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Eckshtain, Dikla; Gaynor, Scott T. – Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 2013
Fourteen children with significant depressive symptoms from an open clinical trial of Primary and Secondary Control Enhancement Training augmented with Caregiver-Child Relationship Enhancement Training, participated in a 2- to 3-year follow-up assessment. The results suggested that the significant decreases in depressive symptoms observed at…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Therapy, Depression (Psychology), Caregiver Child Relationship
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Bert, Shannon Carothers – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2011
This project assessed the influence of religiosity and spirituality on the socioemotional and behavioral adjustment of 110 adolescent mothers and their teenage offspring at age 14. Maternal religiosity, measured prenatally and when children were 3, 5, and 8 years of age, was defined as involvement in church as well as contact with and dependence…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mothers, Religion, Religious Factors
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Goldner, Limor; Mayseless, Ofra – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2009
The quality of the relationships that mentors forge with their proteges is assumed to significantly affect the success of mentoring interventions. Building on previous research, this study examined the association between relationship qualities and protege functioning. Multiple reporters (e.g., mentors, proteges and teachers) were used in a…
Descriptors: Research Design, Mentors, Parent Child Relationship, Foreign Countries
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Foster, Cynthia J. Ewell; Garber, Judy; Durlak, Joseph A. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2008
Relations among past maternal depressive disorder, current depressive symptoms, current maternal interaction behaviors, and children's adjustment were examined in a sample of 204 women and their young adolescent offspring (mean age = 11.86, SD = 0.55). Mothers either had (n = 157) or had not (n = 57) experienced at least one depressive disorder…
Descriptors: Mothers, Early Adolescents, Problem Solving, Behavior Problems
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Graham-Bermann, Sandra A.; Gruber, Gabrielle; Howell, Kathryn H.; Girz, Laura – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2009
Objective: To evaluate the social and emotional adjustment of 219 children in families with varying levels of intimate partner violence (IPV) using a model of risk and protection. To explore factors that differentiate children with poor adjustment from those with resilience. Methodology: Mothers who experienced IPV in the past year and their…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Family Violence, Mothers, Mental Health
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Dybdahl, Ragnhild – Child Development, 2001
Evaluated effects on children in Bosnia and Herzegovina of a 5-month psychosocial intervention program of weekly group meetings for mothers. Found that although all participants were exposed to severe trauma, their distress varied considerably. The intervention program had a positive effect on mothers' mental health, children's weight gain, and…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Emotional Adjustment, Foreign Countries