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Carlson, John S.; Yohannan, Justina; Darr, Courtney L.; Turley, Matthew R.; Larez, Natalie A.; Perfect, Michelle M. – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2020
The purpose of this study was to systematically review the literature on the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in school-aged youth (i.e., [less than or equal to] 18 years). Inclusion and exclusion search criteria led to the identification of 96 articles published during a 25-year period. Articles containing international samples…
Descriptors: Incidence, Early Experience, Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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Gal, Gilad; Levav, Itzhak; Gross, Raz – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2012
The association between childhood and adolescent abuse and suicidal behavior, and the possible contribution of abuse to sex differences in non lethal suicidal behavior, was investigated. Data were extracted from the Israel-based component of the WHO World Mental Health Survey (Kessler & Utsun, 2008a). Increased risk for ideation, plan, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Suicide, Child Abuse
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Hershkowitz, Irit – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2011
Objectives: A commonly cited risk factor for sexually intrusive behavior (SIB) among children and adolescents is a history of abuse. Based on a large and non-clinical nationwide sample of children who were investigated as abuse victims and suspects of SIBs in Israel over a decade, the present study examines the rate of abuse history among child…
Descriptors: Siblings, Child Abuse, Family Characteristics, Risk
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Elbedour, Salman; Abu-Bader, Soleman; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J.; Abu-Rabia, Aref; El-Aassam, Salman – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2006
Objectives: This is an exploratory study of the abuse--especially sexual--of female adolescents in a conservative and traditional Bedouin-Arab community in southern Israel. The objectives were (1) to examine the rate of sexual abuse, (2) to examine the rate of physical and psychological abuse, and (3) to develop regression models to predict these…
Descriptors: Females, Adolescents, High School Students, Arabs
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Sternberg, Kathleen J.; Lamb, Michael E.; Guterman, Eva; Abbott, Craig B.; Dawud-Noursi, Samia – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2005
Objective: The effects of both childhood and teenage experiences of domestic violence on adolescent-parent attachments were examined. Method: Israeli adolescents (M=15.9 years) who were either victims of physical abuse, witnesses of physical spouse abuse, victims and witnesses of abuse, or neither victims nor witnesses of abuse were questioned…
Descriptors: Mothers, Adolescents, Family Violence, Longitudinal Studies
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Sternberg, Kathleen J.; Lamb, Michael E.; Guterman, Eva; Abbott, Craig B. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2006
Objectives: To examine the effects of different forms of family violence at two developmental stages by assessing a sample of 110 Israeli children, drawn from the case files of Israeli family service agencies, studied longitudinally in both middle childhood and adolescence. Methods: Information about the children's adjustment was obtained from…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Developmental Stages, Child Behavior, Behavior Problems