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Oliveira, Gabrielle; Barbieri, Olivia; Alex, Virginia – Global Studies of Childhood, 2022
In the current age of border talk, border enforcement, and of draconian policies that further separate and break up families, children who remain in the country of origin are rarely asked what they understand the border and the United States to be like. Media vehicles and academic papers have reported the brutal effects of family separation at the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Parent Child Relationship, Family Relationship
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Albores-Gallo, Lilia; Fritsche-García, Laura; Miranda-Aguirre, Arturo Pabel; Avila-Acosta, Montserrat – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) may present with macrocephaly. Few studies have analyzed the association with psychiatric comorbidity. Participants were 94 children with any ASD with an age range from 2 to 16 years (Mdn 6 years), 82% were boys. It was found that 20% of the sample had macrocephaly and 1% microcephaly. There was no association…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism
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Suarez-Orozco, Carola; Bang, Hee Jin; Kim, Ha Yeon – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2011
Though many transnational families undergo profound transformations that are often complicated by extended periods of separation between loved ones, it is challenging to establish a sense of prevalence of family separations as well as their effects on youth. Utilizing the Longitudinal Immigrant Student Adaptation data with 282 newcomer adolescents…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Foreign Countries, Depression (Psychology), Immigrants