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Coley, Rebekah Levine; Sims, Jacqueline; Dearing, Eric; Spielvogel, Bryn – Child Development, 2018
Research has identified risks of both poverty and affluence for adolescents. This study sought to clarify associations between income and youth mental and behavioral health by delineating economic risks derived from family, neighborhood, and school contexts within a nationally representative sample of high school students (N = 13,179, average age…
Descriptors: Risk, Mental Health, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety
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Hay, Dale F.; Pawlby, Susan; Waters, Cerith S.; Perra, Oliver; Sharp, Deborah – Child Development, 2010
Interviews of 120 British adolescents and their parents (80% of a random sample of antenatal patients drawn from a representative urban population and followed longitudinally) revealed that 40 (33%) had been arrested and/or had a diagnosis of "DSM-IV" conduct disorder by 16 years of age; of those, 18 (45%) had committed violent acts.…
Descriptors: Mothers, Antisocial Behavior, Pregnancy, Patients
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Posada, Roberto; Wainryb, Cecilia – Child Development, 2008
Ninety-six Colombian children (mean age = 7.7 years) and adolescents (mean age = 14.6 years) made judgments about stealing and physical harm in the abstract and in the context of survival and revenge. All participants judged it wrong to steal or hurt others because of considerations with justice and welfare, and most also judged it wrong to engage…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Moral Development, Children, Adolescents