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Why do extracurricular activities prevent dropout more effectively in some high schools than in others? : a mixed-method examination of organizational dynamics
(Taylor and Francis, 2018-07-24)
This study describes policies and practices implemented in 12 high schools (Quebec, Canada) that more or less effectively leveraged extracurricular activities (ECA) to prevent dropout among vulnerable students. Following ...
Adaptation and validation of the life events and difficulties schedule for use with high school dropouts
(Wiley, 2016-11-16)
The Life Events and Difficulties Schedule (LEDS) is considered the standard for measuring psychosocial stressor exposure, but it has not been used with academically at-risk adolescents, including high school dropouts. The ...
Behavior analytic methods
(Springer, 2017)
Behavior analysts typically conceptualize social skills as behaviors, or series of
behaviors, that mediate the responses of others. As such, practitioners may assess and
teach social skills using the principles of learning ...
The expression of genetic risk for aggressive and non-aggressive antisocial behavior is moderated by peer group
(Springer, 2015-07)
Numerous studies have shown that aggressive and non-aggressive antisocial behaviors are important precursors of later adjustment problems. There is also strong empirical evidence that both types of antisocial behavior are ...
Newspaper coverage of autism treatment in Canada: 10-year trends (2004–2013)
Couverture médiatique des traitements de l’autisme au Canada : tendances sur 10 ans (2004-2013)
(SAGE Publications, 2015)
Objective:
To compare trends in coverage of empirically supported and alternative autism treatments in Canadian newspapers during a 10-year period and to examine whether the portrayal of empirically supported and alternative ...
Preliminary effects of parent-implemented behavioural interventions for stereotypy
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
Objective: The purpose of our study was to replicate and extend previous research on using
multicomponent behavioural interventions designed to reduce engagement in stereotypy by
examining their effects when implemented ...
Comorbid challenging behavior
(Springer, 2017)
The genetic and environmental etiology of the association between vocabulary and syntax in first grade
Etiology of vocabulary and syntax
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-03-09)
This study examined the genetic and environmental etiology of vocabulary, syntax, and their association in first graders. French-speaking same-sex twins (N = 555) completed two vocabulary tests, and two scores of syntax ...
The moderating role of peer norms in the associations of social withdrawal and aggression with peer victimization
Peer norms, social withdrawal and victimization
(American Psychological Association, 2018-08)
This study examined the moderating role of classroom injunctive norms salience regarding social withdrawal and regarding aggression in the longitudinal association between these behaviors and peer victimization. A total ...
Personal and familial predictors of peer victimization trajectories from primary to secondary school
Predictors of peer victimization trajectories
(American Psychological Association, 2016-07)
Using a sample of 767 children (403 girls, 364 boys), this study aimed to 1) identify groups with
distinct trajectories of peer victimization over a six-year period from primary school through the
transition to secondary ...