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Emotional Problems and Academic Performance: The Role of Executive Functioning Skills in Undergraduate Students
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Lisette Wijbenga; Jorien van der Velde; Eliza L. Korevaar; Sijmen A. Reijneveld; Jacomijn Hofstra; Andrea F. de Winter – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2024
Increasing mental health issues, such as emotional problems, pose a threat for the academic performance of undergraduate students. We propose a route connecting emotional problems and academic performance through executive functioning skills (EFS). Despite the abundance of research on the topic of EFS, there is a significant gap in understanding…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Academic Achievement, Executive Function, Undergraduate Students
Psychosocial Outcomes in Autistic Children before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Rachel Plak; Ralph Rippe; Inge Merkelbach; Sander Begeer – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Studies on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on autistic children's psychosocial outcomes have shown mixed results. In the current study we aimed to gain a better insight into the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic by comparing psychosocial outcomes collected pre-pandemic with data collected during the pandemic. We used the Strengths and…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, COVID-19, Pandemics, Psychological Patterns
Perspectives of People with Intellectual Disability about Their Family Networks: A Comparison Study with Key Support Worker Proxy Reports
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Tournier, Tess; Hendriks, Alexander H. C.; Jahoda, Andrew; Hastings, Richard P.; Giesbers, Sanne A. H.; Embregts, Petri J. C. M. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2022
Background: The Family Network Method -- Intellectual Disability (FNM-ID) was used to compare perspectives of people with mild intellectual disability and their support workers on family networks of people with intellectual disability. Method: 138 participants with mild intellectual disability and support workers were interviewed, using the…
Descriptors: Mild Intellectual Disability, Networks, Attitudes, Behavior Problems
Opening the Black Box: Toward Classifying Care and Treatment for Children and Adolescents with Behavioral and Emotional Problems within and across Care Organizations
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Evenboer, K. E.; Huyghen, A. M. N.; Tuinstra, J.; Reijneveld, S. A.; Knorth, E. J. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Objective: The Taxonomy of Care for Youth was developed to gather information about the care offered to children and adolescents with behavioral and emotional problems in various care settings. The aim was to determine similarities and differences in the content of care and thereby to classify the care offered to these children and youth within…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Emotional Problems
The Identification of Attention Complaints in the General Population and Their Effect on Quality of Life
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Scholtissen-In de Braek, Dymphie M. J. M.; Hurks, Petra P. M.; van Boxtel, Martin P. J.; Dijkstra, Jeanette B.; Jolles, Jelle – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2011
Objective: To provide more insight into subjective attention complaints in a healthy adult and elderly population and how these affect Quality of Life (QoL). Method: A group of 1,550 healthy Dutch participants complete a postal questionnaire including items from the Maastricht Attention and Memory Checklist (MAC). The impact of attention…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Quality of Life, Sleep, Factor Analysis
Juvenile Group Sex Offenders: A Comparison of Group Leaders and Followers
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't Hart-Kerkhoffs, Lisette A.; Vermeiren, Robert R. J. M.; Jansen, Lucres M. C.; Doreleijers, Theo A. H. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
The aim of this study was to investigate group sex offenses with regard to the role of leaders versus followers and to compare both groups on levels of psychopathology, intelligence, and psychosocial and offense-related characteristics. Eighty-nine adolescent group sex offenders (mean age = 14.9, SD = 1.4) referred by the police to the Dutch child…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Health Needs, Emotional Problems, Child Abuse