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Test Anxiety and College Students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Nelson, Jason M.; Lindstrom, Will; Foels, Patricia A. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2014
Test anxiety was examined in college students with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Results indicated that, relative to college students without ADHD, college students with ADHD reported higher total test anxiety as well as specific aspects of test anxiety, including worry (i.e., cognitive aspects of test anxiety) and…
Descriptors: Test Anxiety, College Students, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Emotional Problems
International Comparisons of Behavioral and Emotional Problems in Preschool Children: Parents' Reports from 24 Societies
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Rescorla, Leslie A.; Achenbach, Thomas M.; Ivanova, Masha Y.; Harder, Valerie S.; Otten, Laura; Bilenberg, Niels; Bjarnadottir, Gudrun; Capron, Christiane; De Pauw, Sarah S. W.; Dias, Pedro; Dobrean, Anca; Dopfner, Manfred; Duyme, Michel; Eapen, Valsamma; Erol, Nese; Esmaeili, Elaheh Mohammad; Ezpeleta, Lourdes; Frigerio, Alessandra; Fung, Daniel S. S.; Goncalves, Miguel; Gudmundsson, Halldor; Jeng, Suh-Fang; Jusiene, Roma; Kim, Young Ah; Kristensen, Solvejg; Liu, Jianghong; Lecannelier, Felipe; Leung, Patrick W. L.; Machado, Barbara Cesar; Montirosso, Rosario; Oh, Kyung Ja; Ooi, Yoon Phaik; Pluck, Julia; Pomalima, Rolando; Pranvera, Jetishi; Schmeck, Klaus; Shahini, Mimoza; Silva, Jaime R.; Simsek, Zeynep; Sourander, Andre; Valverde, Jose; van der Ende, Jan; Van Leeuwen, Karla G.; Wu, Yen-Tzu; Yurdusen, Sema; Zubrick, Stephen R.; Verhulst, Frank C. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2011
International comparisons were conducted of preschool children's behavioral and emotional problems as reported on the Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 1 1/2-5 by parents in 24 societies (N = 19,850). Item ratings were aggregated into scores on syndromes; "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders"-oriented scales; a Stress…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Emotional Problems, Mental Disorders, Preschool Children
Unemployment Impairs Mental Health: Meta-Analyses
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Paul, Karsten I.; Moser, Klaus – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2009
The effect of unemployment on mental health was examined with meta-analytic methods across 237 cross-sectional and 87 longitudinal studies. The average overall effect size was d = 0.51 with unemployed persons showing more distress than employed persons. A significant difference was found for several indicator variables of mental health (mixed…
Descriptors: Unemployment, Mental Health, Effect Size, Longitudinal Studies
Parents' Feelings towards Their Adoptive and Non-Adoptive Children
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Glover, Marshaun B.; Mullineaux, Paula Y.; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Petrill, Stephen A. – Infant and Child Development, 2010
In the current study, we examined parent gender differences in feelings (negativity and positivity) and perceptions of child behavioural and emotional problems in adoptive and biological parent-child dyads. In a sample of 85 families, we used a novel within-family adoption design in which one child was adopted and one child was a biological child…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Adjustment (to Environment)
How Far Are Associations between Child, Family and Community Factors and Child Psychopathology Informant-Specific and Informant-General?
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Collishaw, Stephan; Goodman, Robert; Ford, Tamsin; Rabe-Hesketh, Sophia; Pickles, Andrew – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2009
Background: Assessments of child psychopathology commonly rely on multiple informants, e.g., parents, teachers and children. Informants often disagree about the presence or absence of symptoms, reflecting reporter bias, situation-specific behaviour, or random variation in measurement. However, few studies have systematically tested how far…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Interrater Reliability, Children, Parents
Nonmaternal Care in Infancy and Emotional/Behavioral Difficulties at 4 Years Old: Moderation by Family Risk Characteristics
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Cote, Sylvana M.; Borge, Anne I.; Geoffroy, Marie-Claude; Rutter, Michael; Tremblay, Richard E. – Developmental Psychology, 2008
The authors examined the role of familial risk and child characteristics in the association between the type of child care in infancy (maternal care [MC]) versus nonmaternal care [NMC]) and emotional/behavioral difficulties at 4 years old. Canadian families (N=1,358) with children between 1 and 12 months old were followed over 4 years. Family…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Aggression, Family Characteristics, Infants