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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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Hughes, Matthew; Ventura, Susie; Dando, Mark – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2007
This paper argues that the emotional state of students' contributions need to be addressed in an online learning community. If feelings of fear, anger or isolation can lead to withdrawal or conflict then the potential for learning is reduced and a facilitator of an online course needs to manage these emotions at an early stage. Therefore, a…
Descriptors: Discussion Groups, Online Courses, Computer Mediated Communication, Stress Variables
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Burwell, Rebecca A.; Shirk, Stephen R. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2007
Prior research has indicated that rumination contributes to the maintenance or intensification of depressive symptoms among adults. This study examined associations between rumination and depressive symptoms in early adolescence. Using a short-term longitudinal design, we evaluated relations between subtypes of rumination and both depressive…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Maintenance, Coping, Depression (Psychology)
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Bonds-Raacke, Jennifer M. – Psychological Record, 2006
Cluster analysis has a rich history in many disciplines and although cluster analysis has been used in clinical psychology to identify types of disorders, its use in other areas of psychology has been less popular. The purpose of the current experiments was to use cluster analysis to investigate husband-wife decision making. Cluster analysis was…
Descriptors: Multivariate Analysis, Dining Facilities, Clinical Psychology, Decision Making
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van de Wiel, Nicolle M. H.; Matthys, Walter; Cohen-Kettenis, Peggy T.; Maassen, Gerard H.; Lochman, John E.; van Engeland, Herman – Behavior Modification, 2007
In psychotherapy, effectiveness of an experimental treatment often is compared to care as usual. However, little if any attention has been paid to the heterogeneity of care as usual. The authors examined the effectiveness of manualized behavior therapy on school-aged disruptive behavior disordered (DBD) children in everyday clinical practice. A…
Descriptors: Psychotherapy, Effect Size, Family Counseling, Behavior Modification
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Herzinger, Caitlin V.; Campbell, Jonathan M. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2007
There has been much research concerning functional assessment over the past 20 years, but several important research considerations have yet to be explained. One is the comparison of different types of functional assessment (e.g., experimental functional analysis and non-experimental functional assessment). The current study aims to compare the…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Behavior Problems, Comparative Analysis, Research Methodology
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Steel, Piers – Psychological Bulletin, 2007
Procrastination is a prevalent and pernicious form of self-regulatory failure that is not entirely understood. Hence, the relevant conceptual, theoretical, and empirical work is reviewed, drawing upon correlational, experimental, and qualitative findings. A meta-analysis of procrastination's possible causes and effects, based on 691 correlations,…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Achievement Need, Hyperactivity, Meta Analysis
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Knishkowy, Barry; Amitai, Yona; Hardoff, Daniel; Levy, Yehoshua; Kiro, Amnon – Journal of School Health, 2007
Background: The "AMA Guidelines for Adolescent Preventive Services" (GAPS) recommends annual medical evaluations during adolescence, emphasizing screening and counseling regarding psychosocial issues. In Israel, seventh graders undergo medical examinations within the school health services, focusing on the detection of physical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Physical Examinations, Health Behavior
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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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Grossman, Pam; Compton, Christa; Shahan, Emily; Ronfeldt, Matthew; Igra, Danielle; Shaing, Julia – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2007
Teaching depends upon relationships. Yet teaching is only one of a number of professions in which practice depends heavily upon the quality of human relationship between practitioners and their clients. To explore how other professions prepare professionals for the work of building and maintaining relationships, we embarked on a study that…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Psychologists, Counselor Training, Clergy
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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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Barrett, Lisa Feldman; Tugade, Michele M.; Engle, Randall W. – Psychological Bulletin, 2004
Dual-process theories of the mind are ubiquitous in psychology. A central principle of these theories is that behavior is determined by the interplay of automatic and controlled processing. In this article, the authors examine individual differences in the capacity to control attention as a major contributor to differences in working memory…
Descriptors: Clinical Psychology, Individual Differences, Memory, Attention Control
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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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Spence, Susan H.; Holmes, Jane M.; March, Sonja; Lipp, Ottmar V. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
Seventy-two clinically anxious children, aged 7 to 14 years, were randomly allocated to clinic-based, cognitive-behavior therapy, the same treatment partially delivered via the Internet, or a wait-list control (WL). Children in the clinic and clinic-plus-Internet conditions showed significantly greater reductions in anxiety from pre-to…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Treatment, Clinics, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring
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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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