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Ryder, Andrew G.; Sun, Jiahong; Zhu, Xiongzhao; Yao, Shuqiao; Chentsova-Dutton, Yulia E. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2012
With a starting point in John Abela's groundbreaking developmental psychopathology research on adolescent depression in China, we aimed to review the state of the literature on Chinese depression across the lifespan. We began with Dr. Abela's published studies relevant to depression in China and our own research with adults before turning to the…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Foreign Countries
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Nygaard, Egil; Jensen, Tine K.; Dyb, Grete – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2012
The aim of this study was to evaluate the structure of posttraumatic stress reaction factors and their relation to general mental health problems in Norwegian children exposed to the tsunami on December 26, 2004. A total of 133 children and adolescents (ages 6-17) were interviewed 10 months posttsunami using the UCLA PTSD Reaction Index, and 104…
Descriptors: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Mental Health, Longitudinal Studies, Foreign Countries
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La Greca, Annette M.; Silverman, Wendy K.; Lochman, John E. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2009
This Special Section of the "Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology" focuses on research that extends beyond documenting the efficacy and effectiveness of specific psychological treatments or preventive interventions for children and youths. In the past 30 years, there have been remarkable advances in the development and evaluation of…
Descriptors: Psychological Services, Adolescents, Program Effectiveness, Clinical Psychology
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Williams, Nathaniel J. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2009
Objective: This article introduces and evaluates children's psychosocial rehabilitation, a home- and community-based treatment for children with serious emotional disturbance. Method: In an open-trial design, the author used repeated-measures analysis of variance and Wilcoxon signed-rank tests to assess pre-post outcome ratings for 218…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Measures (Individuals), Functional Behavioral Assessment, Mental Health Programs
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Malberg, Norka T. – Journal of Child Psychotherapy, 2008
This paper describes the application of child psychotherapy, its theory and practice, in a Pupil Referral Unit (PRU). It examines the importance of a flexible approach to outreach work and the implementation of interventions that take into consideration both the internal and the external world of the adolescent. Furthermore, the process of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Psychotherapy, Referral, Theory Practice Relationship
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Hand, Cynthia G.; Archer, Robert P.; Handel, Richard W.; Forbey, Johnathan D. – Assessment, 2007
Numerous studies have reported that the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent (MMPI-A) produces a high frequency of within-normal-limits basic scale profiles for adolescents with significant clinical pathology (e.g., Archer, 2005). The current study builds on the observation that the MMPI-A normative sample included participants…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Profiles, Pathology, Personality
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Ingles, Candido J.; Marzo, Juan C.; Hidalgo, Maria D.; Zhou, Xinyue; Garcia-Fernandez, Jose M. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2008
The Questionnaire about Interpersonal Difficulties for Adolescents (QIDA) is a self-report instrument designed to measure adolescents' perceived interpersonal anxiety levels in a wide range of relationships with people of different ages, genders, levels of authority, and levels of intimacy and in several contexts: family, school, friends, opposite…
Descriptors: Prevention, Psychologists, Ethnic Groups, Factor Structure
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Ivanova, Masha Y.; Achenbach, Thomas M.; Rescorla, Leslie A.; Dumenci, Levent; Almqvist, Fredrik; Bilenberg, Niels; Bird, Hector; Broberg, Anders G.; Dobrean, Anca; Dopfner, Manfred; Erol, Nese; Forns, Maria; Hannesdottir, Helga; Kanbayashi, Yasuko; Lambert, Michael C.; Leung, Patrick; Minaei, Asghar; Mulatu, Mesfin S.; Novik, Torunn; Oh, Kyung Ja; Roussos, Alexandra; Sawyer, Michael; Simsek, Zeynep; Steinhausen, Hans- Christoph; Weintraub, Sheila; Winkler Metzke, Christa; Wolanczyk, Tomasz; Zilber, Nelly; Zukauskiene, Rita; Verhulst, Frank C. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2007
As a basis for theories of psychopathology, clinical psychology and related disciplines need sound taxonomies that are generalizable across diverse populations. To test the generalizability of a statistically derived 8-syndrome taxonomic model for youth psychopathology, confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) were performed on the Youth Self-Report…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Child Behavior, Check Lists, Age
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Jaccard, James; Guilamo-Ramos, Vincent; Johansson, Margaret; Bouris, Alida – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2006
A major form of data analysis in clinical child and adolescent psychology is multiple regression. This article reviews issues in the application of such methods in light of the research designs typical of this field. Issues addressed include controlling covariates, evaluation of predictor relevance, comparing predictors, analysis of moderation,…
Descriptors: Multiple Regression Analysis, Clinical Psychology, Child Psychology, Adolescents
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Jensen, Scott A.; Fabiano, Gregory A.; Lopez-Williams, Andy; Chacko, Anil – Psychological Assessment, 2006
The purpose of this article is to provide easily accessible readability information for 49 parent- and 35 child- and adolescent-report measures commonly used by clinicians and researchers. There is a great deal of variability in reading ability required across measures. The majority of parent-report measures (65%) required reading ability above…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Grade 6, Test Construction, Reading Ability
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Maiano, Christophe; Ninot, Gregory; Morin, Alexandre J. S.; Bilard, Jean – Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 2007
The purpose of this study was to examine the long-term effects of sport participation on the basketball skills and physical self-concept of adolescents with conduct disorders (CD). Participants were 24 adolescent males with CD, divided equally into three groups: (a) interestablishment basketball (IEBB), (b) integrated scholastic basketball (ISBB),…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Physical Activities, Self Concept, Adolescents
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Westen, Drew; Nakash, Ora; Thomas, Cannon; Bradley, Rebekah – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
The relevance of attachment theory and research for practice has become increasingly clear. The authors describe a series of studies with 3 aims: (a) to validate measures of attachment for use by clinicians with adolescents and adults (b) to examine the relation between attachment and personality pathology, and (c) to ascertain whether factor…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Pathology, Adolescents, Personality Problems