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Asbjørnsen, Arve Egil; Manger, Terje; Eikeland, Ole-Johan – Journal of Prison Education and Reentry, 2015
Several reports document increased prevalence of attention deficit and hyperactivity (ADHD) and similar symptoms in incarcerated members of the community. Such conditions have been associated with employment, educational outcomes, and development of anti-social behaviour in the general population. Little is known about how these symptoms are…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Work Experience, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Institutionalized Persons
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Sollie, Henrik; Larsson, Bo; Mørch, Willy-Tore – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2013
Objective: To explore the significance of adding father ratings to mother and teacher ratings in the assessment of ADHD symptoms in children. Method: The ADHD Rating Scale-IV, the Child Behavior Checklist, and the Teacher Report Form were filled out by all three informants for a sample of 48 clinically referred children (79% boys) aged 6 to 15 (M…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Mother Attitudes, Father Attitudes, Patients
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Munkvold, Linda Helen; Lundervold, Astri Johansen; Manger, Terje – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2011
Informant- and gender-specific characteristics of Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) and how these might relate to patterns of comorbidity need to be further clarified. We collected data from 7,007 children (aged 7-9) who participated in the Bergen Child Study (BCS), an ongoing population-based study of children's development and mental health. A…
Descriptors: Hyperactivity, Mental Health, Adolescents, Measures (Individuals)
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Klingenberg, Oliv G.; Fosse, Per; Augestad, Liv Berit – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2012
Introduction: The study presented here estimated the occurrence of braille-reading students in Norway who were educated according to their grade-level progression in mathematics from 1967 to 2007. It also analyzed the association among these students' progression in mathematics and the causes of visual impairment, the age at which the diagnosis…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Visual Impairments, Braille, Foreign Countries
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Özerk, Meral R.; Handorff, Jan Arne; Özerk, Kamil – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2011
ADHD is one of the widespread neurological disorders among children. While a substantial amount of research have addressed the issues related to assessment practices and diagnosis criteria among majority language speaking children, ADHD among bilingual children or linguistic minority children has not yet been addressed and discussed so much in the…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Bilingualism, Children, Immigrants
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Fjermestad, Krister W.; McLeod, Bryce D.; Heiervang, Einar R.; Havik, Odd E.; Ost, Lars-Goran; Haugland, Bente S. M. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2012
The aim of this study was to examine the factor structure and psychometric properties of an observer-rated youth alliance measure, the Therapy Process Observational Coding System for Child Psychotherapy-Alliance scale (TPOCS-A). The sample was 52 youth diagnosed with anxiety disorders ("M" age = 12.43, "SD" = 2.23, range = 15;…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Measures (Individuals), Anxiety Disorders, Foreign Countries
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Sponheim, Eili; Skjeldal, Ola – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1998
A study used maternal- and child-health clinics covering 98% of the Norwegian population for screening pervasive developmental disorders. In the population of children ages 3-14 years, the minimum prevalence estimate for childhood autism was 4 to 5 per 10,000, and did not confirm the high estimates suggested more recently. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification
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Hysing, Mari; Elgen, Irene; Gillberg, Christopher; Lie, Stein Atle; Lundervold, Astri J. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2007
Background: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) in detecting emotional and behavioural problems among children with chronic illness (CI). Methods: Parents and teachers of a population of primary school children in Norway (n = 9430) completed a…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Chronic Illness, Mental Disorders, Measures (Individuals)
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Ystgaard, Mette; Hestetun, Ingebjorg; Loeb, Mitchell; Mehlum, Lars – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2004
Objective: Studies show that childhood sexual and physical abuse predict repeated suicide attempts and self-mutilation. Little is known about the importance of sexual and physical abuse when compared to other severe childhood adversities with respect to chronic suicidal behavior. Method: Seventy-four subjects, 65% of whom were women, consecutively…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Suicide, Clinical Diagnosis
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