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Rose, Elisabeth; Ebert, Susanne; Weinert, Sabine – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2022
Deficits in language skills are a risk factor for later aggressive behaviour. However, previous research has mainly addressed clinical or high-risk samples and relations between language and aggressive behaviour in preschoolers and children in primary school. Based on a German longitudinal project with N = 547 typically developing children, the…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Language Skills, Aggression, Behavior Problems
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Goagoses, Naska; Schipper, Neele – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2021
Considering that externalising behaviour problems are one of the most prominent psychopathologies, it is important to investigate the interplay of individual and environmental factors that are associated with such behaviours. Although previous literature revealed associations between parenting dimensions, callous-unemotional traits, and…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Parent Child Relationship, Emotional Response, Behavior Problems
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Kassis, Wassilis; Artz, Sibylle; White, Jennifer – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2017
Background: Adolescent depression has been recognized as a complex problem that presents a global public health challenge. Left undetected and untreated, depression can significantly reduce quality of life. Objective: The main purpose of this paper is to re-visit risk and protective factors for depression in adolescents with a specific focus on…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Cross Cultural Studies, Risk
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Andretta, James R.; Worrell, Frank C.; Mello, Zena R. – Psychology in the Schools, 2014
Using cluster analysis of Adolescent Time Attitude Scale (ATAS) scores in a sample of 300 adolescents ("M" age = 16 years; "SD" = 1.25; 60% male; 41% European American; 25.3% Asian American; 11% African American; 10.3% Latino), the authors identified five time attitude profiles based on positive and negative attitudes toward…
Descriptors: Prediction, Multivariate Analysis, Adolescents, Attitude Measures
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Kandler, Christian; Riemann, Rainer; Angleitner, Alois – Developmental Psychology, 2013
This study investigated the mean-level and individual-level trends as well as the genetic and environmental sources of rank-order continuity and change in temperament traits ("Briskness, Perseveration, Sensory Sensitivity, Emotional Reactivity, Endurance, and Activity"). We analyzed self-reports and peer ratings from 2 adult age groups…
Descriptors: Genetics, Environmental Influences, Personality Traits, Twins
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Kassis, Wassilis; Artz, Sibylle; Moldenhauer, Stephanie – Child & Youth Services, 2013
Questionnaire data from a cross-sectional study of a randomly selected sample of 5,149 middle-school students from four EU countries (Austria, Germany, Slovenia, and Spain) were used to explore the effects of family violence burden level, structural and procedural risk and protective factors, and personal characteristics on adolescents who are…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Depression (Psychology), Foreign Countries, Family Violence
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Piontek, D.; Buehler, A.; Rudolph, U.; Metz, K.; Kroeger, C.; Gradl, S.; Floeter, S.; Donath, C. – Health Education Research, 2008
According to an ecological perspective in psychology and in line with social cognitive theory, smoking behaviour is determined by different social contexts (for example, peers, family and school) providing adolescents with important role models. This paper investigates the effects of personal characteristics as well as family, peer and school…
Descriptors: Role Models, Age Differences, Smoking, Public Health