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Shahrestani, Sara; Stewart, Elizabeth M.; Quintana, Daniel S.; Hickie, Ian B.; Guastella, Adam J. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2014
Background: The inability to regulate autonomic activity during social interactions is believed to contribute to social and emotional dysregulation in children. Research has employed heart rate variability (HRV) during both socially engaging and socially disengaging dyadic tasks between children and adults to assess this. Methods: We conducted a…
Descriptors: Metabolism, Interpersonal Relationship, Children, Psychopathology
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Davidson, Whitney – Journal of Applied Research on Children, 2014
The world of child welfare is a challenging one. In order to ensure long-term stability, a worker must be committed, caring, and flexible. It is important to look at each case individually, to remember that they are not just cases but children and families who have been separated. Workers must ensure they are providing all available resources to…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Child Welfare, Parents, At Risk Persons
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Liu, Jiling; Xiang, Ping; McBride, Ron E.; Su, Xiaoxia; Juzaily, Nasnoor – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2015
Intrinsic motivation (IM) is an important predictor of children's physical activity participation. The present 3-year longitudinal study examined changes in IM toward physical activity among a group of at-risk boys (N = 92) at a summer sports camp. Results showed the boys were intrinsically motivated in their first camp year, but their IM levels…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Males, Motivation, Physical Activities
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Servin, Argentina E.; Brouwer, Kimberly C.; Gordon, Leah; Rocha-Jimenez, Teresita; Staines, Hugo; Vera-Monroy, Ricardo B.; Strathdee, Steffanie A.; Silverman, Jay G. – Journal of Applied Research on Children, 2015
The current wave of interest in human trafficking and the commercial sexual exploitation of children has exposed a lack of knowledge about the vulnerabilities leading to underage entry into sex work. This knowledge is necessary for the development of effective prevention programs to identify girls who are most at-risk, especially in Latin America,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexuality, Crime, At Risk Persons
Moradi Sheykhjan, Tohid – Online Submission, 2015
The purpose of this article is to find out the significance of international perspectives for research on child abuse and neglect. Child abuse is not a new phenomenon. Increased international communication and exposure has brought awareness in many that child abuse is a phenomenon intrinsic to all human society since the beginning of time. Abuse…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Labor, At Risk Persons
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Bloodworth, Andrew; McNamee, Mike; Tan, Jacinta – Sport, Education and Society, 2017
Participation in elite sport, and in particular those sports with special demands in terms of weight and shape, is associated with a higher risk for eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa [Sundgot-Borgen, J., & Torstveit, M. K. (2010). Aspects of disordered eating continuum in elite high intensity sports. "Scandinavian Journal of…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Athletics, Body Weight, Self Concept
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Høeg, Beverley Lim; Johansen, Christoffer; Christensen, Jane; Frederiksen, Kirsten; Dalton, Susanne Oksbjerg; Dyregrov, Atle; Bøge, Per; Dencker, Annemarie; Bidstrup, Pernille Envold – Developmental Psychology, 2018
Being able to form and maintain intimate relationships is an essential part of development and the early loss of a parent may negatively affect this ability. This study investigates the association between parental loss before the age of 18 years and the formation and dissolution of marriage and cohabitation relationships in adulthood, in relation…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Intimacy, Parent Influence, Death
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Yi, Youngmin; Wildeman, Christopher – Future of Children, 2018
Children who experience foster care, write Youngmin Yi and Christopher Wildeman, are considerably more likely than others to have contact with the criminal justice system, both during childhood and as adults. And because children of color disproportionately experience foster care, improvements to the foster care system could reduce racial/ethnic…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Intervention, Juvenile Justice, Child Welfare
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Schwamberger, Benjamin; Wahl-Alexander, Zachary – Physical Educator, 2016
Summer swim programs provide a unique opportunity to engage children in PA as well as an important lifesaving skill. Offering summer swim programs is critical, especially for minority populations who tend to have higher rates of drowning, specifically in youth populations. The purpose of this study was to determine the lesson context and…
Descriptors: Aquatic Sports, Physical Activities, Minority Groups, At Risk Persons
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Bornstein, Marc H.; Hahn, Chun-Shin; Putnick, Diane L. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2016
Background: Command of language is a fundamental skill, a cornerstone of multiple cognitive and socioemotional aspects of development, and a necessary ingredient of successful adjustment and functioning in society. Little is known about the developmental stability of language in at-risk youth or which biological and social risk factors moderate…
Descriptors: Language Skills, At Risk Persons, Children, Child Development
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Stewart, Barbara A.; Klar, Amar J. S. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
Bronchoscopic evaluations revealed that some children have double branching of bronchi (designated "doublets") in the lower lungs airways, rather than normal, single branching. Retrospective analyses revealed only one commonality in them: all subjects with doublets also had autism or autism spectrum disorder (ASD). That is, 49 subjects exhibited…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Autism, At Risk Persons, Children
Kroupina, Maria; Vermeulen, Marlous; Moberg, Stephanie – ZERO TO THREE, 2015
Adoption is a major intervention in a child's life, however internationally adopted (IA) children remain at risk for long-term neurodevelopmental and mental health issues due to the fact that most of them have a history of early adversity prior to their adoption. In the last 20 years, extensive research with this population has increased the…
Descriptors: Mental Health Programs, Evidence Based Practice, Adoption, Children
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Kerns, Connor Morrow; Newschaffer, Craig J.; Berkowitz, Steven J. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
Traumatic childhood events are associated with a wide range of negative physical, psychological and adaptive outcomes over the life course and are one of the few identifiable causes of psychiatric illness. Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may be at increased risk for both encountering traumatic events and developing traumatic sequelae;…
Descriptors: Trauma, Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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De Wilde, Lieselot; Vanobbergen, Bruno – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2015
In the past decades, a body of international research concerning residential institutions for children emerged. This article focuses on the history of the Ghent orphanages (1945-1984). First, the population of the more than 1200 children and young people resident in the orphanages between 1945 and 1984 is analysed. This analysis illustrates a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Residential Institutions, Children, Educational History
Hoyt, Lindsay Till; Sabol, Terri J.; Chaku, Natasha; Kessler, Courtenay L. – Grantee Submission, 2019
This study took a life course approach to examine associations among family income from birth to age 15, and adolescent health and well-being. Utilizing latent growth mixture modeling, we identified four distinct family income trajectories based on changes in low-income status (family income [less than or equal to] 200% of the federal poverty…
Descriptors: Family Income, Adolescents, Child Health, Well Being
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