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Grills-Taquechel, Amie E.; Fletcher, Jack M.; Vaughn, Sharon R.; Stuebing, Karla K. – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2012
The present study examined competing models of the bi-directional influences of anxiety and reading achievement. Participants were 153 ethnically-diverse children (84 male, 69 female) from general education classes evaluated in the winter and spring of their first-grade academic year. Children completed standardized measures of reading achievement…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Reading Achievement, Rating Scales, Regression (Statistics)
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Field, Tiffany; Diego, Miguel; Pelaez, Martha; Deeds, Osvelia; Delgado, Jeannette – College Student Journal, 2012
The Problem: Problems that might be expected to affect perceived academic performance were studied in a sample of 283 university students. Results: Breakup Distress Scale scores, less time since the breakup and no new relationship contributed to 16% of the variance on perceived academic performance. Variables that were related to academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Depression (Psychology), Stress Variables, Attachment Behavior
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Lunsford, Laura G.; Baker, Vicki; Griffin, Kimberly A.; Johnson, W. Brad – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2013
In this theoretical paper, we apply a social exchange framework to understand mentors' negative experiences. We propose a typology of costs, categorized according to psychosocial and career mentoring functions. Our typology generates testable research propositions. Psychosocial costs of mentoring are burnout, anger, and grief or loss. Career…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Faculty, Mentors, Social Exchange Theory
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Patel, Sita G.; Clarke, Annette V.; Eltareb, Fazia; Macciomei, Erynn E.; Wickham, Robert E. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2016
Family stressors predict negative psychological outcomes for immigrant adolescents, yet little is known about how such stressors interact to predict school outcomes. The purpose of this study was to explore the interactive role of family stressors on school outcomes for newcomer adolescent immigrants. Using a convergent parallel mixed-methods…
Descriptors: High School Students, Adolescents, Immigrants, Mixed Methods Research
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Casoli-Reardon, Michele; Rappaport, Nancy; Kulick, Deborah; Reinfeld, Sarah – Educational Leadership, 2012
School truancy--defined by a student's refusal to attend part or all of the school day, along with a defined number of unexcused absences--is an increasingly frustrating and complex problem for teachers and school administrators. Although statistics on the prevalence of truancy in the United States do not exist due to lack of uniformity among…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Truancy, Family Problems, Peer Relationship
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Alegria, Margarita; Lin, Julia Y.; Green, Jennifer Greif; Sampson, Nancy A.; Gruber, Michael J.; Kessler, Ronald C. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2012
Objective: To investigate racial/ethnic differences in teachers' and other adults' identification and/or encouragement of parents to seek treatment for psychiatric problems in their children and to evaluate if and whether identification/encouragement is associated with service use. Method: Data on identification/encouragement to seek treatment for…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Anxiety Disorders, Health Services, African American Children
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Benjamin, Courtney L.; Puleo, Connor M.; Kendall, Philip C. – Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 2011
The present study examined multiple informant agreement in reports of treatment gains in a sample of children (M age = 10.27) treated for social phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, and separation anxiety disorder. Mothers and fathers agreed on their child's improvement, and parents and children also generally agreed on the child's improvement.…
Descriptors: Anxiety Disorders, Social Desirability, Mothers, Psychopathology
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Jarrett, Matthew A.; Ollendick, Thomas H. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: The present study evaluated a 10-week psychosocial treatment designed specifically for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and a comorbid anxiety disorder. Method: Using a nonconcurrent multiple baseline design, the authors treated 8 children ages 8-12 with ADHD, combined type, and at least 1 of 3 major anxiety…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Parent Education, Anxiety Disorders, Separation Anxiety
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Hogg, Jane; Hart, Anne; Collins, Zoe V. – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2014
Being in a Service family can be a difficult position for children and parents alike due to high levels of mobility, parental separation, and the remaining parent's stress and emotional well-being. A Service family is defined as a family with one or both parents employed by the Ministry of Defence (MOD). The current project looked at the…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Educational Psychology, Military Service, Intervention
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Cosgrove, Victoria E.; Rhee, Soo H.; Gelhorn, Heather L.; Boeldt, Debra; Corley, Robin C.; Ehringer, Marissa A.; Young, Susan E.; Hewitt, John K. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2011
Several studies suggest that a two-factor model positing internalizing and externalizing factors explains the interrelationships among psychiatric disorders. However, it is unclear whether the covariation between internalizing and externalizing disorders is due to common genetic or environmental influences. We examined whether a model positing two…
Descriptors: Twins, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Psychopathology, Adolescents
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Hjorngaard, Tina; Taylor, Barbara Sieck – Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 2010
It is important to acknowledge from the outset that the work of a therapist is very intimate between therapist and client at any time. When children are the recipients of therapy, the intimacy of this relationship is intensified and extends directly to and impacts the child's parents or guardians. This is crucial with children who do not…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Intimacy, Therapy, Therapeutic Environment
Wotherspoon, Evelyn; McInnis, Jan – ZERO TO THREE, 2013
This article describes a model for supporting parents and their infants during separations due to temporary foster care. Using a case example, the authors describe a model for visit coaching, including their process for assessment and strategies used for intervention. The lessons learned are: (a) that individual parents can present very…
Descriptors: Parents, Infants, Foster Care, Caregiver Child Relationship
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Rosenberger, Eric W. – About Campus, 2011
Over the past few years, the language of interpersonal "boundaries" has migrated from the clinical to the public domain, and many young people in particular are familiar with the concept of boundaries in relationships with others. Not only do boundaries help to define relationships with others, but they also clarify one's unique sense of self.…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Social Cognition, Individual Needs, Beliefs
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Strickland, Jennifer; Keller, Jennifer; Lavigne, John V.; Gouze, Karen; Hopkins, Joyce; LeBailly, Susan – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2011
Despite growing interest in the development of alternative diagnostic classification systems for psychopathology in young children, little is known about the adequacy of the DSM symptom structure for describing psychopathology in this population. This paper examines the fit of the DSM-IV emotional (ED) and disruptive behavior disorder (DD) symptom…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Anxiety Disorders, Behavior Disorders, Preschool Children
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Meins, Elizabeth; Fernyhough, Charles; de Rosnay, Marc; Arnott, Bronia; Leekam, Susan R.; Turner, Michelle – Infancy, 2012
In a socially diverse sample of 206 infant-mother pairs, we investigated predictors of infants' attachment security at 15 months, with a particular emphasis on mothers' tendency to comment appropriately or in a non-attuned manner on their 8-month-olds' internal states (so-called mind-mindedness). Multinomial logistic regression analyses showed…
Descriptors: Mothers, Infants, Attachment Behavior, Parent Child Relationship
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