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Zhan, Qisheng; Xia, Tianyu; Zhang, Lisha; Liu, Yang – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
This study was to analyze the influence of psychological monitors (namely peer counselors with Chinese characteristics) and counselors on the affect of suicide-related interviews among high-risk students. 126 college students (M[subscript age] = 19.75 ± 1.05, aged: 18-23, 60% were male) were randomly divided into experimental group (interviewed)…
Descriptors: Peer Counseling, Suicide, At Risk Persons, College Students
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Pearson, Jennifer; Thrane, Lisa; Wilkinson, Lindsey – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2017
Sexual minority youth are more likely to run away from home or experience homelessness, leaving them at increased risk of victimization and negative health outcomes. In this study, the authors use a developmental perspective that considers both vulnerable beginnings in families and the risky trajectories that follow to explore the connections…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity, Adolescents
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Herman-Stahl, Mindy; Saavedra, Lissette M.; Morgan-Lopez, Antonio A.; Novak, Scott P.; Warner, Tara D.; Fishbein, Diana H. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2017
The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of maternal depressive symptoms on adolescent alcohol use among a sample of Latino/Latina youth aged 10 to 16 years from a high-risk community. Direct and mediating effects of youth depressive symptoms, controlling for levels of concurrent emotion dysregulation, on alcohol use were examined.…
Descriptors: Mothers, Depression (Psychology), Parent Child Relationship, Correlation
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Sampson, McClain; Villarreal, Yolanda; Rubin, Allen – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Postpartum Depression (PPD) occurs at higher rates among impoverished mothers than the general population. Depression during pregnancy is one of the strongest predictors of developing PPD. Research indicates that non-pharmacological interventions are effective in reducing depressive symptoms but engaging and retaining low-income mothers remains a…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Females, Pregnancy, Depression (Psychology)
Narayan, Angela J.; Thomas, Melanie; Nau, Melissa; Rivera, Luisa M.; Harris, William W.; Bernstein, Rosemary E.; Castro, Gloria; Lieberman, Alicia F.; Gantt, Tahnee – ZERO TO THREE, 2017
The prenatal period represents an opportunity to buffer the intergenerational transmission of adversity through integrated, comprehensive perinatal health services for women experiencing high levels of adversity and clinical symptoms. This article presents preliminary descriptive data, drawn from an ongoing clinical research study, on prenatal…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Mothers, Health Needs, At Risk Persons
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Leonardo, Jennifer Braga – Youth & Society, 2016
This study investigated the contribution of assimilation, sociodemographic factors, and social supports to depressive symptoms in immigrant adolescents, using Waves I and II of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (N = 4,263). Immigrant adolescents reported more risk factors and higher levels of depressive symptoms than native…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Immigrants, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology)
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Choe, Daniel Ewon; Stoddard, Sarah A.; Zimmerman, Marc A. – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Family conflict is a salient risk factor for African American adolescents' mental health problems. No study we are aware of has estimated trajectories of their family conflict and whether groups differ in internalizing and externalizing problems during the transition to young adulthood, a critical antecedent in adult mental health and…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Family Relationship, Conflict, Mental Disorders
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Rapee, Ronald M. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2013
Background: There are few evaluations of very early intervention for the prevention of internalising disorders and those that exist generally evaluate outcomes to a maximum of 12 months. The current study evaluated the very long term effects (11 years) of a brief internalising prevention program presented to parents of preschool aged children.…
Descriptors: Prevention, Early Intervention, At Risk Persons, Adolescents
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Murray, Lynne; Arteche, Adriane; Fearon, Pasco; Halligan, Sarah; Goodyer, Ian; Cooper, Peter – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2011
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the developmental risk pathway to depression by 16 years in offspring of postnatally depressed mothers. Method: This was a prospective longitudinal study of offspring of postnatally depressed and nondepressed mothers; child and family assessments were made from infancy to 16 years. A total of 702…
Descriptors: Mothers, Children, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology)
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Axelson, David A.; Birmaher, Boris; Strober, Michael A.; Goldstein, Benjamin I.; Ha, Wonho; Gill, Mary Kay; Goldstein, Tina R.; Yen, Shirley; Hower, Heather; Hunt, Jeffrey I.; Liao, Fangzi; Iyengar, Satish; Dickstein, Daniel; Kim, Eunice; Ryan, Neal D.; Frankel, Erica; Keller, Martin B. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2011
Objective: To determine the rate of diagnostic conversion from an operationalized diagnosis of bipolar disorder not otherwise specified (BP-NOS) to bipolar I disorder (BP-I) or bipolar II disorder (BP-II) in youth over prospective follow-up and to identify factors associated with conversion. Method: Subjects were 140 children and adolescents…
Descriptors: Intervals, At Risk Persons, Adolescents, Mental Disorders
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Burke, Jeffrey D. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2012
Background: A dimension of negatively oriented affect within oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) symptoms, which has been described as irritability, has been shown to predict depression and anxiety. Related constructs have been linked to temperament and personality constructs. However, only a few studies have examined the prediction from…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Personality Problems, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology)
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Brock, Rebecca L.; Lawrence, Erika – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2011
Objective: Marital discord has been linked to both depression and anxiety; however, our understanding of how marriage contributes to the development of internalizing symptoms is limited in scope and lacking specificity. First, it is unclear whether the marital relationship contributes to the broad dimension of internalizing symptoms as opposed to…
Descriptors: Spouses, Marital Satisfaction, Intimacy, Marriage
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Greening, Leilani; Stoppelbein, Laura; Luebbe, Aaron; Fite, Paula J. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2010
Two subtypes of aggression--reactive and proactive--were examined to see how they relate to suicidal behaviors among young children admitted for acute psychiatric inpatient care. The children and their parents completed self-report questionnaires/interviews. Regression analyses revealed that depressed girls who scored higher on reactive aggression…
Descriptors: Females, Suicide, Aggression, At Risk Persons
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Chan, Ko Ling – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
The present study developed the Child Abuse Risk Assessment Scale (CARAS), an actuarial instrument for the assessment of the risk of physical child abuse. Data of 2,363 Chinese parents (47.7% male) living in Hong Kong were used in the analyses. Participants were individually interviewed with a questionnaire assessing their perpetration of child…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, At Risk Persons, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
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Stefan, Catrinel A.; Miclea, Mircea – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2014
We report here findings from a community-based multifaceted prevention program which was implemented concomitantly as a universal and indicated intervention. Screening of social competence development was used to select preschool children targeted by the indicated intervention (high risk), and by the universal intervention (moderate and low risk).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Preschool Children, Program Effectiveness
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