A5006345150- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Youth, Drugs, and Violence
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Crime, Deviance, and Social Control
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
- Global Educational Policies and Reforms
- Education Discipline and Inequality
- Career Development and Diversity
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Education and Vocational Training
- Educational Practices and Policies
- Social Representations and Identity
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Values and Moral Education
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
University of Coimbra
2009-2023
Ação Educativa
2008
There is a growing need for multicultural collaboration in child mental health services, training, and research. To facilitate such collaboration, this study tested the 8-syndrome structure of Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) 30 societies. Parents' CBCL ratings 58,051 6- to 18-year-olds were subjected confirmatory factor analyses, which conducted separately each society. Societies represented Asia; Africa; Australia; Caribbean; Eastern, Western, Southern, Northern Europe; Middle East; North...
This study compared parents' ratings of behavioral and emotional problems on the Child Behavior Checklist (Achenbach, 1991;Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001) for general population samples children ages 6 to 16 from 31 societies ( N = 55,508). Effect sizes society ranged .03 .14. gender were ≤ .01, with girls generally scoring higher Internalizing boys Externalizing problems. age .01 varied across types problems.Total Problems scores 19 within 1 SD overall mean 22.5. Bisociety correlations item...
Parent–teacher cross-informant agreement, although usually modest, may provide important clinical information. Using data for 27,962 children from 21 societies, we asked the following: (a) Do parents report more problems than teachers, and does this vary by society, age, gender, or type of problem? (b) Does parent–teacher agreement across different problem scales societies? (c) How well do teachers in societies agree on item ratings? (d) much dyads within-dyad items? (e) whether child's...
The construct representation of the cross‐informant model Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and Teacher Report Form (TRF) was evaluated using confirmatory factor analysis. Samples were collected in seven different countries. results are based on 13,226 parent ratings 8893 teacher ratings. adequacy fit for established basis three approaches: conventional rules fit, simulation, comparison with other models. indicated that fits these data poorly. These consistent across countries, informants,...
AbstactThis study compared teachers' ratings of behavioral and emotional problems on the Teacher's Report Form for general population samples in 21 countries (N = 30,957). Correlations between internal consistency coefficients different averaged .90. Effects country scale scores ranged from 3% to 13%. Gender effects <1% 5%, age were all <1%. With great across countries, higher boys than girls eight scales: Total Problems; Externalizing; Attention Problems, Rule-Breaking Behavior, Aggressive...
Standardized assessment instruments developed in one society are often used other societies. However, it is important to determine empirically how function others. The present study tested the fit of Teacher's Report Form syndrome structures 20 diverse societies using data for 30,030 6- 15-year-old students from Asia; Australia; Caribbean; eastern, western, southern, and northern Europe; Middle East. A correlated seven-syndrome model a hierarchical Attention Problems were separately each via...
As societies become increasingly diverse, mental health professionals need instruments for assessing emotional, behavioral, and social problems in terms of constructs that are supported within across societies. Building on decades research findings, multisample alignment confirmatory factor analyses tested an empirically based 8-syndrome model parent ratings 30 youth self-ratings 19 The Child Behavior Checklist Ages 6–18 Youth Self-Report 11–18 were used to measure syndromes descriptively...
O objetivo deste artigo era examinar a relação longitudinal entre o consumo de droga e comportamentos antissociais durante adolescência. Utilizou‑se para esse efeito uma amostra rapazes raparigas da comunidade, avaliados quatro vezes período que vai dos 7‑8 anos aos 17‑18 idade. Os resultados mostraram andam fortemente associados toda Verificou‑se também comportamento antissocial no início adolescência predizia poder preditivo se mantinha (embora mais fraco) quando controlava outras...
The construct representation of the cross-informant model Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and Teacher Report Form (TRF) was evaluated using confirmatory factor analysis.Samples were collected in seven different countries.The results are based on 13,226 parent ratings 8893 teacher ratings.The adequacy fit for established basis three approaches : conventional rules fit, simulation, comparison with other models.The indicated that fits these data poorly.These consistent across countries,...
Abstract The study examined the relationship between mistrust and aggression from childhood to adulthood. participants resided in Portugal were tested during middle ( M age = 7.5, SD 0.81 years, n 445, 240 male), preadolescence 11.92, 0.96 431, 200 mid‐adolescence 14.70, 0.91 326, 201 late adolescence 18.14, 1.19 410, 216 adulthood 26.56, 1.13, 417, 197 male). Mothers reported participants' on items Child Behavior Checklist. Aggression was assessed by standardized self‐report measures at...
Neste artigo, são analisados dados sobre o abandono escolar precoce recolhidos junto de uma amostra alunos que inicialmente frequentavam escolas públicas do concelho Coimbra. Os pertencem às duas coortes mais jovens um estudo longitudinal iniciado, nesta região, em 1992/1993. Particular atenção foi prestada à análise das taxas prevalência e relação deste fenómeno com vários factores sociodemográficos. Finalmente, a partir destes tiradas algumas implicações para formação professores definição...
O consumo de álcool e o insucesso escolar são dois dos maiores problemas com que os jovens se vêem, desde há muito, confrontados em vários países e, modo particular, Portugal. Embora esses apareçam frequentemente associados, pouco sabe ainda, ao certo, sobre sentido dessa relação. objectivo deste estudo é analisar efeitos diversos padrões desempenho académico na adolescência, Utilizaram-se para esse efeito dados um longitudinal uma amostra alunos das escolas públicas do ensino básico Coimbra...
O objectivo deste estudo era analisar as dimensões da desonestidade e sua evolução na população portuguesa, desde a infância até ao fim adolescência. Para isso utilizaram-se dados de um longitudinal em que nos trabalhos escolares foi avaliada, várias vezes, diversos níveis escolaridade. Os resultados mostraram fraude académica aumenta progressivamente longo adolescência tal maneira que, escola secundária, grande maioria dos estudantes confessava ter copiado uma ou duas vezes testes, durante...