.; Woods, Adrienne D.; Wang, Yangyang; Farkas, George; Oh, Yoonkyung; Hillemeier, Marianne M.; Mitchell, Cynthia – School Mental Health, 2022
We analyzed a population-based cohort of 11,780 US children to identify risk and protective factors by kindergarten predictive of being frequently verbally, social, reputationally, or physically victimized during the upper elementary grades. We also stratified the analyses by biological sex. Kindergarten children displaying externalizing problem…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Kindergarten, Young Children, At Risk Students
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Catherine Darrow; Daniel Litwok; Feliciano Chimbutane; Marius Meijerink; Jillian Ouellette; Amy Power; Megan Bogia – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2022
Background/Context: Mozambique has made progress over the past decade in improving both the nutrition and literacy of its population. Nevertheless, rates of illiteracy and malnutrition remain high, particularly in rural areas and among women. In most provinces in Mozambique, schools are overcrowded, student/teacher ratios are high, and reading and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Nutrition, Lunch Programs
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Morneau-Vaillancourt, Geneviève; Matte-Gagné, Célia; Cheesman, Rosa; Brendgen, Mara; Vitaro, Frank; Tremblay, Richard; Dionne, Ginette; Boivin, Michel – Developmental Psychology, 2021
The present study examined, within a longitudinal family-informed design and across middle childhood, the predictive associations between preference for solitude and social wariness, two forms of social withdrawal, and peer difficulties. Specifically, preference for solitude, rather than social wariness, was expected to predict peer victimization…
Descriptors: Preferences, Withdrawal (Psychology), Psychological Characteristics, Social Adjustment
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Holton, Valerie; Hinterlong, James E.; Tsai, Ching-Yao; Tsai, Jen-Chen; Wu, Jia Shan; Liou, Yiing Mei – Journal of School Nursing, 2021
The purpose of the study was to explore how fixed and modifiable family, activity, and school factors affect a student's myopia risk and severity. We used national cross-sectional data from Taiwanese children in Grades 4-6. Bivariate and multivariate analyses, including logistic and ordinary least squares regression, examined factors related to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Visual Impairments, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Schlange, Kallie; Franzen-Castle, Lisa; Walther, Ashley; Dunker, Tara; Krehbiel, Michelle – Health Education & Behavior, 2021
Many youth programs focused on improving health outcomes have not examined parent/caregiver perceptions post-participation even though they may significantly influence youth behaviors. The primary purpose of this study was to examine changes in adult perceptions of youth- and family-related behavior after youth participated in a 12-week…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Program Effectiveness, Health Promotion, After School Programs
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Daucourt, Mia C.; Erbeli, Florina; Little, Callie W.; Haughbrook, Rasheda; Hart, Sara A. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2020
According to the Multiple Deficit Model, comorbidity results when the genetic and environmental risk factors that increase the liability for a disorder are domain-general. In order to explore the role of domain-general etiological risk factors in the co-occurrence of learning-related difficulties, the current meta-analysis compiled 38 studies of…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Reading Skills, Mathematics Skills
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Bae, Hwa-ok; Choo, Hyekyung; Lim, ChaeYoung – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2019
This study compared bullying experiences between ethnic minority youth and Korean majority youth in South Korea, and examined whether the student-teacher relationship is associated with their bullying experiences. Participants comprised 148 ethnic minority students and 165 Korean majority students in Grades 4 to 11 in South Korea. Bivariate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bullying, Racial Bias, Ethnicity
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Kohan-Mass, Judith; Tal, Liraz – Gifted Education International, 2019
In order to reach gender equity in the gifted population, an affirmative action policy was instituted in Israel to increase the number of girls identified as gifted. The purpose of this study was to compare the self-efficacy beliefs of girls in the top 1.5% (gifted girls (GG)) with those of girls in the top 3% (GG in affirmative action). It was…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Self Efficacy, Females, Mathematics Skills
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Rudolph, Karen D.; Lansford, Jennifer E.; Agoston, Anna M.; Sugimura, Niwako; Schwartz, David; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Pettit, Gregory S.; Bates, John E. – Child Development, 2014
Two prospective studies examined a theoretical model wherein exposure to victimization, resulting from early behavioral risk, heightens children's social alienation and subsequent deviant peer affiliation (DPA). Across Study 1 (298 girls, 287 boys; K-7th grade; 5-12 years) and Study 2 (338 girls, 298 boys; 2nd-6th grade; 8-12 years),…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Victims, Bullying, At Risk Persons
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O'Neal, LaToya J.; Cotten, Shelia R. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2016
Background: Urban youth are often exposed to compounded risk factors which make them more vulnerable to negative outcomes. Research examining promotive factors which may reduce vulnerabilities to poor psychosocial adjustment among this population is limited. Objective: The current study addresses this limitation by examining the impact of…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Urban Youth, At Risk Persons, Psychological Patterns
Koiv, Kristi – Online Submission, 2012
Attachment theory provides a frame for understanding the role of attachment styles in the development of bullying behaviour in adolescence. The present study examined attachment styles (secure, avoidant and anxious/ambivalent) that differentiated bullies, victims, bully/victims and uninvolved adolescents. A total of 1,921 students (1,006 girls and…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Bullying
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