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Suh, Go Woon; Fabricius, William V.; Stevenson, Matthew M.; Parke, Ross D.; Cookston, Jeffrey T.; Braver, Sanford L.; Saenz, Delia S. – Developmental Psychology, 2016
We examined the mediational roles of multiple types of adolescents' emotional security in relations between multiple aspects of the interparental relationship and adolescents' mental health from ages 13 to 16 (N = 392). General marital quality, nonviolent parent conflict, and physical intimate partner violence independently predicted mental…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Security (Psychology), Adjustment (to Environment), Mental Health
Brown, Julie F.; Hamilton-Mason, Johnnie; Maramaldi, Peter; Barnhill, L. Jarrett – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2016
The perspectives of individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) about family relationships are underrepresented in the literature. The topic of family relationships emerged in a grounded theory exploratory focus group study that involved thirty dually diagnosed participants with moderate or mild intellectual disabilities and histories of…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Behavior Problems, Family Relationship, Grounded Theory
Nickodem, Kyle; Van Boekel, Martin; Stanke, Luke; Zamora, Jose R. Palma; Vue, Kory; Bulut, Okan; Kang, Youngsoon; Chang, Yu-Feng; Rodriguez, Michael C. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
This study investigates whether the relationship between participation in school-organized sports and youth development is similar for both heterosexual students and those who identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. Utilizing a survey of 72,004 high schoolers, results suggest sports participation enhances a sense of support and developmental skill…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, LGBTQ People, Athletics, Secondary School Students
Montgomery, Brooke E. E.; Marshall, S. Alexandra; Sanders, Sharon E.; Phillips, Martha M.; Cline, Michelle; Snowden, Max – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2018
There is a strong relationship between experiencing violence and participating in behaviors that increase the risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections. Sexual health education (SHE) tailored to the unique needs of female survivors of violence is needed. This paper presents findings from 40 surveys and 33 accompanying interviews with…
Descriptors: Barriers, Sex Education, Health Education, Females
Moon, Katie Lauve; Buttell, Frederick – Research on Social Work Practice, 2015
The Elizabeth Wisner Social Welfare Center for Families and Children is a community-based research center within the School of Social Work at the Tulane University. The Wisner Center primarily supports research projects that examine the causes and consequences of intimate partner violence, promote the development of new frameworks for…
Descriptors: Research and Development Centers, Universities, Social Work, Well Being
Zakocs, Ronda; Hill, Jessica A.; Brown, Pamela; Wheaton, Jocelyn; Freire, Kimberley E. – Health Education & Behavior, 2015
Although health education programs may benefit from quality improvement methods, scant resources exist to help practitioners apply these methods for program improvement. The purpose of this article is to describe the Data-to-Action framework, a process that guides practitioners through rapid-feedback cycles in order to generate actionable data to…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Health Education, Educational Quality, Program Improvement
Kennedy, Shannon M.; Stephens, Dionne P. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2017
Prior research has shown that college women in the United States are experiencing significantly high rates of verbal aggression (VA); approximately 20% to 30% of college women experience VA in their intimate relationships. Research has shown that familial conflict experiences directly influence these outcomes. Unfortunately, studies focusing on…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Students, Conflict Resolution, Verbal Communication
Backos, Amy; Samuelson, Kristin W. – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2017
The Kinetic Family Drawing (KFD) and the Draw-A-Person: Screening Procedure for Emotional Disturbance (DAP:SPED) are intended to facilitate therapeutic discussion and assess emotional disturbance; however, little research exists on their use with victims of trauma or for identifying posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This study examined…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Freehand Drawing, Projective Measures, Personality Measures
Jouriles, Ernest N.; McDonald, Renee; Mueller, Victoria; Grych, John H. – Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 2012
This article describes a conceptual model of cognitive and emotional processes proposed to mediate the relation between youth exposure to family violence and teen dating violence perpetration. Explicit beliefs about violence, internal knowledge structures, and executive functioning are hypothesized as cognitive mediators, and their potential…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Dating (Social), Psychological Patterns
Coughlin, April B.; Dotger, Benjamin H. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2016
Teachers face numerous challenges in daily practice, including situations that involve the health, safety, and well-being of students and families. When harassment and physical abuse impact K-12 students, these situations pose unexpected challenges to novice teachers working to support their students. In this article, the authors report on a study…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Preservice Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Beginning Teachers
Madro, Marek – Acta Educationis Generalis, 2018
Introduction: Nowadays we are looking for help and answers to our questions more and more often on the Internet. People use social networks to search for communities or groups whose members experience similar difficulties. These are often online groups that focus on psychological problems, domestic violence, etc. Members receive instant feedback…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Self Help Programs, Social Media, Social Networks
Stutey, Diane; Clemens, Elysia V. – Professional School Counseling, 2015
Sibling abuse is a serious phenomenon in our society that often goes unaddressed. Victims of sibling abuse experience psychological effects similar to those of child abuse (Caspi, 2012; Wiehe, 2002). The purpose of this article is to provide school counselors with a definition of sibling abuse and a five-step model to recognize and respond. A…
Descriptors: Sibling Relationship, Child Abuse, Victims, School Counselors
Odenbring, Ylva; Johansson, Thomas; Lunneblad, Johannes; Hammarén, Nils – Education Inquiry, 2015
This article explores and investigates school officials' narratives about how schools involve and collaborate with families, social services, the police, and other agencies to support students who are suspected of being exposed to domestic violence. School officials' describe their work as positioned within legal restrictions and official…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Child Abuse, Victims of Crime, Child Neglect
Kim, Hee Jin; Kim, Jae Yop; Kim, Dong Goo – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Objectives: This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of The "Thank You, Sorry, Love" (TSL) family therapy program in potentially improving the marital relationships and health of North Korean refugee women. Methods: The participants included 12 married North Korean female refugees in their 20s to 40s. Using a blinded…
Descriptors: Family Counseling, Females, Refugees, Pretests Posttests
Horn-Johnson, Tancy Clarissa – ProQuest LLC, 2016
An increasing number of women are returning to school as nontraditional students to complete their bachelor's degrees. These women may have specific needs related to life transitions and re-entry into postsecondary education that traditional students do not. The purpose of this study was to gain insight into the experiences of women who are…
Descriptors: Females, Undergraduate Students, Nontraditional Students, Multicampus Colleges