Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders articles from September 2003

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders archives from September 2003

Treating conduct problems and strengthening social and emotional competence in young children: the Dina Dinosaur treatment program.
September 22, 2003... Young preschool and early-school-age children with early onset conduct problems are at high risk for school dropout, substance abuse, violence, and delinquency in later years. Consequently, developing treatment strategies for reducing conduct...

Community reintegration outcomes for formerly incarcerated adolescent fathers and nonfathers.
September 22, 2003... This article examines the community reintegration outcomes for adolescents with co-existing behaviors associated with juvenile offending and fatherhood. Data were gathered from the Transition Research on Adjudicated Youth in Community...

Psychopharmacology and aggression: II. A meta-analysis of nonstimulant medication effects on overt aggression-related behaviors in youth with SED.(serious emotional and behavioral disorders)
September 22, 2003... The authors used meta-analysis to determine the effect size for nonstimulant medications on symptoms of overt aggression-related behaviors in referred children and adolescents with serious emotional and behavioral disturbances. A review of...

Carrying a weapon to school and perceptions of social support in an urban middle school.
September 22, 2003... Perceived social support is a protective or risk factor that is consistently cited in the school violence and weapon possession literature; however, few empirical studies to date have thoroughly examined the relationships among social support...

Aggressive attitudes predict aggressive behavior in middle school students.
September 22, 2003... This prospective study found that self-reported attitudes toward peer aggression among 403 middle school students were both internally consistent (Cronbach's alphas = .81 and .82) and stable over time (7-month test-retest r = .66). Most...

Calendar.(Calendar)
September 22, 2003... October 2003 * October 9-11, 2003. Council for Learning Disabilities, 25th International Conference on Learning Disabilities. Seattle (Bellevue), WA. Contact: 913/492-8755; Web site: http://www.cldinternational.org ...