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Doll, Beth; Jones, Kristin; Osborn, Allison; Dooley, Kadie; Turner, April – Psychology in the Schools, 2011
Resilience is a very useful construct for framing school mental health services to children and is particularly applicable to mental health services in school settings. Still, resilience perspectives should not be overgeneralized to school mental health practice because risk and resilience wax and wane over time and daily decisions about students'…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Health Services, Mental Health Programs, Mental Health
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DeRosier, Melissa E.; Mercer, Sterett H. – Psychology in the Schools, 2009
This study examined perceived behavioral atypicality as a predictor of children's school-based adjustment. First, a descriptive pilot study was conducted to examine children's reasons for nominating peers as behaviorally atypical. Then, atypicality was investigated in relation to school-based adjustment in a two-wave panel design. Social problems,…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Academic Achievement, Peer Relationship, Risk
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Hill, Laura Griner; Werner, Nicole E. – Psychology in the Schools, 2006
School attachment is a robust predictor of adjustment in children and youth. Previous research has demonstrated effects of school context on student attachment, but individual-level contributions have not been explored. Our study examined the role of affiliative orientation in school attachment and aggressive behavior in children and youth from…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Motivation, Path Analysis, Aggression
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Warren-Sohlberg, Luann; Jason, Leonard A. – Psychology in the Schools, 1992
Investigated reasons parents of 451 elementary school children gave for changing schools and demonstrated that reasons influenced children's ability to adjust to new schools. Children transferring because old school closed were more competent academically and had higher average socioeconomic status than others. Those transferring because of…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 4