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Mental health professionals' use of drawings in the assessment of children.
(2006)
This study examined the decisions made by mental health professionals when receiving background information and assessment information about a fictitious 8-year-old client. All participants received identical information ...
Impact of interparental conflict on adjustment of African American college students from divorced and intact families.
(2007)
This study examined the impact of parent's interparental conflict on the adjustment of African American college students. Studies in this area showed that conflict prior to and after divorce, age at time of divorce, and ...
Factor analysis of the Dissertation Barriers Scale: Evidence for dimensionality and construct validity.
(2005)
The research participants consisted of 319 graduate students from APA-approved doctoral programs. Five instruments were administered for this study: Dissertation Barriers Scale (DBS), Self-Efficacy in Research Measure ...
Understanding the role of relational factors in Christian spirituality.
(2005)
Researchers developing multidimensional models of relational quality have largely neglected to consider the potential role of relational spirituality in their models. Recent relational spirituality models have emerged ...
PERCEPTION OF EARLY INTERVENTION FAMILY OUTCOME: INSIDE CHINESE-AMERICAN FAMILIES HAVING CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
(2009)
This study seeks to determine whether Chinese-American Families having a child with disabilities experience different needs and expected early intervention family outcomes from families from the mainstream culture. The ...
Decision-making in child abuse and neglect: The impact of clinician characteristics on potential reporting behaviors.
(2006)
The purpose of this study was to further clarify the impact of clinician characteristics on child abuse and neglect reporting decisions. Examined characteristics included personal attributes, training, length of practice, ...
The contribution of depression and anxiety to poor attention performance on neuropsychological assessment measures.
(2000)
Depression and anxiety are encountered on a frequent basis and their effect on cognitive processes can have significant implications for psychotherapy and neuropsychological evaluations.
The impact of perceived stress and coping behaviors on college adjustment for undergraduate students with learning disabilities.
(2002)
In view of comparatively low graduation rates of post-secondary education for students with learning disabilities, the extant literature was reviewed on stress, coping and college adjustment for this population. Undergraduate ...
Academic Engagement in Alternative Education Settings
(2009)
Self Determination Theory (Ryan & Deci, 2000) and related subtheories provided a theoretical framework for identifying important motivational factors contributing to the academic engagement of academically at risk students ...
From Bedlam to therapeutic jurisprudence: Are judges adequately prepared to make civil commitment decisions?
(2002)
Historically, mentally ill individuals have been subject to inhumane treatment. However, the late 1700's and early 1800's saw major changes in the manner in which the mentally infirm were both housed and treated. Beginning ...