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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"academic functioning"”.
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Community violence exposure and adolescents' academic functioning
… been found to be directly associated with poor academic functioning. Further, internalizing and externalizing problems have been identified as significant mediators of poor academic functioning in children who have witnessed or experienced community violence. This study reports an investigation …
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Minority Status Stress: factors that impact its effect on the psychological and academic functioning of African American students attending a predominantly white university
… attributed to being an ethnic minority) on the academic and psychological functioning of African American students at a predominantly white university. Eighty African American undergraduate and graduate students were administered self report questionnaires to assess their standing on the …
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Cyber bullying among Arab American and other ethnic groups and its relationship to self-esteem and academic functioning of middle and high school students
… which cyber bullying relates to self-esteem and academic functioning. The study further explored the extent to which gender, grade level, ethnicity, and emotional intelligence moderate these relationships.</p> <p>The population of this study consisted of 1,152 middle and high school students, …
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The Role of Parents' Control in Early Adolescents' Psychological Functioning: A Longitudinal Investigation in the United States and China
… behavioral control) on children's emotional and academic functioning in the US and China. Seventh graders (M age = 12.73 years, SD = .41) from the US (N = 373) and China ( N = 433) participated in a two-wave study spanning six months. At each wave, children reported on their parents' control as …
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FAMILY COHESION AND CHILD FUNCTIONING AMONG SOUTH KOREAN IMMIGRANTS IN THE US: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF KOREAN PARENT-CHILD CLOSENESS AND THE MODERATING ROLE OF ACCULTURATION
… of the essential attributes of healthy family functioning. Families who are overly connected or disconnected are regarded as dysfunctional. However, several studies on Asian and Asian American families have reported divergent findings on family cohesion in comparison to European Americans. …
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Stereotype Threat: A Proposed Process Model on the Impact of Stereotype Threat on Self-Efficacy and Minority Performance
… threat impacts self-efficacy and minority academic performance and implications for cultural mistrust, imposter phenomenon, and self-fulfilling prophecies. All these factors have the propensity to place minority individuals at risk for low performance, leading to gaps in education. The …
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The treatment of depression in children with learning disabilities.
… exists between depression and impaired cognitive functioning. When depression is treated, improvements occur in cognitive functioning, both for children and adults. A great many children with LD evidence coexisting symptoms of depression, yet research is non-existent regarding the treatment of …
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Comorbidity of anxiety and depression in youth: A developmental analysis
… between general anxiety and worry and academic competence and functioning, social competence and functioning, attributional style, hopelessness, and depression. In addition, the impact of sex and cognitive ability on these relationships was examined. Results revealed that anxious and …
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Exploring Social Cognition as a Risk Factor for Peer Victimization for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
… of bullying on interpersonal, psychological, and academic functioning, this study investigated a potentially influential risk factor, social cognition, for peer victimization of the uniquely at-risk population of students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Two of the most common constructs that …
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How Successful is Homework Success for Children with ADHD?
… generally display multiple difficulties with academic functioning (DuPaul, 2007; Loe & Feldman, 2007; Raggi & Chronis, 2006; Rogers, Wiener, Marton, & Tannock, 2009) and tend to show more frequent and intense homework problems than their peers (Power, Karustis, & Habboushe, 2001). …
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Teachers' appraisal of children's school adjustment: its relationship to children's behavioral styles, self-esteem and parents' valuing styles
… (n=37) in terms of overall psychosocial and academic functioning in the classroom. The Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory was used to measure children's self-esteem, Dimensions of Temperament Survey to measure their temperament, and Matthews Youth Test for Health to measure their Type A …
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A case study illustrating depression from interpersonally related issues
… intraparental conflict in divorce, low academic functioning, and low self-esteem and social functioning. Goals of therapy focused on 1) educating the client on symptoms and causes of depression, 2) identifying distorted schemas and maladaptive patterns pertaining to the combination of …
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Therapeutic Mentoring: Outcomes for Youth in Foster Care
… Outcome domains for emotional and behavioral functioning, peer relationships, academic functioning, and community involvement were analyzed. All youth in the study (n = 262) received counseling and support through the System of Care (SOC) program, designed to prevent placement disruption for …
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An exploratory study into the relative merits of related and unrelated foster care placements
… with the focus being on the behaviour and academic functioning of the children. The overall findings in this study showed that children fostered by relatives seemed to be doing at least the same as, and in some aspects better than, those children fostered by recruited unrelated foster …
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The Relationship Between Academic Anxiety, Metacognition, and Academic Achievement
… leading to higher anxiety and decreased academic functioning. Previous research consistently found harmful effects of anxiety on academic outcomes, while metacognition was found to increase performance. However, no consensus was found on the relationship between metacognition and anxiety. …
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A Model of Social Achievement Goal Orientations
… research and extended from current models of academic achievement goal orientations is presented. The model consists of three goal orientations, mastery, performance-approach and performance-avoidance. A social mastery orientation focuses on having positive and supportive relationships, and on …
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Family Functioning and School Variables in Typically-Developing Siblings of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
… especially disruptions to family routines, and academic functioning of TD siblings. Measures of family functioning, parenting stress, and parenting daily hassles were collected from parents (n = 20); an additional 19 families also completed semi-structured interviews (total n = 39). Teacher …
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Intelligence and Academic Achievement in Ten-Year Survivors of Childhood Medulloblastoma
… pilot study examined the intellectual and academic achievement in a sample of 16 ten-year survivors of childhood medulloblastoma treated with surgery and craniospinal radiation. In addition, the relationships between the medical variables of age at treatment and dose of craniospinal …
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An examination of parent-child interactions and developmental pathways of emotion regulation
… true in the areas of social competence and academic functioning (Harris, Robinson, Chang & Burns, 2007). Because the development of emotion regulation skills is supported by the scaffolding of adaptive strategies in children may through parental responsivity to needs (Robinson, Morris, …
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A Case Study of the Effects of a School-Based Wraparound Approach on Students with Behavioral Difficulties
… classroom behavior, social behavior, emotional functioning, and academic skills. As a philosophy and a process, wraparound services support the student, family, and teachers by organizing and blending natural supports, interagency services, and behavioral and academic interventions in the …
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