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How Can Gender Affect Psychopathology in Lebanese School-Age Children?
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Khamis, Vivian – Psychology in the Schools, 2018
This study investigated the extent to which gender differences in coping, school and family environments could account for variation in psychopathology among school-age children. Participants were 665 middle school students. Results showed no gender differences for PTSD. Females scored higher on emotional problems and prosocial behavior whereas…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Psychopathology, Foreign Countries, Middle School Students
Posttraumatic Resilience in Former Ugandan Child Soldiers
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Klasen, Fionna; Oettingen, Gabriele; Daniels, Judith; Post, Manuela; Hoyer, Catrin; Adam, Hubertus – Child Development, 2010
The present research examines posttraumatic resilience in extremely exposed children and adolescents based on interviews with 330 former Ugandan child soldiers (age = 11-17, female = 48.5%). Despite severe trauma exposure, 27.6% showed posttraumatic resilience as indicated by the absence of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and clinically…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Family Violence, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychopathology
Grief and Mourning Reactions Following Abortion and Miscarriage.
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Widener, Anmarie J. – Journal of Personal & Interpersonal Loss, 1996
Explores current research on psychological reactions following induced and spontaneous abortions. Provides examples of studies wherein researchers have used a loss model to understand this experience. Explores possible reasons for the apparent inattention to grief reactions following this type of loss and offers an alternative approach to the loss…
Descriptors: Abortions, Bereavement, Coping, Death
The Effects of Psychological Trauma on Children and Adolescents.
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Armsworth, Mary W.; Holaday, Margot – Journal of Counseling and Development, 1993
Literature review of cognitive, affective, behavioral, and somatic-psychological effects as a consequence of overwhelming life events in children and adolescents is compared with DSM-III-R definition of Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome. Responses likely in children and adolescents are discussed; suggestions for future research and counseling…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Behavior, Children
Stress, Coping, and Adjustment in Female Adolescent Incest Victims.
Johnson, Bret K.; Kenkel, Mary Beth – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1991
A study of 45 female adolescent incest victims in treatment found that wishful thinking, tension reduction, a lack of maternal support, appraisals of threat, and "holding self back" accounted for 70 percent of the variance in self-reported distress. Detachment, seeking social support, and appraisal of "holding self back" accounted for 38 percent…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Child Abuse, Coping
Student Mental Health Services in Higher Education.
Blai, Boris, Jr. – 1982
Facts about mental and emotional illness and implications for student mental health services in higher education are reviewed. Psychoses, which are types of mental illness that are usually quite severe, are discussed in terms of symptoms, as are neuroses, which cause severe distress and impair coping with living conditions but are not as…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Ancillary School Services, College Students, Coping