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Kelly, Ryan M.; Hills, Kimberly J.; Huebner, E. Scott; McQuillin, Samuel D. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2012
This study examined the longitudinal stability and dynamics of group membership within the Greenspoon and Sakflofske's dual-factor model of mental health. This expanded model incorporates information about subjective well-being (SWB), in addition to psychopathological symptoms, to better identify the mental health status and current functioning of…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Mental Health, Predictor Variables, Group Membership
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Hamilton, Hayley A.; Paglia-Boak, Angela; Wekerle, Christine; Danielson, Anna Marie; Mann, Robert E. – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2011
The objective of this study was to examine differences in psychological distress, service utilization, and prescriptions for medications between adolescents with histories of family involvement with child protective services (CPS) and adolescents without such involvement. Data on 3,497 students were obtained from the 2009 cycle of the Ontario…
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Psychology
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Gelkopf, Marc; Berger, Rony – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2009
Background: Since September 2000 Israeli children have been exposed to a large number of terrorist attacks. A universal, school-based intervention for dealing with the threat of terrorism as well as with terror-related symptoms, ERASE-Stress (ES), was evaluated in a male religious middle school in southern Israel. The program was administered by…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Intervention, Terrorism
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Goldstein, Sara E.; Malanchuk, Oksana; Davis-Kean, Pamela E.; Eccles, Jacquelynne S. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2007
The present research explores risk factors for, and longitudinal associations of, sexual harassment by peers during adolescence. Eight-hundred and seventy-two African American and European American adolescents (65.4% African American, 51.1% females) were assessed during the summer after the eighth grade (mean age=14.2 years) and then again in the…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Grade 11, Females, Sexual Harassment
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Tolman, Deborah L.; Impett, Emily A.; Tracy, Allison J.; Michael, Alice – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2006
This study used a feminist psychodynamic developmental framework to test the hypothesis that internalizing conventional femininity ideologies in two domains--inauthenticity in relationships and body objectification--is associated with early adolescent girls' mental health. One hundred forty-eight eighth-grade girls completed measures of femininity…
Descriptors: Sexual Identity, Ideology, Early Adolescents, Females
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Ozer, Emily J. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2005
This longitudinal school-based study examined school connection and family support as protective factors for adolescent mental health in the context of exposure to violence. After controlling for seventh grade functioning, recent exposure to violence uniquely predicted worsening of functioning from seventh to eighth grade across multiple self- and…
Descriptors: Family Influence, Student School Relationship, High Risk Students, Mental Health