BACKGROUND To assess the mental health and behavioral problems of children in institutional placements in Jordan to inform understanding of current needs, and to explore the effects of placement change on functioning and staff perceptions of goodness-of-fit. METHODS An assessment was completed of 134 children between 1.5-12 years-of-age residing in Jordanian orphanages. The Child Behavior Che...

BACKGROUND Evidence indicates that being a victim of bullying or peer aggression has negative short- and long-term consequences. In this study, we investigated the mediating and moderating role of two types of attributional mechanisms (hostile and self-blaming attributions) on children's maladjustment (externalizing and internalizing problems). METHODS In total, 478 children participated in t...

This study examined whether the occurrence and timing of parental separation or divorce was related to trajectories of academic grades and mother- and teacher-reported internalizing and externalizing problems. The authors used hierarchical linear models to estimate trajectories for children who did and did not experience their parents' divorce or separation in kindergarten through 10th grade (N...

Background: Due to the increasing number of divorces and their irreparable consequences, divorced women are at increasing risk of these problems. Objectives: The present study aimed to analyze the mediating role of internalizing problems on the relationship between emotional well-being and externalizing problems of divorced women in Zanjan. Methods: The method in this research was descriptive...

Childhood poverty is a pervasive problem that can alter mental health outcomes. Children from impoverished circumstances are more likely than their middle-income counterparts to develop internalizing problems such as depression and anxiety. To date, however, the emotional-cognitive control processes that link childhood poverty and internalizing symptoms remain largely unexplored. Using the Emot...

Objective: To describe behavior problems in children with various chronic illnesses (CI) who seek psychosocial support, and to examine associated risk factors and protective factors. Methods: Parents and children who signed up for a cognitive behavioral based group intervention on coping with CI (N = 194) completed online questionnaires. Multiple linear regression analyses were conducted on int...

introduction: development. it is a lifelong condition, with symptom that appears in early childhood. these people have problem in social skills, communicating with others and expressing their feelings. these people specially have difficulties with the surrounding world and recognizing objects. one of the most effective methods in educating the autistic children is “picture exchange communicatio...

Parental belief systems can strongly influence children’s affect, behavior, and mental health. However, associations between specific kinds of parental beliefs and children’s mental health have not been thoroughly explored. One relevant belief system is parental intelligence mindset: beliefs about the malleability of intelligence. Children of parents who view intelligence as static (known as a ...