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Brittany LaBelle; Joseph Calvin Gagnon; Diana Joyce-Beaulieu; Jodi Lane; Nicholas Gage; John Kranzler; David E. Houchins; Holly B. Lane; Erica D. McCray; Richard G. Lambert; Shelbretta Ball – Behavioral Disorders, 2024
This study examined the clinical utility of the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument--Second Version (MAYSI-2) among African American (AA) incarcerated youth and used White incarcerated youth as a comparison group. Data were analyzed for 314 incarcerated youth (193 AA offenders and 121 White offenders) of ages 13-17 years who were adjudicated…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Test Validity, African Americans, Males
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Elizabeth B. Dowdell; Raina V. Lamade; Austin F. Lee; Ann Schuler; Robert A. Prentky – Journal of School Nursing, 2024
Adolescent behavior now occurs offline and online. Frequently studied and treated independently, the relationship between offline problem behaviors and online risk taking is not well understood. This study asked whether there are any problematic behaviors predictive of online risk taking by high school students. Using a 2009 dataset of 2,077 high…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, High School Students, Behavior Problems, Mental Health
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Leitch, David B. – Journal of Correctional Education, 2019
The use of mental health-related intake assessments by juvenile correctional facilities as predictive measures of confinement behavior has seen limited use in recent years. This study employs the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument-Version 2 (MAYSI-2) and How I Think Questionnaire (HIT) as measurement tools on the same data set to assess the…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Screening Tests, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons