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Ochoa, Theresa A.; Alharbi, Norah H.; Monteiro, Mirella C. B.; Montero, Meizel H. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2023
It is speculated that undiagnosed emotional and behavioral disorders are a contributing factor to the increasing number of incarcerated girls globally. Untreated, these disorders often lead to more severe maladaptive behaviors and contact with law enforcement. This article provides information available in Brazil, Costa Rica, Saudi Arabia, and the…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Behavior Disorders, Correctional Institutions, Females
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Lerma, Michael – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2012
What is the relationship between Indigenous peoples and violent reactions to contemporary states? This research explores differing, culturally informed notions of attachment to land or place territory. Mechanistic ties and organic ties to land are linked to a key distinction between Indigenous peoples and non-Indigenous peoples. Utilizing the…
Descriptors: American Indian History, Land Use, American Indians, Attachment Behavior
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Bianchi, Fernanda T.; Reisen, Carol A.; Zea, Maria Cecilia; Poppen, Paul J.; Echeverry, John J. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2006
Latino men who have sex with men are a group at high risk for HIV infection. Much of the research addressing attitudes and behaviors related to HIV among Latinos in the United States has overlooked differences based on nationality. Brazilian immigrants, in particular, are an understudied subgroup of Latinos. This study compared HIV-positive…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Comparative Analysis, Homosexuality, Males