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Iliyan Ivanov; Ben Miraglia; Dana Prodanova; Jeffrey H. Newcorn – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2024
Background: Accumulating evidence suggests that sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is under-recognized in youth and adults with ADHD. SDB may contribute to exacerbating pre-existing ADHD symptoms and may play a role in the development of cognitive deficits that may mimic ADHD symptoms. Method: We conducted a focused review of publications on…
Descriptors: Sleep, Physiology, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, At Risk Persons
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Yinka Olusoga; Catherine Bannister; Julia C. Bishop – Global Studies of Childhood, 2024
During crisis times, what children are playing and what grown-ups think their games signify can become a focus of adult anxiety. The Play Observatory, a COVID-19 research project, drew on folklore studies and cultural histories of childhood to collect, document and understand what children were playing and doing during extraordinary times, in ways…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Play
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Li-Gao, Ruifang; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Dolan, Conor V.; De Geus, Eco J. C.; Denollet, Johan; Kupper, Nina – Developmental Psychology, 2022
Feeling inhibited and socially not at ease is reflected in the trait social inhibition (SI). SI is associated with psychopathology that arises in young adulthood, such as anxiety. We aim for a better insight into the genetic and environmental contributions to SI across the life span, and as such examine their contributions to SI stability and…
Descriptors: Inhibition, Genetics, Environmental Influences, Twins
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Esteller-Cano, Àngels; Buil-Legaz, Lucía; López-Penadés, Raúl; Aguilar-Mediavilla, Eva; Adrover-Roig, Daniel – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2022
Background: Previous research has consistently evidenced that children with speech and language difficulties suffer more bullying victimisation during middle school years, whereas other educative stages remain less explored. Moreover, there are divergent results in previous evidence about the types of victimisation (physical, verbal, relational)…
Descriptors: Bullying, Speech Impairments, Language Impairments, Victims
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Stobbe, Kelly J.; Scheffers, Mia; van Busschbach, Jooske T.; Didden, Robert – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Introduction: Compared to their non-disabled peers, individuals with mild intellectual disability (MID) are at higher risk of becoming a victim of sexual abuse and more vulnerable to its disruptive effects. This review provides an overview of content and effectiveness of prevention and intervention programs targeting sexual abuse in individuals…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Prevention, Mild Intellectual Disability, Victims of Crime
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Hamadi, Layla; Fletcher, Helen K. – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Attachment difficulties are associated with a range of adverse outcomes in mental health, and people with intellectual disabilities (IDs) may be at greater risk of experiencing difficulties in their attachment relationships. This review critically evaluated recent research measuring the prevalence of attachment difficulties in people with ID.…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, At Risk Persons, Adults, Adolescents
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Eloranta, Anna-Kaija; Närhi, Vesa M.; Muotka, Joona S.; Tolvanen, Asko J.; Korhonen, Elisa; Ahonen, Timo P. S.; Aro, Tuija I. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2021
This follow-up study investigated the associations of childhood learning disabilities (LDs) with adult-age anxiety, depression, and unemployment. Psychosocial problems in childhood and psychiatric diagnoses and lack of education in adolescence were studied as potential mediators, and gender and mother's education were studied as potential…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Learning Disabilities, Well Being, Children
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Lu, Yao; He, Qian; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Child Development, 2020
Although many immigrant children to the United States arrive with their parents, a notable proportion are first separated and later reunited with their parents. How do the experiences of separation and reunification shape the well-being of immigrant children? Data were from a national survey of legal adult immigrants and their families, the New…
Descriptors: Children, Child Development, Separation Anxiety, Parent Child Relationship
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Firinci Orman, Turkan – Global Studies of Childhood, 2020
Although the modern Western concept of childhood is rapidly disappearing in the age of late modernity, this study asserts that childhood (as it is lived) has not disappeared but has been transformed. An integrated approach to childhood is employed in order to go beyond binary oppositions such as the Global North versus the Global South and/or…
Descriptors: Children, Childrens Rights, Child Development, Adults
Erin Bogan; Valerie N. Adams-Bass; Lori A. Francis; Noni K. Gaylord-Harden; Eleanor K. Seaton; Judith C. Scott; Joanna L. Williams – Society for Research in Child Development, 2022
The data on COVID-19 show an irrefutable and disturbing pattern: Black Americans are contracting and dying from COVID-19 at rates that far exceed other racial and ethnic groups. Due to historical and current iterations of racism, Black Americans have been forced into conditions that elevate their risk for COVID-19 and consequently place Black…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, African Americans, Racial Differences
Rodems, Richard; Shaefer, H. Luke – Poverty Solutions, University of Michigan, 2019
According to the most recent data available from the nationally-representative Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), as of 2011, 38.4% of children lived in households reporting at least one form of material hardship, such as food insecurity, inability to pay essential household bills, inability to access medical care due to cost, or…
Descriptors: Hunger, Poverty, Access to Health Care, Housing
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Kassaw, Endris Seid – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2019
The purpose of this study was to identify the prevalence of major problems in street life of people at 'risk', the case of Harari Region, Ethiopia. Participants' sex, age and level of education were taken to be variables of the study. The researcher used descriptive survey method to study the problem. Study participants were selected using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Crime, At Risk Persons, Incidence
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Wigham, Sarah; Barton, Stephen; Parr, Jeremy R.; Rodgers, Jacqui – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Accurate population rates of depression can inform allocation of health resources and service planning, to counter the impact of depression on quality of life and morbidity. A systematic review of the rates of depression in children and adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and without intellectual disability (high-functioning [HF] ASD) was…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Depression (Psychology), Comorbidity
National Institute of Food and Agriculture, 2023
The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) is the nation's first federal nutrition education program for low-income populations. Without question, accelerating equity in programming has long been a priority of EFNEP. Historically underserved populations with limited financial resources are often people of color and at increased risk…
Descriptors: Nutrition Instruction, Foods Instruction, Nutrition, Food
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Merker, Sören; Reif, Andreas; Ziegler, Georg C.; Weber, Heike; Mayer, Ute; Ehlis, Ann-Christine; Conzelmann, Annette; Johansson, Stefan; Müller-Reible, Clemens; Nanda, Indrajit; Haaf, Thomas; Ullmann, Reinhard; Romanos, Marcel; Fallgatter, Andreas J.; Pauli, Paul; Strekalova, Tatyana; Jansch, Charline; Vasquez, Alejandro Arias; Haavik, Jan; Ribasés, Marta; Ramos-Quiroga, Josep Antoni; Buitelaar, Jan K.; Franke, Barbara; Lesch, Klaus-Peter – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2017
Background: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common, highly heritable neurodevelopmental disorder with profound cognitive, behavioral, and psychosocial impairments with persistence across the life cycle. Our initial genome-wide screening approach for copy number variants (CNVs) in ADHD implicated a duplication of…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Neurological Impairments, Genetic Disorders, Physiology
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