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Longitudinal links between gambling participation and academic performance in youth : a test of four models
Gambling participation and academic achievement
(Springer, 2018-09-30)
Gambling participation and low academic performance are related during adolescence, but the causal mechanisms underlying this link are unclear. It is possible that gambling participation impairs academic performance. ...
Persistence and innovation effects in genetic and environmental factors in negative emotionality during infancy : a twin study
(Public Library of Science, 2017-04-27)
Background
Difficult temperament in infancy is a risk factor for forms of later internalizing and externalizing
psychopathology, including depression and anxiety. A better understanding of the roots
of difficult temperament ...
Rethinking compassion fatigue through the lens of professional identity : the case of child protection workers
(2016-07)
Compassion fatigue is currently the dominant model in work-related stress studies that explain the consequences of caring for others on child-protection workers. Based on a deterministic approach, this model excludes the ...
Environmental influence of problematic social relationships on adolescents' daily cortisol secretion : a monozygotic twin-difference study
(Cambridge University Press, 2017-02)
BACKGROUND:
This study investigated the potential environmental effects of peer victimization and the quality of relationships with parents and friends on diurnal cortisol secretion in mid-adolescence.
METHOD: ...
Systematic observation of barroom incidents in a large Montreal venue
(2017-01-01)
On the basis of previous studies by Macintyre and Homel and Winlow et al, this article utilizes systematic observation in order to describe and understand the pattern of incidents on a micro level – the barroom. Systematic ...
Family meal environment differentially conditions the prospective association between early childhood screen time and key social relationships in adolescent girls
(MDPI, 2024-01-24)
Background: Despite screen time recommendations, children are increasingly spending time
on electronic devices, rendering it an important risk factor for subsequent social and developmental
outcomes. Sharing meals could ...
Prospective associations between maternal depressive symptoms during early infancy and growth deficiency from childhood to adolescence
(MDPI, 2023-11-27)
Maternal health represents an important predictor of child development; yet it often goes
unnoticed during pediatric visits. Previous work suggests that mental state affects parenting. The
relationship between infant ...
Genetic and environmental influences on height from infancy to early adulthood : an individualbased pooled analysis of 45 twin cohorts
(Nature Publishing Group, 2016-06-23)
Height variation is known to be determined by both genetic and environmental factors, but a systematic description of how their influences differ by sex, age and global regions is lacking. We conducted an individual-based ...
Worker and perceived team climate factors influence the use of restraint and seclusion in youth residential treatment centers : results from a mixed-method longitudinal study
(Elsevier, 2020-11-26)
Background
Restraint and seclusion (R&S) are controversial methods of intervention aimed at protecting children from immediate harm in residential treatment centers (RTC). Previous studies have mainly focused on situational ...
Acute and chronic stress among workers in residential treatment centers for youth : effects on restraint and seclusion
(Elsevier, 2020-08-29)
Workers in residential treatment centers for youth are often victims of violence, including verbally and physically aggressive behavior. Restraint and seclusion (R&S) are the last-resort methods used by residential workers ...