Miller, Thomas W. Clayton, Richard Miller, Jean M. Bilyeu, Jaye Hunter, Jamie Kraus, Robert F.
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Child Psychiatry and Human Development
School violence in rural communities has gained considerable attention nationally. Examined are theoretical considerations involving escape theory, the risk and protective factors for school violence, case analyses of recent case studies, and discussion of recent school violence involving fatal injuries to others. Also discussed are diagnostic issu...
Beam, MR Gil-Rivas, V Greenberger, E Chen, C
This study examined risk and protection for adolescent problem behavior and depressive symptomatology in an average-risk sample of 11th graders. Using a socioecological perspective, we aggregated risk factors for adolescent problem behavior and depressed mood by 3 social contexts: i.e., family and peer contexts, and a context comprising the most im...
Carbonell, Dina M. Reinherz, Helen Z. Giaconia, Rose M. Stashwick, Cecilia K. Paradis, Angela D. Beardslee, William R.
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Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal
In a longitudinal, community-based study, adolescent protective factors for those at risk for depression were identified that were associated with resilient outcomes in young adulthood. For those with childhood risk factors for major depression, significant protective factors included family cohesion, positive self appraisals, and good interpersona...
Corcoran, Jacqueline Nichols-Casebolt, Ann
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Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal
This paper describes the use of the risk and resilience ecological framework as an assessment and goal setting tool for social workers. A rationale for the framework is provided, along with identification of risk and protective factors across the micro, meso, and macro level systems. Goal formulation from identification of factors follow, with impl...
Mancini, Jay A. Huebner, Angela J.
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Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal
The relationships between risk behaviors and factors representing multiple ecological layers are examined among a sample of youth in grades seven through 12 (n = 2,701). Our primary interest is in the relationship between structured time-use as a protective factor and youth risk behavior patterns. Two other layers of protective factors are also exa...
Flory, Kate Hankin, Benjamin L Kloos, Bret Cheely, Catherine Turecki, Gustavo
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Substance use & misuse
The present study examined survivors' use and misuse of cigarettes and alcohol following Hurricane Katrina. We also examined several psychosocial factors that we expected would be associated with higher or lower rates of substance use following the hurricane. Participants were 209 adult survivors of Hurricane Katrina interviewed in Columbia, SC or ...
Sampaio, Cláudia Regina Brandão Santos, Maíra Mendes dos Franco, Kelly Silva Brito, Afonso de Oliveira
This article takes account of a choir singing project with adolescents imprisoned in juvenile detention in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. This action is part of a policy related to the human rights and inclusion in a healthy, productive and supportive social cohabitation standard, in order to avoid the recurrence of the criminal behavior. This proj...
Costa, Cláudia Regina Brandão Sampaio Fe... Santos, Maíra Mendes Dos Franco, Kelly Silva Brito, Afonso De Oliveira
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E Aguilar-Vafaie, Maria Roshani, Mehrnoosh Hassanabadi, Hamidreza
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Iranian journal of psychiatry and behavioral sciences
Based on Problem Based Theory, this study investigated a broad array of putative protective factors associated with psychopathological symptoms and prosodical behaviour. Participants were 140 orphan adolescent girls and boys living in foster care homes in Tehran, chosen with convenience sampling procedures. Using a cross-sectional design this study...
Layous, Kristin Chancellor, Joseph Lyubomirsky, Sonja
Applying Nolen-Hoeksema and Watkins's (2011) transdiagnostic risk factor heuristic to our work on positive activities (i.e., practices that characterize naturally happy people, like expressing gratitude and practicing generosity), we propose that such activities may serve as protective factors that mitigate proximal risk factors both directly and b...