Davis, Megan; Merrill, Edward C.; Conners, Frances A.; Roskos, Beverly(2014-12)
Down syndrome (DS) impacts several brain regions including the hippocampus and
surrounding structures that have responsibility for important aspects of navigation and
wayfinding. Hence it is reasonable to expect that DS ...
Bagwell, Catherine L.; Coie, John D.; Terry, Robert A.; Lochman, John E.
A method is described to identify peer cliques based on a consensus of group members; it provides quantitative measures of preadolescents' involvement in cliques and their association with peers who often get in trouble. ...
This paper reviews how cascading levels of contextual influences, starting with family factors and extending to neighborhood and school factors, can affect children’s behavioral and emotional development. The ability of ...
This study investigated the effects of the peer social context and child characteristics on the growth of authority-acceptance behavior problems across first, second, and third grades, using data from the normative sample ...
McDonald, Kristina L.; Putallaz, Martha; Grimes, Christina L.; Kupersmidt, Janis B.; Coie, John D.(2007)
This study examined the characteristics of gossip among fourth-grade girls and their close friends. Sixty friendship dyads were videotaped as they engaged in conversation, and their gossip was coded. Analyses revealed ...
Lichenstein, Bronwen; Larson, Bridget A.; Brodsky, Stanley L.; Oakes, Amy
The concept for this study began after meeting with mujeres de carácter (strong, influential women) during a cultural exchange visit to Cuba. This meeting was followed by a literature review on cultural exchanges and gender ...
McDonough, Ian M.; Harrell, Erin R.; Black, Sheila R.; Allen, Rebecca S.; Parmelee, Patricia A.(2021-03-08)
The older adult population in the U.S. is becoming increasingly diverse across a constellation of factors including ethnoracial group, socioeconomic status, and immigration status. However, our understanding of the ...
Farrell, Carmen Brown(University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)
Theories of young children’s early social-emotional learning (SEL) suggest that strong self regulation and emotion knowledge aids children in achieving their social goals in specific contexts, including the transition into ...
Wendel, Christopher James(University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)
Early family environments that increase risk for poor mental and physical health are characterized by conflict, aggression, and relationships that are unsupportive, neglectful, and lacking in warmth. These family characteristics ...
Robinson, Adam Trent(University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)
Spatial boundaries are common structures but their effects on wayfinding and other spatial behaviors have largely been ignored. The "location-updating" effect describes a phenomenon where memory for objects is often worse ...
Costlow, Kyrsten(University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the decision-making process and outcomes associated with downsizing to a smaller home in late life. Using Wiseman’s behavioral model of elderly migration, participants’ ...
Simmons, Grace Lee(University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)
Among children with neurodevelopmental disorders, those with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and Specific Learning Disorder (SLD) present with notable social impairment, ...
Yang, Joo Young(University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)
Peer victimization has numerous negative consequences for adolescent adjustment, including anxiety and depression (Reijntjes, Kamphuis, Prinzie & Telch, 2010). To effectively intervene and help victims of peer harassment, ...
Heilman, Meagan Elizabeth(University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)
Coping Power is one of the few empirically supported school-based cognitive-behavior interventions available for children at risk for aggression and associated problems. Although effective, the traditional CP program ...
Choi, Jaimie M.(University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)
Ambivalence refers to a conflict between two contradicting values, principles, beliefs, or emotions. Heretofore, there have not been studies that have focused on age differences in ambivalence within the context of a dual ...
Ferretti, Nicole Marie(University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)
Research has identified friendship and friendship quality as important variables in predicting positive outcomes concurrently and longitudinally for children and adolescents. This work has identified friendship as a ...
Coffey, Christopher Adam(University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)
Hyperlitigious individuals, referred to by legal professionals as “vexatious” and mental health professionals as “querulous,” are individuals who make excessive and egregious use of the legal system for a primarily non-legal ...
Murry, Kaleb(University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)
Due to increasing pressures to meet the health care needs of the LGBTQ community, further inquiry is needed to understand how the helping professions (i.e. psychology, social work, nursing) may be preparing future clinicians ...