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An Exploratory Study of the Child Disciplinary Practices of Jamaican Immigrant Parents in the United States: Implications for School Counselors
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Morrison, Stephaney S.; Smith, Delores E.; Bryan, Julia A.; Steele, Janeé M. – Journal of School Counseling, 2016
Jamaican immigrant students are highly represented in U.S. public schools, primarily in regions concentrated throughout the east coast. Many of these students and their families have personal and social concerns that have implications for school counselors. In particular, scholars suggest that among this population, harsh methods of child…
Descriptors: Discipline, Parenting Styles, Latin Americans, Immigrants
Exploring Child Maltreatment and Its Relationship to Alcohol and Cannabis Use in Selected Latin American and Caribbean Countries
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Longman-Mills, S.; Gonzalez, W. Y.; Melendez, M. O.; Garcia, M. R.; Gomez, J. D.; Juarez, C. G.; Martinez, E. A.; Penalba, S. J.; Pizzanelli, E. M.; Solorzano, L. I.; Wright, M. G. M.; Cumsille, F.; De La Haye, W.; Sapag, J. C.; Khenti, A.; Hamilton, H. A.; Erickson, P. G.; Brands, B.; Flam-Zalcman, R.; Simpson, S.; Wekerle, C.; Mann, R. E. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2013
Objectives: Research from developed countries shows that child maltreatment increases the risk for substance use and problems. However, little evidence on this relationship is available from developing countries, and recognition of this relationship may have important implications for substance demand reduction strategies, including efforts to…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Evidence, Addictive Behavior, Drug Abuse
Secondary Traumatic Stress and Burnout in Child Welfare Workers: A Comparative Analysis of Occupational Distress across Professional Groups
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Sprang, Ginny; Craig, Carlton; Clark, James – Child Welfare, 2011
This study describes predictors of secondary traumatic stress and burnout in a national sample of helping professionals, with a specific focus on the unique responses of child welfare (CW) workers. Specific worker and exposure characteristics are examined as possible predictors of these forms of occupational distress in a sample of 669…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Altruism, Child Welfare, Quality of Life
Dimensions of Child Sexual Abuse before Age 15 in Three Central American Countries: Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala
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Speizer, Ilene S.; Goodwin, Mary; Whittle, Lisa; Clyde, Maureen; Rogers, Jennifer – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2008
Objective: The prevalence of sexual abuse during childhood or adolescence varies depending on the definitions and age categories used. This study examines the first national, population-based data available on child sexual abuse that occurs before age 15 in three countries: El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. This study uses comparable…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Females, Violence
Child Discipline and Physical Abuse in Immigrant Latino Families: Reducing Violence and Misunderstandings.
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Fontes, Lisa Aronson – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2002
This article examines common areas of misunderstanding between professionals and low-income Latino families concerning issues of physical abuse. It argues that low-income immigrant children deserve the same protection from harsh physical punishment as all other children. (Contains 57 references.) (GCP)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Children, Counseling Techniques, Cultural Awareness
School's a Rough Place: Youth Gangs, Drug Users, and Family Life in Los Angeles. Draft.
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Boyle, Kathleen – 1992
The lives and places in society of urban youth at risk of dropping out of the Los Angeles (California) Unified School District schools are explored through interviews of adolescents whom the author met when doing field work in Los Angeles County. Data come from interviews conducted in the course of the 1991 Drug Use Forecasting Study (DUF) and the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Students, Child Abuse, Crack