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Leung, Grace S. M.; Yeung, K. C.; Wong, Daniel F. K. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2010
We examined the role of paternal support in the relation between academic stress and the mental health of primary school children in Hong Kong. The participants of this cross-sectional study were 1,171 fifth and sixth graders. The results indicated that academic stress was a risk factor that heightened student anxiety levels and that parental…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Mental Health, At Risk Students, Foreign Countries
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Salloum, Alison; Overstreet, Stacy – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2008
This study evaluated a community-based grief and trauma intervention for children conducted postdisaster. Fifty six children (7 to 12 years old) who reported moderate to severe levels of symptoms of posttraumatic stress were randomly assigned to group or individual treatment. Treatment consisted of a manualized 10-session grief- and trauma-focused…
Descriptors: Grief, Intervention, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression (Psychology)
Stein, Bradley D.; Jaycox, Lisa H.; Tu, Wenli – RAND Corporation, 2005
A team of clinician-researchers from several institutions collaborated to develop, implement, and evaluate an intervention designed to help children traumatized by violence. Reported findings include: (1) Students who participated in the program had significantly less post-traumatic stress symptoms, less depression, and less psychosocial…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Mental Health, Minority Group Children, Depression (Psychology)