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Salmivalli, Christina – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2023
During four decades, numerous school-based bullying prevention programmes have been developed and evaluated. Meta-analyses indicate that such programmes have positive average effects, as compared with treatment as usual. However, the effects are small to moderate, and they are especially weak among some specific groups, such as adolescents. After…
Descriptors: Bullying, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Victims
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Saija Benjamin; Pia Koirikivi; Visajaani Salonen; Liam Gearon; Arniika Kuusisto – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2024
As part of citizenship education, the prevention of radicalization and extremism through education (PVE-E) is an urgent initiative of global educational policy. According to research, radicalized individuals, despite the ideology held, have mindsets that challenge equality and social justice. In this light, this study examines the intergroup…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Vocational Schools, Social Justice
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Rescorla, Leslie A.; Ginzburg, Sofia; Achenbach, Thomas M.; Ivanova, Masha Y.; Almqvist, Fredrik; Begovac, Ivan; Bilenberg, Niels; Bird, Hector; Chahed, Myriam; Dobrean, Anca; Dopfner, Manfred; Erol, Nese; Hannesdottir, Helga; Kanbayashi, Yasuko; Lambert, Michael C.; Leung, Patrick W. L.; Minaei, Asghar; Novik, Torunn S.; Oh, Kyung-Ja; Petot, Djaouida; Petot, Jean-Michel; Pomalima, Rolando; Rudan, Vlasta; Sawyer, Michael; Simsek, Zeynep; Steinhausen, Hans-Christoph; Valverde, Jose; van der Ende, Jan; Weintraub, Sheila; Metzke, Christa Winkler; Wolanczyk, Tomasz; Zhang, Eugene Yuqing; Zukauskiene, Rita; Verhulst, Frank C. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2013
We used population sample data from 25 societies to answer the following questions: (a) How consistently across societies do adolescents report more problems than their parents report about them? (b) Do levels of parent-adolescent agreement vary among societies for different kinds of problems? (c) How well do parents and adolescents in different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Parents, Reliability
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Savolainen, Jukka; Hughes, Lorine A.; Mason, W. Alex; Hurtig, Tuula M.; Ebeling, Hanna; Moilanen, Irma K.; Kivivuori, Janne; Taanila, Anja M. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2012
Data from the 1986 Northern Finland Birth Cohort Study (n = 4,645) were used to examine the influence of mid-adolescent (age 15) school outcomes on late-adolescent (ages 17-19) risk of criminal conviction. Consistent with social-developmental theories of offending, we found that poor academic performance and reduced school attachment increase the…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Criminals, Academic Achievement, Adolescents
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Hurtig, Tuula; Kuusikko, Sanna; Mattila, Marja-Leena; Haapsamo, Helena; Ebeling, Hanna; Jussila, Katja; Joskitt, Leena; Pauls, David; Moilanen, Irma – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2009
The aim of the study was to examine psychiatric symptoms in high-functioning adolescents with autism spectrum disorders reported by multiple informants. Forty-three 11- to 17-year-old adolescents with Asperger syndrome (AS) or high-functioning autism (HFA) and 217 typically developed adolescents completed the Youth Self-Report (YSR), while their…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Child Behavior
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Keltikangas-Jarvinen, Liisa; Lindeman, Marjaana – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1997
Age and gender differences in evaluating three immoral behaviors (theft, lying, and fighting) were studied with 2,594 Finnish preadolescents, midadolescents, and late adolescents. Boys accepted all immoral acts better than girls, and acceptance of these behaviors was highest in middle adolescence. There was flexible use of different rationales for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Antisocial Behavior, Crime
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Rauste-von Wright, Maijaliisa – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1989
Investigates physical and verbal aggression among 396 children of 15-16 years. Boys were involved in peer-group fights more often than girls, and responded in an aggressive manner to fights between peers. Boys believed more often than girls that their peers considered physical aggression to be clever or smart. (RJC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Conflict
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Ritakallio, Minna; Kaltiala-Heino, Riittakerttu; Kivivuori, Janne; Rimpela, Matti – Journal of Adolescence, 2005
A large number (N 50 569) of 14-16 year old Finnish adolescents taking part in the School Health Promotion Study were surveyed for delinquent behaviour in relation to depression. The results indicate a robust association between delinquency and depression. Among girls risk for depression varied between 1.3 and 3.1 according to various antisocial…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Depression (Psychology), Foreign Countries, Adolescents
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Pulkkinen, Lea; Tremblay, Richard E. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1992
Studied patterns of boys' social development by examining data from two longitudinal studies: a Finnish study of eight year olds begun in 1968; and a French Canadian study of six year olds begun in 1984. Patterns were identified using variables of aggression, hyperactivity, inattentiveness, anxiety, and lack of prosocial behavior. (LB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Anxiety