protective factors enhancing prosocial behavior and preventing internalizing and externalizing symptoms among adolescents living in forster care homes

Protective Factors Enhancing Prosocial Behavior and Preventing Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms among Adolescents Living in Forster Care Homes

OBJECTIVE Based on Problem Based Theory, this study investigated a broad array of putative protective factors associated with psychopathological symptoms and prosodical behaviour. METHODS 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 examined the individual an...

Racial/ethnic differences in internalizing and externalizing symptoms in adolescents.

The prevalence of most adult psychiatric disorders varies across racial/ethnic groups and has important implications for prevention and intervention efforts. Research on racial/ethnic differences in the prevalence of internalizing and externalizing symptoms and disorders in adolescents has been less consistent or generally lacking. The current study examined the prevalence of these symptom grou...

Preventing adolescents' externalizing and internalizing symptoms: Effects of the Penn Resiliency Program.

This study reports secondary outcome analyses from a past study of the Penn Resiliency Program (PRP), a cognitive-behavioral depression prevention program for middle-school aged children. Middle school students (N = 697) were randomly assigned to PRP, PEP (an alternate intervention), or control conditions. Gillham et al., (2007) reported analyses examining PRP's effects on average and clinical ...

The Effectiveness of Emotion Regulation Program on the Externalizing and Internalizing Symptoms of Bullying Adolescents

Background and Objectives: Emotion dysregulation is one of the main reasons underlying problematic adolescent behaviors. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an emotion regulation program based on externalizing and internalizing symptoms of bullying adolescents. Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test study with a control group along with a follo...

The relationships among aggressive functions , family factors , and internalizing and externalizing symptoms in youth

Risk and protective factors for comorbid internalizing and externalizing problems among economically disadvantaged African American youth.

Comorbidity of internalizing and externalizing problems and its risk and protective factors have not been well incorporated into developmental research, especially among racial minority youth from high-poverty neighborhoods. The present study identified a latent comorbid factor as well as specific factors underlying internalizing and externalizing problems among 592 African American adolescents...