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Direct linkGunlicks-Stoessel, Meredith; Mufson, Laura; Jekal, Angela; Turner, J. Blake – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2010
Objective: Aspects of depressed adolescents' perceived interpersonal functioning were examined as moderators of response to treatment among adolescents treated with interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed adolescents (IPT-A; Mufson, Dorta, Moreau, & Weissman, 2004) or treatment as usual (TAU) in school-based health clinics. Method:…
Descriptors: Low Income, Mothers, Conflict, Rating Scales
Kawabata, Yoshito; Tseng, Wan-Ling; Gau, Susan Shur-Fen – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2012
This study examined the associations between symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and social and school adjustment (academic performance, peer relationships, school social problems) and the moderating roles of children's age and maternal parenting (affection and overprotection) in these associations. The sample consisted of…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Psychological Needs, Academic Achievement, Child Rearing
Mize, Jacquelyn; Pettit, Gregory S. – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
This study employed mother-child playgroups as a context for examining mothers' supervision of child-peer interactions and children's adaptation to a new peer-group setting. Six playgroups, consisting of quartets of mothers and their 24- to 54-month-old children (n = 23), were observed in ten 90-minute sessions. All mothers attended the first two…
Descriptors: Play, Mothers, Peer Relationship, Young Children
McShane, Kelly E.; Hastings, Paul D. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2009
This investigation examined the links between preschoolers' internalizing problems and anxiety-related social difficulties and two aspects of maternal and paternal psychological control: overprotection and critical control. Some 115 mothers and 92 fathers completed the New Friends Vignettes (NFV), a new measure of psychological control and…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Anxiety, Social Adjustment, Socialization
Lindsey, Eric W.; Colwell, Malinda J.; Frabutt, James M.; Chambers, Jessica Campbell; MacKinnon-Lewis, Carol – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2008
Mother-child relationships characterized by dyadic synchrony, a mutually responsive and interconnected interaction style, have been consistently linked to children's psychosocial adjustment in early childhood, but it is unclear whether such interaction patterns remain conducive to positive outcomes in early adolescence. The aim of the present…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Mothers, Early Adolescents, Parent Child Relationship
Fanti, Kostas A.; Henrich, Christopher C.; Brookmeyer, Kathryn A.; Kuperminc, Gabriel P. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2008
The present study includes externalizing problems, internalizing problems, mother-adolescent relationship quality, and father-adolescent relationship quality in the same structural equation model and tests the longitudinal reciprocal association among all four variables over a 1-year period. A transactional model in which adolescents'…
Descriptors: Marital Status, Mothers, Fathers, Structural Equation Models
Chester, Charlene; Jones, Deborah J.; Zalot, Alecia; Sterrett, Emma – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2007
This study examined the relative roles of parents and peers in the psychosocial adjustment of African American youth (7-15 years old) from single mother homes (N = 242). Main effects of both positive parenting and peer relationship quality were found for youth depressive symptoms. In addition, a main effect of peer relationship quality and an…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Parent Role, Child Rearing, Mothers
Coplan, Robert J.; Prakash, Kavita; O'Neil, Kim; Armer, Mandana – Developmental Psychology, 2004
This study attempted to distinguish two types of social withdrawal in early childhood: (a) one based on social fear and anxiety despite a desire to interact socially (conflicted shyness) and (b) one based on the lack of a strong motivation to engage in social interaction (social disinterest). Two samples of preschoolers (n = 119 and n = 127) 3-5…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Shyness, Social Adjustment
Peer reviewedDybdahl, Ragnhild – Child Development, 2001
Evaluated effects on children in Bosnia and Herzegovina of a 5-month psychosocial intervention program of weekly group meetings for mothers. Found that although all participants were exposed to severe trauma, their distress varied considerably. The intervention program had a positive effect on mothers' mental health, children's weight gain, and…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Emotional Adjustment, Foreign Countries
